New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-12
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blood Is lie Revolutionary hsro.
II General Butler were Governor Of Texas
be right perhaps mad legitimate object Of attack IN
the Dallas County Poor-Farm the alleged brutal msnage
ment of which b said DO creating inense exclteent
and Indignation. Already thcfe are reports Of man
clubbed to death aud little girl beaten with fence
rail- not TO mention one death through Degiect con-
slant cruelty eud Insufficient food. An Official inyestt-
cation, with sensational results iserpected.
The Gatueston Ncws concludes an article on
Texas horse thieves Is follows: The Tes has nothing
to say aganss that munihcent spirit which was ut TIE
last session OF the Legislature hbted In the substan
tal contributions Of cash for monuments, Historical
works. the university colleges and schoola, but sue.
gests that small amount from the cash balance fos
protection Of The sweating producer against thess band
of horse thieves should have rst been allowed Ths
farmer sometimes Obliged to sell his COW 70 psy IL
tax on his stolen aad he has the right al
that the tax be USED 70 cztch be tn1e father an To
build monument"
An old man rashly attempted to cross bridge
near Moundsvi.a, w. Va, on tho Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad few days ago, in front OF an approaching
train He might possibly have succeeded he had been
able to keep his footing he the appey ucs
but in the middle the bridge he fell and when h
got up and looked srount the train was almost npon
him In an instant lie decided that hs only chancs q
escape was to lie fat upon the ends CT the ties, and n
promptly took position But there was not room
enough and the cow-catcher struck him Instead, how
ever of killing him at blow or pushing him inward
mon the track to be crushed by the wheels II threw b
down upon beam several feet below the ran
where lie chung until the train had passed The trss
was stopped as aa possible and Lrakeman gUug
back found the old man SICK FROM fright but uDnlured
At recent meeting of tho Royal Gscgraph-
zeal Society," Sir J. Kirk British Consul at Zanzibar rea1
an acco INT Of visit which Mr. j. T. Last made lssl
winter to the Nasal people, race living In region of
East Africa never before visited BY white man. Thor
manner Of building Is distinct from that Of any oths
tribe They select spot the tops Of hus projecting
from the sides of mountains knd fncose sarge squss
with single row of houses, some OF which are SIX fec
in diameter and four feet six inches high These srs
covered with OK hides and dung till quite waterproof
When this outside ring has bcec built few additional
houses are scattered in the square, and each nan
division IL marked Oh Then strong fence OF tushes
and pcky thorns Is set up all round leaving here and
there gsteways which closed at night Ths men ar
great handles. Because they cannot get their nsr .
grow long enough. they take the inner berk Oh sma
s1rub split up finely and dry II In the sum- ana thea
1t in lengths about bteen inches long, weave
il into their own natural hair The whole mas Is thea
well with mixture OF fat and cisy ana care
fully bound into kind of pgtafi