Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-28
DEATH AND DISASTER.
social Tragedies In our own country
Tho Raging Cholera In rrnncs-An
ENehttnl SunhaN In MANY Piacsn.

deaths Saturday night, Of which four oc
CURED at the hospital, six in the suburbs
and three in the city. At Marsellcs there
were twenty-four deaths. While the dis
ease is decreasing in TOulon and Marseilles,
It is increasing in the surrounding vii
lagos.
A member OF tho Chamber of Deputies
who has returned here from Marseilles
says there have been more deaths in that
city from cholera than has been registered.
Many persons whose friends die of cholera
the deputy SAYS, ask the doctors to attri-
butte TO another cause for the purpose OF
avoiding speedy burials aud the disinfcct.
ing OF their apartments. Marseilles, he
states, Is now prey to thieves, who enter
the deserted houses and plunder at will
They entered the court house on Wednes
day and robbed tho offices OF the procureur
The total number of deaths since the
outbreak appeared will reach 1000.
About 500 have been cured. The proper
ton of cures would be greater IL those
rendering assistance would be better or
ganized.
There we're twelve deaths from cholera
at Aries and six at AK. A panic prevails
at the latter place.
a Panic-stricRen People.
A letter has been received in Pittsburg
by Messrs II. Kleber n Brother, written
by a lady formerly OF Pittsburg, but now
residing in the cholera -aili cted city oI
Marseilles, France, in which she says
1--WE are passing very sad time here
Tho people die of like flies. The authori
ties have notified everybody to disiufect
their houses, as also to live well, drink
rum and eat meat in preference to vege
tables The weather is excessively hot
the hottest summer have passed here
Yesterday four corpses were taken out o.
tho block we live in, and the people got SC
frightened that the mayor ordered bonfire:
OF tar and sulphur TO be made iu tht
mornings and evenings. The walls Of th(
houses are all rusty looking from the us(
Of disintectauts. A physician ordered
bands of music to play on the wharves
where great number of people are
working to cheer them up, for grea
many died from sheer fright. 1t is won
derful to see the markets; such beautiful
fruit and such quantities you never saw
in your life. 1t all remains unsold, how
ever, as Paris has refused TO receive it anC
so have all the other French cities where
the cholera has not got yet The cele
brated DR. Koch, sent here by the German
government, saws that the cholera vii
spread all over Europe. Meat has becom
dearer on account of the greater demanC
aud the fact that no cattle can come int,
the city without undergoing quarantine
and the latter is so long that those having
live stock prefer to keep it at home. Fol
instance, a shipload Of chickens wero KEPT
in quarantine so long that the poOi
chickens would have starved had th,
owner not gone on board and fed them
\ on caa buy the finest fruit here nearly
tor nothing. Immense apricOts, for in
stance, for two sous (cents) per kilC
(two pounds), nobody wants them; frest
figs, a basket for ten cents and straw
berries, fifteen cents for basket of abou
three kilos, ETC."
Tho Criminsl calendar.
There is "a reign of terror anon
the farmers in Herkimer county
| New York. Lately acids an
alum have been placed in milk can,
causing the milk to sour before it reache
tho factory. Nats and milk cans ha,
been punched full Of holes. The Col
| Spring cheese factory and one at Day
| Corners have been fired by incendiaries
a horse belonging TO Lester Smith shot
| blooded calf owned by the latter gentle
| man willfully drowned ia a Cistern, au
other like criminal acts committed
| There is no clue TO the scOundrels.
la Minneapolis, at three o clock on Satul
| day morning, n policeman, named Nj
Laughlin, was shot aud killed while tryil !
70 arrest three men named Cantiney
German and Parker, for riotous conduc
The men were subsequently arrested an
| lodged in jail Lyuching is threatened
Aaron COcaGman, colored, charged wit
having assaulted the wife of youn
lawyer who befriended him, was take
from the Jail at Blakeley, Georgia, o
Saturday evening by mob and lyncheC
Two Greek Indians were MORTAL
wounded by third, named John Tige
in dance at Deep Fork, Indian Territory
last Wednesday night. Tiger escaped.
Attempted Suicides.
B +. Estes, aged 30 years, a partner
the firm of f, b Estes * Son, chambers
OF New York, attempted suicide in tn
Grand Central hotel, on Saturday nigh
lie was found yesterday lying on tho hoC
of a room which he had engaged, with
pistol shot wound Ia his head. Two lei
ters were found on table, which state
that i'll health caused tho deed. He il nc
expected to recover.
Edward j. Todd, eldest sou of Lemu,
Todd, attempted to commit suicide in b
fathers presence at Carlisle, Pa, b
swallowing arsenic. His life was saved b
an emetIc Young Todd is graduate {
Princeton, and held office in WashingtO
for some time. His suicidal attempt
attributed to drunken debauch.
DISASTROUS Accidents.
4 freight train on the New Jerse
| Southern railroad was wrecked ne.
Rosenhain on Saturday morning, by Il
breaking of journal and the spreading
the track. A few passengers were carrie
on the train, but they escaped with sligl
| bruises.
John Stanton. employed In the Boz
colliery at Ashland, Pa, was killed viii
being hoisted up the slope. He WI
caught in tho timbers and crushed
| death.
William McDerby, aged 81 years, q
tached to the geographical exchange d
partment of the navy, was drowned whi
bathing In the Harlem river, at Ne
York.
Charles Styles, aged 20 years, wa
drowned whilo trying to save small DO
at Eddyville, New York. The boy wa
saved by q fisherman.
WIId Western storms.
violent wind and hail storm q
Tower City, Dakota, on Friday, unroofe
several buildings and leyelled Others
There was general smashing of windo,
glass, and tho crops in the fields wer
ruined. Several persons were injured, bu
mono fatally.
A storm in Eau Claire county, wiscon