The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-06-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsHTNGToN, ID. g., June Q, 1882.
The Summer solstice is now upon
us in earnest and painting humanity
bedews the asphalt pavement with
profuse Precipitation, while the shady
side of the street seems the only object
in life worthy of attainment, and all
who can by any means get away, are
fleeing to the mountains, the seaside
or to their country cousins"
EXTRA SESSION.
Last Monday petition was pre-
scented to the President asking for an
extra session of Congress to consider
the labor question but at the cabinet
meetings since held the question does
not seem to have been even men.
toned. 1t is therefore safe to conclude
that no extra session will be forthcom
ing.
A SHE CANIBAL.
Last Monday a lady on South Caro-
lima avenue left her little three year
old boy in charge of a fourteen year
old colored girl. Returning a short
time after, she found her child with
ing and screaming in agony from the
torture of more than twenty savage
bites inflicted on various parts of its
body by The black monster who seems
to have became infuriated because the
child cried after its mother. Although
the child will be very much disfgured,
it will probably recover; but what is
most singular, is that the mother re-
tains the canibalistic servant girl and
refuses to have her arrested and pun
ished as she should be.
THE READY RAZOR.
One of the worst characteristics of
,ur colored population is their extern
live habit of carrying and using razors
Is an offensive and defensive weapon.
md it is an evil that calls loudly for
suppression. There are plenty of
honest and honorable colored men
Who would scorn to carry, much less
ise the razor as a concealed weapon;
but at the same time we have gangs of
'niggers," in the worst sense of the
ERIN, who upon the slightest pretense
i whip out a razor and hack away with
fearful results. One day this week a
Young negro made slash at a colored
;irl, sitting Oh the the steps of her
'wn home, and nearly severed her
lett breast from her body. Her offeLce
vas a disparaging remark about the
music her assailant was making on a
mouth organ. He escape, as a mat
er of course, but his victims recovery
is very doubtful.
PLEURO-PNEUM0NIA
. The question here, now is: "Have
!e pleuro pneumonia among the cat
lie, or not?" Public opinion seem:
% be pretty evenly divided for and
! .gainst belief in its prevalence as an
pidemic. That there have beer
;everal cases there is not the least
loubt and in one instance at least, il
is alleged that diseased animal wa.
sold to the butchers. One cow, ex
amined by experts and Agriculture
Department officials was pronounced
to have died from pleuro.pneumonis
in its most virulent form. In thii
connection a DIR. Townshend, suppos
3. ed to be an authority, makes the sin
= gular statement that neither the mill
nor the meat of cattle afflicted witt
! pleuro-pneumonia is injurious t.
t, health. There will not probably b,
much experimenting among tn,
4 general public to prove the correct
e ness or falsity of his theory.
{ FACTS AND FANCIEs.
n The great question among depart
+ ment employees now is, what efiec
Y the civil setvice examination will hav
y upon their retention opposition.
= 1t is boldly asserted that the lead
!. idg idea of the new civil service es
Il animation is to drive women out Q
- the departments that their places ma
e be filed with voters.