The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-18
Two Hundred and Five New Cases
and Ninety-six Deaths at
Memphis.
Fearful Destruction Of Heroic Nurses
.--Catholic and Irish Societies
Agents All Dead or Sick.
Pestllencs Spreading to the Suburbs
1.-The Force of Physicians and
Nurses Greatly Reduced.
The Situation Becoming Hourly More
Frightful.
AT CANTON.


CANTON, Miss, September l1.- The total
number OF cases to date is 434, deaths 6S;
new casesin the last q hours 20, deaths
r. There are eight more reported dying.
Or. A. G. Cage, one Of our best physicians
and bravest workers, is dying. The fever
il worse than at any time yet. We are
struggling and trusting in God for better
days. -a. asr 5a
TWO HUNDRED AND TwESTY.TIIREE NEW
tF.ag CASES. .I
Ngw ORLEANS September il. Deaths
72; new cases, 2223; Of which l22 occurred
prior to the IA.
AT BATON ROUGE.
Baron RoudE, La, September IL
Deaths, two; new cases, thirty-fve, during
the past twenty.four hours, up to and in
Cluding o o'clock this morning.
AT CAIRO.
r CAmo, ILL.,, September II. John Croft,
one OF the last OF the ill-fated Bulletin en-
ployes who took the fever last week, died
last night in the hospital. No new eases
this morning. Weather clear and warm.
NONE AT NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE, September 1.-THE state
ment OF a special to the Chicago TiMes
that Miss Speidel died Of yellow fever in
this city, and that two ladies named SinIp-
son, in the same house, are i'll with yellow
fever, is false. The persons referred to had
malarial fever. No native cases Of yellow
fever have ever occurred in this city. There
have been only five yellow fever deaths in
Nashville to date, all imported from points
west OF the Tennessee river, where the
fever has prevailed us an epidemic.
HH A CASE AT INDIANAPOLIS.
INDIANAPOLIS, September 1G.-C. W.
Ferguson, former resident Of this city,
but latterly Of Memphis, and who came
from there q few days ago, died here this
morning OF yellow fever. The premises
and clothing were thoroughly fumigated,
and the remains buried this afternoon.
GALLrPoLls HERSELF AGAIN.
GALllpoLls, September IL. The yellow
fever excitement here has almost passed,
there being at present only one case, Mr..
Hugh Plymolle, three miles below this
city, who is pronounced by the physicians
sin critical condition. No new cases
since the steamer Porter left. The quar-.
,antine on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers
has been removed. The boats make their
usual landings at our wharf. The School
Board have decided to open the public
schools again on Monday next.
'7 VICTIMS OF THE FEVER.
New ORLEANS, September IL. : Rev. DR..
Mathews, pastor Of the Carondolet Church,
has the fever. A. W. Ferguson, operator
at Port Eads, is reported very low. ]. A.
Showhan died to-day. The death list the
past three days include 80 children under
years. From noon to r. NJ. 10 deaths
and l4S new cases are reported, OF which
100 are prior to September II.
DEArAs AT GRENADA.
GRENADA, September 1.-THE deaths to-
day were Samuel Hirschberg, OF Louis
vile, who had been employed as u nurse
in the hospital here, and james Scanlon,
]. Fl. Campbell, jr., and resident colored
man, whose name Is not given. Three
new cases were reported to-day. Many
conyalescents are now seen on the streets.
Mr. f. A. Belew, OF the firm OF W. II.
Bclew, OF this city, who was one OF the
first attacked, and whose life was despaired
of by the physicians, is again visible on
our thoroughfares. Mr.. Bell, the railroad
agent, and Mr.. Armistead, the express
agent, are convalescing rapidly.
NlSErYslx DEATHS AT MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, September II. = Ninety-six
deaths are reported to-day, Of which "a
were colorcd. wv
G Owing to the difficulties experienced in
burying the dead at Elmwood, Supcrin-
tendcnt Phillips being sick and his assist
ant, John Dawson, dead, the Howard As.
sociation has placed man in charge OF
the cemetery. Among the dead to-day
are: J. W. Heath, an active Howard; L.
G. Marshall, a prominent member Of the
Citizens Relief Committees; ]. W. Barton,
Dr. ]. l.. Penn, Wm. Oberst, John Ennis,
Mrs. &. +. Clapham, Wm. Mofatt and
Bob Hammock, Teller Of the Fourth Ma
tional Bank.