Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-01-17
A WIDESPREAD EPIDEMIC.
The Influenza, After Ravagi1g
Europe, Reaches America.
People Suffering From the Dis
ease Almost Everywhere.

fuenza, ETC., has reached this country and
from many cities and towns come reports Of
| its attacks. 1t has become epidemic In a
large number of places. From numerous
telegraphic dispatches we select the follow
ing as evidence of the widespread visits or
the disease:
New York: The HOSPITALS of this city and
| Brooklyn are full of sufferers from La grippe,
| and almost every block IN either city has Its
| stricken household. The disease has appeared
in several of the big public institutions, and
Bellevue Hospital is overlooking with pa
| tients. The number of clerks in the large
| stores who are on the sick list is unprece-
| dented, and the Police Department is affected.
! In the First and Twenty-frst Precincts alone
nearly thirty men have been under medical
treatment, and at one time more than 3OO OIL
GERS were laid up. A great many prominent
! people, including judges, ministers and
| doctors, have been attacked. The theatres,
| too, have suffered severely, many of the per-
| formers being too i'll to play their parts. 1t
was the general opinion of the physicians
| that people Of sedentary habits were more
| likely to get the grip than those who take
| plenty of active outdoor exercise The
| same conditions that govern the catching of
| ordinary colds hold more or less with the
| grip. Inquiry among drivers of horse cars
| DEVELOPED the fact that, while a large num-
Der have a slight influenza very few indeed
have had TO stop work because of the grip.
Eighteen conductors and drivers have or
have had the grip on one line, but few have
lost more than a day.
Philadelphia: La grippe has got Phila-
delphia in it's clutches with strong grasp.
Some estimates place the number Of persons
in the city suffering from the disease is 1OO,
0OO Mayor Filter was attacked and obliged
to remain at his home. The Director of Pub
lie Works, Mr.. Stokeley, the Superintendent
of Police, the Chief of Detectives Wood and
1875 members of the police force are also laid
up with the grip.
Boston: A large number Of persons of all
classes OF society have been attacked with the
influenza. Ex-Fire Commissioner Henry w.
Longley had an attack and had apparently
recovered, when pneumonia set in with fatal
result.
Chicago: The Russian influenza seems to
be settling down in several towns in the
vicinity of Chicago. It is reported to be
mild, however, at all points except Rock
ford, where a number Of patients are seri-
ously i'll.
Nashville Tenn: La grippe has struck
Nashville and there are number OF cases,
none serious, however. About ten police
men, including the Chief, have it.
Trenton, n. j.: A number OF cases of in
f1uenza are reported here, but the local physi-
clans are divided in opinion as to whether it
is the Russian contagion only form of
the malady that is familiar here.
Cleveland, Ohio: The Russian influenza is
quite prevalent in Cleveland. All classes Of
people seem to be affected, and some are
COHlpellSu 10 Jake 10 Gue1E UouS
Asbury Park, N. J.: La grippe has made
its appearance in AsOury Park and Ocean
Grove There are nearly thirty cases in the
two towns and the physicians are kept busy
watching their patients. Several of the
cases have been very severe.
Cincinnati: The influenza has made its ap-
pearance in this city. Fully 500 genuine cases
have been reported here, but of a compare
lively mild form.
Rochester, N. Y: Influenza is spreading
Ioo 9TH
this vicinity the disease has also appeared
Oswego, n. = La grippe has struck this
locality, and scores of cases are reported.
Merchants, mechanics, physicians and labor
ers are wrestling with it. Twelve crews on
the western division of the Rome, Water
town and Ogdensburg Railroad are laid off
with tie disease.
Providence, R. l.: The grip has developed
into mild epidemic here. Nearly every
other person either has the disease or has re-
covered from it. Fifteen members of the
police force are laid up with it; forty men,
bers of the Fire Department., half of the en-
ployes of the City Hall, while horse-car
drivers and conductors are laid off by the
score.
Charleston, w. Va: La grippe has ap-
peared in this city Governor Wilson has
been confined to his room with it for several
days, and many other cases are reported.
Baltimore, Md: La grippe has taken
a fatal hold on Baltimore, and many deaths
from pneumonia, superinduced by the in
fuenza malady, are reported. The disease is
particularly severe in the eastern section of
the city, whole families being down with it.
Utica, n. Y. Michael Hopkins, a promi-
nent drygoods merchant has died. He was
the first victim of la grippe in this city.
Toledo, Ohio: Fully 5000 persons in this
city are victims of la grippe. The mala-
dy is rapidly spreading.
Norfolk Va: Twenty-seven cases of the
grip are reported among the men of the
United States receiving ship Franklin, and
forty-fve cases at the United States Marine
Hospital.
Canton Ohio: Paul Young age twenty,
son of Colonel J. J. Young President of the
Bolton Steel Company, of this city, has COM
mitted suicide. He has been suffering with
influenza.
Ottawa, Canada: La grippe has broken
out here. Many people are suffering from
it.
Winnipeg, Manitoba: The grip has struck
Winnipeg, and many cases are reported.
The Disease Described.
A Paris correspondent of the New York
World says that the first symptom of gen.
uine case of Ia grippe is high fever with
chills, pains in head, back and limbs, so Sc
we're that the patient groans and even