The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-12-10
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Ga Wednesday morning last, about
o'clock, ,he Courthouse IN Marshal wa>
discovered to be- on fire. IN III. room &c
cupiei by the County Clerk, The alarm
WAS yivcu. aud. Ia few minutes. persons
,,ngre .,ed from every direction. The
do0f ct the room, ~.s found II be locked
Aud the wiui1, shutters fastened Tie
windows were soon broSrn IN. and IN q
T.. minutes the tire was ex'ingui>hcd
uui not without .)nsi ..rahle dams.c TO
.Ae L4 ding ia a.l.t!Ha {, the injury
Q, the room occupied Toy the Cant, Clrlk.
the Jnl r., stand vas torn down .'nj
the ceiling q the bower 1''n smashed 40.
f'r the purpose II citing t. the h,r.
Bgt .ol tae tau +, discovery aud the en-
rrsy # few men. Tia" bniistnr would
ia few minutes have h,en .uvrlHpyi ga
has rusnci has been - tic record book,
anl records of the ID "a. The books have
been all sawed. bgt many Of ,h"r are So
much ipiGal =, e. rc.m.te tf.nse. h't,
L u Jeicscd that lew It any papets, have
sc.l destroyed or lost. bnt many 1T isrm
aoc lcf.c,l and spilcd II j, suppp-'.'
that the cos; Il tFan,crioing the books
aal valuable papers will not fall short Of
s. 50n
The IRE was evidently the work Of an
incrnIi.ry and as is supposed was ia
serted through one of the Air.hocs under
the Door Immediately beneath. the shelves
containing the books aud valuable pa
pcrs. That I was set on ERE. !, evident
from Sac G,ct that the plAe. vncl. i
broke out is remote from the stove aud
Ere place. and Just the spot that "a ircru
Diary interested Ia the OBSTRUCTION. of he
books aud records. would desire Ia soc
its, destroyed. The deputy Clerk states
there was ia fire IA the oisiec tia, morn.
ing. aul that at . o'clock # the previous
evening he had seen none va, lct, there
Tie p1pcrs ia the District clerk, Office
were carried out hurr,cdly, and presented
A.. confused mass which i, will take soy
nsAl day- To- rc.arrangc.
There has been previously sufficient
wtrnIny in the destruction of important
geco.d~. j; seems t. IA, e. the adoption
# some means iur thor security. Ga
one occasion the District Clerk, h,x w,~
broken open, aud the entire hatca %. "a
dHtmenjs lied n ~N O.. 49, a.
months ago, duriur tho session ui thu
DISTRICT Court, asimilar piece # v,iIa,uy
was prrpetratcd uppb ,.r same ofIi,c. and
important papers carried Oh These rc.
pea'cI acts show that we require a
thorough fire proof hulding Cor the pres
rrvatinnut the County records IL thu,
Instance, II tn ~ IDS Of the County
'itsA' Il " ..i been destroyed ,hc rei.
i'a.fa OF title to prupctty would have
been host. aud great confusion have ,u
,Hra IN the s"tticmen, Of estates. inv lv.
irr dHuht.eas serious loss to heirs. an !
at.'us them many minor children. We
SEE that ia" County Court Of Anderson
( County has ycry wisely determined upon
tie erection Of separate firrpropf offices.
and o. rent ont the rooms IN the Court.
house for law Offices There ought to be-
also a large iron safe ia the Court room
t. deposit important books and papers
during hc existence of the District Court
We trust that these repeated warnings
viii lave the effort 10 awaken the Conn.
~ Court to ;ie importance 0: tbs sub.
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