The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-08-07

TmE French Government In view Of
the outbreak Of cholera In Marseilles,
has appropriated $4,000 for the pur-
pose Of cleaning that city. One Of these
days there will be an anxious effort on
the part OF cities Of this country to clean
up, but 1t win be- after the trouble Inns
commenced.
1uu civil service association held ito |
fourth annual session Mt Newport, Il, l.,
yesterday. and George William Curtis
addrcsst Il them. Ills remarks were con
lined alone. to the work. done the past
few months, in which President Clevc-
lands course WIS generally approved,
and commended to all the country
InK Victims to the cholera In Spain
are about 5000 day. with about 2OOO Of
the eases fatal. IT. rayages are confined
to the quarters Of the poor, whore the
sanitary regulations have been neglected
and ignored. Health and cleanliness 20
hand in hand, and it does not need n
visitation ola plague to impress that
fact upon any community
TIM New York shipping and Com
mcrriul List. a non-parIisan Journal,
SAYS Of Mr.. Roach that he has always
represented the progressive interests OF
American shipbuildng, and has contri-
buted in no small degree to maintain
against heavy odds, the only policy
which has save our shipping interests
from hopeless bankruptcy"
4 GOOD deal OF conjecture hns been in
dulged in about what Congress will do
toward pensioning Mira Grant. 1t is
usual to give the widows OF ex-Presi-
dents SJOOO - year. But General Grant
was not only President. he was General
of he army. lie was on the retired list
as General OF the army, at Sl1,5uO II
year, and the question that occurs to the
brooklyn Times il "will the widow get
the pas the husband had before his
death, or will she be served simply rs
the widow OF Nh ex-Prrsident Mt 5000 II
yearsn
A WASHINGTON correspondent says
mine Presidents and cN Presidents Of
the United States have died since the
breaking out OF the war in 1851. These
are John Tyler, Martin Van Buren,,
| FRANKLIN Pierce, Abraham Lincoln,
james Buchanan. Willard Fillmore, An
drew johnson. james A. Garfield and
/ T.. - . 81 aVl. Ia. hat
OF these but the two last had middle
names. Ofall the 20 Presidents, only
the second Adams, Harrison, Polk,
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur and
Cleveland had u middle name."
|
WINS Marshal Gosing was killed
there were many people who believed
that Pitts was the worst man OF the
two. and that leHger was simply fol-
lower, V It'll hut little Of the desperate
about him. But at Austin yesterday,
Dick BrannOn, Ieagcr, Pearson and a
Mexican prisoner made their escape
from the county Jail. Fortunately,
Branuon, Ieager and the Mexican were
recaptured, hut Ieager's actions showed
him to be every bit as desperate Us was
Pitts, and that whatever sentiment had
been expressed for him had been wasted
Desperate criminals, MS u class, sell
dom appreciate any interest in their be-
half, and ~ in the killing OF Costing, and
this escape from jnil, only used the con
sideration shown them to assault thcii
iaier and ieopardize the peace of 30
cieiy.
"a SPECIMEN of gigantic check, ~ says
the Globe-D Democrat "is reported from
Canada An Ascending defuultcr from
the United States, named llOeNter, who
IL now living In luxury upon his plumber
in Montreal. was met few days ago by
one Of his victims ON the street, who i'm
mcdiatciy proceeded TO abuse him, call
ing him rascal and other fitting names
The sheltered thief promptly called mp
on the police, and his assailant Wac ar
rested and taken before magistrate al
a disturber OF the peace. The magis
trate had no option but to fine the credi
tor, which he did, In the sum Of s. ant
costs. Mt the same time, however, eX
pressing his regret that the law left hin
no alternative. The thief went of il
triumph, having vndlcated the Cana
dian right of asylum and shown the
world that it not only protects an EN-
bezzler from prosecution, but also from
the Just Indignation OF his victims"