The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-26

sitting on a chair, leaning MS neau Oh
his staff by the side of his dead wife,
moaning piteously; it was a sad scene.
On beautiful afternoon near the close
of the day messenger came and noU.-
fed the Mayor that Mrs. c. was dying
with cholera; she was widow With
six children, residing in a house near
where the old match factory now
stands. On reaching the house, the
children were all gathered outside.
weeping bitterly; cholera had fright
ened them from the bedside of their
diving mother. The woman was en-
during frightful spasms, and her suf-
ferings were seemingly most intense.
DR.. Shelton said her battle with death
would soon be over, and nothing could
be done for her. This was the only in
stance in all the cases of cholera wit
messed here that season where the vic
Tins suffered extreme pain; generally
they were in a lethargic state, and de-
sired to be let alone. When it was
found the woman could get no relief.
, the children were sent away to the
house of a neighbor, and a Mr.. B., a
man fearless of cholera, was engaged
to stop with her to the end. The next
morning the Mayor called on Mr.. B..
and inquired, "How is Mrs. C.9'
"Dead, / suppose" was the reply.
"But why suppose her dead?" re-
manned with her," replied Mr.. B.,
"until l was exhausted, and she evil
IDENTIFY approaching her last moments;
l came away and closed the door," Mr..
B. must not be judged harshly; he
was a kind.hearted man, bnt in poor
health and incapable of physical en-
durance.
The cases of cholera in Kenosha in
1850 were attended with unusual ia
tally. Tt is not known that more
than one case Of pronounced cholera
ever recovered; that was young
man of about seventeen years of age
Death in clearly defined cases generally
ensued in from six to twenty hours
Instances of the quick work of the
disease can be stated. A man sixty
five years of age, comfortably we'll off
was accustomed to say he was moi
afraid of cholera. One day he went
on the prairie towards evening to bring
in his COW; the animal did not drive
: well and gave him some trouble anG
irritation, He ate his supper as usual
and soon after was seized with cholera
and died before morning. A strons
: laboring man, who then resided in ;
house on the corner of Pearl and Elk
change streets, was employed to drai.
pool of water on the lot where Heat
& Sutherland's lumber office now is
he did noble days work and promised
: to be on hand the next day. The
Mayor went the next morning to Civ
the man directions, but seeing no one
he inquired of one near by. Where i
Boyle?" Dead" was the answer
"When did he die?" "About o'clocI
this morning, your honor" The wifi
and little daughter of Boyle were on
a visit TO friends in Pleasant Prairie
S They were sent for and arrived in tim
e to see the body put into cheap pin
q coffin, A scene of inexpressible anguisl
t followed; the little girl threw hersel
n on the body of her dead father, an
Q begged that the lid of the coffin shout
not be nailed down. But the rale t
n bury the dead at the earliest perio
J. was infeXible Boyle was hurried t
+ the place of the sleeping dead. Her
e, it should be remarked that the chic
a and perhaps the only reason of tn
authorities for the expeditions buris
a of the dead was to allay public excite
It mant.
t The hasty burial of the dead wa
o sometimes strongly protested agains
b A man about fifty years of age and
e little girl of about five died on tn
y same evening at the Trant House
It they were no way related. The mex
e morning the hearse came under tn
# direction of General Bullen, bringing
g couple of collins. A stranger VIII
i CHANGED to be stopping at the Tran
: House came out to the front and dt
S clared the collins should not be brough
: into the house, and that no such indt
s cent haste should be tolerated. TIL
b General replied such was the orde1
e and it must be obeyed. The strange
e again protested against the imprope
haste. General Bullen, rising to hi
e full commanding height, said: "Strar
e ger, if you utter another word of inter
l. ference, will have you arrested an
taken TO the lookup" (The city ha
a lookup in the basement under Ly
j mans shoe STOREY. The stranger re
S tired and the funeral proceeded. Ur
y fortunately the coffin for the man wa
> too small, and in bringing the bod
e down stairs, the lid burst off; Their
3, was no time to exchange for a large
e one; it was gotten down to the side
d walk, where by the help of a ma
standing on the cover it was thorough
# ly nailed down.
a To present more fully the differen
: forms of cholera in this city in tn
: summer of 1850, the case of an oil
y gentleman nearly seventy years of ag
g is mentioned He was native o
k Montgomery county, N. Y, where h
2. had SDent MANY wears in nnhlie life