The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-09-11

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'foothold there, aud that there will be
great suffering and destituticn among
the people. The town is on the river,
one hundred and twenty-five mile:
above Iicksburg. and has about 2,20C
inhabitants. Some have already fed
and Of the remainder q large proper
ton are negroes. The place has nc
railroad connections, and as all traffic
by river has ceased, the town is cut
of from the rest Of the world except
by telegraph. There is sufficient food
in the town for the present, bat mon
ey and hospital supplies, these gen
tlemen say, are badly needed, and
urgently appeal to the relief commit
tees of the North for help. From the
situation oftbe city and rapid increase
of the fever since last Saturday, it i.
feared Greenville will be another
Grenada. The Bank of Greenville i;
and will remain open for business, and
money may be RENTED through it by
telegraph.
NEW ORLEANS, September A.
Greenville, Miss reports ninety-iire
cases of fever to date and 0 deaths
There is nothing from Delhi to-day
GRENADA, September 4.-There
were twenty deaths in the last sis
hours.
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss, Sept. T.
Can you send Us six physicians also
nurses. Malignant fever has broken
out here. Three deaths and sixty
cases. Answer.
NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, September s.
New cases, 223 deaths, 81. Tho
weather was cloudy and showery
during the forenoon !; heavy rain this
afternoon. Maximum thermometer,
S3o.
The Towards to-day received the
following kilograms, dated It'll:
Port Gibson-Please send us five
good colored nurses by rail to Vicks-
burg and Grand Gull, with all dis
patch. Let them be good ones. There
is great suffering, especially among
colored people 70 deaths to date.
Thanks for shipment of ice, tea and
crackers. Please send five casks o.
ice by each packet.
JAMES A. GAGE,
President Howard Association.
P~LAQUEMINE, PARISH OF
IBERvILLE, Sept. Is
IT, The agent Of The Associated
Press:
We are in the midst Of 6 raging
pestilence. OF our two physicians
only one is on duty, DR.. p. p. Postell,
who reports to-day over 100 cases oi
fever under his observation, all with.
10 the limits of our small town. Up
to date 81 deaths have occurred
DR.. 5. d. Schwing is down with fe-
yer. Fever is on the Increase. Bust
ness is suspended. Our financial cir.
cumstances are insufficient to relieve
many poor in distress. W. are sadly
in want. Will not the country send
US help? Our people are struggling
nobly against the scourge.
CHARLES o. LAUvEMEYER.
Another dispatch from New Or
leans says: The Towards report
472 new cases, including sick and
destitute.
NEW ORLEANS. September s.-A.
L. Cook, Of the Howard Association,
died tonight. This makes four of
the membership of twenty one who
have died in the past week. Four
more are sick.
The following telegram sent By DR..
Mitchell, with tie approval of A. ID.
Langstaff, President of the Howard
Association. explains the situation to-
night.
Chairman Of the Relief Committee,
New York: The situation is horri-
bic beyond description. Three thou
sand cases OF fever have 40 pbysi-
clans; eight have died. Those from
the North sicken in a few days and
die. Not a provision house is open
in the city, and only one hotel. The
Peabodys, to feed doctors and nurses,
want everything that a pestilence-
stricken, furnishing and impoverished
people need.
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