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Show Small-Fox in Morgan County. "S. P.," writing from Morgan oity to tho Ogden Junction, under date Jan. -(, fays: A lt-'W days altor my urst letter nine tnoro oasos of small-pox nppcarcd in this ciiy. ibo whole of Mr. 0. Turner's Tur-ner's family, and tho only surviving obild of Mr. Hogg, were taken down with the 4iseas-e. Four of Mr. Turner's Tur-ner's children are now convaietceul, one dead (making two deaths in this family), aud tho other three reoover itiir. Mr. Uoirg's little girl is also convalescent. 1: has extended to one other family, across the street from Mr. Turner s, where one litllo girl, daughter ol .Mr. T. Lerwell, js now in a iry dangerous state. Everything pofiblo is being dotui under the circumstance cir-cumstance to stop it from spreading further. Tho case at Porterville, the youngest son of Mr. S. W. Phillips, aged fifteen or sixteen years, terminated termin-ated fatally. Mr. Phillips' houso was situated alone at the bouiIi end of the oMih.mcnt. and cvcrv precaution from the tiret has been taken to prevent its extension; even to tho chaining of Mr. Phillips' dpi:, a precaution laughed at when taken, but whioh has since proven to be a wiso measure. h"or said dog bos since broken out with the smallpox, small-pox, and one of Mr. Phillips' cows has also broken out with the same disease These circumstances having been proven led to the conclusion that Mr. Lerwcll's dog brought tbo disea.-e home and coimuunicitcd it to the little Lirl. An order has Mueo boon issued by the city couocil of Moigaa City, prohibiting dogs from running at large during the continuance of I lie smallpox. |
