The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-10
TIE LATEST rROM TIE soUTH
Giving Up the Keeping Of - Record of Yellow
Fever Eases in Memphis.
New ORLEANS. Sent.

ia cuscs Of DEATH 81.
Tho weather is clear and pleasant. Tho
death list to-day includes twenty-six children
under seven years. From noon TO ~. NJ thirty
three cnscs Of death were reported to the Board
of Health. among them o. S. Babcock and o. II.
Hampstead.
CANTON, Miss. Sept 0.-Thcre have boon 81
now cases and cases OF death here during tho
last twcnty-four hours Tho foyer seems to he
spreading in the country. All look to us for
help We need nurses badly.
MEMPHIS Tenn. Sept. 9.-The condition OF
this city grows moro desperate every hour OF
now cnsrs 1t IL useless longer to keep count.
Whole families are stricken down within few
hours. and the call for nurses is greater thnn
can be supplied. There were about 100 cases
ot death yesterday and 800 new casos. and 10
cases OF death had been reported up TO noon
to-day. and the death rate will probably exceed
that Of any previous day. Among the deaths
reported this morning Is the Rev Dr. +. G.
Slater. pastor of the First Methodist Church.
MEMPHIS sept. 9.-To-day's mortuary report
Is the largest of any day since the fever MP
pcar'd und'rak"rs reporting ~ int rmcnts.
(which - Wore ~ colorcd people, Among the
nun, ',cr arr Major J. G. Thrau Thomas Hood.
I "a VOLT. tyr tolsgrlph operator from philndel-
lhi1; III. Rev, u. Z. Ro-ebure Of Bartlett circuit
/ N. T.. Church. y. Gibson. Sister Constance.
| superior 90 the Sisters u 81. Mary, Episcopal.
an Paul (unr, and = T.. Going OF Little X rk.
! VINO had boon nursing the sick. \ son OF oN-
/ NnyorWm. PARKS died at thelloward Innrmary.
/ lot'y-t I've now cuses were reported by the resi-
| The lloWnris have established. un Ter the III.
/ rertion Of Dr. Louis r. Bryan of Houston,
/ TrNn-. hosrital ior The caro- Of physicians and
nurses. many oi whom are falling. DR.. Bryan
/ viii give 10 this institution distinctive TeNus
| l'atur" 10y cmr,"yin. Texas phys "inus and
/ Viii admit. Texans and otders who desire tn
/ couirilui" g. thr support oi thi, hospital can
/ a 49, ~ i"rNlr..nS thrir cnhi,iuuiigns '' inc
! GR.NNDs Miss, sept. srhe new cases re-
| ported to-day numbers. Tue death l-' num-
/ h.riain House M" now ronValesfing rapidly.
/ W" or" almn-, without commun alton. other
/ WIS than te.e.:raphic. The mails are irrr-u-
! lur and our po-tnnstor H. dead The Mayor
| are received addressed To- him al tho tnegranh
/ Office. The illness Of the express agent Will hr
| seriously felt unless his place be speedily
GRENADA. Miss. sept. o-From the present
outlook we expect t. have everything under
/ control inn fow days. WAEEEN STONE, VI. u.
| cases of FOYER HAY" been reported. Many Of the
SICK are IN critical condition. The rest are
NASHVILLE. Tenn Sept 9.-Amonc the rcfu-
gees from the South only four thus far are
| low favor The others arc not decided. The
/ two supposed cu-rs have hn"n removed to the
! uilrnnry. two miles from the CITY, one 81 tho
/ patients Is "a co.urrd student in the Fisk Uni
y.r; ~. who came from Mississippi b. the way
! CHAri lNooGA. Tom. sept. "a bricklnycr
/ named Griffin from Memphis died hero on
! Friday nighi lasi from yellow fever d .lnE tho
second casc imported this season. There j.
! not another case IN the city notwithstanding
| scns.tionnl NJ w-p1lcr report, to- the contrary.
WAsWNGToS Sept. .. In roply TO a telcgram
! from "a" Postmaster al Chl'aEu. ASK lng II the
deposit of contributions for the yellow fcyor
sufferers in tho street letter boxes should be-
| permitted. the Acting Postmaster General says:
mere IL no Nijtptl N 10 the IL post OF IL
| trihutous for yellow fever sufferers in such
street letter boxes mr. located in places OF ex-
! traorinary SAFETY The pnblic shoud DO ra-
| qu' sted 10 d'pus.t in the daytime. before tho
| hour i.r AMY ''n''u9h-. : 2htrbu'lon 'Nrs
! were put n all til" Post Onl,cs in The United
/ States. AMI tlc proceeds delivered To- luHal COLI
| prevail"
! THuApFIpH1,. Sept. 9Th, Pennsylvania
! hautyad .mEhny, am ia" hn'1 -onih 9t ii's-
fro. nf charge over H. lines supplies and ether
rontrii utions Tor thu rr.of of the yellow feyer
/ surrr 'lS when consisncl 90 the Howard Assoc
| citation or other chHntnhlH institutions in the
CAtRo H.. sept 9.-Fiyo members ~ Thomas
| the Mis-. -.pli are town With tho f.ycr Tho
| phys. inns h"te d,s'sre" t"tll unfur' 10 tho
/ CANTON. Miss. sept. o. --W,hayc n no, .sse4.
/ anl cgs'S u d'th occurred in the last -
roni,,ln. country l. viii be- m nj ~ 'i..'r't,
! o. forward nurses here at once. ] suppose M
number Of those now sick would qmountio 80.
CrSc1NSATG. o. sept 9.-The io.ioWin: irttcr.
signed Ny Daniel Wolf anl y simon. was sent
| to-dny from this city to Gov. Bisholt
Hos NJ Bisnor- D-,s ~, In your prochmauono
The 7h ~ a. gee Hnui, iu- dls Of prayer 90 h,har
Isolio to s.,no on ,s s an IN iir ' r SS@
c,h1s. !, o. n.r ~ prHsr 60 Amshil cod e. alleviate
christian people TO ,uic to PRAYER Tor the ale,a'
profess and recognize the principles OF the Christian