The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-09-08
=W::KLY tlxo INDEPENDENT.
bunny. neptenhcr 9. 1875.


The AwraI Pestilenee.
The in.ffabie woe which has fallen
upon the people Of the South, is un-
Paralleled in tho history Of modern
plaques since the advent of the Asiatic
sholers at the bcgining of the present
century. The sickening details of hui
man suffering which daily reach us
from the fever stricken cities in the
valley of the Mississippi. are unspeaka-
bly, appalling. As the Virginia City
Chroaieie mournfully remarks: ..How
SAL must the situation be in which men
and women lie down to die with no
hand to pass them a cup of water? Not
b greatest pain Of war; not all the
suffering that can be gathered from the
regions Of misery in every city in the
and can surpass what is daily to be
Witnessed in tho afflicted Southern
towns"
Every fresh telegram from tho South
the continued spread Of the
plague which is characterised by un.
precedented malignity and frightful
fatality. A New Orleans dispatch of
September LIST says:
"Phe weather is cloudy and warm to-
day with q light shower this afternoon.
Two hundred aud ffty.three applica-
tions for relief were made to the How
ards: Members Of the visiting commit.
tee report a more general spread Of
fever, aud state that they find it n
croaches upon localities heretofore
maasurably exempt. G. Z. Whitney.
one of the Committee, reported % new
cases in his district and related IN in-
cident that occurred at tae corner of
Race and st. Thomas streets, in the
upper part Of the first district which
seems to show u rapid spread of the
fever in that locality. AS he approach
ed this corner he saw six or eight little
children standing there. They appear
ed to recognize him. as one OF tho How
ard Association and each appealed to
him to go with him. 10 his respective
home, 20 see che sick. re rgnt h.sT -
the nearest hOnss rciuted oct, followed
by the little ones. then to the next.
The procession being one less at each
house until every appeal had been an
swered.
Though the present situation is sGd,
the general impression seems TO be that
the worst has not yet come.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians
make an appeal to similar organizations
throughout the United States for assis.
lance. They say the yellow fever "a
thinning their ranks, tho distress is pit.
iful and their resources exhausted.
They appeal IN Gods name for Rssis.
tance to alleviate the sufferings Of their
afflicted brethren"
The columns OF our contemporaries
nre crowded with dispatches from ali
parts of the fever stricken region. simi.
lar to the above and the story Of death
and misery is sufficient to paralyze the
bravest hearts in tho nation. II
the midst Of this frightful visitation il
is gratifying to witness the ~unlagsing
bravery OF the devoted men and women
who, at the imminent peril Of their
lives, are Drawing the horrors of the pes.
: thence to aid and relieve their suffering
oountrymen. 1t is a sublime spectacle
too, to SEQ the unsolGsh zeal mani
tested by all closes OF Americans in
lavishing money upo fhe aid societies
who are battling in the midst OF danger
and death. May God in his mercy
grant u speedy respite to the decemat-
ing fever is the earnest prayer Of an
afflicted nation.