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V/aOiJAj I X' KJfThe Small Pox in Casey has attracted attention all over the county and throughout the adjoiniug counties, The people are getting thor-oughly alarmed and such cautionary measures havo been adopted as willmost probably prevent the spread of the pestilence. Tho Hrat that took was Hears, the Dutch shoemaker, at the “Commercial 110080,” Had he not most basely and ignorainious-y lied at the very inception of the disease, we would have been spared from a terrible epidemic. He stated to Dr, Hey wood that he had not been exposed to small-pox. That he bad not been out of Casey for fiveweeks preceding the time of bis sickness, This he now admits to bo nn-true and states that ho came to Ca-soy to avoid going to the Pest-Houseat Terre-Hante. He is considered adegraded scoundrel for not givingthe citizens hero, timely warning ofthe nature of his disease. The noxt that took the contagion were DavidCofitnau, John Miller and Mar’s wife, of Casey; Jane'Bailey of Bell-Air, and a young man named Wise-more near Granville in Jasper county, All of these persons were exposed to tho small-pox and caught it directly from Mars, at Casey. A-bout the time that Coflman was taken down, Jarred tho Hotel keeper at tho “Commercial,” absconded; he and his family going to Vermilion, Edgar county, where they took down with small-pox. On the 9th. of January Mr. Coflman died. About the time of his death Mr • Rook's, child three years of age took sick, the disease proved to be small-pox. This child died on the 25th. of January. Mr. Coffman’s family next liacf varioloid, there were tour of them sick at once, only one boing sick c-nough to lie abed. Then William Toner, who lived two miles north east of Casey and Andrew Sprague, station agent at Casey were taken down. Mr. Toner died on Feb. 1st. Mr. Rook’s and his wife and their three remaining children next tooksick, also Alfred Tharp, all residing in Cumberland, a - mile east of the! Casey Depot, David Howe of Casey then had the varioloid in a very mild form.' It has been rumored that Mr. Robt. Biggs the section boss at Casey, has the small-pox, but we do not know whether tho report is true or not. Tho whole number of persons that have suffered from the ravages of the disease Is about twenty-fivo. Of tho persons sick at Casey, three have died, and two more (Mr. Rook’s children,) are dangerously ill, Jane Bailey of Bell-Air, tdcd shortly after Mr. Coffman’s death, and it is stated that four of Mr. JarretVs family died at Vermilion. This makes a total |of eight deaths so far and two more likely to occur, a death ratio of from 32 to 40 per-cent. Thirteen families have been visited by the diseaso. Cases have* occurred in Clark, Edgar, Jasper and Crawford counties, and it is a great wonder that with tho peoples criminal carelessness, the disease has not been a great deal worse. Wo hope that tho disease is about to be eradicated, and with care and patience it can* be done. Tho Casey school was discontinued ift December, the Brown school south of Casey next suspended and then the school in Dist, No. 3 North of Casey, Dr .John T. White has taken charge of tho small-pox cases in Casey, with good success. Of eighteen ctf-aes several of them very bad, he has lost but two. Dr. Elston of Green-up attended Mr. Coffman, bat the disease had made too much progress before the doctor, was called to treat th^ case. Business bps now begun to revivo and will continue to gelffccu ier unless we aro so unfortunate as to suffer a fresh outbreak of tho dis-«atel Hesperia.jr ■ ■ ♦.........—
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Marshall Messenger
Marshall, Illinois, US
Thu, Feb 10, 1876
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