The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-20

ed. Is large majority Of the bankrupts
within the past 90 days were voluntary cases,
thst the latter will immensely exceed the
former.
WEST AND 0OUTHWUI.
On the sth, New Orleans reported so
deaths from yellow fever and 223 new cases.
Memphis, 100 deaths and 100 new cases, up
on estimates made from partial reports.
The situation was desperatc-3,000 down
with fever, and . scarcity of ply
sicians, nurses and supplies. Port Glib
son had 70 deaths to date; more nurses
wanted. vicksburg and Grenada reported
no change for the better. Greenville had .
deaths and 20 new cases. Hickman, n.y..
had 50 cases OF yellow fever, vouched for by
DIR. Blackburn, Of Louisville, who had gone
there to look after them. Plaquemine, her
vile Parish, La, had 100 cases and p deaths
to date.
On the 9th, New Orleans reported 81
deaths from yellow fever and IA new cases.
Memphis had 1l2 deaths and probably 300
new cases. Among the deaths there are Dr.
+. G. Slater, pastor First Methodist Church,
DR.. Nelson, Major J. c. Thrall, Rev. ID. X.
Rosebury, and other well known persons.
The Citizens Committee notified all
well persons who expect to draw ra-
lions that they must leave the city and go
into camp. DR.. Stone reported from
Grenada that the disease had nearly
run its course, for want Of new material 10
feed upon, and no further trouble was APP
pretended. Canton had 81 new cases and
four deaths; Holly Springs, three new cases
and seven deaths; and there was no abate-
ment at vicksburg, Port Gibson or Green
vile. The disease has appeared at Mays
VILE, KY, and in Thomas Porter's family,
four miles above Cairo, ILL.,, although mo
cases had been reported in that city.
New Orleans, on the 10th, reported III
deaths from yellow fever-the highest num-
Der since the epidemic began. The disease
has broken out ut Pilottown, near South
west Pass, and continues with great viru-
lence at Plaquemine. At Holly Springs,
Mss, six Of the seven resident physicians
were down, and the New Orleans Towards
had sent 10 additional physicians to their
assistance. Lake. Miss, 40 miles west Of
Meridian, reported A. cases Of fever and
seven deaths, and the disease has also broken
out It Senatobia. The situation at Grenada
was unchanged. At Canton the epi-
denic was increasing, the number
Of deaths to date being 80. Port
Gibson reported s. deaths TO date,
out .s . total Of 475 cases. At vicksburg
the fever continued 10 increase. there being
~ deaths on the 10th, and nearly 3,O00 pros
trated with the disease. Memphis reported
lis deaths on the 10th, and the burial corps
was unable to dispose Of the dead bodies, so
fast did they accumulate. A large number
Of volunteer physicians and nurses had sue
eumbed to the disease, which added greatly
20 the general feeling Of dependency. The
last Waterman on the John A. Porter, the
injected boat lying on Gallipolis, o., died on
the 10th. Several cases Of the disease had
broken out In the vicinity, and the public
schools at Gallipolis had been closed in con-
sequence. There were threats made to
burn the deserted boat.
The plan Of making nickel collections for
the yelIow-fever sufferers in the South BY
means Of ballot-boxes placed in hotels and
other conspicuous positions in New York
and other cities has netted many thousands
Of dollars, and 1t u suggested that the sys-
tenn be adopted in every city and town
Throughout the country.
Mr.. w. L. Hunt, Superintendent OF Rail-
way Mali Service, Southern Division. has Is
sued an Official circular, addressed to the
Postmasters In Arkansas and Texas, stating
that the Department has issued stringent
orders to it, employees In infected districts,
to hold at their Offices all mail matter adj
dressed to the States named, ard that route
agents are likewise instructed to return to
the mailing Offices all matter Of his de-
scription that may be forwarded The De-
partment therefore protests against the in
discriminate cutting or Of mail conmuni-
cation, as has been done by many cities and
towns In these States, and will not sanction
the stoppage Of any mails exccpl ~uch as
are prohibited by legally constituted Boards
OF Health.
A Washington dispatch Of the I'd says:
Reports received tonight at the Office ofthe
Marine Hospital and signal-service, give
the pestilencc at New Orleans, vicksburg
and Memphis, and the expansion Of the area
threatened with q similar visitation. The
reports to the Marine Hospital hesdquarters
here, say that the prospect IL fearful TO con-
template; that experienced physicians are
worn out with constant and unremitting
attendance upon patients, and, hav-
Ing reached the end Of physical
endurance, are giving up. From this cause
there Is well grounded apprehension that
the mortality will swell in the future. At
the Signal ONCE accounts Of the weather are
unfavorablc TO the alienation Of the dis.
case. The hot spell will be protracted, and
from meteorological data Il Il stated that
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