Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-09-04
RroNnsviIIe. Tenn.

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| Special TO the Appeal
BROWNSVILLE, September SIT is blue
here to-day. Three physicians report thir-
| teen new cases and four deaths. The officers
| OF the Howard association and the city officers
have to bury the dead with their own hands.
The city Is well nigh deserted, and we are in
need OF nurses, money and supplies. If our
| friends can help us We will appreciate the
kindness now in our hour of need. The fever
| takes all, natives and visitors, white and
black. We need money and female nurses.
All business is closed except the drug stores
W. I'VE WESTBROOK,
Secretary Howard Association.
OsykR, Miss.
New ORLEANS, September "a special
TO the Times from Osyka, Mississippi, says:
I'VE have ten or fifteen cases of bilIous-fever
| here, but not single case of yelow-fever
Should yellow fever make its appearance in
our town will telegraph you at once
Washington.
WASHINGTON, September 3.-The band of
nurses who leave for the yellow-fever district
tonight will be under the charge of DIR.
Ramsey, and consists of seven male and
eight female nurses. Two of the ladies are
from the treasury department, and one from
the government printing-ofiice. Over forty
applications were made, but only those who
had ycilow-feVer experience were selected.
New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, September. 3-Weather
| cloudy, with thunder and a light shower
New cases, 327; deaths, So.
Hickman, NY.
CAIRO, September s. kilograms from
Hickman, forty miles below here, report
forty odd persons sick and ten or twelve
deaths from what Is supposed to be yellow
fever. None here yet.
Grenada.
GnuN-Ana Capfav,,har L
| and three deaths since last report DIR. J.
Wallace, formerly of New Orleans, practicing
chiefly among the negros, says it is the east
| est managed fever he has ever seen on COL
ored people. He has not lost a case.
Holly Springs, Miss.
HOLLY SPRINGS, September 3.-There are
| some sixty cases of fever among the citizens
here. The doctors pronounce it bilious fever
of a serious nature. The deaths of A. W.
Goodrich and Isaac Tanaler, citizens, and W.
Mackin, refugee, have occurred. Great panic
among the people, who are leaving in large
| numbers.
VIeksburE.
VICKsBURG, September 2.-The city sex
| ton reports thirty-six deaths in the past
twenty-four hours. One physician reports
sixty new cases. 1t is thought the number
| of new cases will go far above any other day
since the fever appeared. The physicians
say that they can no longer make a report of
new cases for the want of time and the large
| increase of new cases.
| Delhi, La.
VICKsBURG, September S.-Twenty-slx
cases and six deaths are reported at Delhi.
| They call for medicines and medical aid.
GreenviIIe, Miss.
VICKsBURG, September 3.-The fever at
Greenville continues to increase rapidly. Sew
enty-tve cases are reported there and four
teen deaths.
Grenade, Miss.
i From an Appeal Correspondent
| GRENADA, September 1.-Knowing that
your paper is largely circulated in Mississippi,
| | send you as complete a list of the dead
from yellow-fever as can be gotten. have
been in the very midst of it since the day it
began until now, seeing the sick and the dy-
| ing daily. This list has been kept from day
| to day. There are names on other lists that
| | have seen that are still living and are al
lowed to read a notice of their death. 1t may
be pleasant thing to do, though for Gods
sake let Inc not be reported dead before | am
| taken sick. This is no doubt the wish of
| some, If not all of those reported dead, but
| still live. There are some ten or twelve re-
| ported dead who, in my mind, are doubtful !;
hence will not insert their names. | will,
| in giving the list, take all who die IN a fam
| lily, so that the world may see the truly APP
] pallIDg situation of things. In some in
stances not a single member of family is
| left. Tine first case was