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Show HIGHLAND NOTES. The Cause of Diphtheria and Other Siok-ness Siok-ness to be Ke oved A New Boad to be Opened. 'Highland Laddie," the reenlar correspondent cor-respondent ot ibid paper at Highland precinct, writes under date of May 14ib savin that Mr George Myer's chad ren had been suffering for eix months-or months-or more with Bore throats, t-ut none t thought they had diphtheria until Sat urday, May 5th, when Mrs. Myers was taken. Slie rapidly grew woree until Tuesday morning at 5 o'clock when she died. On Thurtday evening a 12 year-old year-old daughter died and ou Friday morning morn-ing an 8-ear-old daughter parsed away. All were taken off by diphthe ria. Au 18-year-old daughter is suffer icg wiiti ti-e name disease, but il is I thought 6lie will recover. There are three other email children in the faui iiv all of whom have been exposed It is thought that the cause ot so much .diphtheria and other sickness in llinb-Jaiid llinb-Jaiid precinct, which should be a faealtliy place, is the use of water for culinary purposes that has seeped through cow-yards and p:gpens an ve. The property owners living in the bigher portions of the piec net will be asked to alter the courses of their ditches that the water for the inhaoit- i ants below may be more pure in the future. Writie further the correspondent says that Mrs. 1 M. Johnson, died on Monday evening. May 7th. Selectman A. J Evans has been up at Highland and ordered fences rented re-nted preparatory to opening the straight road to Salt Lake, running directly north lrom Grant's hotel in American Fork. |