The Portland daily press., 1878-09-23
THE SOUTHERN PLAGUE.

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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 21.-The death list to-
total yellow fever deaths to date are 2430; 157
new cases were reported from noon and II
Deaths
MORGAN CITY, Sept. 21.-The total cases to
date are 66. deaths IS, recovered Y, under
treatment 81.
GRENADA, Sept. 21.-Two new cases and one
death are reported. The weather Is warm and
rainy.
BATON ROUGE, Sept 21.-New cases 81,
deaths 1; total cases 1903; deaths 49,
CAIRO, Sept. 21-Hickman, Ky, reports
or 10 are sick there, but the disease is pro-
nounccd bilious fever. There is no sick in
Cairo, and the quarantine will be considerably
relaxed Monday.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 21.-The Bar as
sociations are appealed to for donations for the
support and education of the orphans of Butler
T. Anderson, leading lawyer, who died
while performing duties to the sick as a mem.
Der of the Howard Association at Grenada.
NASHVILLE, Sept. 22.-Dr. Thomas o. Sum-
mers returned tonight from Memphis. He
says the fever is leaving the city and spreading
out into the interior. All the towns along the
railroad are in commotion and fears are enter
tanned that Memphis people will return too
rapidly, causing fresh outbreak. DR.. Sum-
mers says that the worst is over.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-The following is an
abstract of the sanitary reports for the week:
Observation-Disclosures abating; 121 deaths for
the week ended last evening-a decrease of 113
deaths from the week before; II deaths in the
last "a hours; total deaths to date, 72l.
New OrleaDs-Daring the week ending yes
terdsy noon 1401 cases; AS deaths, decrease
of 172 cases and deaths compared with the pre-
vious week. In the last "a hours 165 cases, &c
deaths; total cases. 1888; deaths, 1868.
Ration Roupa-TTn Tn q N, vasfardau tharo
were 672 cases and 80 deaths.
Morgan City, La.-Duriug the week, Al
cases; 10 deaths.
Mobile -Four cases, 2 deaths.
Grenada, Miss;-Eor the week, 20 new cases.
81 deaths; total deaths to date 271; no decrease
in the virulence of the fever. DR.. Henry
Stone of Natchez is the only physician on daty.
Pass Christian. Mss.-From the 9th to the
goth there were new cases; no deaths.
Biloxi, M1ss.-Twenty cases, deaths, to the
Goth.
Ocean Springs, Miss.-Fourteen cases, {
deaths for the week.
Memphis-Six hundred and twenty deaths
for the week ended Thursday evening; total.
2l3l deaths, There are number of cases moi
known to the Memphis board of health.
Brownsville, Tenn.-For the week ending
yesterday. 100 new cases, 15 deaths; total, 13(
cases and A deaths
Hickman, Ky.-42 deaths; 16 new cases and
deaths in the last "a hours; total cases, 2O5
ST. Louise deaths, at quarantine; all re-
fugees.
Louisville-1S cases, s deaths; total cases "
deaths, 26; all refugees.
Cincinnati-5 5 cases. 1 death; all refugees
total cases, 80; deaths, 13.
Bay Saint Louis-15 new cases during the
last week; deaths not reported.
Calro-3 new cases since last report; 2 died il
Cairo and one went to Mound City, eight miles
| from Cairo, and died there.
Havana-50 deaths from yellow fever and I
| from small pox during the week ended Sept
Key West-6 cases of yellow fever and |
deaths during the past week.
New ORLEANS, Sept 22.-The deaths today
| are 40, aud new cases, 1885, The total cases Il
| date number 1885, and total deaths 2470. The
| death list today includes 13 children under Z
CAIEo, Sept. 22.-At Hickman today there
were 10 new cases and deaths.
TERRY, Miss. Sept. 22-The fever is still
bad at Dry Grove. Two died vomiting bl)od
and one new case last night. Howard supplies
| exhausted.
GRENADA. Sept. 22.-One death today, (col
| ored woman: no new cases.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 22.-Thirty three deaths re
ported officially by the board of health for tht
past "a hours. Nine were colored. Seventeen
physicians of the Howard medical CORPS re-
port la new cases.
CANTON, Miss, Sept. 22.-The new cases to-
day are "A and deaths 6.
HICKMAN, KY, Sept. 22-Tbe situation il
unchanged, IL new cases and deaths the pas
"a hours. There has been 6S deaths here up tt
the 10Th inst
New ORLEANS Sept. 22.-The Howard As
sociation reported today 374 cases. The Young
Mems Christian Association reports AZ new
cases.
WATER VALLEY, Miss, Sept. 22-There ART
% cases of fever here