The Portland daily press., 1878-08-21
YELLOW FEVER.
Report. from New OeIeans.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2O-The chief Of police
has received instructions to remove the bells
from ice cream wagons and instruct drivers Of
vehicles to drive slow when passing localities
where there are any persons suffering from
fever. Forty to fifty applications per day are
made to the Howard Association, and the Of
icers report donations coming In literally fol
use in caring for INDECENT sick. The death list
includes Max Villery, druggist, A. r. James
ticket agent of the Jackson road, d. w. Jones'
business manager of the Southw western Advo
cate. -Four of the nurses sent by the Howard
Association to Grenada have the fever.
The yellow fever is at Ocean Springs. One
death is reported.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2O.-A New Orleans spec
isl says great restitution begins to show itself
there. Outside help is needed. The streets
and houses in the infected districts are found
very filthy.
PORT EADs, Miss, Aug. 2O.-Two new cases
and one death.
One Hundred Gases mt vicksburg.
VIcKsBURG, Aug. 20.-The health officers
are unable TO give official figures, but estimate
that there are one hundred cases in the city
and increasing rapidly. There were four in
terments today from yellow fever and eighteen
deaths to date. The city council abolished
quarantine this morning.
The Scourge at Grenada.
GRENADA, Aug. 20.-The mortality is terri
BILE. The scene cannot be described. Dr. Man
deville, an experienced yellow fever physician,
says he never saw anything that would begin
to compare with it. 1t is fearful beyond de.
scription. Total deaths over 20, with no abate.
ment and no hopeful cases reported. Several
deaths just reported. 1t seems as1if none are to
II spared.
New YORK, Aug. Aug. 2O.-A Grenada
special says tnat three of the Howard nurses
are FRUSTRATED by fever. The deaths yesterday
were J. G. Stokes and Henry Hart, the latter
agent for st. Louis hardware firm. Mr.. and
Mrs Friedman will recover. Champagne is
used freely to patients with excellen Mt results.
John Brannon and John Holland of the Cham
berlain House have fled from the pestilen ce.
Examination shows the city to have been in
very filthy condition. all the outhouses over
flowing and stsgnant water in many places. G.
W. Cranberry, correspondent of the Memphis
papers, was taken with fever at Water Valley
yesterday.
Alarm i'm West Tennessee.
New YORK, Aug. 2O.-A Nashville dispatch
says the quarantine against Memphis is so rigid
in towns IN West Virginia that their own cti-
zens are not allowed to return, and two ladies
jumDed out of the windows of q car yesterday
at Union City. The conductors are forced to
lock their cars.
Quarantine.at Columbus, KY.
At Columbus, KY, Sunday, company of
armed citizens stopped a Mobile train short
distance from the place, had the through pas
sengers locked in and allowedithose who got out
to stroll leisurely to the town. A steamer from
Memphis attempted to land 200 passengers,
but were not allowed to.
At Gallipolis.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 2O-The steamer John
Porter has anchored three miles below CALI
polls, the engineers refusing to remain longer.
Gallipolis health officers have placed u strong
guard over her to prevent any one from leaving
the boat. Two cases, Charles DeGelmap, en-
ggi g from PittsburE, and VIM. Kohler, from
boarn, three very i'll. Among the sick is Capt
John BickerstaH.
Two Deaths in New York.
New YORK, Aug. GOWN. Reilly, who was
taken from this city suffering from yellow few
or, died at quarantine last evening. He was
attacked with black vomit and died with great
ported today, but young man who was taken
from Southern steamer several days ago also
died yesterday. The health authorities are
confident there is no danger of epidemic.
The symptoms of VIM. Schaltz of 1872 Dyke.
man street. Brooklyn, became SO apparent to-
night, that the physicians became satisfied the |
patient was really afflicted with yellow fever.
he was sent to the lower bay quarantine.
Reports from Memphis.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 2O.-The Board of Health
eport II new cases of fever from D. m. yes
erday to noon today. The fatality last night
md this morning was comparatively light,
according to reports from undertakers and the
Howard Association, the latter reporting three
leaths of new cases.
BOSTON, Aug. 20.-The following dt snatch
vas received here this morning:
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug 10.
We are sadly afflicted and unable to supply the
rants Of our poor. Can Boston help us?
(SigneO j. r. FRIPPEN, Mayor.
CASEY Young, NC.
Reply was forwarded at once by Mayor Pierce
authorizing the Mayor of Memphis to draw on
I'm at sight for $780, A meeting of citizens
called at the Mayors office at noon tomor-
ow, when active measures will be taken to
elieve the distress.
At Viclksburg
VICKSBURG, Aug 20-It is estim ated that
DO cases of yellow fever are under treatment.
here were IL deaths the past "a hours.
Disinfertng New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug 23-The city autbori.
es are trying irrigation in the upper part of
le city. There was good flow of river water
many of the streets today. The board of
ealth continue the use of carbolic acid as a
and carts OF the Improvement de-
artment scatter lime in the cutters of Con-
ance and other streets. La the first district ,
me is also freely used lad the custom ,
ouse. The Howard Association continues Ut
uniting ia its relief work.
AT Port Gibson
A telegram received today reports that I
SEES OF yellow fever had occurred at Por
ibson, Miss and two deaths. [