The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-08

THE question OF the CITY pufehlslhB
The water-works from the company Is .
pending in GAINESVILLE, Texas. The prop
osiiion is TO sell for S5o,O)1 IN per cent. .
bonds, bosides the $4,000 mortgage .
bonds already issued. by all means, let /
the city buy the works II the price Is at .
an within the bounds Of reason. In ell
the country over THE quesiion b. ngiiatod
whore private water companies exist
| ii Is contrary TO public policy TO make
water, prime necessity Of lite, IN ar
/ ticle Of private speculation.
TINS 81. Louis Globe-Demoofal says;
Whatever may be said Ia criticism OF
the late Vice President Hendricks po-
/ Utical career and ieachlng4. &c b. pleas
ure to recognize lhe fact that 90 bic do
nestle Hre he furnished an Example OF
virtue that was an honor and un advnn-
tnpe to hi. country We hear go much
about the alleged moral lHSiiy public
m,n that 10 is well worth while TO stop
m pr,senoo Of such ueauuu. story oi
matrimonial fidelity ana felicity a. Us
here brought conspicuoufly ana pnlhetl-
oally to the attention Of the country
Mr. Hendricks married his wii, at the
very beginning Of hi. course GA o. poliIi-
clan. and after 40 years OF close com-
panionship and multiplied trials ANA
t,mptntions. he still remained TO the ln-t
her loyal and devoted lover, careful "l
her smallest comfort, and eager TO de-
serve her confidence and win hcr mites
and praises"
"Mi-. CiNEiANr frequently walks 900
the conservatory OF The White ll'n.D '
saws Frank Carpenter, the Chicago lu-
huucs Washington correspondents '0No
IL very ford OF Gowcrs, ana TIER Iayor,ic
ia the pond lily. Mrs. Hayes WAS %
great lover of flowers, she ndored
, roses. and the gardener tells me her
fayorite was the moss geranium, SAID
. hp; "Mrs. Garfield thought the orchid
the prettiest flower that grows she
did not spend as much kline Boz the con-
/. seryatory as Mrs. Hayes. hnt she liked
e flowers very much and ,Irol,ed through
ID every morning President Arthur
e was very fond Of roses, and he always
70 wore u bouttonnierc made Of several
j. choice buds. SO fer. President Cievc-
land has not worn Duiiohhoie boNq"e'
and he has no flowers IN his chamber
Neither President lsycs nor Garfield
q. paid mucn attention to uo"eTs' ana no
!, flowers were allowed In Garheld's foou'
while he was sick. When President
& Cleveland has visitors vases Of fresh
flowers are put In each chamber every
morning. Miss Cloyeland's room u
81 never without beautiful huhvh oI
N roses. and the choicest flowers are never
~ absent from the dinner table oil Tue
I'd White House. new basket IL pre-
NJ pared for the table every morning ah'
N the quietest meal sees oo"'"Nh'er'
be lying at the plate ofenoh gentleman ah'
Up. II bouquet de corsage at TINT "I e"o'
- lady
aAr ,recspt gathering oCmeuieal met
IN Phiiadelnhia." saws the New Yorl
sun. "nr. w. :. Jannev. late Coroner O
q tbnt oi,,. macc the startling Statement
Pr that ma healthy man or woman eve
di,sin this climate from cholera NOR
\. hus' lie rcppated the remark 20 TN
he editor of tbe Medical and serglcal Re
m nortcr saving that the records OF In
cororcr,. Office would substantinte hi
to Words' lie eNPl''heu 'ha' oy 'heH"ny
d. he meant p'rs"" without o's"n'' u's
as eases ana OF average s''ehs'h anu WA
n.y. Such person. ne s"'V' "ne
dying WIN st"p'ouS Oh 'ho'eI" MOI
H. bus always d'es RON poisoning (N'Un'.
Nc arsenlc)' ana tue case Is one OF su'ol'
Of or homicide The tN-Ioroner His' "a
ch amln'd INTO theso cases "heh Il Sou
healthy man oil ms acquaintance "le
, after an illness Of 10 hours win hylni
Va toms OF cholera moruus' lie hau Dee
~, attended by four reputable physician
-" one OF whom had signed the death Ger.
'"' hcate. Yet he instituted an lhNeSug.
ton, ana found enough arsenic ~ q
has deceased to Kill adolen men lie axe
as ward met with i've or six similar case
yet Dr. Bartholow' in conversation vii
Id, the editor Of the Reporter, sald lhat ]
IT, | had not the least doubt OF The COrrcC