The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-21
FROM OVER THE OCEAN,
THE LATEST NEWS ey THE cAstE.
Tho Gn.els Of the Cholera ou TrAveIins on tho
Cssfistat-P'tssass Resorts Bsmorslistd. j
DsatAsfron The Plague Ia The Lat n
TWsaty.Eour Hour, Ae.Ar.

Of certain French sclentiflc authorities t
. minlm'zs as much as possible The eholsr
panic on the continent, It must be I'D
mitted that Dr.. Koch wss justified In thos
terrible predictions which have alarme.
all Europe. The whole continent Ia terro
stricken: A correspondent, seeking To-
conservative authorities upon the knbjec
.! the cholera Hcare, met Nj. Cook, tht
fRreat tourist agent, and obtained from hin
an interview. N!
Mr.. Cook said: "ltis almost impoesi
bic to e1sggerate the effects Of this cholera
outbreak in France. Besides tho depres.
sion 1t has broughtL. u general business
on the Continent, its effects upon European
summer travel, both commercial and ho!i.
DAY, has been simply enormous. It Is true
that the present tuah from the South. m
and Eastern countries 10 England some
what compensates for the losses in the reg
uiar transportation eastward and south.
ward, but the general eject Of the cholera
panic on European travel has been disas.
ttoaB." N'.srr--.. . ~ - r -Fr71
%"How about the American travel ~ '.s'ss-'
"The number Of Americans who havs
returned and arranged TO return from the
continent to England is unprecedented lor
the time Of year. The English continental
touriets have been the most thoroughly
alarmed. These have nearly all returned
home. The Americans may be divided
into two classes-those who Insist on keep.
ing posted about current events through
correspondence and ne neTspapers, and those
VINO make their vacation blank so far as
the worlds troubles ere concerned. The
former class have been nearly all scared
back to England by the scourgo A few OF
them, however, have resolved to brave the
danger and adhere as closely as possible to
their vacation programme. Thtze, added
to the second class, make up a pretty good
total Of Americans who psrsist in making
the grand tour" =',z.
"fhe general result must be rather diss7.
trous to the continental pleasure reeorts?'
"Disastrous? we'll, l should cay 60!
There arc many continental resorts await.
able without r:sking any probable contact
with the coatagion, but even these are sui-
ierirg from lack Of patronage. Along the
entire Riviera, and throughout Italy aud
the entire East, nearly all lne summsr re-
sorts have already been closed because OF
entire lack Of patronage. The steamers 10
Turkey and Egypt are now sailing direc:,
without stopping at any Of the Medi!er.
ranean ports"
"What accounts do tbs returning travel.
ers give Of the plague ecare?'
ACCOUNTS OF TRAVELLERS.
"They don't talk 90 much about the
terrors OF the cholera as they DO Of the in
quisitorial character, the nuisance, and the
horrors Of the quarantine processes 10
which all travelerd are subiected all along
the Southern Continental frontiers. The
quarantines are probably driving back as
many tourists as the plague. Take Ven.
timiglia, in Northern Italy There were at
last accounts two thousand trayelsrs i'm.
prisoned there under quarantine, The
rich, the commercial travellers, the hotel
keepers and boat owners, in despair, refused
TO respect the prohibition, and the military
have been placed in possession Of the lake
to suppress travel upon it."
"lB France improving any ~
Il fear not The city Of Toulon, despite
the almost lncesfant work 10 make 1t esni.
tarily habitahe, still remains almost inde.
ecrihably filthy. The heat III IRE has been
terrible, and the atmosphere moist and
humid. In the work Of renoyatiDg the
town an old sewer has been discovered
running right under the chief hospital OF
the city. This sewer reeked with filth,
and had been untouched for three years
past. Ten Of the wolkmen who wero EN-.