The Ouachita Telegraph - Swamp Fever, Diptheria in Delta Date: May 2000 Submitted by: Lora Peppers ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, November 20, 1874 Page 2, Column 2 We gather the following items from the Delta Journal of Tuesday: A laborer on the Railroad, sick with swamp fever, while being conveyed to the Vicksburg hospital, died on the train, Saturday, before reaching Delta. Diphtheria is prevalent to an alarming extent among the young people of our parish. We were told of two deaths in one family on the Hesperia Plantation, last week. # # # http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/madison/newspapers/118741120diptheria.txt