Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-08-28
are now making preparations to leave
the country.
A DEsoLATE SCENE,


70. Here and at every station along
the line can be seen the black and white
people sitting IN the shade in earnest
and serious conversation. Words can
not describe the terrible excitement and
fear which seem to have taken posses
sion Of all except railroad men. They
are at their posts and'seemingly pay no
attention to the plague.
A strange sight to nOrthcrner are
the negro brakemen and iiremen on the
trains. They are the only persons ca
pable Of standing that arduous labor IN
this debihtating country. Drs. Mande-
vile and Veazie are still attending the
sick. Both are young practitioners,
the former twenty-seycn years OF age
and the latter twenty-five, but both
have had considerable experience in
treating this class Of disease.
When The disease first broke out the
local physicians pronounced it bilious
congestion, but on the l4th instant, Dr..
Brown, of the Memphis Board fIIealth,
arrived, and, upon close examination,
pronounced the disease yellow fever OF
the most malignant type. Drs. Mande-
VILE and YeaMe, upon their arrival, at
once agreed on this diagnosis, and
treated the disease accordingly. The
three nurses Frustrated may recover. rs
they. understanding the disease so thor
oughly in the conyalcscent state, are
more patient and obedlcnt.
REPORTS FROM TIE VARIOUS POINTS
THE FEVER STILL RAGINC-TWo
CASES IN PHILADELPHIA.
From the Associated Press dispatches
of Saturday and Sunday the following
interesting facts arc cullcd in regard to
the progress of the yellow fever at
various Southern points where it has
made its appearance
At Memphis. Tenn, on Saturday
the number ofncw cases reported was
nearly double that Of any previous day.
the total number for twenty-iour hours
ending at G p. NJ. being 100. with -
deaths. Among the deaths Saturday
was DR.. John c. Rogers, and among
the new cases is Father Mahcr, Of s..
Budgets Church; DR.. d. /. Porter and
Dolph Thumel, teller OF the German
National Bank.
AtMemphs there was q decrease in
the number Of new cases as compared
with Saturday, there being 81 cases re
ported up 10 p. N. 3; there were.
however, % deaths, the largest num-
Der since the outbreak Of .hc ever
There is a scarcity Of nurses. and Mo-
bile and other points have been called
on for them. Gen. ". j. smith is re-
ported very low. Capt. J. D. Elliott
died. WI. Taylor, chairman OF l-eI
Typographical Union, calls on sister.
organizations for aid.
Saturdays yellow fever report i'm
New Orleans gave 49, new cases and
u deaths. Yesterday there were lCj
new cases and 33 deaths. The T0uro
lnfrmary and Hebrew benevolent
Associations, have received TO date
over $4,000 in contributions. which
they are dlsburs.n5 in aid OF the SICK
and destitute. The tcegsapAeg, Of.
Texas have forwarded $50 for tae rel
lief Of the sick New Orleans tcie-
At Vicksburg, there were G5 ncw
cases AMI lG deaths fox tn, twcn.y-iour
hours. Among the deaths IS that oil
Robt Eggleston, son Of i. I. Lseles-
ton
Two cases Of fellow fever were dis
covered here Saturday night. \ young
man called at the Pennsylvania lios-
pital and ard inquired OF the attending
il two pay patients could be
treated there. Tho Doctor inquired a.
to the nature Of the cases. and the APP
plicant said he only knew that there
were two men stoppngata house 10.
S04 South Eigth street, who had arrived
here on Friday from Fic@sbugg. Miss.
and showed signs Of fever. TIE Doc
tor notified the authorities, and health
officers were Immediately detailed tot
take the sick mcn 10 the Municipal Hos
pital, an institution on the suburbs, de-
signed especially for the treatment OIL
such cases. The house vas then thor
oughly dislnfectcd, tic trunks OF the
ieyer-str.cken and all clothing In the
house taken away aad the nei.h53shood
clcansed. The health board say Tat
the cases haYe been discovered in Sood
time. and that there is 10 reason for
alarm"
a rcpor. from the surgcou--enerais
office, at Washington, dated AusUs. -,
gives tie following sanitary 70
ports received during taepast *. un-
der the national quarantine act:
New Orleans. During Che week ead-
ing yesterday noon there were ~ cases
Of yellow fever, and 29j deaths making
in all 1913 cases and 5li deaths.
Canton, Miss.-I'irst case OF yellow
fever occurred at Canton August J. TO
Yesterday evening there were IS cas-
and deaths.
Port Gibson, Aiiss.-Tirst case o,
yellow fever originating III Por. Gibson
occurred August 3, resulting in death
August Sth. The disease began TO
spread August 18th. ll8 cases and 0
deaths to morning.
Morgan City, La.-Oaa case OF
yellow fever August 2lst; patient from
New Orleans.
Ocean Springs, ss.-Three cases of
yellow fever and one deaf; ali imported.
St. Louis. -Four refugees died Of
yellow fever at St. Louis during the
past week.
Louisyillc.-Four uycr boatmcn
Suffering from yellow fever and under
treatment in an improyised hospital on
the Marine Hospital grounds, admitted
from steamers John Porter, SunlOwcr
Belle and Golden Grown, on l7th and
18th inst.
Mobile.-The case reported as yellow
fever, Aug. lG, now officially announced
as undoubtedly q mistake. Dispatches
to 23d inst, report good health.
Key Wcst.-No yellow fever in Key
West during the past three weeks TO
evening.
The latest dispatch from YicKsburg
last night states that the fever continues
increasing. There will be over fifty
new cases in the past twenty-four hours. |
and twenty-five deaths, among them
George f. Brown, sou of Judge Brown. !
G. p. Allan, city editor Of the Vicks-
burg Herald, is down with the fever,
also his wife and son. His daughter
died last evening. Physicians and |
nursns from Now Orleans ro9rhod /