The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-16
YE1LoW FEWER.
yEyER REPORT.

. Clouug auu WMm' D0aAho W .SW ~
' reported 1856. Total deaths 3,549, tot
cases II, ,S55. '''
!. A. D. Babbitt, Secretary Of the Tel
grapher' Aid Association, was taken dow
with the fever this morning.
]. T. Alleyn Is the only member OF Il
Q original committee OF ten who has escape
! the fever.
MEMPHIS, October 15.-Weatherwarme
, and reports OF further spreading OF Ii
D fever in the suburbs are received.
From 8 o'clock last night till noon to-da
, the undertakers report twenty-five inte
ments. 80 =
AT Pamcourtville the total cases TO DAT
are l40, deaths II new cases yesterday !,
TH1BopAux, October 15:- Forty.fv
/ new cases the past three days; total cases
BATON ROUGE, October 15.-Forty:si
new cases and deaths. -. g9s
HELENA, October l5.-The Board Q
Health reports 4 new cases and death
for the past "a hours ending at noon. Tn
Howards have not commenced reportin
yet; people less excited, but still leave tn
city in great numbers. The Howard
have all they need except money, whici
they need badly.
NEW ORLEANS, October 14.-Knight
Landing, near Harrisburg, appeals to tn
Howards for physicians and nurses. On.
physician there Is dead and another |
sick. Twelve cases Of fever.
GRErSA, October 15.-Total, 5S2 cases
IS deaths. The fever Is increasing rapid
ly; new cases mostly mild.
MORGAN CRY, October 15.-Popnlation
1000; total cases, 400; deaths, 79. lf5I
OCEAN SPRINGS, October l5.-Seyenteer
cases under treatment. Total cases 125
deaths, 20. All the sick are doing well.
TASorpoHoA, October 15.-The fever Is
abating for want OF material. Two deaths
yesterday. DR.. Carter died to-day. Tota
deaths, 10. ~,
CHATTANOOGA, October 15.-Twenty.
four new cases; 2S colored. Weather
warm. DR.. J. @. 0lmstead was taken
down yesterday. Drs. Brazer and Baxter
are improving. 49, ,SSft
CANTON, October l5.-Total cases TO date
S44; deaths l55. The Howard Association
makes another appeal for aid. They state
that the calls upon them from the sur
rounding country have been SO great that
their supplies Of money and provisions
are almost exhausted. Ten.new cases and
five deaths in this town in the last 4s hours.
BAY sr. LOUIS, October 15.-Hye
cases, including Col. List, Of the Relief
Committee. t#iH lGii ia
Pass CHRISTIAN, October 1.-Two deaths
up to noon. The fever has assumed amore
malignant form.
PArrRRsoxy1LLE, October 15.-No abate-
ment In the fever. Three deaths and SIX
new cases since yesterday.
NEw ORLEANS, October 15.-The Howards
sent nurses to Pattersonville and Dr.. Leh.
man to Harrisburg. The Howards re-
ceived the following from McComb City:
Several new cases; no deaths. Send four
nurses by morning train.
MrssrssrppI Cry, October f5.-Thirty
cases Of yellow fever at Handsboro. They
need female nurses. Three new cases
here. q =
yrcEsBuRd, October 15.-Three deaths,
one white and two colored.
NO PEvER AT LITTLE ROCK. IS.
LITTLE Rock, October 15.-There Is mot
nor has there been single case Of yellow
fever in Little Rock, or any case said 10 be
suspicious. The Board Of Health met to-
kay and enforced rigid quarantine against
Helena. The Helena doctors disagree as
TO the disease. DR.. Nash says II Is yellow
fever and an epidemic. Other doctorf
telegraph TO the Little Rock Board that 1t d
an epidemic produced by local causes,
The citizens are fleeing in every direction
MEMPHIS, October 15.-The steamer
Kehlor, for st. Louis, passed up this fore
DR.. M. 7. Keating, volunteer physi:
clan from New York, was stricken late
last night. -. !.
Twenty physicians OF the Howards Med.
ical corps report SO new cases; So jin.t the
city and 40 In the suburbs. = =
4, D. Langstaff, President Of the How
ward Association, who left here few day
ago in charge Of Howard relief train, &C
companied by physicians with nurses
medicines and supplies, returned this 81.
ternoon from an extended trip on th.
Memphis and Charleston Railroad z
Chattanooga, visiting all points where
| Sickness e1lStS. Az SuhttahooB1fhUi ~
ports finding 200 cases Of fever; Of Decatur
Ala, 100 persons are afflicted with lever,
all OF whom are reviewing good attention
at Tuscumbia and Florence the fever hai
increased rapidly in the past few days
and owing to great difference OF opinion
among the resident physicians, none o
whom had ever seen case OF yellowfeyer
the disease was not treated rs such ant
the result has been that nearlyalttakeI
sick have died. =
GRAND JUNCTION, October 15.-Lagrange
Moscow, Someryille, Collieryille and Ger
mantown were visited and supplies left iol
the sick and distressed. A daily train vii
be run on the road TO relieve the grea
restitution which was found ut nearl.
every point. DR.. s. II. Collins, q Hower'
physician, who was sent TO Lagrange, re
ports eight cases at Michigan City
Miss. This town has kept up o rigie
quarantine for several weeks. tits of III
railroad seven or eight miles and Il =
difficult TO be reached.
The fever isTapidly spreading. AtCol
liersyille 10 new cases and 8 deaths hay
been reported since Saturday.
VIM. L. A. Rhodes, Miss Sallie E. Rena
j. and three others died at Germantown
Tenn, on Monday:
Four deaths at Grand Junction, Tenr
DR.. T. @. Prewitt Is not expected TO SUI
vive the night. y 'h4
The Board OF Health officially repol
eighteen deaths from fever during the pas
twenty.iour hours ending at 8 O'Clock Z
night. ,s.s.,,
fhe undertakers report thirteen add
tional interments Of parties residing !
Among the deaths occurring since moo
are Mollie Phlatu Vanbodie, w. p. Shro!
yer, Mollie Ruffher, John Youngand WE
Brackrogle.
Hopes are now entertained Of the. .ult
3 mate recovery OF JEFF. Davis, Jr. ibI
Pat McElroy, Ex-Sergeant Of Police.
M with the fever, & few miles east Of u
city. * q!
CArRo, ostober 1.-two deaths on
three new cases Of yellow fever within u
i laak 0A hAnHa