New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-18
EPIDEMIC pYsENTERY NOT CHOLERA.
SMALL PANIC AT PORT JEFFERSON l. l. "i"D
RryMoRs WITH no FOUNDATION.

SMALL PANIC AT PORT JkhffhsVN' - -
RuMoRs WITH no FOUNDATION.
Under the hills that skirt the northern shV nre,tv
Long island and Struggling back from lts pIg sgs
little land-locked bay hes the SLEEPY oi iS;ng on
of Port Jefferson its 300 inhabitants vin hslS "a
the recollection Of those good ola ua{s ones were
annually turned out by their shipyards NOW tueho
is little doing along its quiet streets anu he
deserted yards except ,ng brinrs to its stores
ard .he repairing of yachts occasional mercnauh
men or coasting vessels. But for the pas J Iace
the doctors and undertakers OF eho 30
have hcd no share in the genera s'agha-
ton Of business An epidemic has oeen
running it's course there and creating smali pau
that sent summer boarders to their homes IN naste
and set the good people of the neighpofnooa anu ~
their faithful mouthpleces, the local papvtS, ~
talking myster1ously about choieiA Acrns,p;sor
reporter visited the place yesterday.
.Jam.s f. Bayles was found in his shipyard "atcn-
ing a gang of men at work. ,.,. "Tba state
Ppm glad Won have como" SAID ne. ane S,as
of things here has been terribly misrepiesen.eu
that am getting letters from all over t9e ooun,y
about it, Ne have had an epideuis IT dysentfsr}y,
nothing more Here is d sl 81 ,sse me was taken
slck m Connecticut another died o. heart dlsease
and third of typhoid fever oi the reniaiHrb bs
seven cases six were chlldren under oo'ion We
have appointed an inspector W no mas nearly INA -
the rounds of the village reports Win one r "a
tyyo EXCEPTIONS that the drainage Is all rlent anu
every body using carloads of disnfcctants. cingu
arly enough there no cases OF sickness ieaI 1e
drains which have been reported as Out u VIZ
The trouble was probably caused oy that ho' 'p0'i
of weather" -. H. G,oca
DIR. Ravnor. a yenng physician Of tho village,
said Ii Is SIMPLY dysentery In the epidemic ioll 1
with sople unusual symptoms, such as spashs auu
sharp pains There are about twenty chses nov
and nj the worst ten DAYS ago. there wefo heNe.
douhle that number Where death resulted IL came
IN from one to two weeks after the hfst hyihP-
toms" ,.a .h;s
statement and added his positive, assertion ron
Il nj
cholera here in 1885, said ne. There were zen
cases and tour deaths in q week. We never knew
how il originated for the man who was nrst "a at
tackled had never been out OF tne viinidee' Inc
nresent cases in no way resemble those ,
IL bad been asserted THAT an injected brig ha9
recently pat 10 at Port Jefferson for repairs ana
from this the cholera epidemic oe
one of the innumerable crooks OF
fhe main street 1t is a little wooden building
with a glass front aud would make desirable
stand for candy store IN and into ii the reporter
climbed Surveyor kIch was sitting az his desk
surrounded by battered and musty old books OF
records that looked as If they. like the towns
charter might date back 10 1880 " Only cosstihg
the reporters inquiries There hash
been a vessel from "a foreign port since ne
birth OF the Oldest inhabitant. and there would
hardly lie enough cholera to 20 around ii any
coaster brought some" -,
The little steamer Nonowantuck runs dliy
across the Sound TO Bridgeport. bnt as that - NOT
an infected port and as self-respcctlLg choiera
microbe would travel in boat win sucn a nane
nnder any circumstances, il will be seen that al
avenues of ngress are shut off TO the disease. line
testimony OF all was that the dyseniefy was aDat-
inc