Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-20
CREATIONS FAC END.
AN state Where Disease, Revo-
dsAi'-d Intense Heat are Ever Pres

o state Where Disease. Revo-
a'a and Intense Heat are Ever Pres
ent. r-o, the Philadelphia Times.
uIoca where they can change the
"a rovernment by revolution four
heso sovon months, where the mercury
uuss t,otlv at home at 105 deg. in the
is psi'V here the people eat snakes, and
saao'' smallpox and yellow fever follow
VhsiV , ,' in regular succession year in
ea, ar ont. may not be a lively enough
anu tor some folks 10 live in, but it
eouI ,,to b;ll for me-" said an Oil-well
al' n,tor from the Pennsylvania regions.
'pTst locality" said he, us the. State
,tiltrict of TabascO, In Mexico. went
Of ~ there for some parties three years
az" 20 see what there was IA the reports
nptroleum deposits OF great Ilcn-
sb0ut IN, rpoiOu. There was no way to
iEoysl except by canoe anu on orohchos,
ua' ,-as no uncommon thing to travel
ana u ins or So 10 reach place 80 miles
wv tne bird flies. There is plenty OF
aWal a. mitch or bitumep there, but l
ID, u 5Dit see the prospect of an oil re-
CGu.uI over being developed, altho gh
g XIV capitalists were pegging
D tu,g with drills in various parts OF the
ave- s'.'-ict in hope of striking oil. There are
u o66 narsops living in that district, and
~ s5w of il was one vast area OF pesti-
al The inhabitants are mostly lndi-
len'V and tbey haven't begun to be civil
, snod yet one loose garment, reaching
i s-s5a the neck to the knees, is all the
L-,o.birc that either sex wears, and the
ooIitIran RIM entirely naked the year
,nd cot there in November and left
~ INV At no time was the mercury
~ ~ than deg. in the shade, and when
IV came away it was 105 deg.
.sTba dav before | got to San Juan Bap-
,ista rbe capital OF the State, a couple
~ ctlzens had adopted the usual method
4 Of changing the government and had
sbot the Governor, whose name was
Foncber. bis private Secretary, and an
ntbar member of his council, while the
tbree we're walking in the street. FOn-
cher was the fourth Governor who had
n hem removed In that way since the
nreeeding May. The Governors Secre-
iary and the other official were killed
instantly. GOV. FOncher fell TO the ground,
81 bDtregalned his feet. The TWO assassins
& ware running away. The Governor fired
Z
ord Foucher dropped to the ground and
Xeypred Immediately atterward. The
a second assassin ran on. During the night
man was found in the street suffering,
IN was supposed, with the cholera, il
81 being the season for that annual visitor.
q r. was treated for the disease, and it was
4notunt he died that a bullet hole was
discovered in his back. The bullet was
found in his bowels. He was undOubt-
edlv the second one of the assassins,
showing that the dying Governors shots
4 had both taken effect.
smallpox appears as soon as winter
weather sets in. The natives were dying
st the rate of twenty-five a day during
by stay in TuXpan, a coast village, and
Me coast was under quarantine. The
hellow fever takes up the work as soon az
lie smallpox takes it's yearly vacation,
s snd that in turn rests in the fall, and the |
cholera varies the m0nOtOny of the region |
until smallpox comes back again. A !
EagOn goes around every night and |
& FATHERS up the dead at the different |
houses, aud the bodies are loaded in and /
carried to the dead lot. large piece OF /
ground enclosed by high brick wall. |
The remains are sorted out and bufied /
s bext day. WAS told at Tuxpau that it |
81 en happened that Pc sons were, in the |
uTry OF collecting the dead, placed in |
E be dead wagon before life was really ex- |
lnct and that it was not uncommon for |
person TO rise up suddenly in the wagon |
Is 1t passes on its rounds, glance wildly |
&round until he recognizes his situa-
pom, and then dsengage himself from the |
ead piled around him, Jump from the
S agon' and move away as long as his |
Iength lasts, or Until he is captured by |
ners and slowed away in the hospital.
Neltner IS II an uncommon circumstance |
the custodian of the dead lot, on OPEN
pg the gates IN the morning, to find two
llree persons waiting 10 get out, haY-
lg been placed in the lot the night before
sih load Of dead.
Inc natives live on cracked corn. the
$50 OIL hldeOus snake fish called the
saia, and the flesh of that cheerful
OoAlnR reptile or animal, or whatever il
tne armadillo. The legaria is the
N'Orite morsel. 1t is caught in the stag
any water that is everywhere in the
DCsllty' II has the head OF a serpent,
w W. hali-nsh. halfreptile body, covered
i'l uorny scales. The mode of cooking
10 lake 1t rs It comes from the
"TN run stick down its throat.
~ 1olu y over the fire until 1t il
- Inc lew Spaniards and Next
80 ~, WHO I'VE IN the district have their
o.es supplied with decent food; nut its
, sauol u not such as to tempt the
r Soiie l found other parts Of Mexico
MA SS"tluui III every respect that ]
a. "a hardly bring myself to believe
ro,o Ie9e could be such an altogether
g T1a portion of it as that same state
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