The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-11
THE GREAT TERROR.


VISIT OF THE SOUTHERN fCouRGE-Now
YOU SEE IT AND now YOU DON'T.
The Porter family cases were the sub
"A few more days Of exemption from
the epidemic and the cup VIII pass rom us
untasted. And we will then not fail to re-
joice.
AT II o'clock yesterday the remaining
child Of Mr.. Porter took the fever, and yes
'terday evening Mr.. Porter went to bed SICK,
He is worn out with work and Anxiety.
Mr.. VIII X. Hawkins denies that the
Memphis members of his family, DOW stop
ping with his father in this city, are sick
with fever or any other disease. He wants
them to be let alone by the constantly wag-
ging tongue Of lying rJmor.
-Paducah has recovered from her fright.
Yesterday Mr. James Biggs received the
following telegram: "Paducoh, Sept, TO-
1878, to James Biggs. Cairo: Quarantine
raised on Cairo and st. Louis boats. Hill
man down tomorrow. j. NJ. Fowler
The Knights of the Mystic Krew yes
tcrday placed in the hands the mayor fifty
dollars to be expended for the benefit of
the Porter family. Good boys; good boys.
Many other liberal donations for the bcnft
of the afflicted family were made by indi-
yidual citizens.
Our people are at last arriving at an
appreciation Of the fact that eternal y'gi-
lance is the price Of exemption from yellow
fever. They are becoming careful And
we are happy to state that OR board Of
health is not letting the grass grow under
its feet in efforts to keep the fever outside
our gates.
The committee of the Knights of the
Mystic Krew, appointed to consider the re-
quest ofnumerous citizens for REPETITION
Of the entertainment for the benefit Of the
yellow fever sufferers, has concluded TO re-
port in favor of granting the prayer Of the
petitioners. The entertainment will be given
next Friday night 1t is the best anna
teur show,evcr given in Cairo, and will, of
course,Dbc patronizcd to the capacity OF the
Atheneum.
DR.. Smith received the following telc-
gram for Mr.. Jewett Wilcox, of the Ire
mont house, Chicago, yesterday evening:
Chicago, Sept 10, 1878, to DR.. W. r.
Smith Has the Porter family yellow fe-
verl Cairo people wish to know. Please
telegraph answer Jewett Wilcox Dr.
Smith replied he cid not know-that he had
not attended the family. But we know
that DR.. Smith believes, from representa-
tons made to him by other physicians, that
the disease is not yellow fever. And we
may add, that if this disease is yellow fe-
YER this is the first time on record that it
has commenced in the woods. Yellow fe-
yer invariably originates in cities.
Yesterday morning DR.. Dunning rccciv-
ed the tollowing Chicago, Sept, 10, 1878.
DR.. c. W, Dunning, NJ. D.: Please let me
know all the facts in connection with the
reported yellow fever IN the Potter family.
John H. Rauch, President Illinois State
Board Of Health To this Dr. Dunning
replied as follows: Cairo, Sept, 10, 1878,
To DR.. John H.. Rauch, President State
Board of Ecalth Four Of the Porter fam
lily were attacked Wednesday night with
nausea and vomiting, bleeding from the
nostrils fever and restlessncss. The family
occupy Il place surrounded by low, swampy
grounds, and are constantly subjected Da
poisonots malaria. c. W. Duuning.'
jcct Of discussion yesterday in every part of
the city. Some asserted with the most de-
cided emphasis, that the Porters had yell
low fever; others, with as much emphasis,
declared the cases were nothing but malig-
nant fever Drs. Waldo and Gordon call
the disease yellow fever, but Dr. Dunning,
who saw the sick people, describes the dis
ease as pcrnicious ape Of maIarial fever
complicated by hGmorrhagic tendency.
The Porter family occupies place which
was first settled by an old Frcnchman nam.
cd CASTILLO, who remained in possession of
Of it until nearly all Of his
family died Of malarial fever
Since then, up to the time Porter moved on
to it, the place was occupied by a negro
family who finally had to abandon it in
consequence Of the continued presence Of
bilious fever in his family. During the
past two years members Of Mr.. Portcr's
have been at intervals sick with
malarial fever, and last summer Mr. Porter
himself nearly died from the poisonous
effects of the malaria surrounding his
home. His house is located in front of a
pond Of stagnant water, and behind it is
a swamp with wagon load Of malaria to
every square inch. The family use a well,
the water of which is nothing but swamp
water filtered through the earth The dis
Ease that isnow affecting the Portcrs might