Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-23
RN WIS.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
ESPECIAL TO TIE EUREKA DAILY srsrrSEL-
General Grant Bound for Peking.
Ne IS TO ARRIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO ON
OCTOBER FIRST.
SITTING BULL BECOMING DEMON
STRATIyE.
The Southern Plague.


wAsHrSoroS. July p.
A gentleman OF this city has received .
letter from General Grant by the last mail.
which is dated on the road to Pekin, May
goth. In that letter he mentioned October
LIST as the date ri his arrival in San Fran
cisco. He said nothing II his going to
Australia and the Sandwich Islands, n
Of not returning home until after the Re
publican National Convention had been
held Another mail is expected from him
ON Thursday next The steamer from
Hong Kong. with the mails from that place
10 June 29th. having reached San Fran
cisco on Thursday last
At the Cabinet meeting to-day Secretary
McCrary submitted information in relation
to Sitting Bull. stating that several bands
OF Indians are joining that Chief, who is
becoming somewhat demonsrrative-
MEMPHIS. July p.
Twenty-one additional cases OF yellow
fever were reported Yesterday afternoon.
making g total Of So for the day. This
large increase was the accumulation OF sew
ersi days, as most OF the patients have
been i'll for from three TO i've days
The following was sent to all towns in
West Tennessee yesterday: The State
Board Of Health has declared quarantine
against Memphis for the zho.e State, aud
it is now king enforced"
John C. Bierman died last night st 8
o'clock. He leaves q wife and two chill
dren. The fever is row scattered otter the
CITY. and indications are that before the
week is ended there will be no part n. the
city without Its qnota Of sickness Many
Of the doctors still maintsin that the dis
ease is a mild type cf yellow fever. while
Others contend that it Is something else.
DIR. Putnam. an old resident physician.
says be has five or SIX patients under treat
ment. hut does not discover any yellow
fever in the sickness which would be re-
ported by other doctors a. yellow fever.
General Smith. connected with the Howard
Association ssys be has nsighbsrs within
two blocks Of his n residence sick and be
can not detect in any II them yellos fever.
although be believes there i yellow fever
in the city. The General mentioned cases
within his knowledge that had never been
reported. and said tina. although patients
were very sick on first attack. they were
now xaiking about in their yards OF
streets: be also said the Howards would
hold no meeting. nor would they organic
| until the situation Was such that the How
srds must be brought. into the field
Smith was very szngaine that we wonld
hzye no epidemic. a. compared vita last
year. and such is the fse'ing en-
terssined by our most prominent pAv-
sicians. DIR. Collin, Of the Beard OF Health
saws good haSnore .iy. that Re exPecfs TO
leave here in about 80 DAYS for Sohoe oilsE
point. because there viii lie nothing TO do.
When asked shy. when there were s. eaS~
Iike these OF 0day. he could not FAD
something to do. he answered thai the dis
ease in 80 days wouid be checked as sud
denly a. il began. and that no material
would he left for it tn feed upon
DIR. ]. B. Thoraton has returned after 3
flying trip to Warrington He eaters
ups,n his duties as President IF the Board
Of Health DR.. Maary. who is in Colo
! rada, has resigned his membership Of the
State Board Of Health.
Five new cases were reported 70 she
Board Of Health this morning. Fonr
deaths have occurred since last night.
Two cnlored military companies. the Ne
Clellan Guard aud Memphis ZouSves. have
volunteered their services to protect the
property Of the city if Necessity arises
The city authorities will doussgiess select
. site to-day where tue camp will he stab
iisled to which tie poor Of tie city all be
removed.
NASHVILLE july T.
At q meeting Of the Sssfe Boar OF
Health the subject Of quarantine vas eon
sidered. A dispatch was sent 70 Memphis
ordering that the rules Of the National
Board be put into immediate force.
DIR. E. n. Wright. United States S2ni-
tary Inspector. arrived here this morning
from New Orleans. under orders OF the
National Board Of Healta- He SAYS il i
the almost universally expressed opinion
Of those familiar with yellox fever tha;
there is great danger Of the fever spread
ing over the Mississippi Waller and tAers
is a very generally expressed demand for
the establishment of intelligent quarantine
under the rules Of the National Beard.
which everywhere meets with approval.
with the exception of its application to
particular localities where fever has here
tofore prevailed. At the places where physi-
clans and health authorities are familiar
with yellow fever they advise such qnaran
tine a. will prohibit people coming frs,ln
infected places East Tennessee and Vir-
ginis, he says. are thought 10 be the best
localities within easy reach of fccing refD-
gees, sffording them a better asylum per-
haps than any other region at the same
distance from points likely to be infected
He says the health authorities OF New Or
leans are exercising great vigilance to pre-
rent an outbreak Of fever there. and are
very watchful If every suspicious case.
and that every case occurring will be
promptly reported
WASHINGTON, July %.
Representatives. Casey. Young. and other
prominent gentlemen representing the
Southern States, are contemplating organ
izing q Yellow Fever Relief Committee in
this city. Their idea is. in the event OF
another epidemic. to receive in Washing
ton such donations A. may be offered. and
TO distribute the same to the best advan-
tage throughout the infected districts. 4
formal meeting will be held to consider
the proposition this evening.
The Cabinet to-day discussed the yellow
fever question. The Acting Pos tmaster
General was instructed to use all means 10
his power to keep mail communication
open.
Two seamen suffering from yellow fever
were admitted to the New York hospital
Yesterday. G. 7. Colby died there yester-
day.
A quarantine has been established by
Evansville, Indiana, against all boats as
eendiag the Ohio river from Cairo.
A Cairo, Illinois, telegram says: The
steamer st. Genevieve had nearly 400 pas
seng@rs from Memphis yesterday. No
sickness on the boat.
The Fall River strike.
FALL RIVER, July o.
The mos' serions disturbance which has
occurred since the present labor troubles,
took place tonight. A woman with her
500 came here from Warren. Rhode Island,
this afternoon. and the latter, a weaver,
was given work at the Merchants mill.
The mother was given = tenement in one
OF the cOmpany'x honses. This e~yaninr a