The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-09-03
THE YELLOW FEVER.
TIE MIHCH or FMOIeT11LI1Y IN QUE
SISTER ST.ITI%S.

No Rift in tho Cloud in sry Direction
Summary OF tho Fover During the
Week.
NEW ORLEANS, August 31.-Dr.
Stone tolegraphod from Grenada,
Miss, yesterday, that tho weather
WAS unfnvorablc. There is q slight t
decrease i'll tho death ratio, and no
material spreading of tho fover.
NLEMrl1s, August 31.--ThcIwcathcr
this morning is bright and warm,
but tho clouds of WOO over our city
show no signs of breaking. Physi~
Clans, nurses, visitors, druggists and
undcrtakcrs arc becoming exhausted
by constant working. Dr. Wise, an
active young physician, was taken
down this norning ut the board Of
health Office.
Up to noon only sovon physicians
out Of about twenty had mailo their
reports Of new cases, tho number
a:gy29rcGating forty >two. From this
it will be seen that not moro than
half the cases arc reported, and that
the cpidomic is moro appalling than
tho official reports indicatc.
at tho county jail there arc about
twenty eases OF the fever. 81. G.
Williams, under sentence to tho
pcnitcneiary for murder, died last
night, and Bizzell, u negro mlrdor-
cr, under sentence Of death, is in o.
dying condition.
at Camp Joe Williams five or six
deaths occur daily The hospital
contains about twenty-five sick, and
tho worst is feared for tho poor
people living in tents. Some of
them have become frightened and
returned to their homes in tho city.
Alex Hum, Of tho Masonic board
of relief, is down, and JAS. Russell,
Of the Odd Fellows relief board, is
vcry low.
Iho undortakors report fifty five
yellow fever intcrments up to noon
to-day.
MOBILE, August 31.-Dr. L. p.
Gaines reports ono case and one
death from yellow fever this NOM
ing-a whito child nine years old.
WAslHNuToN, August 31.-Ab-
stract Of sanitary reports received
during tho past week, under tho
national quarantine regulations -
Now Orlcans-DurinY tho week,
ending yesterday at noon, thcro
were l,204 cases Of yellow fever and
}33 deaths, making in all 2,S77
cases and SGT deaths.
Nicksburg--During the week 11G
deaths from yellow fever, making
1875 deaths in all, II Of which have
occurred during the last twenty
four hours. It is estimated that
500 cases of fever have occurred
to date, about half Of these in tho
past week and 50 new cases in thc
last twenty four hours. DR.. Booth,
i'll charge Of the patients of tho
Marine Hospital service, died on the
9th.
Memphis In tho week 721 cases
and 241 deaths.
Morgan City, Louisiana. The
refugees reported Last week, sick Of
the yellow fever, died August 23d.
Seven other cases have since oc~
cured, and four deaths in all to yes
torday noon.
Ocean Springs, N[iss.-Threo cases
yesterday morning. No deaths
during tho week.
Water Yalloy, Miss.-TWo cases,
both refugees; one on tho 18th is
convalescent tho second on tho
26th terminated fatally yesterday.
Holly Springs, Miss, ,Sovcn cases
and two deaths to yesterday evening,
all refugees. Good health prevails
in the city and in tho United States
military camp.
ST, Louis-Eight cases during tho
week and two dcaths-.all refugees.
At quarantine below st. Louis, there
wero six now cases and ono death,
besides twenty doubtful cases adj
mittod during the forty-oight hours
ended yesterday evening.
LouisviIlc-Sincc last report
eleven refugees and boatmon havo
been attacked with the yellow fever