| Show MEASLES andl AN D inflammation q IN 12 tub TIM sortir we regret to leam leara that in some portions of southern utah measles and inflammation flam mation are exceedingly virulent mardy mariy children having been carried off by them brother andrew S gibbons of long valley writes under date of the loth dinst as follows ed editor ifor deseret mews news dear brother I 1 undertake the painful duty of writing the account of the death of three of my children which you would woula would do me a great tavor by publishing in your paper A disease supposed to bo measles accompanied by inflammation fiam flam mation matlon of the lungs and the throat has carried off quite a number of children throughout the southern settlements but has only just commenced in little valley in which out dut of some eleven cases four have died my son charles R died april fth aged 4 years 9 months and 23 days my daughter emeline died april ath aged 1 year 11 months and I 1 day my daughter adeline died april ath aged I 1 year 11 months and 3 2 days all three being bei bel buried in one grave those three are the alldren children of andrew fc and rizpah gibbons also my grandson andrew agson G son of johns john S and martha carter died april and 2nd aged 2 years 2 months and 21 days also charlotte carter died april lith aged 4 months and one day the work of the destroyer has cast a deep gloom over our settlement and there is no telling where it will end as therease then there eare arb are a great agrest many that vaye haye nathad not had the measles particularly children and as we have just found a resting after being broken up on the muddy we are poorly prepared to take proper care of the sick |
