The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1918-10-11
THE CHOLERA VISITATION

now, an Old subscriber who has been
a reader Of this paper since its first
issue has presented us with copy
of the Daily Interior Journal. bear
ing date September 4, 1873. In size
il is II by IL inches, printed on one
side Of the paper only, and at that
time Hilton e. Campbell were the pro-
prietors.
The reason for a daily issue was
the presence Of cholera in the com
munity. The latest news on the sit
uation is given in the following quo
tations:
up TO Tuesday morning last we
had announced seven deaths from
cholera in town and two in the coun-
ty. "Wednesday morning we had but
one case in town, negro boy. son
of Clark Hansford, Wednesday at
noon, another son Of Clark Hansford
was attacked and a new case was re-
ported in the county. This morning
we are rejoiced TO say that the two
cases in town are in fair way Of
recovery. and that we have no new
cases. We have not heard from the
country. but suppose the patient. a
negro boy, died last night. The
health Of the town is excellent and
the provisional trustees are nobly
doing sanitary work Some rain last
night, but SKY clear this morning an-
sharp breezes from southwest"
communication from Lancaster,
dated Sept. 2, stated that the health
Of that town was improving and no
new death TO report. but a letter the
next dav stated that there were two
deaths on the previous day after the
mail left, Mrs. Mary Stephens. of
near Bryantsville ands Ellen Lusk,
colored
Cholera appeared in Lebanon Aug
"a, and between that date and the is
sue of the paper there were about 25
deaths. John K Sewell, the Interior
Journal foreman. was attacked with
cholera while attending the Lebanon
fair and was in a critical condition
when the paper went to press.
The list Of citizens who failed 10
run away when cholera broke OUT was
published as an honor roll and en-
hraced the following names: John NJ. |
Rochester, W. H. Miller. col. Chas II !
Rochester. Ed McRobcrts, J. w. !
Payne, Jr., Thomas Buford. w. r. |
Carson. Samuel Carson. Thos. Rich |
ards, Hon. T. W. Narnon, G.. L. Mer- |
shon, Rev. S. s. NcRoberts, w. G. |
Saunders c. u MYERS, W. |. Roches- |
ter, DR. Jno b. Owslev Thomas B. |
Montgomery. James r. Warren. A. A. !
Warren, Thomas Bruce, T. NJ. PEN |
nington. Geo. W Bobbitt, L. r. |
Yates, Daniel Miller, J. n. Craig, J. !
II. Craig, /. NJ. Bruce, Peyton Embry, |
A. r. Penny, T. J. Atkins, Thomas
II. Shanks, John Blain, John Myers,
Geo. II. Mckinney. w. II. Anderson.
W. B. McRoberts. n. B. Tevis, the
Interior Journal force (names not
given), James Daugherty, James
Davis. Mrs Elizabeth Carpenter and
family. Frank J. Anthony, John Gil
ham, James |. Mckinney, A. A. Me
Kinney, and the physicians of the
town.
All of these are now dead except
Messrs. W. b. McROberts and A. A.
Mckinney, of Louisville Mr. James l.
Mckinney, of Montgomery, Ala, and
the following children of Mrs. Car
penter. DR.. J. G.. Carpenter. Messrs.
Geo. S. and d. r. Carpenter. Miss
Jennie Carpenter and Mrs. Belle Cas-
tleman.
The following are some of the To-
cal items:
THE presence of cholera does not
deter our citizens from taking the !
old fashioned way of adjusting in
suits and occasionally we hear of |
collision between members of our |
little band of braves No very Sc |
rious difficulty has occurred though, |
we believe"
(There is a tradition to the effect |
that "the little band Of braves" be-
lieved that the remedy for snakebite |
was a cholera preventative, hence the |
OCCASIONAL collision, Editor)
"On Sunday morning last we list
ened i'm vain for the sound of the |
church and Sunday school bells.
Never before for over half a century
have these bells been silent on Sun
day morning. 1t was the saddest day
of the year"
"Only one minister remained in
town to give comfort of a spiritual
nature, the others fled, whittier, we
know not
For the first two nights after
cholera broke out, Stanford was one |
bonfire Of blazing tar"
Mrs. Thomas Bruce. Mrs. S. S.
McRoberts and Mrs. c. II. Rochester
created a pleasant SEN
sation by appearig on the streets
last Tuesday,
I'VE learn that some of our refu-
gees have not stopped running yet.
The last seen of them they were
some 200 miles south of us, and still
going like mad"
"About 25 lean and hungry dogs,
of all colors and breeds, being de-
serted by their Macksvile friends.
have taken refuge in our streets. and
the principal pastime of some of our
young men is in pelting the poor
things with rocks or tying tin cans
to their tails"
important to Physicians"
"Drs. S. p. Craig and Oliver Me
have succeeded in establish
ing reaction after all other remedies
had failed. by the heroic use of hvpo-
dermic injections of atrophia. They
say that it is the only remedy that
can be relied upon and advise physi-
clans to use it in all cases of chol-
era"
"A few of our country friends
visited town last Tuesday"
"One darkey who ran off TO the
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