Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-09-05

people sick and diving without having
been seen by physicians. The scenes
of death and distress to-day and tonight
are indescribable Members of the re
! lief committee have been called to see
sick persons. and responding to the cal
! found in some cases patients lying In
single watcher. Members Of the indie
pendendent order Of Workmen to-day
buried five members Of the fraternity
They have exhausted their means
and call upon their brethren fo1
substantial aid i'll caring for the sick
and burying the dead. The Baptist re-
lief committee is also out Of means. and
through their president, Rev. S. Hand
rum, appeals to the Baptists and other
friends throughout the country for as
sistance in this hour of peril and suffer
! ing; even the smallest amounts will be
gratefully accepted and used in feeding
! the starving ana nursing the sick and
! bprying the dead In accordance with
the views of General Superintendent
Vanhorn, the telegraphers of Memphis
organized an association to-day whose
object is to assist those Of their profes-
sion who are and may be taken sick
with the yellow fever Their territory
embraces all the points north of Canton,
Miss. In this territory there are already
several very destitute cases reported.
They point to the length Of time the
disease has to run to show the necessity
of chSaction. They appeal to the
fraternity for aid. The officers are
Chas. A. CASTOR, chairman; E. w.
Gibson, secretary and treasurer. Among
the new cases are w. Y. Woodford, W.
J. Smith, Jr., Father Walsh, of st.
Bridges, D. H Rebart, of the Howards.
Among the dead are Geo. Keeth, of the
Southern Express Company; Dr5. A.
Hewitt and 7. III. Watson.
Contributions are coming in but not
in sums equal to the needs Of our dis
tressed people. Among the liberal
contributions received to-day is one OF
81 900 from Mr.. O'Brien, superintend-
ent Of the southern express company.
Rev. Eugene Daniels, pastor of the 1st
Presbyterian church, is among the new
cases reported tonight.
A Vicksburg special under date OF
August 2Sth, $50 P. NJ, says: Light
rain falling tonight; 135 new cases for
the past a hours, deaths, 10. Among
the new cases are DR.. OLeary and the
acting mayor, J. F. Dale.
Advices from New Orleans as late as
10 P. NJ, August 28th says: The death
list to-day includes twelve children
under five years and seven between five
and ten. From noon up to 6P. NJ. only
II deaths had been reported at the of
! flee of the board of health, four adults
and seven children under eight years OF
age. Among the new cases reported to
the board of health during the past few
days are some dating back as far
as August 10th. This is in re-
sponse to a circular recently
sent out by the board requesting the
physicians to report all cases. Between
Carondalet and St. Charles, there being
cases Of fever in the vicinity, tempo
rary barricade was placed across the
street to avoid the noise of vehicles
passing over cobblestones with which
the street is paved; milkman who in
sisted upon passing with his cart was
| fired upon by citizen and driven off
The Louisiana division of the army ot
northern Virginia have made an appeal
to eX-confederates in other states fol
contributions to aid them in providing
means of subsistence for members and
their families, who, on account Of the
prostratiCn OF business, are without the
means, and depend on the association
for relief Contributions should be ad
dressed to Gov. T. I. Nichols, presi
dent, or ]. Murray, treasurer.
The following dispatch was received
at New Orleans:
GRENADA, Aug. 2S.
Nurses and everything else arrived; machinery
in good working order. No deaths since yeStef
day; weather bad. Keep us supplied with fresI
food. Cannot Go without it; will have to rely
upon you for champagne.
! [-ignedl ABNER STONE.