The Cholera in Spain.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1713, 29 July 1885, Page 3

The Cholera in Spain.

Lep-rts fiom Plain .-ay that the chd.-r.i is raging furious./ tiu-ss in four provinces. The disease is •uov.irg along the Me litciiaiifcou. Tweave 11./.Hand petsoU- have left Maiir.d. The Government t-hderu Commission, and also ilv many native und foreign doctors dt-claro that the- cholera is Asiatic, and of a violent and rapid cuaracter, attacking all .Hasses of society. Wuile the sanitary authun'its of Madrid were currying out their I rt vAUtioimry measures against the cholera, muL:' tu iueut.y giUiicrta and attacked them, The i’.-teis v. eiu composed of the lower cia.-ses, who are bitteny opposed to all kinds of praet.cai preventative measures, and rely on prayers Iv keep otf the de.uly scourge. Lre.jUeut religious processions parsed along the streets, and solemn services weie r.eii in llurenu for tho purpose of im. jioiii g divine assistance. The dead wagon pat e.it,l the city d-iy and night. Many ci.. .eta victims were buried cotiinicss. Dos{'it.ots, aa'.ed 2?:h June, say that the l tb- -..rtny [ top'e Were dropping dead of hj u ge. .1 Alii! :■! J, 3od that thf VCOillitV aDU stupidity of tLe heartii 1 ulcers are beyond beoet. _ Ti-tV .-tern to beg ,id tilO choltta as A Ilg-paying j. b. It is absolutely imр. to utactibe the national panto, tbc i .-s oi i.ei, an 1 reus ;i, Ine fivu.ty of the 1 ea. /I 1t.,;.ti..e ■ .heirs. Tne pi igUe limns ni b'i ”. us v.ctiujs in tho Mat.is of the с. ties . 1 11. tUJ ; ..,r Vl.luges, whele hvgiaie is all ,;..aLlc„il Wo. d,