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Lowit town has liad quite a scare without ood cause. A Polanderby the name of Cianig was taken Blek Sunday niornn abont two o'clock willi cholera 11101bus. Hu had 110 attendance until about eijilit o'clock when Dr.Morton wascnlled. Tliesick man wasthen too lar along lor recovery. His death occurred bfltween ulne and ten o'clock in the absence oftlie attending physlclan. Meantlme, the nelgbborhood had beoome thoroughly aroused with the idea that Ann Arbor had Imd u geniiine case of cholera. Whcii the doctor returneil and entercd the houscconlklenee was somewliat restored, hut the matter Iims occasioned considerable talk. 'J'lie burial of the body took place Monday. The bed clolhes were burned not because it was necessary, nor beeanse it was a case of cholera, bilt berause it was deemed advisable l'roin the fllthy conditlon of the clothlng. It va3 siniply 11 case of cholera inorbns in a debilitated old man. Asiatic cholera is a seroi disease, and must in some way be Brouffht from a portion of the country iu which the disease is raging. The man who died has tor some time been a resident of lower town, which spoils the thtsory of his having brought the disease with liini from Europe. Meantime, our readers can rest quietly in the idea that the cholera has not taken a jump from France to the United States and made its flrat appearance in Ann Arbor.
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