The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-01
ASIATlC CHOLERA.
rHt AMiR'cAn coNsvL's RIpoRr
VI 'hs AAsars. Extent Aai Charac!sr o, The
f"sss saAti' Rsvasiar tbs French c,tie,.
9aer Asupathy Against the PhysI.
ehai-fhs xamb.r OF Deaths,

hi 'a'soio ioS, ~, July Sl.-The SscYe-
/. ,afy oil State has received from Conlul
!. M M'sona long report otthe cholera epidemic
prevailing at Toulon and Mar,eiles, Thia
T consul s'y9, in part, both Msrseillps a, d
i ioul0n suffered terribly In the cholera
epidemic OF 1865. Daring the nineteen
yeara which have elapsed since thon Mar.
eel'les has been, in several important 70.
/ spec's' a1moss rebuilt Her psvemen,e
} ner sewerage syatem, her water supply and
method oi cleaning streets, removing n;.ht
SOL, inspecting and regulating NAL 81.
per Quarantine regulations and hcsn;,a}
facilities, are all probably unsnrnaasat j.,
excellence by those OF suy E,Ionssn -.
Anellcdn city. The old uuarters ~ no
city, ancient Marsellee, which waa srnn,,aJ ,a
90 SHARPLY By tho plague in fJrmer csn,u..
ries, has been pierced with broad avsnMss
and streams Of pure water f,g down hv tho
cutters. The narrower s,resis and al,sss
and pavements OF the princinal thora,',n
iaFes are washed and ssept witb n ,ra ~
quently, which leaves nothing to bs ds.
sired. " po oe'
The terrible lesson Of former en;ds,,;,.
has been well learned bv rho ,nrnia;n.1 as.uas
feoffrnmen', and long beiora ,he f;r.t rn
NOR IT trouble at Toulon. M,,ss,,I.s' .s' ,... iu,
cleaned and made r.sdy for the anm,rs Hss
neat, hnt With all thp iu;,lliy,n, ,;n. 1u.iI1e.
which the city has eyincsd In the cons,rn.5 5
tioa ot her damage. the arsia,,, ha,'uf. ,h,Iei.
iasnrmountable, the d,nisni;v ,r,;Oh 10 70
i'dtterranean citiea ars alike ,'a'nna,,an al,
to lace. = - .'"' '.I>' o'o '' oelled a
THE HARDoR TROUBLE.
Their sswers hJw into a ti,ieIess ard
generally placid esa. The hsrbor Of Ma.
seilles Is almost entirely artificial, The Old
port is simply the estuary ol a small creek
dtedged ou! Into la,gt. d ,ck with nar,
row outlet to the ees. The now nor,a aro
spacious harbors,1 encloa.d by miles of of
piexs and break waiera sni ,,ssnsnsd ~ ~
nlisVigabls depths BY dredging az d excavs.
tions. Into thess enclosed nor,. xi,;ah
extend along two..hirds Of the ss,ors t,ont
o. .! Inc city, the entire volumsof beverage
poured and ss there is only
q q; eurp!ua OF pure, fresh water Of
wy wv nSu'ahls 10 ol!n1e this suruid Hgw,
sna ~ thefs Is no Tide 10 maintain the
sh sias. hsui"uoh OF sea water through the en-
I,tsto ia.. pofls' the inevitable result is the
condition is immi,ipaled bv .ba sonnii'' s"iu
vi2ol u sanitary measures ,ba1 rrs1 que"y
Tou!, n, and i. is thought il was IL. a'",a AZ
ing oi.he disused dock ths,s Jr,;na ,euS TX
months OF Aprilsrd MAY Yh;cb danI .uG
the SEEDS of,he present epidsm;c ue'e'opeu
Tue Marseilles yoyrrn1n.n, rsi;,s ,,,o,u
upon q uoss r'rid and t seS,ah;en ;ei.es y soleiy
ment OF recognized sanitary measures. The
,hst hs.nS sa. oa pofts have been stopped and
abated dnrinv ths ,Ain1a sIIn; ne ,sr as possible
at Touian the whole city has
lurel Itarally washed with water and dis.
nightly. --aralv, but daily and
DIsISrECrAST MEAsuREa.
The ms,k. az. oor.f fall, ;u..o,
;r,,,.,., .-a..:.: 'A'pe.'eu ano
sN's 41An.'''es VI ssase and unrlpe
ifule and vegetables have been seized ard
destroyed. Inc railways, cars, station 8,
omnlouscs, street care, even hackney car.
tiages are iumi2ated and disintsc:ed, aud
the smell OF choGine, sulphates and car.
oo!lc acid ls everywhere. In spite OF this
number OF deaths occurred 10 tho clean.
I eat aud handeomest portions CT MarseiItes,
Inc attsek OF cholera has been this year
iar more vigorous and fatal than in the
seeat epidemic OF nineteen years
sgo, and all present indications point
20 q summer OF gloom aud suffering for
the people OF Ioulon and MaIseilies All that
energy and iiberality could perform and
sll that Sanitary science could sugs-s. has
Deen done, but the pestilence is here and
Genes restraint The prsdsut situation may
oe summarized as follows.
TRUE CHARACTER OF THE DISEASE,
The e,;dpmic ,rh;cb ~.
M..,o;,,ee .sa n.N, 80. ~" p'evAlls IN