The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-05

OF TEvER-NuRsgs, DOCTORS, MONEY AND
MEDICINES NEEDED-ANorHER APPEAL TO
THE BENxvoLxNT.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HEaALD.1
ST. LOUIS, Sept 4, 1878.
Private and special dispatches from Greenvile,
Miss, to-day. give gloomy picsure OF she condition
there and the rapid spread Of the fever. and fears
are entertained that tho frightiul scenes at
Grenada await she isolated town. J. H. Groom
who lives there, and whose two daughters
and their families there, received the iol
lowing message this afternoon :.sFever steadily grow
Ing sprssdisg rapidly. One hundred cases
and twenty deaths. We have doctors here who
thoroughly understand the disease and there are no
trained nurssa We need money, medicines, doctors
and nurses. NO one 10 leaving here now, ~ tho
sptAcmio mas such hold II 10 100 late togo any.
where"
Doctors and nurses, with tho needed medicines are
In readiness to leave d. Louie for Gresnvs bot
not known to-aignt how The pss.ilcncs stricken town
%.s Sso~ @ miles aS"s IUS
80 miles from Winona the Central Railway, tho
latter being tne nearest psint any rsrosd Nurses
steamboat Goiddust but the owners OF the boat de-
eiinsa 70 send their craft away, and boats
will leave 81 Louis for the Lower Mississippi Tho only
way reach Gresnvile is overland from W inona or
from Asmphs BY way Of . little boat SAID be plying
amsng tho Grssa vis people here that owing to the
related position Of It's naccssbIlity the
suFreusded BY bayess saa lagooSs and the enudtons
are favorable 10 the spread OF disense. SIX hun
drea dollars was AsrwarasA - Grssnvills to-day By
A dsspasoh Irsm humboldt to-day sass the lever
has broken out there. Three cases were reported,
ore Of which Terminated fatally.
DIRECT APPEAL FOR AID FROM oREENvILLE,
MISS.
- , GREESviLLH, Sept. 4, 1878
To FEE Eparor TIE HERALD:-
Since the lever made It's appearance hcrs, on the
31st Of August, 100 and fourteen deaths have
occurred. wo need experienced doctors and purscs,
and more particularly money, with which % obtain
supplies for the sick aud destitute wo nsx for
speedy assistance lest tho terrible experiences of
Grenada are repeated here Any funds contributed
30 left ~ tho Hanover National Bank, New York,
Or rsmMteo ~ ssesrapn 10 the Bank OF Greenviiis,
W. p. KRErsCHMAN, Assistant Cashier.
rwENrY-rHIEE DEATHS IN vICKsBuRG YEsrER-
DAY-No DIMINUrIoN IN THE INV CASES
icy TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
vIoKsBuRo, Miss, Sept. T. 1873.
me deaths from yellow fever IRON noon yesterday
20 noon to-day number twenty-five; total deaths to
2so. There 10 no dminution in the eases under
serasans ). +. Tssssy, Of the Signal Service, died
to-day.
cAsxs AND EIGHT DEATHS ON WEDNESDAY,.
GRENADA. Msa, Sept 4, 1878.
Since last nights reports twelve new cases and
eight deashs-one negro and seven whiies-are re-
ported The deaths ss follsws:-DG GILLESPIE aud
mother, MrG Aorrseo, Mas Hughes, Alcck RaioIsky,
H" rs.r NO o ,Ss ana
THE FEVER AT BLoUNr SPRINGS, ALA.-EIcK-
MAN, Ky, IN STATE OF PANIc--LsnoE
NUMBER or NEW oAsEs---A STAMPEDE FROM
UNION CITY.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HER.Lp.1
NAsHviLLE, Tenn, sept. T. 1878.
Five deaths from yellow lever have occurred at
slsum sprinss, Norm AIabama, within the past avs
days, and . negro died last night
A special despatch from Hickman, KY, says
..Your new OF yellow lever reported to-
day. Six deaths have occurred within The
past twepty-four hours, among whom 10 N.
p Harness, one OF the most prominent and iugu.
entail citizens Of Hickman. Four or nve others are
expected TO during tho nignt. Dr. Black
burn has nos yet arrived. but Is hourly expected.
our mail. have also been cut Oh by
qusrantne. Union City preventing trains from
las, night say that II is almost impossible 10 GET
the dead burea and that every person who could
fed ihs town, which now locks deserted. Every
that persons be seen the street
sTAnr1Ds AT cyroS CITY.
Two hundred families len Union City to-day. A
regular stampede has been going since yesterday,
most oil them fleeing 10 The hills, nine miles distant
Nearly all the houses have been closed Tho
report that . man had brought q sick child
whose mother bad died Of lever IA Hickman yesser-
day, orested panic. and twenty negroes were en-
poyed 10 hunt him, but failed 20 dad him. II was
she intention TO drive him IRON town.
rnx pIsEAsE AT BROWNSVILLE. TENN
SO far fifteen deaths have occurred a. Brownsville.
With sixty cases now on hand.
ANOTHER TALE or DESPAIR FROM HOLLY