The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-05
StxErY-s1x ISrERMESrs.

MEMPHIS, september t.-OuT CITY aV
present is one vast charnel house. The
undertakers report 96 interments for the
"a hours ending at 0 P. NJ. OF these 93
deaths were caused by yellow fever; ~
we're white and 20 colored. A visit to the
county undertaker's establishment TO.
night discovered the fact that at night fall
there were 60 more reported dead still un-
buried. The question Of disposing OF the
dead is becoming serious one The Citi-
zen's Relief Committee has employed q
burial corps OF 80 negroes TO assist the
county undertaken and his men. II has
even been suggested 10 burn the dead, II
they cannot be buried more promptly, as;
corpses arc known TO have laid unburied
for As hours burthening the air with the
foul odor, and becoming so revolving that
people have fled the neighborhood, and
Il Is with difficulty that men can be hired
to haul them to the Potter's Field.
"A. F. Cook, Howard visitor, was taken
down this afternoon: vi. L8
Mayor Flippin being sick with fever,
DR.. D. F. Goodyear, President OF the Com
mon Council, Is Acting Mayor.
A false report has gone forth that all
| the banks were about to close. On the
contrary, all the banks arc open and will
remain so. .5s,
In answer to many inquiries abroad as
to what kind OF provisions were needed,
Major Wm. Wells, Of the Citizens Com
mittee, states that salt meats and flour arc
most needed for the destitute who are be-
ing fed by the Citizens Relief Committee.
The drain upon the various relief organ
izations is very great, for, in addition to
attending the sick and destitute here, sew
eral calls for relief from adjacent towns
have been promptly responded to.
A PANIC ..
was created at Colliersyille, this county,
yesterday, by the death OF two citizens,
supposed to be caused by yellow fever.
The town has been almost depopulated.
ArrEALs FOR AID. w
The following appeals represent some
what the condition OF affairs: fE I'l
An APPEAL to he Cirili.ed World from the
Finance Committee Of he Citi:eIls' Rettg
Association Of Memphis:
We ask your aid that We may be enabled
TO feed and Clothe our destitute, furnish
the necessary material for our sick and
diving and give us means for the burial Of
our uedus AhlS npptn 10 onA! msNS -
last extremity and in view OF the fact that
another week will exhaust the means al
ready given by generous people. Death
has laid his heavy hand upon U.S. The
destitute cry for bread and the sick fol
such care as can only be given by open,
handed generosity. Those desirous Of
giving aid can address
JAMES s. PREsr1YE,
| No. 0 Union Sired.
W. W. THATCHER,
II .g-uNr -r-u FIa National Bank.
I, S. r, CLARKE, e,
Pha7lir lnaEunce Co.
To he Iadepade,a 0rdepef Odd Fllcs rhrs
oerer dipTsed: ~
BRornRRs:-The Relief Committee o
six lodges OF the City OF Memphis say L
the members ofour beloved order In Amer
lea in answer to the many inquiries bott
. by letter and dtelegram that We are in tht
, midst Of fearful epidemic; the end NJ
: one can foresee. More than hundred o
. our own members, including their families
! have sickened and died. We need YOU
sympathy, and God alone knows how sool