Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-29
YELLOW FEVER
Cities Of the South Panic Stricken and
Desolated by its Ravages.

OF the ravages OF the yellow fever,
will give our readers some idea of it's
horrors.
NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS. August 24.-New
cases number 1913; deaths, AZ. Hugh
Irvine, chief operator OF the Western
Union Telegraph Office in this city,
died this morning OF yellow fever,
after six days illness.
The total number of cases Tor the
week, 891; to date, 1866. Tho to-
tai number Ut deaths for the week,
31I /; to date 577. There is no ex-
PLANTATION of the increase OF new
cases to day. other than the spread
of the disease, the report containing
but few if any more old cases than
those of the preceding days. From
noon to 8 p. M, 103 new cases had
been reported at the office OF the
Board of Health, Indicating still
larger number of new cases for to-
morrow than were reported up to
noon to-day.
Manager e. w. Barnes, of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
and G. Fl. Smith, operator, are down
wife fever. +. S. Moxon, operator,
is convalescent. Colonel B. Ander.
son Of the Memphis Howard associa-
ton at Grenada, telegraphs TO the
Howards here to day for twenty
more nurses. One hundred and
thirty-four applications for relief
were made to the Howard associa-
ton to-day.
MEMPHIS, August 1.-THE fever
is largely on the increase, and mat.
tiers look quito pan;cky again this
morning, applications from the poor
to be sent out of the city being great.
For the twenty four hours ending at
noon los new cases have been re.
ported and Is deaths. OF the new
cases about rs were reported this
morning. Scarcity of nurses is be-
ginning to be felt, especially females.
To-day the number of new cases
of yellow fever reported is nearly
double that of any previous day, the
total for the twenty-four hours end
ing at 6 p. m. being 1O6 +; the deaths
for the same number Is. The largo
increase becoming known at noon
created something of panic among
those who had determined to brave
it out, and many wavered in their
resolution aud left the city by rail
this evening. The Towards have
had more than they could attend to
and today experienced some difficult
ty in supplying narses for the sick.
Among the deaths to-day is DR.. Jno.
G. Rogers, and among the cases are
Father Maher, ofSt. Bridget's church,
DR.. ID. L. Porter, and Dolph Thumel
teller of the German Bank. The
Grand Dictator of the Tennessee
Knights of honor has issued circu-
lar appeal to the knights of Honor
to respond to the call of Distress.
Many members of the order have
died, and many more are now on the
sick list. The expenses of the lodges
are very heavy, and tho treasury is
we'll nigh exhausted. The increase
of the fever to day has brought more
laborers into the field, and the Odd
Fellows, Masons, Knights of Honor,
and orders of workingmen's relief
boards find their time pretty we'll
occupied in caring for the sick and
destitute. The terrible epidemic of
1873 scarcely equals the distress now
prevailing in our midst when our de-
pleted population is taken into &C.
count. To-day whole families were
Frustrated within a few hours, th cir
misery being increased in some in
stances by delay in receiving proper
attention.
In answer to the appeal for help
from Butler P. Anderson, member of
the Memphis Howard Association
who has been working among the
sick ct Greneda, Thos. J. Brogan
and d. w. Coen to-day volunteered
their services and will proceed to
Grenada in the morning. Two more
of our physicians, DIR. Ess and
Thweatt, are reported down with
the fever tonight.
JACKSON, MISS.
JACKSON, August 24.-Not a case
of fever has yet appeared in Jack
son. The authorities are working
with the energy of despair to keep
out the grim destroyer. In every
direction railways are watched day
and night and the town patrolIed
The citizens both black and white
constitute themselves detectives and
all strangers unable to give a good
account of themselves are marched
to the city limits and warned not to
return. The fire bells ring at 10 p.
m. and all persons found on the
street after that hour are arrested.
A mass meeting pledged the Mayor
moral and physical support to carry
out all measures. The Vicksburg
and Meridian railroad discontinue
their trains to-day. Contributions
from the Masonic fraternity are com.
ing in answer to the appeal of Grand
Secretary Powers. The following
appeal speaks for itself:
JACKSON, Miss, August 24.--To
the Odd Fellows of the United
States: We need help. We have
no funds in our treasury. Our citi.
zens VINO were able have generally
gone from our pestilence-stricker
towns. The mortality and destitu.
tion at Vicksburg, Grenada and Por,
Gibson is fearful. The other towns
are threatened with the scourge
Send your contributions to J.sL
Power, Jackson ard he will distrib
ute. [Signed1
john Ii. MCKENZIE,
| Grand Master
THE HIBERNIANs' APPEAL.
| jackson, Miss, August 24.--Tc
tho Hibernian Associations of The
United States: The distress among
our people in Vicksburg and Other
pestilence.stricken towns in thi.
state is fearful. Citizens who had
the means fled on the approach oil
/ the fever RishOn EIden and q nnm