Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-27

; are entertained that Mr.. and Mrs Bonelli
who complained last night of feeling i'll, vii
= be attacked.
PHILADELPHIA, August 26.-The commit
tee having charge Of the collection and dis
bursement funds for fever sufferers decide to
distribute SIX thousand dollars at once-twen'
ty-6ve hundred dollars to New Orleans, IF
teen hundred to Vicksburg, fifteen hundred
to Memphis, and five hundred to Grenada.
The subscriptions to date aggregate seven
thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.
LeavenwOrth. Kansas.
| lEAvENwORTH, August 26.-The HIber-
mans of this city raised two hundred dollars
yesterday for the benefit of the yellow-lever
sufferers. A meeting of the citizens gener-
ally was held this afterno IN to make arrange
ments for other contributions, and subscrip-
tons we're started which will swell the total
contribution to at least one thousand dollars.
san Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 26-The British
| ship Cape Breton arrived from Rio Janeno
this morning. and was Immediately ordered
to the quarantine below Black Point. Au
gust 9th, Henry M'Dade, seaman, died of
| yellow fever. No sign of the disease has APP
peared on board since, but the quarantine Of
| fcer deemed it best not to permit her to come
to the wharf until thoroughly fumigated.
| Grenada
| New ORLEANS, August 25.-The Howard
association to-day received the following tel
| egram:
| GRENADA, MISS, August 25, 1873.
If possible send us more nurses; if not
| nurses, some one to help the sick the best
| they can. Provisions and nourishment for
the sick are short. DIR. Hall, DR.. Gay, and
the postmaster, are down with the fever.
There is no mail from any point. The ne
groes are all getting the fever. The deaths
last night were six; whites, four. The col
ored patients are dying for want of proper
| noHTishment and domestic attention. | am
well. DIR. vEAzEY.
NoTE-The above shows that the report
of DR.. Yeas ey's illness is not true.
knights of Pythias.
JACKSON, TENN, August 26, 1878.
H. s. REYNOLDS, Grand Chancellor knights of
Launcelot lodge sends fifty dollars by first
mail to her sister lodge No. 6.
E. S. MALLORY, &C
The following telegram was received Sun
day:
KNOXVILLE, TENN, August %, 1873
h S. Reynolds Grand Chancel or and Treasurer of
Relief Committee Knights Of Pythias:
Draw on me for twenty dollar.
ALEX ALLISON.
NASHVILLE, TENN, August "a, 1873.
Il. s. Reynolds, Grand Chancellor Knights of
Please find inclosed check for one hundred
and fifty dollars. JOHN s. CULLINAN,
K. of B. and S. Myrtal, Lodge, No. 3.
Cleveland, Ohio.
CLEVELAND, August 26.-The following
circular explains itself:
OFFICIAL CIRCULAR NO. 3.
OFFICE GRAND DICTATOR, K. 81.
To Subordinate Lodges within the Jurisdiction the
Grand Lodge of Ohio.
An appeal having been made ty sister
lodges located in the southern States, where
yellow-fever is causing great suffering and
many deaths, on the lodges throughout the |
United States for help l, as grand dictator of
Ohio. therefore ask all subordinate lodges |
within my jurisdiction to give this appeal due |
consideration, and at once render all possible |
aid to our suffering brethren out of the gen.
eral funds now in the treasures of such SUBJ |
ordinate lodges. All donations are to be sent |
to J. G. Plummer, grand reporter, Wooster, |
Ohio. H. r. SHOWS,
Grand Dictator
The Cleveland police force have donated |
five hundred dollars of their life and health |
fund for the benefit of the yellow fever suf- !
ferers.
The total amount given thus far by the !
citizens is two thousand dollars.
VIcksburg.
VICKsBURG, August 25-Sixty eight new |
cases and sixteen deaths for the past twenty |
four hours. Dr. Booth is something better |
this afternoon. Among the deaths Is Robert |
Egglleston.
Yelow-fever continues increasing. Over |
fifty new cases IN the past twenty four hours, |
and twenty-five deaths, among them George |
+. Brown, son of Judge George F. Brown. |
&. p. Allen, city editor of the VIcksburg |
Herald, is down with the fever, also his wife |
and son; his daughter died this evening. |
Trains on the Vlcksburg and Meridian rail- |
read have ceased running, owing to the quar-
antines along the road and the threats made |
10 iofo HI,a
Vicksburg is cut of from all communication |
except 10y the Mississippi river. Two chill
dren of j. Reinhardt, who left here a week |
ago, died yesterday at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, |
of yellow-fever. Physicians and nurses from
New Orleans reached here tonight.
VICKsBURG, August 26.-One hundred and |
forty new cases were reported to- day, with
twenty-five interments. Among the deaths
to-day is Mary Lambkin. The weather is
unfavorable to-day, which accounts for the
great increase in the number of new cases.
New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, August 25.-New cases,
one hundred and sixty three; deaths, thirty
church, died of fever. DIR. Stone returned to
the city this morning from Port Eads. He |
reports to the Howard ASSOCIATION that all
the patients there, except one or two, are |
convalescent. One nurse remained; the
other returned with DIR. Stone.
NEW ORLEANS, August 25.-New cases,
one hundred and twenty-fve; deaths, forty
four.
NEW ORLEANS, August 26.-The Times
says that the strong sympathy shown to the
afflicted cities of the south by their more for
tunate sisters of the north, is something not
to be easily forgotten. On every side we hear
of the most noble efforts being made to raise
contributions In aid of tn afflicted While
the north, with lavish hand, is soothing the
fevered brow of the southern sufferers, she is
building a monument to gratitude which |
will be luminous forever.
0. V. Shearer, native of Alabama, lately
city editor of the Times, died of fever to-day
aged thirty-one years. The deaths to-day in
clude fourteen children under eight years.
The mortuary for the week ending Sunday
evening, at six o'clock, shows deaths from all
causes to number four hundred and ninety
three, of which three hundred and eight
were of yellow-feVer. OF the deaths Dy
fever, two hundred and ninety were whites
and eighteen colored.
A Heart-Rending Appeal from Gre
NADIA
New ORLEANS, August 26.-The Howard
association has received the following dis
patches:
GRENADA, MISS, August 20, 1878-12 IN.
For heavens sake send US few nurses.
1t is untrue that the material for disease is
exhausted. Our nurses are worn out, and |
taken down. Physicians needed with nurses,
but not without. B. p ANDERSON,
W. T. WALTHAM
GRENADA, MISS, August 26, 187S-12:1O pm.
Your telegram just received DR.. Veazey |
is not sick. One New Orleans nurse has been |
sick, but is walking about to day. We need /
all kinds of nourishment for the sick, but |
need twenty-five nurses worse than anything |
else. Fever material is not exhausted. The |
nurses for Holly Springs have passed up. For |
Gods sake send nurses if you can We pay |
five dollars per day. B.P. ANDERSON.
GRENADA, MISS, August %, 1878-12:25 pm
Try and get DR.. Vaudeville to come back;
if not possible get some other physician. |
Only ten local physicians are on duty. They |
will be down soon. Nurses or help of any |
knd wanted. Some families have not well |
person to wait on them. Eight deaths last |
night, six whites and two blacks.
DIR. VEAZEY.
Inresponse to the above kilograms the |
Howard ASSOCIATION sent DIR. Stone with four |
nurses also supplies of ale, champagne, fresh |
meats n ice. cracknels etc and anthnriz.d |