The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-12
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The tenth report 81 tie state board Of hesIlth
for the period from jan l; 1853, 70 August /,
1884, wat issued recently. Il il PAMPHLET 81
4A pages, and contains several new aud inter.
esting features. Tho board reports moro &C.
tive local health boards in existence than .,
any former time Active. local health officer,
sse needeo, VINO ara medical men, and who arl
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tho medical fscut; Of 3hs uni1ersitV %Sie y
II successfully passed, entities the candidate
TO the degree Of "1acentiate in Sanitary Sci.
appointments Of health ofioer oblieston in
oil towns Of over 1,0OO inhabitants, the
tenure Of ONCE to b Ut least two Vear,. the
compensation sufficient, tho qualidcationa
recognized professional ability and previous
service as health officer, and that the prefer
gree mentioned above The strongest induce.
ment our people can hold out to cholera, ~ "a
al other preventable diseases, is the Average
unsanitary conditions Of our houses and towns.
% respects the disposal Of excreta and garbage.
10 10 amend this, the Privy should be replaced
Dy we earth closet, the contents Of which to bs
dO00e
slops may be gotten rid Of by shallow drains
from tight resovoir, which, collecting the
heavy matters, must DO emptied and contents
removed With the manure, Or al slope NAV be
removed In Gloss barrels to farming lands.
MARRIAGE, street and alley sweepings must reg
nlarly be removed to farming lands and buried
IN trenches. It must be done BY the lcc.! health
board and paid for by the village OF town. A
regular monthly inspection by tho health o1lcef
should be enforced. An approximation Of
$oOo Per annum is recommended for the
ooafd: Tho hnancial exhibit shows total OK
penditure Of Is, III: 39 during the period The
following statistics Of small pox: Outbreaks,
~: towns infected. .; camps infected, =; to.
tai cases, $780, deaths, Is; families infected, 81;
deaths in families, %; per cent of deaths
to total sick, l6a The board has received re-
ports Of thirty-two distinct outbreaks Of dipk:
iberia, with 401 deaths When confined to one
5por cent and the average of deaths to total
sick, 41.6 Full statistics OF the disease in st
Paul and Minneapolis follow, rs previously
published in tho Pioneer Press. In but two
instances have public funerals Of diphtheris
fact Az temporary Hospitals for di phtSeriss
and small! pox patients, wall tents. 12x9. are
suggested, two of which, with full furniture
and equipment, cost 483 Three weeks is the
minimum for continuance Of quarantine after
VIC 4&st complete recovery.
PREPARING FOR CHOLERA
In regard to cholera, which is likely soon to
1eaoh this country, the following recommen-
dati0ns are offered:
thorough sanitary survey of the state by
state and local health boards; compulsory To-
cal san!tatatlon, particularly a. respects tho
projection Of the water supply and disposal Of
nth; an efficient and permanent organization
OF local boards; appointment Of competent
physician as health officer and tho provision Of
funds Tor necessary sanitary work regular re-
ports to the state board Of the work done. etc. :
% promote the organization of voluntary sani-
tary associations wherever possible; the care
ful survey Of hospital and other facilities for
tho care Of cholera cases: arrangements for
boats and infected localities.
Thomas Reager, an old bachelor citizen Of
Mankato, died at his lonely habitation recently
he has been resident for about thirty years,
and has lived in small log house all that time
on Agency hill, near the Catholic church. His
habits have been the most penurious sort.
and by the mode of his life he has accumulated
fortune estimated At ~, 0ooto $50, oOO, which
no leaves to relatives in "Fatherland"
Richard Ireland, father of Bishop Ireland
celebrated his eightieth birthday on Monday
last He has been in Minnesota for two score
years, and is still as hale and hearty rs MANY
. man not yet born when he came to ST. Paul.
The jury in tho case of Joshua and G. W.
1fessler, tried at Blue Earth City for assault
ing Mr.. Iverson returned verdict of guilty.
Inc prisoners will be sentenced by Judge Sew
Attorney General Hahn holds that . county
auditor cannot collect pay for compiling 49,
rlcultural statistics
Minneapolis bonded debt with what is asked
for, will omount to $685., 0oo, less $4,000
sinking fund
W. D. Armstrong, Waseca farmer, killed
fifty eight hogs of his own raising, bought
enough more to make a car load, which he
sent to market without profit to middle men.
The Diamond cheese factory in Rice county
used ~. 252 pounds of milk during seven
months last summer, making 1850 pounds Of
cheese.
Elizabeth Wake, as the administrix of John
Wake, filed in the United States circuit court at
St Paul, the papers on suit against the st.
Paul, Minneapolis 4 Omaha railroad The
complaint alleges that, on March ~, 1883, John
wake was killed by switch engine of tho
company at Minneapolis, for which damages
Ire asked in the some of $500
At Pemberton's trading post at Mile Laos
Lake, in drunken row, Pembert on's SOD
knocked down an Indian, and in return was
stabbed, and will probably die.
G. W. Sycks Of Long Prairie has received
y, GOO back pension and an allowance of 3ls
per month in future.
Judge Stearns fell at Duluth recently, frac-
turing the bones of his foot
At Cannon Falls, George Mckenzie. IN elph-
teen-y old boy without home or friends
VAS sent to Jail, for sixty day by Justice vii.
non for stealing IS from Fred Johnson
J. Grumbois, bartender at the Northern no.
'el, st Vincent, was grossly assaulted by
nan named Charles Gates, who stabbed him in
The loft temple with knife. Sheriff Vanstrum
arrested Gates soon after:
If there is to be branch penitentiary built,
he people of Kasota want it s. B. Carpenter
,ays he will donate no acres of land adjoining
he village Of kasota, if the commission will
ocate the penitentiary there. Other citizens
NIL also contribute for the same object
The late William BONNER, who died short
lime ago at Melrose, was. perhaps, the wealth.
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property in such shape that he could handle
he most money at a moments notice. He left
600 of ready cash and $4,000 of other
property. His will gives his six children $780,
100 and his wife $4,000
The next annual encampment of the Mime
'ota G. A. R. will be held at Fairbault-not
Excelsior Some time during the coming sum-
nor there will be reunion Of all ex-soldiera
md sailors of the late war, under the auspices
II tho g. A. R., department of Minnesota.
Ten million white fish eggs have just been
placed in Lake Superior at Duluth by the state
ish commission. Besides these eggs, 10000
100 young fish will be sent there Just as soon
- they are Matched, probably in fe " days,
md they will also be- placed in the Lake.
H. H. Timme, m old resident Of st. Paul.
lied at his residence In past years no had
oeen member of the board of public works.
county commissioner and filed other impor
ant positions He was engaged in active bus.
ness pursuits most Of his life and was very
worthy citizen.
first mortgage deed to tho American Loan
md Trust company Of Now York was filed with
he aecrefarv NJ afa ta nv thu Ch;c> m E,.oo~o-a