The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-08
STATE PRESS REVIEW.


Courier Chronicle having stolen the article
hodily from the ST. Louis Republican, says;
Shaking of malaria and what II is
vhieh is much disputed question-there Is
prospect of some light being thrown on
The subject by means Of law suit II
seams that q rsper mill OF Lennot,
Massachusetts has recently been in
dicted for manufacturing nuisance IN
The shane of mill.dsm and pond, and The
trial ia expected to lead TO relation of all
thst ia known aud all that is not known on
the subject of malaria. during me last
three years. II is said, intermittent ana olnor
similar feyers have prevailed IN the vicinity
ofthe pond, and a number OF des'hs nave
resulted from them. These fevers are very
unusual in that sslubrious region OF the state
and the alarmed community have taken
into their heads TO attribute 1t TO the mill,
dam. The pond ia shallow and the shores OF
1t present the appearance OF swamp OF
morass covered with rank vegetation ana
green scum extending over the wa1er-]nst
such place IS the popular MIND assoclaIes
with the generation OF malaria. Inc
owners of the mill deny that their
dam has produced the sickness COM
planned of, and so the issue is made up.
Learned men will be introduced as witnesses
on both sides, some to prove that swampss
and stagnant waters produce malaria, and
others TO prove that they do not necessarily
produce it, since malarial feyers prevail in
the Rocky mountains, where no stsgnsnt
water and decsying vegetation are ever
found.
The election for the location of the univer-
sity ID over and we can, without doing
de,riment to any candidate say some
thing. The question of divis-
ion Of the state did, unwarrsntedly, creep
into this contest and we were sorry to see 1T
Texas is Texas and ii never will be divided
because it ought not 10 BIO divided. In its
entirety there is strength and influence and
power, and the man who advocates civis-
ion is either miserable, pitiful demagogue
seeking self ACKNOWLEDGMENT or an idiot. Nc
man with brains enough to skin sheep, if
he thinks two minutes on the subject, will
ever want to see Texas divided. The Waco
Telephone says:
1t is safe to assume that when the people
of this state are brought to seriously discuss
tie question OF division it will be on brosdA
or and higher grounds than any mere
animosities arising out Of canvssses like the
one that has Just closed. Tyler and Austin,
like Waco aud other places, went into the
race proposing to accept cheerfully and un-
reservedly the arbitrament of the people al
the ballot-box. No town or section has the
right to complain of i'll treatment or an un-
fair distribution of public benefits because it
fails TO win the prize for which it has been
struggling. No town can with propriety
get up quarrel on that account or sulk
over it. We trust our friends in eastern
Texas will forego whatever asperities may
have been engendered by the canvass, and
take healthier, more sensible view of the
situation. If the east has ever been sighted,
or in any way deprived of its just share in
the benefits of the state government, nobody
is aware of the fact. Centsinly Tyler cannot
complain of not getting her full share OF
the offices. If she shall fail to get the uni
versity she should Join with Others in setting
an example Of dignifed and graceful scqui-
eEcence in the popular verdict. 1t is not
time yet nor is there cause TO talk of parti-
tioning the state as q remedy for the sup
posed grievances Of any section. We feel
sure the sensible people of east Texas will
take more cheerful and practical view of
things when the heat OF tho canvass has
subsidized.
The Galveston Evening Journal is q secus
lar ofshoot of the Sectarian Christian ADJ
vocste. The brains that now and then ere
apparent in Its columns come from the Ad-
vocate Office. In recent number Of the
Journal we find the following paragraph:
The Dallas HERALD has a college student
on its editorial staff, and, judging from the
character of his matter, we should say a
sophomore. sl.
The collegian on the staff of the HERALD
may be sophomorcsl, but the Journal man
is more softical, TO transpose a little. by a
large sight.
The president is not going to die of his
wound we doubt if he ever was in danger
of death therefrom, despite the bulletins
daily issued. He has been on the brink Of
death, we feel certain, but not from the
wound, in our opinion. The Comanche
Chief says about as follows:
"Our president will die. II is hard to
believe, yet the truth must be told, and it
has at last dawned upon the people. II is
only matter of few days, and james A.
Garfield will have left us. His physicians
have deceived the people, but the dole
full fact can no longer be concealed"
To-day he enters the third month of RI, iufs
fering. For sixty-three lorc dsJ his body
has been delicately balanced bstween life and
death, but the latter has almost gained the
victory. A retrospective view may not be
uninteresting. The fatal bullet entered tho
flesh on the second day of July.
Being almost the acme Of good
health, his physicians informed us that
tho presidents strong constitution and
cheerful disposition would buoy him through
the struggle. The last report shows that
his constitution has daily weakened, and
eighty pounds of his flesh have wasted from
his body, and this being twosafths of his
normal weight, medical experience destroys
hope of his recovery. His wasted
frame is now but mass of
suppuratod matter. The best medical
men sorrowfully tell us there is no hope, and
that the end is gradually and surely APP
preaching. Perhaps he now lies cold in
death, one Of the most believed sf all the
presidents, while the tears of our unite d
country flow DER his martyr grave.
Tho latest from the president. the Goth.