Show SICKNESS AT COALVILLE WE hear there are several cases of small pox at Co alville and vicinity among ot others who are down with this loathsome disease we hear the names of judge arza hinkley and sheriff steph en taylor mentioned jhb disease was brought first to that neighborhood by a it young man who hai had been to corinne i ha he was so lightly affect edE byg byj by W iatha that t it was wasi not recognized laed until ii everal several of his hia sisters children at whose house he resided exhibited unmistakable signs of small pox A young lady who tho who visited the hous houg contracted the disease before its nature was known her father was a n nistor in the militia and when the three lays days drill was recently held at rhoads Rhoada valley she accompanied him and was seized with the fever in iff th camp bythia by this means the contagion was spread aa As soon as it became known that small smail pox was in the settlement homes bouses v were ere prepared on chalk creek three miles above Co allvie tol which the brlek hick were removed at aft last advices advises jut ju jure re ge hinkley had taken steps tobaie to have the select men meet to devise measures for the protection of the citizens again t the spread of the disease it is supposed to be a wild form of small pox stringent means should be taken immediately by the officers of that county to check checks tails disease persons who have been exposed to it should not be permitted to spread the contagion we heard yesterday of a man over there with the fever upon him being in a store shaking hands with his acquaintances informing them at the same time that he expected he be was going to have the small pox he was not ot mistaken for he now has the disease it is better for a few persons or if necessary an entire settlement to to be quarantine J abiden and endure all the inconveniences thereof than that such a disease as small pox should be spread through our cities and settlements who would not endure any amount of inconvenience rather than be the means of spreading sickness and perhaps death around if thorough and arid energetic measure measures be adopted immediately the disease can be kept under control and it will soon die out but nothing short of these will answer halfway half way measures strict in one thing and lax in another will not do especial care should be taken of the clothing of tha tho sick that the contagion be not spread through it it is with smallpox small pox as with other diseases an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure there is no occasion for alarm but there is a nece necessity Esit y for care energy and vigilance |