The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-29
NEWS NOTES AND COMMENT.

"Me and Jay" are fixing up the slate.
The unterrifed are getting in their work on
the bourbon candidates.
81 see Joe Shelly is here; l feel better,
thank you."-[Mayor French.
''Wouldn't the old man raise cain if he
were here."[-Thad. Smith.
Houston claims that it has facilities for
handling 5000 bales of cotton this season.
The bourbon "bar'ls" are being tapped. 1t
is merely question of which will last the
longest.
Ward strikers abound in the vicinity Of the
county clerks and the mayors Office about
this time.
"Dead mems Shoes" farce in two acts,
will be ushered on the bourbon boards Satur-
day evening.
Senator Christiancy is i'll. He paid $780,
900 to get divorce from the government
clerk he married.
Miss Trout is reigning society belle in
Kansas, but sportsmen don't speak of her as
aspeckled beauty.
In the east Oscar Wilds photographs are
giving place to those of the less effeminate
Mrs. Langry.
The Austin Statesman thinks the next grand
jury will indict some of the keno sharps in
= that city.
The internal strife in the local democratic
ranks is significant as showing the indepen-
dent tendency of the times.
It's a cold day when French don't want
something. 1t may be colder when he won
ders why he said he wanted it.
About 50 pounds Of quartz rock literally
held together by threads of wire gold was
found recently near Hillsboro.
A poor man is John Shea who lives in a
hut near Soda Springs, Cal, but he once
owned SIS, 900, 900 worth Of property.
A Waco Italian made a miniature fort to
entertain his guests on Sunday and was con-
victed Of violating the Sunday law.
Gorged with slaughter the British lion can
only smile. Now, o, American eagle is the
time to pull his tail.
Poor old Dryer has taken in his banner.
1t was red-rag that scared the Hancock bulls
worse than did their opponents.
The circus season will be over before Arab
can get here, but if he had started week or
so ago he could have got position in a side
show
Corruption has 80 long resided with demo-
cracy that efforts are seldom made to conceal
its workings. For further information observe
the primaries Saturday.
Texas newspapers have found egress to the
Indian territory. Some civilized red men
stuffed ballot boxes and shot their opponents
in order to carry recent election.
The iconoclastic hand of the historian is
too strong for the adherents of the democratic
little gods. When the bourbons have to make
false claims for their candidates they are in a
very bad strait.
A beautiful specimen of happy family i.
the local democracy. There are two factions
one for French and the other for Smith, anc
they make more examinations and recrimna
tons against each other than against the
time-honored opponents All this would have
been diferend if 10 and J. had been let alone
So exhausting were the efforts of Kerr
Merrick and Woodward during the star-rout,
trials that the gentlemen were compelled tt
recuperate their shattered health by lunchin,
on crab salads, turtle soups, chicken croouet
and reed birds accompanied by champaign
and Reina Victorias-for which the natopa
department. of justice paid S57.
It's worthy of note that of the three con
federate generals who held the final council q
war at Appomator court house on the morn
ing of the 9th of April, 1865 to consider tn
desperate strait of the army of Northern Vii
ginia, two of them-Longsreet and Mahon
are now acting with the republican party.