The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-24
Five New Cases of
Diphtheria Report
ed last Night,
NORTH DROOKFIELD'S MALADY,
One Death Yesterday The
Board of Health to
Act Vigorously.

North Brookfeld, May 24-Thret
more cases of diptheria were reportedt C
the board of health tonight, making q
total of five cases for today. The cases
reported tonight are Viola, the five
year-old daughter of Arthur Harding,
attended by DR.. Smith, and James, the
nine-year-old son and Rose, the seven
year-old daughter of Thomas Hagerty
This makes three cases in the Hagerty
faglily.
The board of health met tonight and
talked over plans to prevent the dis
ease from spreading
Two new cases were reported ear
lier today by DR.. Thomas ]. Garri-
gan of the board of health, and another
epidemic of the disease is feared. one
of the cases is in Sponkey Hollow ana
the other III Canada" In the HoI-
low, John, the five-year-old son Oh
Thomas Haggerty, is the victim, ana
his case is a serious one. The little
fellow was taken i'll last night.
The other case is the 13-year-old
daughter of Triffiey Boisclair. She
has so far shown but a comparatively
mild form of the disease. Both houses
have been placarded and every care
win be taken to prevent a spread OF the
diphtheria.
When the Holy Rosary catho-
lie T. A. was compiling It's
list of membership for the st. Josephs
of this town, peculiar error was
made, which, were it not for the
sportsman-like conduct of the North
Brookfield men, would have debarred
Do soIr
die distance runner, and increased
North Brookfelds already strong
chances Of winning. Patrick Dona-
von's name is not on the list handed TO
the North Brookfield committee and
certified to by Rev. Garrett II. Dolan
as eligible TO compete at the dual ath-
letic meet which the two c. T. A. So
cieties are to hold at Myrick park, Me-
mortal day.
Brookneld could have debarred DON
avon from contesting, but as Spencer
had counted on him from the first as
one of it's most certain point winners,
thethe members of the st. Joseph G. T.
A. S. were 10th to take advantage of
the error.
1t was Nsoon decided that Donavon
would be allowed to compete without
trouble, providing the Spencer boys
could prove that he was a bona fide
member of their society previous to
April Is. Representatives of the local
society went to Spencer tonight and
the mater was explained to them by
the Spencer boys, so that Donavon will
compete without further protest.
Little Della Lafferriere, the three
year-old daughter of Philip Lafferiere
and wife, worn out with the ravages of
diphtheria, which she has fought the
past few days, succumbed shortly after
8 o'clock this morning. The child had
the terrible disease in a malignant
form. The body was taken to Worces-
ter in a Theoretically sealed casket for
burial
A serious shooting accident occurred
at the farm of Joel Bugbee, three miles
to the west of this town, about 1880
o'clock last evening. Thomas McDon-
old. an eighteen-year old young man.
was the victim, and has an ugly look
ing wound in the right leg, few inches
above the knee, from a 32-calibre bull
let. Bugbee, son Of Charles Bugbee
was the owner of the revolver, and was
unloading it previous to handing it to
Mcdonald for inspection, when his fin
ger pulled the trigger accidentally, and
the bullet ripped into McDonald's
thigh.
The young man N taken to Bug
bees house, and Drs. Cowles and Blake
were at once summoned from West
Brookfield. An examination showed
that the bullet had gone completely
about the bone in a semi-circle, lodg-
ing just inside the skin on the other
side of the leg.
The bullet was removed and the les
bandaged. 1t is believed that McDon-