The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-05
BACILLI
IN THE WELLS
The Cause of the Typhoid Epidemic
at Normal School,
NORTH CAROLINA STATISTICS
Typhoid Epidemic in Wake County
and a Fatal Cattle Disease in Der
tie ty-Richmond Girl
Married in Raleigh.

RALEIGH y. 9, Dec Especial
The following is a synopsis Of the report
of the Board of Directors Of the Normal
College:
The report OF DR. Albert Anderson, OF
Wilson. who made the meteorological eN-
animation of the drinking water at the
state Normal college al Greensboro was
received yesterday by DR.. r. II. Lewis
rbe secretary of the State Board Of
Health.
Dr Auderson's report exposes the de
rloraoIe condition of the water, which no
doubt is he real cause OF the outbreak
Of typhoid fever al the Normal
I'm his report to Dr. Lewis, Dr. Ander-
son saws that intestinal bacilli were
present in large quantities in the samples
from two of the wells.
BAClLLI N WELLS.
The presence of these bacilli In the
wells necessarily came from human sew
prage so Dr. Lewis stated. il IS 10 be
presumed that the imperfect sewerage
connections are responsible for the deplor-
able condition of the water.
The two wells which contained the dead
ly germs wsfe rot closely related to each
other. One is across the street. at the
league House, and the other is the central
We'll in the open sr ace between the masn
building and the dining-room.
The sewer with the terra Gotta pipe.
which was so imrerfectiy connected, was
one hundred and twenty-five feet from the
central well. There is sewer pipe with
IN fifteen or twenty feet Of the league
vel. but 10 was rot found TO be defective
upon examination.
DR. Lewis expressed il as his opinion,
ac-er reading the report of Or. Anderson,
that the outbreak of tphoid fever al the
Normal resulted from the presence OF
intestinal la.illi' I'm the wells at col
lecc.
Dr. LOWS. as secretary Of the State
BOARD of Health has recommended that
the wells be- filled at once.
To-day DR. Lewis will issue a formal
statement giving the results Of the anaiy-
sis of water from the Normal and the
investigations made by himself at the col
lege.
LAND GRANTS.
I'm the Secretary of States Office during
the past year 2S3 land grants have been
issued 206 corporations have been char
tered and fees FOR the corporations
amounting to about 500.
The contributions for the different or
pharagos here On THANKSGIVING Day were
S2iG1 20
There is am epidemic Of typhoid fever "a
WAITS MIL i'm the southern part Of
Wake county
There Is also reported from BERTHE
county an epidemic OF some sort among
cattle that has killed many Of them. In
one herd thirty died.
Miss Imogeue L. Blscom OF Richmond.
and Mr.. William T.. Britt OF Jackson
vile. Fla. met here on Thursday after
noon and were married hy Rev. Mr.. Nor
man. Of the Edentou- Street Methodist
church. The couple then left for Florida.
PROMPT SHERIFF
The sheriff of Johnston county. who for
many years has been the first To settle MS
state taxes. was on hand yesterday at the
opening Of the books and deposited ~s-l
with Treasurer Worth
Secretary Bruner. of the Agricultural
Department. and Mr.. Brimloy. Of the state
Museum. have returned from Washington
where they have been 10 look into matters
relative TO tho North Carolina eNhiDltlon
az Paris.
TOBACCO GROWERS TO MEET.
On wednesday the tobacco growers
convention Will meet here. There Will be
delegates from fifty counties. one OF the
prime objects IS to night the American TO-
bacco trust.
In the United states District Court there
ara Az eases. Two Of these are against
Pit,man. the negro postmaster at Tillery'
The Corporation Commission meets on
the sth. OF course there VII be some IN
terest conferred in II, as Mr. Beddingneld
will have been deposed In favor Of Or.
Abbott. and the possibility that $. otho
Wilson will ere long be allowed TO Dust
Mr. Rogers.