The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-19
Our Letter from Manchaca.

Our Letter from Manchaca.
MANCHACA, August 18th.
Editor Evening Light:
The friends OF Col. G.. w. Jones have called
meeting at Kyle, Hayes county, to meet at
that place on Saturday August Goth, for the
purpose of organizing and preparing for the
coming campaign. Great expectations are an
ticipated. Our little village will turn out its
full force; it is general invitation to every
body The Jones fever is about as high as
the coming camp meeting.
The citizens here are trying to get up a
concert for the benefit of the school house
that is to be built, which, if the boys are sue
cessful in their concert, will be great help
towards the school.
grain warehouse and livery stable, if the
Citizens will donate him lot for that purpose
heard this morning that Mr.. Miller. the pro-
prietor of the Manchaca hotel, said he would
donate the lot. So there will be one more
improvement in Mancheca, besides Mr.. Fairs
well. Mr.. Landa. Of San Antonio says he
will fill the warehouse with grain, Felix is
man Of his word. Miller is liberal man, for
he gave the camp meeting folks timber for
the arbor, and straight, sober timber at that.
Landa is man Of his word, for he has al.
ready proven that by buying thousand or
fifteen hundred dollars worth Of grain already.
So grain warehouse and livery stable we are
bound to have. Then the boys can 90 on
Onion to see the girls and won't have to ride
stock horses.
Mr.. James Martin, another one of our en-
terprising citizens, took his little tribe and
went out on a honey hunt this morning. We
don't know which he will get most Of ticks
and red bugs or honey, but about his luck to
get the most of the former. Your humble
servant intends to give the little fishes round
this evening. +. L.
Internal Revenue Collections IN the Gulf
Special to the Times-Democrat
Washington, August I4.-The aggregate
amounts Of internal revenue collected in the
gulf states for the fiscal year ended June goth,
1882, are as follows: Alabama, $I4o, 532. 90;
Arkansas, $Io9, oS9. 60; Mississippi, $94, o4S,-
90; Louisiana, $9,S,Se9. 60; Florida, $780,
227.32, Texas, $25S,432.93.
Vance Hotel.
S and Mrs Scott, New Mexico, F and Mrs
Howard, Clay county; w Heitner. Boerne;
= Kinney. Edwards county; c w STANDARD,
+ Guillander, Brackett;R S Farksley, Crockett;
no P Eckleburg, New Orleans; W Welsh,
Dallas; James Bruce, James Miller, New
Braunfels; M Connolly, Pecos; M and Mrs
Hammond, Dallas: Chas Limke, Galveston,
Serapio Niareal Monterey.
Visit Major Lerich's saloon and restau-
rant, corner Of Crockett street and Alamo
plaza tonight, and participate. In the recherche
free lunch, the Major offers to his patrons TO-
night.
Miss Harriet Richardson, the maiden
sister of Mrs. |. A. Paschall is so dangerously
i'll that she Is not expected to live.
Major Lerich's saloon and restaurant,
corner of Crockett street and Alamo plaza,
will be opened with a recherche" free lunch
tonight.
MILLER by aecIamation, is the latest
from Luling. Ireland and Miller are the only
reclamation candidates so far.
We HAD hoped that the coming campaign
would be free from mendacity, but the very
news gatherers who ale paid to telegraph
facts, open the campaign with the most shame
less Misrepresentation of falsehood.
The English government, to pralect It's
troops in Egypt from the dreaded ophihalmis,
has purchased as,ooo pairs of blue spectacles
at 5 cents pair.
Three color'd military companies left Mem
phis on Monday last to take part in compsti-
live drill for colored companies, which began
yesterday at Columbus, Ohio.
Concerning Darwin's belief il God, Rev.
Charles Voysey remarked in recent sermon:
I'm all these years Darwin never gave me the
slightest reason to doubt that he was gcnu-
inc believer in God, and that his sublime re-
searches iuto nature had never made him re-
gard the objects Of bis study in any other
light than as the wonderful works Of God"