The daily gazette., 1879-01-08

Scarlet fever and diphtheria have en-
tered The home OF millionaire resident
of BROOKLYN who lived iii what lis ton the
surtacr) "A healthy part of the city aud
In "A house standiug apart from Its neigh
bors and supposed to be fitted with all
the appliances necessary To make IL
h,althtul place of abode The owner and
another member OF the household have
! died of scarlet fever within week, aud
Two other inmates have the diphtneria.
! A competent miuation of the drain
! ape of This particular house might be
made a great ben efit TO The public, for 1t
Is ouite proba ble that the house although
situated in healthy part Of the city, is
blundsringly connected by hues called
drain pipes with is most unhealthy parts
| nossibh with the very foulest sewers
I, is not only true that the houses of the
rich. are no more secure from the pois-
onrd AIR diseases than those OF the poor
e,i of tue poor, but they are frequently
made more dangerous by the increased
number of "conveniences" they contain
each room or suite of rooms being direct
ly come ctod with the public sewer
" here the builder. aided by the plumber
en,iously. one may have the "convenien-
ce-n of modei city life without Its now
attendant dangers; but there Is no assur-
, ance ofthis, as house drainage and cul-
vert construction and supervision are
managed at present. There is the strong
est need for most thorough overhauling
oil the whole suDJoct.
The Baltimore police have had their
{ Joke. IL was fun to them, Dut death 10
y The victim. Noah Gill, a widely know
a and respected citizen, left hiSshome at
I o'clock on the morning OF New rear
Y Dav with the purpose of going TO NOUN
Hone Hospital, in Baltimore, and there
n nlacInp himself under the care OF
. ,,hvsic,an in whom he has confidence
= Mr Gin had been seriously sick Tor sew
srai days. Soon after he bad left his
J. home he fell down on the street. "A ponce
y man saw him fall, aad took him 10 sta
L tion house, Mr.. Gill being al the tiin'
u unconscious. Alter b,l3g kept IN INT
IL station house nearly day, Mr.. Gill wa
= conveyed, late in the afternoon, TO tn,
n citv iail. and as his name was unknown
k H.. y%'as % facetiou,ly dubbed "Old Year.
!, When he reached the Jail both his eye
II were badly BACKED, ms cheeks under te
80 ewes were swollen. his wig was OH, III
10 silk hat bent out OF snap ms oio.n w
ID were, in disorder. So utterly altered wa
ne he IN appearance that the Warden, wh
t. Enew Mr.. Gill well, did not recogniz
y tL. unconscious prisoner. On Ihursua
T. ,nnrning the Warden perceived that til
man was not drunk, but dying, ana sum
=, moned physician, Mr. uiii couni ~
~ he aroused from his comatose cohditiol
III and died OH Friday.
~
10 az am almost seventy-one,: said MIR
~ Nvra Clark Gaines to Wa>hlngto
40 correspondent tue other day, "and nd 4 s, e.
he meet TO live TILL am hundred ana MT
40 / come of long-lived race. One OF IN
be aunls lived till ll5;" and seeing see tne GO =.
er r.snandeut stTuunlZing her hMr,
Ii ;snt dved." :" she SAID. ."and it is very abu
at dapt. falling below my waist"
,st Canned fish balls are now being put
10 by a Massachusetts, hrm, wnch elp,o
be fine M codfish, the best of Nova Scotia p
hs tatoes and giltedged New York butt
.ar are employed and rousing business
We done. Constantly ihcreasing.order a a
in. coming in from all parts OF the wor'
se. even from China and Turkey.