McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-31
CHOLERA'S RAVAGES.
The Plague in France Not as Deadly in
It's Character as Repre- sented--
De aths Here and There.

Isolated cases of cholera continue to
be reported from various parts of France,
some widely distant from the infected dis.
tricts. A woman living at Courbevoire, a
village only a few miles from Paris, was
seized by sporadi: cholera on Thursday.
She was conveyed to the hospital and her
lodgings thoroughly disintected. No fur
Their cases have been developed in the COM
munlty. Cholera has also appeared at Mai
bonnie, and at st. Nazaire, village not far
from Toulon, two deaths occurred. One
was OF an especially pathetic character. An
unknown woman was seized while passing
along the street and fell PROSTATE, expiring
immediately. A pitiabe case is reported
from Marseiles. A woman 70 years old
at last forced all entrance into her lodging
and found her body upon the floor in such
condition that proved that she must have
been dead some days. An examination
proved that she was the victim of cholera.
she had lived almost exclusively on fruit.
The corvette ''Argentina, recently at
Marseilles, tried to take on coal at G Gibraltar
The English authorities forbade this, and
threatened to fire uolesS the vessel departed.
The ''Argentinao thereupou proceeded TO
aport in Portugal and began coaling, but
the Inhabitants became panic stricken and
compelled the authorities to order the i'm
mediate departure of the unfortunate YES
sci. Where the sfArgentina' is to find fuel
enough to return to Lap alta appears an in
at Aries is deplorable. The water supply
is entirely cut off, owing to an accident in
the hydraulic apparatus. The numerous
funerals of the cholera victims have been
conducted by men who were generally
drunk. These funerals have been greatly
retarded by the fact that the carpenters re-
fuse to make collins for those who die Of
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have left the city. Food is consequently
scarce and difficult to obtain. The panic
throughout the city is simply indescribab'e.
The epidemic appears to be extending. One
death occurred at Saintss Maries de Lamer.
The inhabitants OF that town want to eXpel
all the refugees from the town. 10 six
different villages of the department of
have occurred. In Vintimiglia, Italy,
there have been ten deaths. At Toulon
two foolish youths made bet as
to which could drink the most seltzer water.
One drank nine syphons and the other eight.
Both died shortly of cholera. In the debate
in the deputies in regard to the French re-
lating to the epidemic. M. Bert described
most backward country in Europe in sani-
tary matters. Fifteen deaths occurred in
Toulon on the 2StE-fve in the hospital,
three in the town and seven in the suburbs.
1t is feared that the stormy weather will in
crease the violence of the epidemic. Six
hundred people left Toulon within two days.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Standard says the large number of those
who recover from the cholera shows that the
disease is not Of the same deadly character
which some previous outbreaks have dis
played. There is a considerable exodus of
people from Paris by people apprehensive
that the epidemic will reach the capital, but
nothing Of the nature of panic has yet
appeared. The correspondent has never
seen Paris so deserted as at present. Eng
ish and American tourists give Paris a |
vide berth. Such scare, he contends, is
altogether uniustifiabie, as the capital is
better cleaned, more abundantly watered |
md healthier than any other city in Europe. |