The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-22

p0Afueu ana inspected t west Point
mouth Of Salt river, twenty miles down
The same notice will be given toirailroad
trains on the Louisville & Nashville and
Great Southern. The station will be prob
ably at or near EliEabethtown.
To Captains, 0lmtrs and Agents Of Steamers
All steamers coming to this port from
below will be examined at West Point, on
the Ohio River, below here. Competent
and experienced medical officers have
been appointed 10 make such inspections,
and the captains and officers Of all boatG
are requested to aid in the enforcement oi
the quarantine regulations established by
Louisville.
tsigned) JOHN G. BAXTER,
Mayor.
JOIN McCIosxEY, Clerk.
How st. Louis VIII Act.
ST. LOUIS, July 2l.-A telegram from
Cairo states that the steamer Genevieye,
having on board two hundred and fifty
passengers and iourhundred tons Of freight
from Memphis, will reach here tomorrow.
The boat will be stopped at the quaran.
tine station, and any who are sick will be
taken of. Should the boat have no vel.
low fever on board she will be permitted
TO land her passengers OF the wharf, but
will be at once returned 10 Quarantine for
q thorough fumigation OF her freight. The
latest information Is that all on board are
well.
The Health Commissioner sent notices
10 the agents Of all TRANSPORTATION lines
to-day that no Memphis freight
can be brought into the city. The Health
Commissioner has larger powers this year
than last year. Hecan now take sick per.
sons and transport them from any place in
the city to another place, II in his opinion
the health OF the city SO demands. Six
new W ards have been built at Quarantine,
which is on q high bluff fourteen miles
south Of the city. Accommodations have
been provided for colony OF several
hundred persons.
Only MaIaFial Fever.
NEw ORLEANS, July 2l.-Fiye suspicious
,ases Of fever having recently occurred
nesr Mississippi City, the health authori.
les to-day sent medical experts by special
rain to investigate. Dr.. Chopin, in a
.elegram to DR.. Haden, president Of the
Galveston Board OF Health, makes the fol.
owing statement OF the result: "Drs. w.
A. Smythe and O. B. White, OF this CITY,
ust returned from visiting the reported
!uspicious cases Of fever in Mississippi
Jity, on the lake shore, and declare the
I've cases under observation to be malarial
ever. New Orleans Is perfectly free from
'ellow fever. Only So cases last week OF
III diseases.
Relief Movement.
WASHINGTON, D. G., July 2l.-Repre.
Casey Young and other promi.
tent gentlemen representing Southern
'tates are contemplating organizing yel.
ow fever relief committee in this city.
Their idea Is, in the event OF another
pidemic, to receive in Washington such
donations as may be offered and to dis
ribute the same TO the best advantage
throughout the infected district. A for.
nal meeting to consider the proposition
Vill be held tomorrow evening.
At Sea. '
NEw York, July 2l.-The brig L. F.
'lunson, from Cardenas, saw brig flying
ignals of distress. The Munson ran TO
Ter and found her to be the brig Akbar
rom Havana for New York, with the Cap
ain and three lnen sick with the yellow
ever, one man having died the day previ.
us, and her former Captain having died
n Havana. A'navigatior:was put on board.
A Boat Load OF FuEitiVes.
CAIRO, July a. The steamer Genevieve
lad nearly four hundred passengers from
lemphis.i No sickness. The boat anchor.
d below the city and received supplies
" q tug. Ataspecial meeting OF Council
o-day the Board Of Health was authorized
o employ sufficient force to strictly carry
ut the quarantine regulations.
.t1 GoyernmcntslAId! l
WASHINGTON, July 2l.-At the request OF
representative Casey Young, Of the
Memphis district, the Secretary of War
yill forward to Memphis / 500 tents and
ations for 1000 people for 80 days, to be
lsed in aid OF sufferers from yellow fever.
Two Cases and One Death at New York.
NEw YoRK, July 2l.-Two seamen suf-
ering from yellow fever were admitted To-
he hospital yesterday. One G. s. Colby
lied today y f71UgS i155E