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FORESTED AREA
SHOWS BIG GAIN
IN MARYLAND

LUKE. Md. up. Mary
lands foreSted area has
increased more than one
third since 1880.
L. D. Peterson, chairman
of the Maryland Forest In
dustries Committee, said
Saturday the State has
2,897,000 acres of forests
compared to 2,168,000 acres
in 1880.
This increase, in the face
of continued urbanization,
is attributed to two fac
tors, Mr.. Peterson said.
Much abandoned pasture
and crop land have gone
back to forests from seed
scattered from nearby trees,
a nd reforestation efforts
have established new for
ests on thousands of acres.
Originally, forests covered
80 per cent of Maryland
land area. Clearing for ag-
riculture, cities and other
purposes reduced the area
to the 1880 low of "a per
cent. The present figure is
46 per cent, Mr.. Peterson
said.
Less than eight per cent
of Maryland's forest land
is owned by governmental
units, the industry spokes-
man said.
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Worcester County
Tax Remuins Same

SNOW HILL, Md, July 5 (P.
Property owners will pay the
same tax rate in Worcester
County in fiscal 1959-$1.70 on
each 500 of assessable land
and home.
The county's new budget is
81 ,478,000 compared with ST.
383, 900 in fiscal 1858.
The Board Of County Com
missioners figure the gap will
be filled by increased revenue
from the county's liquor stores
and State income tax funds di-
verted to the county.
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Bridge Job
Low Bidder
Passed Over

BALTIMORE, July 5 R.-
The State Road Commission
said today 1t had rejected the
lowest of eight bids submitted
for a Prince Georges County
bridge project and accepted the
next lowest bid at the added
cost Of $39,924.
The low bid was by the Gale
Construction Co. Of Galesville,
Nd. was rejected, the SRC
said.
The concern on June 3 bid
S577,405 to erect the bridge
over the Pennsylvania Rail-
road tracks for the Annapolis
Washington expressway.
Austin F. Shure. assistant to
the SRC chief engineer. said
the company has never served
as a prime contractor for the
State and has a work capacity
rating with the commission of
1891 900.
He explained that under the
SRC rating system, a bidder
must have a financial capacity
in excess of the amount bid on
a contract. The contract was
awarded to Allied Contractors.
Inc, of Baltimore, for $612, ,329.
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Boy Seriously Hurt
When Hit by Auto

A 6-year-old boy was seri-
ously injured last night when
struck by a car near his home,
Mount Rainier city police re-
ported.
The victim kas identified as
Christopher Taylor Of 4201
Thirtieth street, Mt. Rainier,
who. police said, was struck
when he ran from between
parked cars.
A technical charge Of reck-
less driving was placed against
Mrs. Margaret Linda Funk, 38,
of 1923 Eastern avenue, Mount
Rainier, police said.
The boy was taken to Prince
Georges County Hospital.
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to have an abortion arranged
by Shaw, he said. police
planned TO follow her TO the
scene and make a raid before
the operation. However. they
lost the trail
The raid was made after the
girl returned and told them
approximately where she had
been.
Shaw was listed by Mrs.
Grimes as being among her
contacts. His name and tele-
phone number also appeared
In Martini's records. Mrs.
Grimes testified that Shaw was
q contact for the Fauquier
County ring.
Draws 3-Year Terms
Shaw drew two concurrent
terms Of three years after his
conviction on abortion and
conspiracy TO promote abortion
charges. The same sentence
was meted out to Robert D..
Jordan. 80, of Accokeek. Mrs.
Jordan. %, drew the same term.
but 1t was suspended. She was
put on probation.
In the Fairfax phase Of the
same case, Woodrow w. LASH
ley, 80. and his wife, IL, Of
Estel road, Fairfax. we're SEN
fenced to two concurrent terms
Of three years, but Mrs. Lash
ley'S sentence was suspended.
Lashley has been mentioned
by Mrs. Cooper as one Of the
drivers who brought girls to
her home for abortions.
Interrupts Trial. Pleads Guilty
The next interstate abor-
ZIONIST arrested was Martini
of the 26O0 block of Fifteenth
street NV, who was taken
into custody in his lawyers Of
flee on November 20, 1857. He
was accused of performing two
abortions here. trying to per-
form another and conspiracy
to violate District laws dealing
with abortion.
He interrupted his trial in
April to plead guilty to all
counts. He was sentenced to
serve 20 months to five years
on each count with the SEN
tences to run concurrently.
He faces another trial ir
Carroll County, Md, where he
was indicted March 27, 1858
along with Campbell and Thel-
ma A. Ensor. described a.
Campbell's nurse.
Campbell, whose trial has
been postponed on doctor
certificate of a heart condition
is named in four indictments
His co-defendantS are named II
two.
Racket Still FlOurishes
Maryland State police spent
six months developing thu
Campbell case, but have de.
clined to discuss it because i
has not yet gone to trial.
1t is known, however, tina
one of the key witnesses in thI
case is from nearby Virgins
and that Martini's record bool
is being held for use at thl
Carroll County trial.
Despite all the law enforce
ment activity, both Maryland
and Virginia authorities salt
they were still getting informa
ton on abortions being per
formed in this area.
Mr.. HaSSan put it this way:
} I'VE know there are peopl,
still at large capable Of per
! forming abortionS. We have no
yet placed a sufficient deter
rent to a revival of the racket
when we are all through
our Investigations. it may b.
cleaned up. But it is no
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%NAAA OA-~
That was also when Mary
land law enforcement officers
started following cars across
the State, when District police
were requested to follow cars
and stake out certain locations,
when Fairfax police were
alerted.
Not all the cases that have
broken since the Arlington in
vestigatlon started stemmed
from that investigation. The
District made the Martini case
when another girl, who had
been hospitallzed after an abor-
ton. went to United States At
torney Oliver GaSch.
A case that broke Simultan-
eously in Prince Georges County
and Fairfax County came on a
tip given to Maryland State
Evening star., 1958-07-06
RESIDENTIAL

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ABC Air Conditioning Co.
81 Martha Street
Forestville. Nd.
william n. Gillian, Inc.
24OO Wisconsin Avenue NV.
Washington. d. c.
Hampton Maintenance EnEineerinE Co
500 Barry Place NV.
WashinEtOn. D. c.
Lees Heating L. Air Conditioning
Mclean, VirEinia
Logan Bros, Inc.
101 Franklin street
Alexandria, virginia
Minniek's, Inc.
BurtOnsville. Maryland
r. l. Weight & Son, Inc.
1880 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland
Flood Sheet Metal
6666 Walker Mil Road
District Heights' Maryland
A 4 n Sheet Metal
1896 Baltimore Boulevard
College Park. Maryland
Arlington Heating Company
1916 s. Four Mile Run Drive
Arlington. Virginis
W. J. Baumbach, Inc.
4I47 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington. virginia
Home Heating Company
Lee Highway
MeTrifield. Virginia
jenkins Sheet Metal, Inc.
IO6 Jefferson street
Falls Church, virginiA
A. s. johnson Co.. Inc.
1910 9th Street
Washington, ID. G.
Mister Sales a Service
352N Rhode Island Avenue
Mt. Rainier, meryland
Fred A. Payne
800 william Street
fredericksburg Virginia
shurfire Products, Inc.
1928 8. Capitol street
Washington, d. c.
BeTwyn Fuel a Feed CO.
5l07 Berwyn Road
ColIeEe Park, Maryland
Warren HeatinE 4 Air Conditioning
400 44th Avenue
HyattsVille. MARYLAND
John G. Webster q Sons, Inc.
SEA Street NV.
Washington. ID. c.
George ". Dorsey
Prince Frederick
Maryland
| DaIlin Air Conditioning
6aI2 Third street NV.
WaShinEtOn. d. G.
lR o. Hogan
| WaFFenton. virginia
/ Marlboro Electric Company
Marlboro. Maryland
], ID. Steele Company
n 2658 W. University Boulevard
! Wheaton. Maryland
Fairfax Fuel 4 supply
FaiTfax, virginia
Ram RefrIgeratIon
227 L St. NE.
Georgs z. Warner Co.
1918 9Th 81. s.W.
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V&S1
DAYTON /, OHIO
CALL YOUR AIRTEMP DEALER NOW

ROOM
Mister Sales g. Service
3s20 Rhode Island Avenue
Mt Rainier, Maryland
fred A. Payne
800 william Street
Fredericksburg, virginia
r e. NJ Refrigeration Co.
.2S Street NE.
Washington. q. c.
Shurfire ProAurh1. Ine.
1928 S. Capitol Street
Washington. D. {.
John G. Webster & Sons, Inc
627 Street NV.
WASHINGTON, d. c.
A 4 A Appliance Co.
1914 GeorEia Avenue NV.
Washington, D. c.
CAPITAL Appliance Co.
1927 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring. Maryland
J. C. Campbell Electric Co.
I2i Dale Drive
Silver Spring. MARYLAND
Electrical Center
f14 10th street NV.
Washington. d. {:
Cameo Appliance Co.
122 Seventh street NV.
Washington, D. c.
Alperstein's Electric Village
1918 Piney Branch Road
Silver Spring. Maryland
Alperstein's Department Store
1920 Seventh Street NV.
Washington, d. C.
J. ", Crittenden & Co.
CaivertOn, virginia
DaIlin Air ConditiOning
62I2 Third Street NV.
Washington. D. G.
T. J.. Fannon
Duke q Henry 81.
Alexandra, Virginia
1881 New Hampshire Avenue
TakOma Park. Maryland
Fsulk a Todd Appliances Co.
250S Columbia Pike
Arlington, virginia
FulfOFd Colony
61l0 Georgia Avenue NV.
Washington, d. c.
District Home q Auto Co.
1920 Good Hope Road Sc.
Washington. D. c.
Georges Radio
sth and z Streets NV.
Washington. d. c.
keegan Appliance Co.
1884 Macarthur Boulevard NV.
Washington, ID. c.
Heehinger'S
18th a n Streets NE.
Washington, d. c.
& D. Began
Warrenton, ViFEiniA
Home Utilities
614 Fifth Street NV.
Washington. d. &.
beavers Electric Co.
Columbia Pike
Annandzle, virginia
]. L. Flood
20I2 14th Street NV.
Washington, d. G.
6eorgetewn Electric Co.
3135 N Sc. NV.
Washington. d. G.
Military Personnel Buying Service
Columbia Pike 4 Giebe Road
AFiington, Va.
Evening star., 1958-07-06
COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL
ABC Air Conditioning Co.
81 Martha Street
Forestville, Md.
william n. Gillian, inc.
2lO0 Wisconsin Avenue NV,
Washington, d. C
Hampton Maintenance Engineering Co.
800 Barry Place NV.
Washington. D. c.
Logan Bros, inc.
I0I Franklin street
Alexandria, Virginia
r. L. Voight & Son, Inc.
1880 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda. Maryland
A. & II Sheet Metal
e326 Baltimore Boulevard
College Park, Maryland
", J. Baumbach inc.
4147 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, virginia
Home Heating Company
Lee Highway
Merrifield. Virginia
Jenkins Sheet Metal, Inc.
l06 jefferson Street
Falls Church. virginia
A s. johnson Co., Inc.
1910 9th street NV.
Washington. ID, c.
Mister Sales q Service
1920 Rhode Island Avenue
Mt. Rainier, Maryland
Fred A. Payne
800 William street
Fredericksburg, virginia
shurfire Products. inc.
1928 s. Capitol Street
Washington. D. &.
John G. Webster 4 Sons, Inc.
627 Y street NV.
Washington, d. c.
r o Hogan
WarrentOn. virginia
Marlboro Electric Company
Marlboro, Maryland
J. d Steele Company
Hr 2658 ". University Boulevard
Wheaton. Maryland
R&M Refrigeration
22s Z 81. NE
George r. Warner Co.
1878 9Th 81. S.W.
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b c Air ConditIoninE Co.
81 Martha street
FOrestville. Maryland
william n. Gillian, Ine.
300 Wisconsin Avenue NV.
WasnluBbOu. u v.
Hampton Maintenance EnEineering 20
800 Barry Place NV.
Washington. d. {.
LOEaB Bros. Inc.
I0l Franklin street
Alexandria. ViTGiniA
". I. Baumbaeh, inc.
4Il1 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington. Virginia
Homo Heating Company
Lee HighWay
MeTrifield, VirEinia
Jenkins Sheet Metal. inc.
lO6 jefferson street
Falls Church. Virginia
A. s. johnson Co., Inc.
1910 9th Street NV.
Washington. d. c.
Tanen Sales Co.
403 10th ST., NV.
WashingtOns d. G.
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ROOM

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District Electric Company
1885 wisconsin Avenue NV.
Ills Connecticut Avenue NV.
Washington, d. c.
S03i New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland
LansburEh's
Washington, d. c.
Becht Company
z street at seventh NV.
Washington, d. c.
Luckett's
l642 KInE Street
Alexandria, Virginia
Marlboro Electric Company
Marlboro Maryland
e. Mars
s. Capitol a D Streets s.w.
Washington. d. c.
S. Kann's a Son
Elghth a d Streets NV.
Washington, ID. c.
Naylor TV
Washington, d. c.
South Capitol TV
1881 Indian Head Highway
Glass Manor, Maryland
Smiths, Inc.
Washington, d. c.
Potomac
9th and z Streets NV.
Washington, ID. G.
Robert g. Marshall
S24 Upshur Street NV.
Washington, ID. c.
Mayhugh a Watts
Manassas. ViTginia
Merchandise Mart
Washington. D. c.
s q L Electric Company
1905 L street NV.
Washington, d. G.
Oliver TY
W.ss,VrssS. SSSs wl:sSnibb" b' 6 6a''nu' NV.
Paramount
22O2 GeorGia Avenue NV.
Washington, ID. G.
South Arlington TV
65l South 23d street
Arlington, Virginia
Standard Tire q Battery
10th 4 II Streets NE.
Washington. d. c.
7. d. Steele Co.
~ 265S W. University Boulevard
Wheaton, Maryland
TV Workshop
1870 n. WAshingtOn Street
Falls Church, Virginia
A. G. Watkins
100 z. Montgomery Avenue
Rockville. MARYLAND
WriEht'S RefTiEeration %.
1928 14th Street NV.
Washington. d. c.
fairfax Fuel 4 supply
Fairfax. virginia
Dalmo Sales Co.
1901 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington. Va.
Star Radio a TV
431 10th st., NV.
Washington. d. c.
George Y. Warner Co.
1918 eth 81. s.W.
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invitation Of the veneEuelan
Newspaper Association.
No Dulles Riots Due

RIO DE JANEIRo. July 0
B.-secretary of state Dulles
may be greeted by minor DEM
onstrations but no violent OUT
BURSTS when he comes TO Brazil
next month, Brazil's top politi-
cal police ofiicer predicted yes
terday.
Col. Danilo Nunes. chief Of
the political police. said there
will be nothing like the rock
throwing and splitting attacks
set of last May by Vice Presi-
dent Nixon's visit to South
America.
Actually the only demon
strations we expect would take
the form of a few Commu-
nists carrying signs protesting
against Dulles visit" Col
Nunes said.
Mr.. Dulles will arrive August
| 5 for a three-day visit at the
invitation of President Jusce-
limo Kubitschek.
Evening star., 1958-07-09

the Seventh international
Cancer Congress by E. ], AM
brose and G. Easily of the
Chester Beatty Research Insti-
tute in London.
They have been studying
cells growing in tissue culture.
The cells are kept alive and
growing in glass tubes or
plates.
More Able to Spread
The cancer cells gained in
creasingly strong negative
charges as a tumor developed
and as 1t became more invasive
or able to spread, the scientists
said. The negative charge be.
came stronger than that o.
healthy cells. The cancer CELL
could be made to stick together
by adding certain chemicals
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ceived a warm welcome in con-
trast to the splitting and ston-
ing that greeted Vice President
Nixon.
In explanation, Mr., Porter
said: Mr.. Nixon is a symbol
Of a policy of coddlins DICTATOR
ships. I suppose I am a symbol
in opposition to that policy"
Mr.. Porter has interested
himself in the disappearance
of DR.. Jesus de Galindez. He
has been among the most vo-
ciferous Of those who accuse
Dominican dictator Rafael Tru-
jillo of engineering the kidnap-
ing and probable death Of DR.
Galindez, a bitter foe of Gen.
eralissimo Trujillo. Mr., Porter
also has spoken out strongly
against other Latin American
dictatorships.
! He went to Venezuela at the
Evening star., 1958-07-09
Numbers Charge
Follows Squeul

A s2-year-old District man
was arrested yesterday on a
charge Of operating a lottery
after a disgruntled customer
had complained to police.
Charles e. Broadnax, 80. Of
the $500 block of Kansas ave-
nue. NE, admitted taking num-
bers bets after his arrest. ac-
cording to Inspector John B.
Layton of the gambling squad.
The customer said he had
been playing numbers with
Broadnax for several months.
He complained to the police
after Broadnax refused to give
him his winnings, the inspector
said.
Broadnax has a previous rec
ord for operating a lottery, &C.
cording to police records
Evening star., 1958-07-09

which carry a positive electric
charge.
The research is helping 10
explain the chemical nature Of
changes taking place on the
surface of cancer cells. 1t
might even prove useful as a
method some day Of stopping
the spread Of cancers.
Temporary Benefits
Among other reports to to-
days session:
The experimental antibiotiC
Actinomycin d produced q
slight but definite improve
ment in about one-flfth Of 81
patients with various forms oi
cancer. The benefits were
temporary. reported Drs. c. T
C. Tan and Joseph H
'Burchenal Of the Sloan
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said he had a long criminal
record in the United States.
Ward was held for trial or
deportation.
Police said he was arrested
when he went to an engraving
plant to pick up plates to print
the bills. He denied he planned
to counterfeit the bills and
claimed he had been hired by
two men to get the plates.
Officials said Ward came to
Mexico a year ago on tourist
papers, married a Mexican
woman in Veracruz, and op-
Grated a drugstore there for a
time.
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lKettering Institute IN New
York.
Mitomycin C. an antlbiotie
discovered in Japan, and
several other drugs can cure
leukemia In mice which u
caused by virus, Sloan-Ketter-
ing Drs. Kanematsu Siglira
and C. Chester Stock said. The
drug is not yet available for
human use.
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Porter Back in U. S.

NEW YORK, July 9 R.-
Representative Porter, Demo-
crat of oregon. arrived yester-
day from a four-day visit in
Venezuela, where he said he re-
Evening star., 1958-07-09
Dangerous Electricity
Found in Cancers
BY ALTON BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science writer

LONDON July 9-Britsh scientists have found curious
and apparently dangerous electricity in cancers
The healthy stick together and don't wandering on
But cancer cells develop strong negative electric
charges This could them repe other cells they move
about freely and spread start eewee in the body
This electrical action described In report today TO
Evening star., 1958-07-09
Tokyo Census Rises

TOKYO, July 9 (R.-The
government reports Tokyo hac
8,774,683 residents June /, ar
increase Of 303, ,046 in one year
Evening star., 1958-07-09
LATIN AMERICAN NOTES
u. S. Man Accused
Of Counterfeitinq

MEXICO CITY July OP.-An American known as
cadillac Jack-because he stole only Cadlacs officials said
held yesterday charges of countereng United
States $40 bills.
The ATTORNEY Generals ONCE said he Jack Raymond
Ward alias Charles Chester Asworh OF Banbrge Ca They
Evening star., 1958-07-09
1.SS Baby Doll Pajamas

Misses and women cheer this cool sleeper!
Neot print overbIouse with bloomer or
Jomoico shorts beneath. Washable cotton
in ossorted prints, smol, medium, large.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-02-06
(2Ie: (6gegz1[3;yg|X||' [;y|;|;|
55ezlesesffeo7SU0Iass
FeTK@ -NSAR ~ A.

| June 30, 1849, after lad been ! thu
town a week or mo :. Two c-.yict:
died the first day, five more on July
and eight more next day. On July
8 a dozen more prisoners died from
| it. Fifty or 60 new cases were break
ing out every day and on July 8
ninth day of the epidemic, 1886 out
of the Alb men in prison had the
disease. That day q of them dice
and next day IL more succumbed
The prison guards fled in terror anc
convicts roamed at will, taking care
of their own sick and dying. Some Of
them later were given pardons for it
During the 30 days the epidemic
ran 116 prisoners died from cholera
and of the original Alb there only
273 remained the others had gone by
death or pardons. Among the cholera
victims were most of the prison doc.
tors. Ohio Governor Ford mingled
with the convicts and did what he
could to help out
In 1849 cholera again broke out in
Cincinnati and during the four months
up to September /, that year, ALA
out of the 6,459 deaths were from
cholera. Of them 1885 were Ger
mans, Irish and Jews. The remain
ing 1,218 were from native Cincin-
natians, who represented 60 per cent
of the population. The highest mortal
ity was in the hot month of July.
Cholera came again in 1850, 1851,
1852 and in 1866 when 2,028 persons
died from it, Sc of them in one day,
August 13, that year.
One death on June ID, 1873, warned
that another cholera epidemic was at
hand and by October 18, that year,
207 had died from it, Finally the
cholera was stamped out but not
before the potters field, west of 18th
Street and Central Avenue had been
filled with its victims graves un-
marked.
Preble County escaped the scourge
in the 1905 but in 1849 cholera broke
out at Eaton where SO died in the
town alone and 100 others in the coun-
try around it up to and through July
and August, that year. AS of July 81,
1849, Eaton had "a vacant houses, "a
of them out of the u on Somers
Street. Of the stores only one re-
manned open Levin T. McCabe' S
grocery. People had to have food
even though dying.
The evening of July 19, 1854,
cholera struck Wiltshire, Van Vert
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-02-06
Is Beaverdam Hi
Students Named
On Honor Roll

Twenty-Five students at Beaverdam
high school were named this week
by John F. Cindric, superintendent of
schools, on the scholastic honor roll
for the third six-week grading period.
An additional rs were listed for honor
able mention.
The top ranking students are as
| follows: Seniors--Sandra Amstutz,
Kathy Brown, Esther Carpenter,
Sandra Coil, Virginia Lewis, Patricia
Marquart
Juniors Judy Powers, Donna
Herr, David King, and Larry Reich
enbach.
Sophomores-David Ream.
Freshmen-Tom Arnold. John Bow
ers, Melinda Marshall, Barbara
Simon.
Eighth grade-Bill Bassitt, Howard
Eckenwiler, Jackie Eckenwiler, Betty
Rachlin. Roger Schick and Dennis
Smith.
Seventh grade-Twyla Augsburger,
Janis Dickerson and Betty Thomas.
Those listed for honorable mention
were: Seniors-Jean Ann Arnold.
Nancy Baker, Elaine Basinger, Sally
Bassitt, Jean Ann Burkholder, Gloria
Smith. Juniors-Sherrill Burkholder
and Judy Stewart. Sophomores-San-
dra Beach, Gary Crawfis, Gary
Crawford. Gary Herr, Gaylee Hoch-
stettler, Karen Hutchinson and Mar
ilyn Weaver.
Freshmen-Shirley Dunlap, Judy
Fisher, Calole Reichenbach, Virginia
Ridenour, Rosella Schick, Tom
Stetchschulte and Sara Wells. Eighth
grade-none. Seventh grade-Roger
Eckenwiler, Betty Holiday and Susan
Lewis.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-02-06
The Great Scourge

Worse than any other such before
or after, the Asiatic cholera epidemic
that ravaged Ohio and neighboring
states intermittently during decades
came with the arrival of an immi-
grant ship at Quebec in January
1882. 1t swept up the st. Lawrence
River into the Great Lakes basin and
through the upper Mississippi valley
into the valley of the Ohio. It also
crept down the Champlain Canal and
Hudson River into New York City
From Buffalo the scomge was car
ried by soldiers on a boat enroute
to the Black Hawk War across the
lakes into "the little town of Chi
cago," where the boat arrived July
10, 1882. In its three-day trip So men
and an officer out of the 200 aboard
died and 80 more were left at Chicago
where. stunned by citizens there,
they were left to survive or perish as
best they could.
Soldiers deserted from other boats
because of fear of the cholera and
were lost in the woods starved to
death or were eaten by the wolves.
The cholera reached Cincinnati
September 20, 1882, and ravaged for
13 months there. On October 10 an
official list of the dead was released
423 persons died in that month alone,
Al of them on one day, October 21,
1882.
The epidemic broke out again in
July, 1888, and 176 died from it. The
total deaths from cholera in 1832-1833
reached 813 out of total pop
ulation of 5000 persons of all classes.
In 1888 the cholera broke out in War
rem County and through that year the
old cemeteries and burying-gronds at
Lebanon, Waynesville, Franklin and
other communities filled rapidly
with graves. Another epidemic hit the
county eight years later, taking an al
most equally heavy toll.
In summer, 1888, the cholera swept
into Columbus and in the then new
Ohio Penitentary out of the 303 con-
victs then there few escaped it. One
hundred were in the hospital and 40
of them had cholera. Eleven died. This
was only foreshadow of what was to
come in 184S when cholera again in
vaded the prison and more than one
fourth of the convicts fell victims of
it.
Cholera broke out in the prison