San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-12-23
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER
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ST. Louu. Mo-, DeA s-zTbs faithful
little W Re Of ia. Il E6iNad, the for
mer State Treasurer Of Missouri. who
fell into bad company, got to playing
poker and embezzled money from the
State, is in fair way to get him par.
ioned, although he has been in the
penitentlary only q few months She
lived in luxury while he was the treas
urer Of the State. Nov she keeps .
boarding house here and does tAe
homework herself She has been
moving heaven and earth 20 get him
pardoned before Gov. Francis goes out
Of office, and it is generally under
stood that he will do this, possibly as
one of the Christmas pardons which
are his prerogative.
The business men Of st. Louis are in
high spirits. 1t has never been So
easy to make money as now. The
banl, elearanees during the past week
exceeded by over s4,oOo,0Oo those of
any previous week in the city's his
tory, and the receipts Of the custom
house for last month were more by II
per cent than those of the same month
last year. This prosperity has di-
rect effect on the man of small means,
who wants to build home for his
family and is hunting for cheap
money, as well as on the protector Of
big street railway and suburb-building
ing enterprises, who gets his money by
I.l1
Eight per cent is regarded as are
markedly high rate of interest here.
The ST. Louis Asylum for the Blind,
whence, by the way, some OF the most
useful inventions for the use Of the
blind ever perfected have come, is 20
be moved. The asylum was estsb-
lished where it now stands years ago
when the property in the neighbor-
hood could be had for little, the city
not building that way very fast Now,
rapid cars run past and factories have
grown up all around il, until the land
and the buildings are worth several
times more than they cost .he State
The institution viii be taken to a
quiet place in the suburbs, and the
ground and improvements viii be sold
for more than enough 20 pay FOR the
new site and buildings
We'll, how do you like st. Louise
was asked. as usual. of a clever woman
from Boston, who had Just Joined a
fashionable West End church, follow
ing her husbands business fortunes
Il think I shall like it very much.'
she answered with = smile, when ills
finished
Sac then explained that the day be-
fore she had been out driving over the
city and She had never got out of sight
of new buildings. This is the thing
about 81. Louis that strikes most visit
ors The report Of the Building Com
missioner for this year viii astonish
TIE people Of cities that have stopped
growing. To say nothing OF the thou
sands OF dwelling houses that are going
up. there are now twenty-six large
Office buildings being erected at an ag-
gregate cost Of s14.OOO,Oo1 Each one
of these buildings is small town in
itself, story on story, hundreds OF
Offices, and scores Of employees to lOok
ter the property.
The net deb. Of Canada is reported
to be se33.7Si, 900.
There is said to be a distressing
amount of lunacy in ireland, the num-
Der of cases per 100 600 of population
having increased from 24g in 1850 to
s55 in 1891.
The New York sun building is pro-
vided with the largest thermometer in
existence. 1t has dial plate forty
inches in diameter, so situated as - be-
in plain view of passers-by.
One of the most surprising cases in
medical history is that of Marguerite
Cribsowna who died in 1858 aged los
years When She was % she was.
married to Il man aged 10j. Three
children came Of this union.
Venango county, Pa. had a poor
house that cost it something like
$50. OOo. Its facilities for fighting
fire cost it nothing, for it had none. 1t
continues to have just as good facill-
ties, but it needs new poor-hOuse.
Following is the verdict of a Penn
sylvania jury of inquest in n case of
supposed arson: I'VE, the jury. fn6
that the thing was done. Who did it
or how it was done of course we don't
know, but we do, Of course, know that
it was done
The giant of giants, as far As sewing
machines are concerned, has recently
been finished at Leeds, England. 1t
weighs exactly 81 tons and is especial
" adapted for general manufacturing
purposes of the heavier sort. This par
ticular machine will be used for at
taching cotton betting.
The most curious character on the
island Of Borneo is the white sultan or
raiah of Sarawall. He is an English
man, Sir Charles Brooke, and the
United States is the only nation that
recognizes his sovereignty. He rules
over part Of Borneo as large as Ire
land and his subjects pay tribute to
hmm in rice.
In Jacksonville. Fla, factory has
been started for the purpose Of max
ing brushes and brooms of the pal
metto fibre and elsewhere sink
brushes are being made of blocks OK
the wood half of whose thickness IS
converted into bristliny points The
young leaves Of the tree make 4 salad
that the people are beginning to ap-
prostate, and the taste Of it is likened
to that OF chestnuts.
A DASH OF DIVERSION.
Your sealsI<in sacque is rather
short, is It not9" yes: when got it
nv husband was short
He-wil you marry rue if l stop
smoking cigarettes? She-No, Mr.
Sappy. can't bear the idea Of mar
rying man who does nothing.
VisItor-W&y. how big YOU are