MOOREHEAD, Minn., Nov. 20. - The village of Middleton and Georgetown, about eighteen miles north of here, are stricken with a violent form of diphtheria. There are about sixty-five cases in all and forty-four new cases were reported to-day. Nine deaths occurred yesterday. Both villages are quarantined, and medical aid has been sent by the state board of health, which will endeavor to rigidly enforce the quarantine.