The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-11-10
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There hAss Iesn seytfsi easss ot mys
terIous poisoning IN the West Knd within
the Last few weeks In the vicinity ~ tIafk
street, west VI Freeman street, IN this city
The number has Increased uniii fourteen
persons have l,ecn mufu " less affected aud
one has died II Il naturally causing great
CONSERVATION ln the nslghbufhood, esprei'
ally now that onc death has resulted. The
first case. we're In the family u G. II. Do.
gan, rustoiflc. clerk, who lives ~ NV
CLARK street lIia wife purchased some
bread aud mih from N. Wellrr's grocery,
at a2i CLARK street, ~ which The whole fam
ily, consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. pcgan and
sls children, partooh Tor supper Monday
night They also ate sona mcat which was
purchased from butcher on Freeman
avenue, between CLARK and ochler. About
siin, shortly after eating supper, ell The
| children, ranging In age from one 10 ten
years, were taken violently III, vomiting
and complaining of pains In the stomach
and abdomen. DR.. Abbott, who live. lust
across the street, was called, and pro-
nounced tho sickness the effects of poison.
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about three the next morning, when they
began 10 recover, aud all aru now nearly
we'll. Yesterday morning Mrs. Surveyor
| Lehman, who lives at 3gJ Clark street, pur.
chased bread and milk from Wellef's gro.
cory, Of which she, her husband and
two children, aged. respectively, eighteen
months and three years, ate ut broadcast
Both Of the little children we're taken VI
Immediately after, both vomiting aud
shrieking with pain. The little boy, the
older OF tho children, after n few hours be'
gan 10 recover, but tha little girl, Alice,
continued 10 grow worse until ga. m. To-
day, when she died. Til. family was also
treated by DIR. Abbott. Two Misses Davis,
young ladies, who live nj all CLARK street,
who partook Of brcad and milk from the
same grocery at 10 a. M. yesterday. were
affected In tho same way, and are still In
critical condition, though Ills believed they
will recover.
The wife and child OF W. II. Lonsdorf
general broker, who lives Mt 3iD CLARK
street, lust across the alley from tho gro
eery, ate OF bread aud milk and other gro
ceries from there yesterday, and both WERE
III, having tho same symptoms as the 9th
ers. Tho child has noarly recovered, but
Mrs. Lonsdorf was still unable 10 rise iron
her bed this morning.
A child oi MIR. Asher, on Hopkins street
and one child OF Weller, the grocer, are als'
III In the same way and under similar cir
cumstances. In all there wero fourteen
eases ia the Immediate neighborhood, nll o
which had partaken of bread and milk an'
other groceries from NJ. Weller's, and II !
. tho general impression that the illness ]
caused from some poison which found y
way into one OF more Of the articles. Thi
opinion Is concded with by DIR. Abbott
and nm analysis will be emadc of the article
7 10 determine what II IL. within eightee
a months similar case of apparent poison
ing from food occurred In the West End
but without fatal result.