The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-16


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CorLrxn>vrlxK. m. July 1--s'ckness
and dcash alllcs she people q shi~ piscs
and ne Surrounding country. and tn's
secsion q the State - more a<i'aied than
q hss been for many years. 1ne
eit,rens q this Hide village. ~
eardless a cree~ls OF political opinions.
banded together over slx weeks go
and began making preparations Tor
grand Fourth Of July celebration Y
came o. On Saturday. the 3D. 80 p<r1ecs
nd been The announcements thereof that
it brought people in large numbers
from towns situated Ten miles
from here. Sparta Marissa and
Oakdsle al contributed their quota, and
viii the entire population Of coulseu-
vIlle added. fully swo thousand people
were present For the purpose Of sup
plvine those n attendance with Ice
cream two old lin freexers Of four
GALLONS capacity each were rcsurrecsed
from their hidinz-places- They had bern
withdrawn from use since Last summe =.
and possibly wear and tear o. one year
had made them any thing but gcod ice-
cream producers. The lady who had
them In charge on the dav ~ the picnic
gave them hos and cold wstcr hath and
was doubtless perfectly honest In the b.
lief that Their were clean.
The lemonade was made IN . large
barrel, and when the attendant began 90
serve Il be Was compelled. for the sake
Of appear.nces. 20 csn out about b alf Z
box Of matches
This combination % circumstances has
brought sickness and In two Instances
death into the households Of al those
who INDUCED In Ice cream or lemonade
on the day Of the picnic. But strange
| feature Of the afIziF 10 that the first case
| Of sickness did not occur until twenty
| four hours after the picnic Calls foI
| physicians came thick and fast on sun
| day afternoon until there were nearly
twenty -f,ve sick people 70 one physician
| In CoultersviIle-
| he preliminary symptoms Of the a.
| tack In al cases we're : severe Frontal
headache and high fever, which were
soon followed BY severe puFxinx- Ihs
patient then began % vcmit green ana
Serious matter. attended with horribl<
spasmodic pains in the stomach and
bowels: the stomach retained nothin1
whatever; pulse very marked and rapid
IL, and the Temperature los
1 Your correspondent, through the kind
ness Of DR.. Ksne, visited severaa Of tn
stricken and in all instances the <ymp
toms referred 10 were present Severn
Of the patients have been unabls
% eat anything for over sixt!
hours Congestion Of the stomscl
and bowels - very marked The loea
physicians are vey 10th 70 call II . pois
oning. but such IL certainly appears ON
physician did not believe Il TO Be choler'
morbus: II Il II he considered Il = mos
aggravated form
The fact remains that AL those VIII
touched Ice cream and lemonade wen
sending for medical aid twenty -four hour
thereafter. On Monday morning the tw'
children 81 Jas Wilson, Ada and Bessie
aged respectively seven and three years
after suffering intensely died The
were buried Monday evening. As Il
- can Be ascerfxined fully $50 people ar
now sick In he'd and under medical treat
ment- OF this number CoulterSville con
frihuscs one-haif; Marissa. . town q
mikes northwest Of here. about ten. ~
Of whom are vev low; Oakdale : hall
dozcns Sparta four. and the surroundin
| country the balance