The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-02-16
is The Official Order Of the Harri-
son County Board Of Health
and Thus Keep the SMALL
pox From clarksburg.
Their Chicksn;poz,
Or FiliponO Itch,
of Which They Profess not to be
Afraid, has Caused Harrison
County to Take Rigorous
Precautions.

Or. Robert FL. Ramsay, quarantineo
X at, the Carper home at Mt. Clare, mas
4 yarioloid, or smallpox as modified oy
vaccination. "A change OF ciothlng
was sent; him with view to his COM
ing home but that night, tThursaay
night of last wcek,) he was taken
down and consequently is yet confined
Ia the Carper home. The other
patients in the Carper house are
about well.
!, Al Buckhannon number OF ply-
4 sicians and the town council pro-
nounce the contagion there chicken
pox. Or Filipino Itch, and have signed
and published settlement thai IL Is
4 not smallpox. The local board OF
" health Of Upshur county is OF the
4oninion that it is smallpox and acting
upon that opinion have issued many
q quarantine orders which, on account
X Of the physicians ceretiticates men
" toned above arenot being obeyeo.
VI rr. Pifer pronounces the case that ne
4 was called to see Mr. Outright, small
nox. He says this was the only case
Y be. passed upon. The churches ana
4 schools have been opened. IL Is u
x peculiar coincident that the ply
sicians signing that certificate would
" moi, 90 in to see the case. Health Of
Ulcer DR.. Farnsworth says by tele-
Iphone that thereare now IA cases IN
N Ruckhannon. Tuesday a man broke
! out with the disease while walking'on
the street.
owing to the Indifference ana neg
ligence of Buckhannon citizens tne
following proclamation was t9uhu
necessary for theprotection Oh Hai-
riSon county:
PRoCLAMAT1oN.
Clarksburg, w. Va,
February II, 1900
1t is ordered by the Board OF Health
OF Harrison county, that on account
Of smallpox prevailing in the town OF
Buckhannon and county OF upsur' IN
the State of West Virginia, quaran-
time is hereby declared against al
nersops coming from said town and
county who would be likely to carry
said disease, or spread such disease or
- Injection, and against shipment by
rail or in any other manner, OF all
! household goods, clothing or any
other articles, except lumber and coal
by rail, from said town or county mo
Harrison county. The w. Va. y =.
division of~the B. y O. 4. Il. Is en-
Joined from selling tickets from all
noints in said UIhur county toany
point in Harrison county, ana from
shipment of such articles as are
above prohibited during the existence
of said quarantine. Citizens OF Har-
rison county are hereby notified that
they are prohibited from going into
said Upshur Countrywide this quaran-
tine prevails. U. S. postals clerks and
mail carriers are also advised that
they receive no mail matter of any
u character from any point In said
Nsnshur county for delivery to any
point in the county of Harrison, SO
long as this quarantine prevails.
Citizens of Harrison county living on
the various roads or highways, lead
inp into this county from said Upshur
county, are hereby appointed and
constituted special guards, or police
men. and are hereby authorized to let
no one pass back or fourth from one
county to the orther during the
prevalence OF said quarantine. And
should any one refuse to obey this
3 order, you will at once arrest such
offender and commit him to the near
est Justice of the Peace.
Done by the Harrison County
BOARD of Health this the 18th day of
February, 1900.
ID. P. MORGAN, NJ. D.,
president of Harrison County Board
aSsHealth.
y William Woodel who was appoint
Shsrthe local health board of Lewis
n fSSTys to look after the smallpox
rs Vases, made the following statement
Tuesday night:
..You may report that up to this
time we have had twenty-five cases Of
smallpox and varloloid. Nine Of these
cases have been bad. The two worst
cases we now haveare at Alum Bridge
Mr.. Alkire and Mr.. Hardman. All
the rest are pastthe danger point,
& most Of them ableto be up. 1t looks
now as II we would have the disease
soon stamped out Of Lewis county"
There are two new cases IN the Ben
nett family, in Gilmer county. Dr..