The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-31
STRANGE MALADIES.
Man and Beast Terribly Afflicted In
PeAnsy. vania-

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in and ar iund the will ge of Newmans-
town. and in general throughout tue north
ern part of Rerks county, has abated,
and most of the sufferers are recOveri G,
although some of them are still severely
ILL., As many as fOrty-tive persons
at one time were in critical con-
ditIon, Icing attacked with unexplaln-
able vomiting, dysentery aud kindred as
orders. Careful investigation ~ physl-
clans from this city has ascertal Ell the
cause 70 be attributed to the UNUSUAL and
continuous rains. which, with but snort IN
termissiDn, have fallen throughout the sum
mer. All the barn wards and stabl s III the
vicinity # the stricken belt had become
saturated with rain. ami the impure liquid
flowing over the ground found its way to
wells and pumps. from which the drinking
water of he com uuuity was obtained, thus
poisoning TIE water supply.
) milar but even more serious epid mic
diseases, arising from presu ly like
eau es, have br ken out in Other places In
the cas- er pa t of the state. At Chester
the citizens residing on the lower flats have
been afflicted with dipht Ella, typhoid and
intermitt mt fever, and IN few Instances
by scarlet fever. One undertaken has
burie1 ten persons who have died of diph-
tnerla and fevers within week, and a SIN
gle physician now ha, sixty cases. Disease
! breediIg nuisa ces of every kind will
henceforth be sought out d remedied by
the city authorities there. Three children
out OF four in a family living near the
Church of the Immaculate Heart have died
| of diphtheria within the past week.
In Carbonate aud else whera in neigbor
ing counties n any ca es of diDbtheria and
fever have be n reported In the town of
| Carbonate fifteen cases Of malignant dIph-
iberia were reported in one day from differ
ent parts of the place. Ia early every
xxraa FpaIf IN ha n
| virulent type, and half d zen cases have
already proven fata. Everything mat can
be done to check the spread of the
| disease is bel z done by the doctors, but it
| Is reported tat the town authorities
| Will not take aIy steps to force
sanltary regulations, and hence it is feared
| that the phys clans efforts alone will be in
effec ua. Flu erals Of persons who have
died of the dread disease are openly con-
| Quoted to the churche , and no safeguards
are maintained t. prevent contagion. In
one house on Sunday las lay the body of
child who had succumbed to the disease,
and under the same roof were three other
children suffering from the same scurvy,
While no precautions were taken to isolate
the household.
CATTLE ALSO AFFLICTED.
Accompanying the epidemic of diseases
among men and women III this state arising
from the prolonged wet weather a variety
OF stra-ge and dangerous maladies has
broken out among The cattle i'll Berks
county, in Chester county, in the lower end
of Luzerne a d also in " estmoleland
county. Hundreds of valuable cows have
been destroyed, aid the alarming diseases
are reported TO be rapidly spreading
Farmers all over Bsrks county have been
complaining ali summer over the loss of
mich cows owing to scourge
Of Texas flies" as they are called, which
gather on the heads of tue animals near tn.
roots of the no Us where they cannot be
brushed away and whic constantly tor
ment the beasts until they weaken, pine aud
die. repr Sen alive OF the agricultural
department at Was .Ingtou appeared in tue
county few weeks ago and advised the aD-
plcatlon OF tar or turpentiIe about the
roots of the cows horns. TIE farmers have
tried the remedy, but in many cases it has
failed, and now they are bewailing the loss
of their cattle. The supply of milk from
the afflicted COWS is reduced one-third nd
requeutly one-half. The mortality among
the cows has also caused q reduction of the
milk supply.
| DAIRY FARMERS SUFFERING
still more deadly disease has made its
appearances among the cattle in the southern
ehd OF Chester couaty. The cows we're sud
denly smitten with total blindness, and it is
thought their eyesight will never be recov-
Sharpless In Thornbury and Birmingham
townships are down with the complaint.
Henry Bennet's herd in Birmingham to wn-
ship is also stricken with the blindness Tue
dairy farmers natura iy hesitate about dis
posing of the milk from the cows that suffer
from the malady.
Another sort of distemper has seized the
Luzerne county bovines. The illness lasts
only few hours, and results almost iuya-
rlaoly IN death. The cattle are taken with
sudden cramps, and suffer untold agony
until death relieves them of the torme It.
Farmer Charles turner of Ma ticoke lst
six valuable COWS last Saturday Other
farmers have suffered equal losses. The
, matter mas bseI reported to the state board
| of agriculture
Throughout Westmoreland county the
cattle are dying to an equ lily alaIGning
, exten. The disease 10 which they are
/ tti'cted is K owl to veterinary surgeons as
: splenlc or Texas fever. 1t is supposed to
have been transmitted to the home cattle
by the importation of a carload of
western cattle into the county by farmer
; at New Stanton, eight miles below Green's
> burg. The farmers ara dis ressed
: over the ravages Of the disease,
as the cattle that are stricken with it inev-
alb V die. Samuel Pool, a farmer residing,
. near New Stanton lost eight head of valua-
? bic cows, and Weible Bros. lost five. Others
. have lost in nearly like degree. State
Veterinary Surgeon Bridge of Philadelphia
made an Investigation last Sa urday. and
this week he consulted with the local veger-
Larry surgeons and instructed them re-
; gard1ng tie proper treatment OF the disease.
I DON'T KNOW" said st sPeter, shaking his
head obviously. Il don't know You look as
if you had been dissipating-alI the buttons off
your shirt, your coat all frayed at the wrists.
your collar uni ono -no, I'm afraid I'll have "a
put you ON the elevator when it is going down. y
S But ST. Peter"
> "Well?'
5 u married a woman with mission
You did?"
Yes sir"
Excuse me, my dear sir. Come right in.
The gates wide open FIR such as you"
so he went right in to have his buttons sewed
on and so forth.-bo,tOn Courier.
MEDICAL
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