The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-04
Third Edition
PEST BOUN d!
A Yellow GhOul Stands Guard
AT EVERY SOUTHERN GATE.

NatlOnal Associated PTeSS 10 the star.
LATEST FROM NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, Oct 4-The official state
ment of yellow fever cases is as follows:
Deaths from 12 m. yesterday to II N. to-
day, 81; new cases, 203.
TODAY AT MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS, Oct 4.-Twenty lone deaths were
reported to noon to-day. The weather is
warm.
REPORTS FROM MINOR POINTS.
New ORLEANS, Oct. 4.-The Howards re-
ceived the following last night:
LaFourche Crossing-Seyen cases in the
LIE Font family, two of them dangerously
ill. Three new cases since last report. No
deaths.
Bay st. Louis, Miss.-19 new cases and
three deaths for the past "a hours to II m.
to-day. The number of new cases on the
I'd should read 18 instead of 8.
Osyka Miss new cases for the last "a
hours: one death and two with black
vOmit
Biloxi, Miss.-2O new cases from II m.
yesterday. No deaths.
Jackson, Miss-The fever is spreading.
l death yesterday, l case of black vomlt to-
day, 10 or Is cases under treatment. lndi-
cations are thatit will be declared epidemic
in day or two.
Thibodeaux, La.-16 new cases. no deaths.
A great number of cases are malarial
fevers
Dry Grove, Miss-At the Menair planta-
ton, six miles from Dry Grove, there are
twelve cases of yellow and putrid fever.
Three deaths in "a hours
Baton Louge-The Democrats special
last night, from Baton Rouge, says: 50 new
cases in the last "a hours ending at a. m.
Ocean springs-Dr. Henry Stone left
this evening for Ocean Springs, Miss.
The fever is very bad there.
DECLINES TO ISSUE RATIoNs.
Secretary McCrary declines to issue ra-
| tions to the New Orleans Relief Committee,
although nearly fifty thousand people in
| that city are said 10 be dependent upon
charity for living now.
AT PORT GIBSON.
The death list of Port Gibson, Miss, up
| to last night was about lis. There have
been $40 cases treated to date.
THE LOSS TO THE SOUTH.
| 1t is estimated that the people loses up
ward of 5000, ,O00,O 900 in consequence of the
yellow fever.
AN ALARMING INCREASE.
New YORK Oct. 4.-Latest dispatches
| from the South show an alarming increase
in the fever Louisiana is pest-bound and
whole families in New Orleans have been
obliterated A very large number of new
cases are reported from New Orleans for the
past twenty-four hours, but the death list
there is not proportionally large. There
| have been about ten thousand cases report
ed to date from New Orleans, and three
| thousand deaths.
SIX HOURS AT NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, Oct. 4.-From noon to
p m. yesterday Is deaths were reported,
and 1877 cases, of which 10 date since Sep
tember 30th.
Two lovers were stricken with the fever
| three weeks ago, recovered, were married,
relapsed Tuesday, and died yesterday.
YESTERDAY AT MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS Oct. 4.-The Board of Health
report 26 deaths from yellow fever for the
"a hours ending at o'clock last night.
| In addition. undertakers report the inter
ment of seven outside.
Twenty four physicians of the Howard
Medical Corps report 13S new cases.
CHATTANOOGA
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Oct A deaths and
10 new cases yesterday, with tire disease on
the increase.
PoMEROY, O.
PoMERoY o., Oct. 4.-Engineer Cooper,
who was on the steamer John Porter, dur
ing her last cruise, is at his home, in this
city, sick with what the Health Officers
pronounce the yellow fever