Smallpox In Augusta

Smallpox is now in two localities in this county. The case in Freedom has already been described in these columns. In Augusta there have been several cases and a new one has just broken out.

Michael Keinkaup, who lives two and a half miles east of Whittaker, is down with the disease. Mrs. Frank Merritt, who lives on the same road nearer Whittaker, has just recovered from it. But these were not the first to get the disease for it was in the Smith family, on the county line road, between Washtenaw and Wayne. They lived in this county so that the case was one for the county to take charge of.

The Childs school house in Augusta has been closed for the past two weeks on account of smallpox.

Dr. Smith, of Willis, has been attending all these cases. The cases have been of a rather light description and all are about recovered excepting Weinkaup who has just come down with the disease, but who is also said to have a light case.

Owing to the interest taken by the supervisors in the contagious disease bills the question of what it is costing the county in Augusta is naturally interesting, but the Argus was unable to get any details. A gentleman from Augusta said he heard that it would cost $50 a day.