Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-07
SATURDAY SEPT. z, 1889.
The CharIestown Papers.

i AT the County Infirmary, Aug. 80,
1889, Mr.. Andrew Swargart, aged 81
years.
The new Bishop of Richmond, Rev.
A. Van de Vyver, will be consecrated
on Sunday. Oct. 20. by the Cardinal,
assisted by several bishops.
Mr.. r. P. III. Staub, a well-known
member of the Baltimore Bar, has
been appointed an examiner in the
Department of Justice at Washing
ton.
The commission to select a site for
the State Reform School has decided
to locate the school at Prunytown,
the old county seat of Taylor county.
Citizens Of the town. in consideration
of the location of the school at that
place, offered the State the old Court
House, Jail and jailor's residence, be-
sides $4,000 in money, aggregating
$4,000. Taking into consideration
the offer and advantages of the loca-
tion the commissioners concluded
that the offer of Prunytown was best
and in consequence located the school
at that place. The location is four
miles from Grafton, and presents
numerous advantages for an institu-
tion of this nature. There are about
fifteen counties which desired location
of schools within their limits.
Miss Jennie Russler, and Capt. E.
G. Bartlett, JOHANNESBURG, have been
visiting Mrs. ID. S. Hughes and Mrs.
Adam Young.
The cornerstone of the Episcopal
Chapel at Duffield's Depot in this
county will be laid, with appropriate
Masonic ceremonies, on Thursday,
September 10th, at IL q. m. All
neighboring Masonic Lodges will be
INVITED, and brass band and choir
will enliven the occasion with good
music. Rev. DIR. w. Fl. Meade and
other prominent speakers are ex-
pected.
Hog CHOLERA.-Dr. w. w. Brown,
Regent of the West Virginia Univer.
sity, has kindly handed US for publi-
cation, Coburn's remedy. which is
considered infallible for hog cholera,
as follows:
Dissolve thoroughly one pound of
copperas in three gallons of warm
water. and apply the wash about milk
warm to the affected animal, by dip
ping into the solution or rubbing
upon it until the skin is thoroughly
wet. Whenever the skin of the hog
begins to look rough or scaly or of a
dark red color, apply the wash imme-
diately. Do not wait until the more
alarming symptoms vomiting and
purgingl set in. Apply thewash every
day until the scales are removed"
James Law, Professor of Veteri-
nary Science in Cornell University,
gives the following as the causes,
symptoms and treatment of hog chol-
era
"Causes.-Contagion, privation,
starvation, confinement. filth, &c.
"Symptoms.-General ill health,
shivering, fever, great dizziness, pros
trating fever, hides under litter, lies
on belly, weakness of hind limbs. and
later of fore limbs, rapid, weak pulse,
dry snout covered by blood stained
spots, which also cover the skin, eyes,
&C., often hard cough, little or no
appetite, intense thirst, tender abdo-
men. After death, understanding in
filtrations into lungs and bowels, ul-
GERS on bowels.
"Treatment.-give cooling, acid
drinks, Butter-milk, Sulphuric Acid,
ETC., feed soft, mucilaginous food,
such as oil cake, bran slop freshly
made. Administer twenty drops Of
Tincture Perchloride of Iron twice a
day. Blister the abdomen by means
of mustard and turpentine, stimulate
if very PROSTATE.
Prevention.-Avo all debilita-
ting conditions, poor or spoiled food /;
keep animals constantly thriving
Feed charcoal or ashes, also tar or
carbolic acid. Avoid contact with
disease. Burn infected piggeries and
remove to new place."