The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-02-13

iaYcsliga.iaa of tAs Recent Gases
al Aurora, Indiana.

al Aurora, Ind. and That several OF them
were not expected TO survive. Fro
Iiendcnin. OF the Miami Medical COL
.r-e. Cincinnati. visited Aurora for the
purpose OF examining the cases and
from his report The following facts are
obtained:
The first victims were Mrs. Ihrruart.
German widow. and her three children,
~ o boys, aged IL and 7, and In girl age.
~ wears Dr. Clendenin was Interview
Ell By Your special reporter to-day, and
furnished the facts in the matter.
II appears thai Mrs. Threnart had two
hD.- Killed Tor home consumption about
four weeks ago. one of which had been
sick aner running animal had what is
called DrOop. IL was stiff in the streets
month or 80 before killing. IL was
still III tie limbs and lost its appetite.
but alter dosing with sulphur and sweet
mills II recovered aud iattened up. "A
ouaniifv a.. SAUSAGE was made with the
meat. anl ofil.iS Mrs. Threnart partook
freely 90 la>i Monday. TWAS prepared
and craAcd ia the usual way. GA Tues
dan li>i
THE FAMILY TOOK SICK.
Thev complained Of whitening pain
in the bowels -of being very tired anl|
sure ai. over the surface OF the body
Vomiting aud idiarrh.e -et ia ani tle
family ply stefan was called. lie thou ghi
The symptoms Were thosr OF typhoid.
fever. and treated accordingly. The
Hines. OF the mother aud her children
excited he sympathy Of her neighbors,
anal they took il in turn 10 nurse them.
Mr. Bav'er. VIII. of the Methodist Min
lister. with her TWO children. the Young
ct uHiv fuur years old. was the iirs'
nurse. nnl devoted herself exclusively
To The Chri-'iln llfy. She took up her
ahoi. III Che .i.S house. ana. when meal
time came. prcplrel aul ate some oil
the Sau.sge. together with the Youngest
child Tae oihcg ,clii.l would not touch
il. ca "a, neNt dry. Thursday. Mrs.
Bnvter an 4 her child were seized ia the
same m4nuer a the victims she came 10
nurse. and still no suspicion was asous-
ed AZ TO the cause.
OTHER VICTIMS.
That evening Miss Davis agel 10. aud
Miss Mollenhoh. aged 20 two charming
Young women, came TO nurse tie sick
and AT supper partook Of the sausage
and some OF the fried meat. They were
seized with cramps ia ,he stomach and
bowels Ia an hoEr. and were q ably Sick.
An old woman prescribed hot whi~A-
punch. aud made them drink il freely.
which increased the vomiting. They
are now convaicscing. a lad named
Kreiger. who brought kindlng-weOl TO
Mrs. Threnart's house. had supper. and
is also down with the same sickness.
Finally a Mrs Ross came and ate also
Of the meat. and soon after took sick in
the same manner al the rest. bnt AZ once
suspected the meat a. the cause, aud said
so To the physicians.
He called in Or. sutton, Of the Health
Department. and
SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS
of the sausage cooked and raw, was
made upon which the startling fact was
revealed that it was literally alive with
the trichina spiralis. 30 tenacious Is
this little dsvil OF life. that il was seen
to survive the picking process and the
cooking OF the meet. The entire car
cas- Of the hog that had been sick j. in
fected. not even the bones being free
from the invasion. Under the micro
scope. it looks like knots and coils Of the
common earth-worIn, with very sharp
or pointed extrcmties and while this
j. being written. speck Of the flesh not
larger than the head OF a small pin j. un-
der view. and contains millions Of the
mlggots. wrigging about. although
totally invisible TO the naked eye.
When DIR. Clcndenia LETT Aurora last
night all
THE PATIENTS
except the two young ladies were still
living very i'll. The symptoms were
alike on ALA peculiar paIeness OF the
skin, with livid pufiness around the
ewes. and the lower extremities pulfed
and swollen. they lie crouched up in
bed with the shoulders drawn forward
and the knees drawn up to the chin.
There j. painful weakness in limbs. II
j. painful to prelude the furred and
thickened tongue There is darrhea
with a tendency to dysentery, thirst
complete loss Of appetite. and fever
which increases toward night.
The oldest boz and the Girl OF Mrs
Threnart. and Mrs. Buyter, tic minister.
wife, who is fine, healthy woman. will
undoubtedly die, but some hopes are
entertained that all the other victim.
will survive. The affair has created
GREAT ALARM AND CONSIDERATION
in the community of Aurora. whore
there j. large German population
which live on pork aud other meat o
the hog kind. A crowd OF them invad,
ell DIR. Suti0n'- roOri al the hotel. las
evening. with r'0te- of polk. sausage
aud ham. Cd have thrin examined for fca'
OF trichina. and public conf Fence ha
been 80 much shaken In pork "a an arti
Gle Of food thai the commodity Is taboo
ed, and il is now a drug in the Aurora
market
EEENssE'S NEW EEOTE..