Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-06
YELLOW FEVER.
GROWING STILL WORSE.

been received from Port Gibson, Miss.
10 mr. Associoted P,ess.
There are 400 cases and 30 deaths out Of $50 per-
soDs remaining in this town About LOO have
He'd The distress II very great, and the sick are
diving with no one to give them II drink Of water
Some nurses are ON the way from New Orleans
and Chicago Help and funds are needed.
lSigncdl jas. a. GAGE
President Of the Howard Association.
Another dispatch dated New Or
leans September 2nd, 10 =. NJ, says:
Weather cloudy and threatening TO-
night. From noon to 9 =. NJ. 20 deaths
were reported to the board Of health
The total deaths from fever to date are
LOCI, including 4Gl children under II
years Of age. The new cases include
Willis X. Wolf and Robt. Parsons, Of
the telegraph Office, and J. NJ. Walpole,
formerly Of the Picayuae. Very Rev.
Joseph Millett, vicar general Of the arch
diocese Of New Orleans, died Of yellow
fever mt 3 O'Clock this evening.
The following was received to-day:
baton RoCGE, In, Sept.2
10 ne dgent n 1ss0cidtcd press:
Eleven deaths from yellow fever have occurred
here IN the last "A hours. Many are down sick
and all business Is stopped, Our financial re-
sources are insufficient 10 relieve the Distress and
We afe compelled To ask the country 70 aid S.
our people are meeting the situation with great
llrnness
fspncd LEON DASTRA ENsKY.
The situation ut Memphis, Sept. End,
was unchanged except that all the
nurses and doctors were abovt exhaust
ed. There were - new cases and 50
deaths
ANOTHER DESOLATE DAY.
A Memphis dispatch of Sept lst,
says: Thomas Marshall and w. w.
Rcdding, telegraph operators at Gre
NADIA, are dead. d. Flanncry, ex-supt.
of the w. u. Tel. Co. ut New Orleans,
has arrived at Grenada, and will keep
the Office open. New cases reported Mt
Memphis to-day, lOf deaths from vel
low fever 76. The undertakcrs are
pressed to bury the dead, and mt Elm
wood lot to-day, dozens Of coilined
dead were lying on top Of the ground
waiting for interment, it being diff
cult matter to procure even colored
grave diggcrs. Information from camp
10. Williams is to the effect that q
deaths occurred there Of persons re-
Gently received into camp. II contains
about IL SICK. Reports from along the
line Of the Memphis and Louisville
Railroad state there have been 3 deaths
ut Brownsville, and there are seventeen
cases there.
AT Vicksburg, Sept. 1st, eight physi
clans reported 9S new cases. Twenty
five intcrments to-day.
New Orleans adviccs of Sunday, the
Isl INST, are MS follows. Weather cloudy
and warm to-day with light shower this
afternoon. 253 applications for relief
were made to the Towards. \ mem
Der OF the visiting committee reports
more general spread Of the disease and
finds il cncroaching upon locaities.here-
tolore mcasureably exempt. G. f.
Whitney, of the committee, reported %
new eases iii his district and related an
incident that occurred ut the corner Of
Race and ST. Thomas streets in the up
per part Of the first district, which
seems to show the rapid spread of fever
IN that locality. AS lie approached
this corner he saw six or eight little
children standing there. They APP
penred TO recognize him ms one Of the
Howard association and each ap-
pcaled to him to so with them
to their respective homes and see
the sick. lie went first to the nearest
house pointed out, followed Dy the lit
tie ones, then to the next, the procession
getting ono less ut each house until
every appeal had been answered.
Though the present situation is sad the
general impression seems to be that
the worst has not yet come. The an
cicnt order of iiihcrnians make mn ap.
peal to similar organizations throughout
the United States for assistance They
say yellow fever is thinning their ranks,
the distress is pitiful mud their resources
exhausted and appeal III Gods name for
assistance to alleviate the Sutlcrings Of
ther afflicted brethren.
At Memphis Aug, 3lst there were
ms new cases and III deaths All Point
Gibson the fever was increasing rapidly
Nicksburg reported 2l1 new eases and
10 deaths. Grenada asked for more
nurses ard money. Aid is being hbcr-
ally afforded from all parts Of tile north.
WGvsr30rH.
At Memphis The weather to-
day has been damp and disagrecable
and favorable to the spreading Of fever.
AT the hoard of health office only ~
new eases are reported Cor Il hours
ending six I. ~ This, however, does
not exhibit the true state Of the cui-
dcnlie for the day, assevcral physicians
failed TO report for some time The un-
dertakcrs report ~ intermcnts.
At Nicksburg there were Of new
cases, during the past twenty-four
hours, loo, deaths from yellow fever
u and four from other diseases Fur
thcr generous contributions have been
received from Philadelphia, New York