, 1873-09-04
CHOLERA.
First Case Mt Moline, 1l1.-.Progrcss OF
tho Disease Elsewhere.

First Cnse Mt Moline, 1l1.-.progrcss OF
the Discnsc Elsewhere.
Special Dspateh to The Chicago Tribune.
MOLINE, ILL.,, Sopt. IA Swede nanod Freed,
was attAcked with Asatc cho!era this aftor-
noou. The last accounts Of him state that ho is
still nliye, but very low. This il tho 1irst case
Of eholora in this city; ". ,,,p,
Lebanon" zS tsf ss1,,{ 5s:Sst ;$sts' to the 1o"'."Es
Ten deaths from cholera aro reported to hnvo
day.
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Tho cholera broke out here on last Tuesday in
lloa Immediately wost of our depot, on tho north
eide Of tho railroad. The dlHoaso originated
among tho colored peops!2, aud out Of seven
caaos in the locality oil diea. Two other deaths
hay9 occurred =; in the countyboth Of 'he;n
to this hour tho diaoaso has not spread to any
other portion Of orr town. Tloro has been
but one case among tho whites, aud that ono
IL IT,. reported Ef1 th'H morning az GONZALES
panic among our citizouy They lott on foot,
on horseback, aud in eyory imaginable kind OF
vehicle. Such stampede hns rarely bcon wit
messed a., in town Of 200 inhabitants, like ours.
about 1876 mon, women, and chiliren. Every ono
OF our Trustees, the City Judge, County Judge,
and County Attorney woro among the ilrHt to tly.
Our Town Marshal, Thomas J. Atkins, stood his
ground like q truo soldier and has facod the dis
ease in all it's forms. AL business houses, OK
copt our two drug Btorap md two other buBiueHa
houses, are closed. business is wholly Eus-
pended.
Lebanon Ey <stgt y C; cesrespenas1es = @ tas Lo's'''
From Aug. 10 to Aug. &c, there wore fiyotleatla
from ch0lora here,-four Of tho victims boing
coiored persons aud all Of the cHues being attrib-
fair opened on the 26th inst, and was lightly At
tended the two first days. Tho 28th and Goth
found the fair grounds we'll filed and no ono
feared cholera. On tho morning Of the 30th,
however, wo wore rndoly awakened from our
dreams Of security by tho death Of q number Of
our citizons, and the sicknoas nj great many
more. Twelve Persons died in tho county on
Saturday, and oight on Sunday: This morning
Thomas Green (coloro'D, in Lebanon, and Sam
spalding, aon Of J. +. sIaruing, In tho county,
will bo dead within an hour. aud there arc
dozon casea IN tho town md country. most OF
whom will got well. No now casea this morn-
ing.
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The cholera has mado its appearance at our
neighboring villuge OF OkawVillo in it's most
severe form. The town has about $50 inhabi-
tants. Up to this morning twonty had died and
recover: Evory ca4e haa proved fatal. Tho
people have noarly all left tho town. A dispatch,
JUST rocoiysd while writing, announces another
victim, Mr. Carl Deekham, who took sick this
morning, man Of good habits and we'll
liked. Rev. Fithian, Of your city, WHO
has been 1ooturing in Southern Illinoia
on fixing solomon'B Tomple," died 1t Rich
view, whore he had an appointment to supply :
pulpit Of ono Of tho churches. He complained
OF not fooling very we'll in the morning, and got
worse. The phyaician pronounced it cholera,
and he died at 1 o'clock n. N. Our doctors eeem
to be possoreaB.
From the Rock Island {Tll) argus, Stpt. 2.
An argus reporter viBitod Davenport today,
and brings tho following as tho latest about tho
cholera: Last evening, III fnr rs could DO aBcer-
proved fatal, and tLoBe I'LL resided in the lower
part of tho city, on what III known ut F!atlron
Square. Horny Aair, foreman and ono Of tho
partners In the firm of Rafr, Cock Il Co., culsi-
aud sntpa 1t noon Was uot Expected S 1 to live" se ''