Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-05

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MONDAY .-. October 5. 1883.
CROSBY 3. NOYEs.-..--.......-.--.....--.E Editor.
IT, Eye,i,s Star has n regular, permanent
bsna SIDE daily circulation more than treble
dat Of any other daily paper published In
Wassinsfou, and equal To that Of all the
Seher daily papers here added together.
In view Of Gov. Shepherds coming visit to
wsshinxton, the Post has forcible editorial In
regard 70 the vast debt of gratitude owed To
him by the people of this city. The Post
well says that if recognition and honor were
meted out to him in the just ratio of his deserts
he would receive an, ovation such a. men sell
dom have offered them. We would suggest
that whether or not any public demonstration
II made on his arrival, 1t Is high time that
movement should be set on foot tor the erection
OF his statue in some public reservation which
should bear his name. Mt Vernon square,
which owes its existence to his vigorous hand
that converted that squalid, filthy eye sore into
q beauty-spot. should be rebaptised with the
name Of Shepherd. 1t is a bnrning disgrace to
the city that, while citizens of high and low de-
gree by the hundred have been complimented
by giving their names to school buildings,
squares, streets, &C., the name Of Alexander X.
Shepherd, the savior and the virtual creator of
the Washington that has has a title to existence,
has been given to nothing in this whole District
but . little dirty alley,
According to the New York World, which has
sent a special reporter to study the smallpox
epidemic at Montreal, the ravages Of the dis
ease have been understated. 1t Is claimed that
four thousand cases now exist and that the cpl
demic Ia spreading. Unfortunately, also, win
ter Is a favorable season for the smallpox, as,
unlike most contagious diseases, 1t hourishes in
cold weather The calamity, 1t Is almost need
less say, thrves superstition and ignO-
rance. Even setting aside vaccination as
doubtful experiment, were the common pre-
cautions of sanitary science observed by those
exposed TO infection the death rate would be
greatly lessened. But the danger seems to ex-
cite q species of fury, instead of caution, among
the lower classes of society, rendering IL diff
cult TO help them or protect the community.
In . double sense elevator Is q highway
and hence properly comes under the super
vision of the public authorities. 1t Is used by
ali classes of persons, and might almost be con-
sidered as a vertical pavement Moreover
those who are carried up and down in the
apparatus are completely at the mercy of the
builders and operators of the machine. It is
desirable, therefore, that a system of inspection
like that now TO be put in force in New York
city be adopted everywhere. In this new era of
lofty buildings 1t is important that all due
pains be taken to ensure the safety of occupants
and the public.
The New York state campaign has fairly be-
gun and the candidates are already finding
out what scandalous beings they are. MIR.
Davenport Is denounced as q wine merchant
and q cold-hearted wealthy aristocrat. Gov.
Hill Is pilloried as partner of Boss Tweed, and
Jones of Binghampton is ridiculed for his ire
mendous mousfache, his absurd style of adver-
Using and his quite moderate military record
For month we shall wonder how the conven-
lions were induced to nominate such outrageous
PERSONS but after that time, ii may again APP
pear that the candidates ON both sides were
fairly decent people.
The drawbacks to station are illustrated bv
the discussion among life assurance companies
as TO the grade of risk in the case of the Presi-
dent 1t was urged that, as two out of twenty
two who held the office have been assassinated
the executive should come under the head of
extra hazardous" 1t might also be claimed
that one or two more Presidents, according to
popular report and belief, have been talked to
death by ofice-seekers, so that the risk is still
higher. This great danger that turks in the
office will not, however, cause it to go begging.
Resolute men will still be found who will under
take to face Its perils for the honors and emolu-
msnts attached.
Another titled dead-beat has been found
trifing with the happiness of a too-confiding
American young woman,-a Count Lackarof
VINO marrieo q New York lady though, II ap-
pears, he has q wife now living abroad The
count has made tracks, and the deserted Ameri-
can girl can occupy her leisure In reading the
able editorials that have appeared from time
to time In the newspapers of the country about
the folly Of American women marrying foreign
adventures.
The recent census of Boston shows that the
population of that city has increased only about
seven per cent In five years This is a surprise
TO the natives, and will attract remark among
statisticians generally. 1t has been held that
population was moving towards cities and In
the past, Boston has made rapid progress at the
expense, apparently, Of the rural districts But
II the present figures may be relied on, the Hub
Is not gaining on the wheel
Jumbo set . bad fashion. His attempt to
dictate to a freight train has inspired circus
men TO like arrogance, and as a result five
employees were killed yesterday
Little has yet been learned Of the result of the
elections in France yesterday but they seem to
have been conducted peacefully and to the adj
vantage of the republicans.
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