The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-08-28
Grenada,- Death Roll
special to the Appeal

Special to the Appeal.I
GRENADA, Miss, August III tstel y
there werr seven deaths; last night SIX
five of whom died in one house Inc stu,
ton is too appalling to be described, ana
the worst is, not Il single case mas TeSoN'ltu
or promises recovery. The doctors ulsas Iee
as to treatment, but under Tue ul Ill 49, 80
kinds of treatment the result appears I'e
same. the grave swallows up all alike. ne
relief committee, the physicians anu I'lc
Towards are doiIg noble WORK, out tuTy
cannot 90 much longer without helP'
Where is il TO come from IL Is sauly IieSu-
Il. Saturday night five were taken IN one
house and last night eight, two nurses
among them all stricken down Wllhout Z"
hand TO give them aid. General Smlth re-
turned 10 his quarters aDout Two Otv ~
houses OF eight and administered To their
wants with his own hands. The needs OF
the stricken people are great, anu WY
should they suffer when such nm aDuhuahce
fills the land? The relief com mittee tell me
10 saw to the public that eggs, chickens,
butter. bread, crackers, jellies. canned-i rults'
and cornmcal are needed. The country =
people do not go to the piague-s trlchth
| spot There is no communication, heHce
no way to get supplies except by rail- any .
thing st bv that source will be carried free
aud delivered promptly. win an actual
cash expense Of five hundred dollars per
day, and short OF supplies, there is heed OF
| help for this people. The writer learns
| THESE IaCLS lIOiu bllC VI nv
whom he interviewed az his post la Gre
NADIA. Verify. this once happily ana pros
| porous village seems like a woetul charnal-
house, situated in the valley of death
The following is correct list OF deaths
| in Grenada from the 9th inst, to date: 9th
Root Young, Alice M'Swine (col.) l2th
Mrs Ingram. Mrs Davidson, Mrs. VIII
| son. VIM. Shanklc, ID. w Moore, ii. Field.
| Z E Peacock Mr.. MMillan. Mrs. MMillan,
| Mr.. r.. Young, Miss Lula Kendrick, Miss
Mary Huntington, Miss Sidney WEIGH. 1871
Mr.. WEIGH, Mr.. DeJarnettes and child
| Mamie Peacock. Lula M'Clain, Mr.. Rivers,
| Annie Lake, Eugeane Ingram. l4th-Geo.
! Crom well, Miss Rosa Sader, r. Is. Crowder,
| Robert Mayhem. John Marrow, Mrs. G.
| Cuffman, child of Mr.. Eskridge, VIM. Beau
camp, John l.. Milton. l5th-Barry Rose,
! r. X. Hall. w. Eskridge, Mr.. Derrick, wal
ter Sadler, Florence Ingram, Mrs. DIR. May
and child, Mrs. j. Z. Gray, Huge Graham,
q Sims (col-.) and Dan Young (col) 10Th
-Sallie huntington. Mrs. Derrick, John
Cornwell Mrs. q. w. Lake, Sr., Miss. Mary
| Angerine. l7th-Bob Shankle, Thos. Pow
ell. ii. b. Sherman's child, Miss. M Pede-
want, Mrs. French, Lizzie Ayers, d.. Lorn
| Hankins, Robert Stephenson, Miss Alice
| Lacock. 18th and l9th-Mrs. M'Kin, JUnn
| Byrum, (coI); Miss Kate Clark. Major
! M'Conley, IL. Hart, Miss K. Bristol, Mrs.
| Irene Blackwell, NJ. w. Eskridge, Miss Kate
Cofiman, Thos. Field, L. =. Barnes, DIR.
Cages two children, JnO. Sleel Jno. stokes,
| Jno. Thomas, and still the people are dying.
Tie news OF the death of Mr.. Rllalsky has
| just reached me. This large list shows how
households have been de- olatt d-whole
families have gone within the last nine
days, and the end Is not yet.