Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-12-24
The IslesTof Death,

Inc A01S0SOA OC0SA-As
TSs Sydney (Anstraiian) Herald says
Further information from Fiji conveys
lseiu darksr accounts Of the plague which
hes recently passed over the new colony
| A resident Of long standing, writing to ,
lvicenrisi contemporary. says 1.-THE death
Irate il not yet made up, but the probability
10 that a, 900 Fijisns died during the foul
|nonths' plague. The native population
Iof Fiji h now shout one-third only n
what It was when I landed hero about =
years ago. The accounts given OF tn
magnitude OF tho disaster are less harrow
ling than those Of the suffering Of the vic
Tins Every few died of the measels
the majority dying Of subsequent disease
lin the form of dyeentary. congestion Of
the lungs, etc. Want of nourishment, o.
lstsrvstion, carried of thousands." W.
Iare told that ''all work Was suspended fol
1.-TWO montha You could pass through
whole towns without meeting any ont
lin the streets, which were soon complete
lly covered with grass. Entering nous,
you would find them. women and child
en-, oil lying down indlscrimlnately
some just attacked. some still IN agony
and some dying. Some, who were strooi
enough, attempted suicide, and not always
unsucc essfully." We are further told tina
las the Aourge became more prominen
lseoe four or five were buried in ont
grave, and generally without religion
services. In some cases the dead " I
buried II the earthen floor Of the house
The burials were hurried, and the prob
abilities are that some were buried alive
In many instaaces the husband, wife, AND
children oil died. In one village Ill thu
women died, and in another oil the men.
1t is interesting to read of the different
mental effects produced BY the torture Of
the disease. It 10 not surprising thai
''some made fruitlest sppeals'' to theil
ancient gods. Some inland tribes, who
had only recently embraced Christianity,
considered that the disease was conveyed
by their religious teachers, and they dis
missed them and then abandoned Their
new religion, Among these, some were
for killing the teachers, but wiser coun
|sels prevailed. It is said that one tribe
buried alive one teachers wife and child,
whose husband and father died Of the
plague, to stop infection. But while
some in their distress fell back on thei,
former superstitions. the greater number
art said to have borne their calamity with
fortitude. and to have suffered and died
under the influence of Christianity.
The following story Is :old Of IA old St.
Louisian abroad: The old gentleman
(Fagin) went to the Oriental Bank Eng
iish) to purchase exchange. and offered to
give . check or draft on the First National
Bank Of Ct Louis in payment. st Louis
Isl. Louis!!' replied the msuaxer. where
st. Louis?!!! Fagin looked At the mar
lager in dumb amazement for minute OF
two, and then raielng himself to his full
height and with clenchcd fists-lookine
the very picture of Tom Benton In 'palmv
days-repliet': st. Louis, SIR, is = grta.
city on the Mississippi river; stream. sir.
which If turned on the islands of Great
Britain, would wash them into the sea In
twenty. fours hoursi' Fagin 20: his ex-
change but until the bark had telegraph
led, II Fagin's expense, for information. I"
Extraordinary story in Omaha of .
'.Spiritualistic shoemaker this is. II.
pretends to be medium, or clalrvoyant.
or whatever the proper name is, of the
most wonderful sort. Recently, while
engaged In the convivalities of lager
beer saloon, he went into trance and oh.
served that 'tsome ore was stealing new
pair of boots out of his shop" Just 1t