The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-06-09

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the want columns of the daily
papers. One recently contained this {:
situation wanted; anything; salary
no object. - Such an appeal makes life
appear very real. 80
THE Washington Post observes from
its perch at the national capital that
"the gold democrats are slipping back
into the party in large numbers, and
they are not saying word about the
value of the metal in silver dollar"
THE outbreak of the Cheyenne In
dams in Montana has given the war
department something to talk about.
There are plenty of troops out there to
take care of the Indians, though.
ETERNAL hustle is the price of pros
perity. The government will not fur
nish ravens to feed the fellows who do
nothing but stand on the corners and
Ualk ABOUT nara UlIneS.
Mr.. BRYAN was in Ohio last week.
Wherever he stopped the able and in
trepid democratic leader was given a
grand ovation by the people of McKin-
ley's state.
The governor making papers are
having it all their own way now. The
voters will show their hand about a
year hence.
CoxEY has again threatened to mass
the unemployed at Washington unless
that prosperity shows up at an early
date.
THE gubernatorial bee is teasing
Judge Allen Fort. The Judge is a
strong and good man.
AN exchange speaks of fiddler as a
"teaser of catg ut"
LIEUTENANT PEARY is going back to
find the north pole.
CAUSE OF SICKNESS AT CUTABERT.
Wells Turned Into Receptables of Filth
from Sewers.
Fridays issue of the Cuthb bert Liberal.
Enterprise explained the epidemic of
fever at Andrew college as follows:
Last year, for convenience, the city
adopted waterworks system, not be-
cause the we'll water was not good, but
for convenience. When some of the peo-
pie introduced water works on their
premises it was a question as to what
hOuld be done with their wells. Some
solved this question by converting their
wells into cess pools for all the filth
about the place. This may seem strange
to people of sicklier localities but so &C.
customed were the people of Cuthbert to
good health they thought of no evil to
grow out of the holes of disease and
poison and several put their wells to
use.
Everything worked we'll until lately
when three of the faculty and several OF
the students at Andrew college were con
| fined to their beds with fever. The ply
sicians and board of health set about al
once to locate the cause, for they knew
that something had gone wrong, as this
was the first time in the history of thu
school $50 we are informed) that there
had been any sickness at Andrew college
Upon examination it was found tina
there was a local cause, and a gOoC
cause, one that would have produced
the same effect anywhere. Last yea
when the college adopted waterworks il
converted, as many citizens had done, it,
well into a receptacle for slOp and filth
A sewer was put in from the kitchen anC
one from the house and these had beer
filling up the we'll for months. AS soor
as the spring and warm weather
came upon us anyone acquainted will
the nature of sicklier communities know
the result. The fever developed all in
day or two. The college, on the side
where the we'll is, is in the shape af V
and The p isOnOus atmosphere naturally
drifted into the bedrooms on that side
hence the sickness.
''Suffice it to say that the cause ha,
been located and removed. The proper
authorities have removed all appearance
of danger and the former health record
can be warranted to the schools pat.
rons."