The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-02-12
The Plague.

Gar las approved the sunni mary
measures resolved upon By The com.
nittee- Of ministers for stopping the
plague. Three more cases have
been reported at Setitreno since
those reported yesterday. All rem
edies have proved unavaiIing. The
local sanitary commission of Mos
COW have decided on the most string
ent precautions. such as the closing
of unhealthy basement dwellings,
the erection Of a building to accom-
modate 1000 people. and of fur
naces for burning infected clothes
and the gratuitous distribution Of
cooked provisions. Russia has ask
ed England to send medical men to
report on the epidemic.
BUCHAREST, Feb. 3.-The Cham
Der of Deputies have voted a credit
of $4,000 francs for the establish
ment of quarantine end a military
Gordon to prevent the spread of the
plague.
LONDON, Feb. 3.-The British
Medical Journal publishes the fol-
lowing: "The Vienna Medicocher-
wigical Central Blatt, of. January
oath, states the origin of the pesu-
lence in Russia as follows:
ga Cossack, returning from the
war to Wetlianka brought his lady
love a shawl, which was probably a
part of his spoil. The girl wore it
two days and sickened, with all the
symptoms of The plague, aud died.
During the following four days the
other members of the family >icken-
ed and died. The disease spread
rapidly, but the local authorities did
not pay any attention 10 IL until
half the inhabitants Of Tie village
had died. and those remaining alive
were unable TO bury ;he victims.
The epidemic had assumed .erious
dimensions by the 25th Of Noyen.-
Der, but the govern nent was only
Informed of it officially on the 18th
of December. Ten days further time
elapsed before any systematic or en-
ergetic means were taken TO pre-
vent its spreading further. The au-
thorities have since then exerted
themselves to the utmost to make
up for lost time. AS the only way
of arresting the disease is to prevent
all communications between the dis
Lricts where it reigns and the others
which are healthy, a double Gordon
is being formed, firstly in the towns
and villages, shutting off the streets
where the plague reigns from the
rest of the place, and secondly by
surrounding the places with troops,
so that nobody is allowed TO pass in
or out. guarantees are also being
instituted on the borders of the inN
fected governments and are strictly
watched.
The population is said to take an
active part in preventing the cross
ing of the sanitary line, which begins
at Saniyanowska and runs upwards
on both borders of the Volga to Bat
anaska. -Four guarantees have been
founded in Sarepta, Iwanowka, o.
rada and Zaritzin. A great draw
back is want Of medical men. The
panic in Russia is almost incredible.
Every class aud station in life have
petitioned for the entire cessation of
all intercourse, even postal commun-
ication, between the rest Of Russia
and the Nolga. Letters sent from
Astrachan and Zaritzin are not re-
ceived by the persons to whom they
are addressed, Some people even
refuse to take paper money, fearing
the germ of the infection might be
communicated through it.
The Times correspondent at Ber-
lin says: The Russian railway cars
are no longer admitted to German
territory. The export of grain from
Poland will suffer severely from this
restriction.
The Roumauian government are
the expediency of pro-
hibiting the transit of Russian pro-
visions, sent to victual the Balkan
army.
A Russian sanitary commission
has proposed to shut off the Volga
line from all intercourse with wes-
tern Russia, and permit communica.
ton only under quarantine.
The Los Angeles (Cal.) Star says
that a lady in that vicinity has at
various times found gold in the
crops of her chickens. The last mug |
get contained about twenty five
cents worth and there is no telling
now much had been wern off by fric-
ion against gravel in the crop. 1t
g sunnosed that the grains of nre-