Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-02
YELLOW FEVER HORRORS.
The Latest Death Lfsrs

The number of new yellow fever cases re
ported at New Orleans yesterday was 30, and
deaths So Two hundred and ffty-three appli-
cations for relief were made to the HowardS
Members of the visiting committee report
general spread Of the fever, and state that they
find it eneroaching upon localities heretofore
meaSurably exempt DIR. Stone, at Grenada
reports the condition of affairs as unchanged
The Ancient Order of HibernianS make an ap
peal to similar organizations throughout the
Union for assistance. The distress Is pitiful
their resources are exhausted, and they ap
peal in Gods name for assistance TO alleviate
the suiterings of their afflicted brethren.
reported, and a deaths. There are - cases
at the county Jail; at Camp Joe Williams or .
deaths occur daily and the hospital contains
about = sick, Yesterday lO4 new cases were
reported, and 16deaths. The undertakers are
unable to bury the dead fast enough. At Camp
Joe Williams 6deathS occurred. From Browns
vile, Tenn. deaths and l7cases are reported ::
I deaths and 20 cases at Milan, one case at
W1the, and at Mason one death. ThoS. Mar
shall and w. w. Redding, telegraph operators
at Grenada, are dead. David FIanery, ex su-
New Orleans, has arrived at Grenada, and will
keep the office open. Thirty nurses arrived
from Little Rock and five from Ohio. with sew
eral physicians. Exeerienced druggists pre-
scrlption clerks, who have had the fever, are
wanted. Among the negroes the fever con
tlnueS TO spread, and 900 assembled SATURDAY.
ID a,i IRON! OF the conmlssary depot of the citi
AT SlckSburg 2Oi new cases and 10 deaths
were reported. Among the new cases are T.
{. carroll, superintendent of the elevator and
FathefS Hunter and Oberfelt and Signal OBJ
server Ienney. Among the deaths are Major
BlnSiey, prominent merchant, and Major 4
\. Bussley, of Rice & Co. Yesterday eight
physicians reported IS new cases and . infer
ments; Among. the new cases are Doctors
Whitehead and Burchett, George Burns.
Southern Express agent, and w. L. Trow.
bridge, acting mayor
The fever has appeared at Greenville. Mis-.
SisSlppl. Two deaths have been reported. The
people are panic stricken and flying from the
town. Typographical Union, No. los, appeals
Michael +. BettelSey.
At Canton, Miss, there were % cases Satur-
day. AT Port Gibson, La, there are 80 cases,
tTesS prevails. A refugee died at Mobile, Ala.
but there are no other suspicious cases The
fever is reported to have broken out at HEX
man, KY. with three deaths
ABANDONING THE SICK AND DEAD.
The attention OF the health officers of
Memphis has been called to the Wnittemore
House, in which five deaths have occurred.
one woman, who died at midnight on Friday.
was sick in back room, was not heard from
fOrseveral days. Saturday evening physician
visited the house, broke into the sick mans
room and found his stiff remains lying aban-
doned in the bed. "a dirty sheet thrown over
the face, and the bed clothes spattered with
black vomit. The sanitary police have been
Instructed to break into houses where they
tended sick or dead persons.
DEATH IN NEW YORK.
A New York dispatch says the case of Mrs
Joseph CeIe, reported to the health authori-
ties saturday as suspicious, was decided 20 be
one OF genuine yellow fever. She lived i'm
Union court, narrow lane in rear of 50 Uni
versity Place, and came to New York city
with her husband ten days ago from Memphis
Tenn, having stopped seventeen days at Gin
cinnati, Ohio. She gave birth to a child on
Monday last, and on Friday night yellow fever
i'm Shxlv CrNr-p
tine, and all houses in the alley were thor
ougly dlSinfected. She was unconscious when
taken to quarantine, and her recovery is
doubtful.
Fever Items from the Late Southern
Papers.
New Orleans has 1astidious sort of yellow
fever that feeds on foreigners, children and
strangerS.-TN. Y Picdyu7ae.
Not Chinaman has been taken with yellow
fever. Many OF them live and do business in
the infected district in Memphis, but they ap-
pear to be entirely exempt.
The type of the diSeaS at Memphis is yiru-
lent In the great majority of cases, although in
many instances persons have a mild attack
and recover rapidly. Ones habits of life have
a good deal TO 40 With the grade of fever which
Three beautiful girls, Ida, Fannie and Han
nah SchalScha, just budding into womanhoOd,
Ssfe , SITieken fao down 10 TWO are dead and the
to bed with a raging fever. This is one case
Of many sad ones.-f Memphis Avalanche.
1Ou can get along In the day time we'll
enough, but if you walk the streets after mid
night you find yourself alone, and your very
footsteps have graveyard sound. 1t would
would be pleasure to meet somebody, even
robber, at such lonely and silent hours
memphis Appeal.
"A Memphis paper tells the following sad
dren lay burning with fevers fires. In the
midst OF 1t all little stranger came into the
world. DR.. Hodges being apprised of the dis
tressing case, hurried to the house to lend
medical assistance. The little stranger died,
and the mother will follow. Mr.. John DOnO,
van was in Brownsville on business.
Some idea of the severity of the fever i'm
in the New York Times: lone square bound
ed by St Charles, Euterpe, CarondeIet and
Polyminia streets, contains 103 cases. of which
80 are in one block" Now, this square is in
the very heart of the most refined and aristo.
cratic quarter of the city.