The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-28
Editorial Notes.

Beecher says he expects TO meet the
Pope in Heaven. Why nota Both are
eminently Plus. s
A little girl wants to know whether
people go to Heaven in an elevator.
We don't know; but have seen feftews-
very much elevated-very high, in fact,
who didn't seem heavenly minded.
1t is said that the firm of DrexeltS &
Co. has entered into agreements with
large number of army officers to pay
their accounts until Congress meets aud
an appropriation for the army is made.
Drexel 81 Co. charge eight per cent.
for the accommodation, but the officers
are compelled to deal with middlemep,
and when they get through paying
them the bonus eXacted the shave ag-
gregates in the vicinity Of from twelve
to fourteen per cent. tsssI ~
And now California comes 70 the
trent with tale of longevity little
overlapping anything the East has
yet afforded. Her name is Sonora
Peras Glen, a Mexican woman of Sam
Gabriel Mission, and her age, estab-
lishcd 10y undisputed record, l40
years. She was married ut thirteen,
and has eleven children. She is now
living with her youngest--a baby on
eighty-three. She was tobaccoV
smoker till fifteen years since, when
she left Off the habit, as likewise
that of wine drinking. A singular
fact is that her hair, once OF snowy
whiteness, is turning black and silky,
and another half century, it is be-
lieved, will restore the venerable
sonora to blooming girlhood again.
Austin doctors should know, il the
case be not reported in their journals
that one Robert Williams died the
other day from having had ais blood
transfused into another man who was
i'll. He went on all well for a day or
two afterward. He then became i'll,
got gradually weaker, and died from
erysipelas. The deceased was a man
of full habit, and was occasionally
given to drinking. The surgeon who
performed the operation, before doing
so, made particular inquiries from the
deceased as to his habits and state Of
health, and his answers were satisfac-.
tory. At the inquest medical evidence
was to the effect that the operation
had been skillfully performed. DIR.
Higginson said he had performed the
| operation successfully in fifteen cases.
The jury returned verdict of death
by misadventure, but they were also
of opinion that sufficient inquiry was
not made by the medical men who
made the operation as TO the deceased's
habits and physical condition, and
that he was not sufficiently cautioned
as TO the risk he was running.
A correspondent says: Vesuvius
has every appearance of firing up for
another eruption. Smoke is constant
| ly issuing from the crater, and occa-
sionally in immense volumes, that
overspread the atmosphere like aIsaDqe'
pail. The other day dense black
cloud that had gathered about the
crater was suddenly driven over Pom
peii. Ashes and finders fell in
thick shower, and for time II looked
as IL the midday darkness that attend
ed the eruption which overwhelmed
PompeiI and Herculaneum was 70 be
renewed, and the partially olsen
tombed city was to be buried up again.
thought Of the fate Of Diomed's FAM
Ily, smothered to death in the wine
cellar, where they soughtIrefuge-s When
the cloud drifted over, the pAvements
OF Pompeii were covered with .
thin layer of hot volcanic ashes
aud minute scone. / asked the
director OF the excavations II Pom
peii might not be covered up again.
"That depends on the duration OF an
eruption Of Vesuvius, be said, 'sand
its character. Should II break forth
on the eastern side Of the mountain,
eject masses OF scoue, volcanic ashes
and showers Of boiling water, the effect
would be as disastrous as in the sev-
enty-ninth year OF the Christian era,
when HerculaDeum was covered up by
q strata Of volcanic matter sixty feet
deep, and PompciI and Stabia and
other cities were entombed beneath
heaps of mud and volcanic dep0afts.
Vesuvius is the most nncerssin of vol
canoes. Prior to A. ID. 70it had slum-
bered for centuries; since then il has
been more or less active, with spHsmod-
ic intervals Of Tremendous fury and
desolAtion. Pompeii is more than one
half excavatcd, but much remains 10
be done before this old Greek city will
again be entirely laid open TO view
within It's walled circuit"