The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-19
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SHOE FACTORY BURNED.

morning. The loss, So, 900; insurance. $I2,-
900. 1t is said the fire was caused by burg
lars who were trying to rob safe. Several
adjacent buildings ignited, but were saved
with trifing damage.
LAND LEAGUE FUNDS-DISTINGUISHED SPEAK
FRS COMING.
Waterbury, September I8r-Rev. Lawrence
Walshe, treasurer of the Irish national land
league, will tomorrow send to Treasurer
Eagen, at Paris, $4,000, covering contribu-
tons from May Ist to date. Mr.. Walshe has
information that MeSsrs. Redmond and Sex
ton, members of parliament, are coming to
America early in October to speak in the in
terest of the land league.
RX-Gov. DAVIS AT SAN SABA-DEATH OF MRS.
MCDOWELL.
San Saba, September Ie-Ex-Gov. DAVIS
arrived last night and made a speech at 2 d.
m. to-day. His speech occupied about one
hour and half, and was listened to attent-
lively.
Mrs. James Mcdowell died yesterday and
was buried to-day.
Elder Dimmit's tent was set up in town to-
DAY and preaching will commence tonight
He is good preacher.
ANOTHER COMET DISCOVERED
Denver, September IS.-At Georgetown,
this state, about O'Clock this morning, a
comet was plainly seen with the naked eve,
about tive degrees from the sun, and in direc-
ton tritie south of west.
PIANO MAKERS ON A BIG STRIKE.
New York, September I8-Four hundred
employees OF the Steinway piano works, at
Hunters point, struck this morning, on &C
count OF the unpopularity of Superintendent
Sumner. The men will not return to work un-
I'll he is discharged. Unless their demand is
acceeded to, it Is said employees in New
YORK, numbering about one thousand, will
| also strike.
ENFORCING THE SUNDAY LAW IN HOUSTON
| AN OBSTINATE SALooNIsT-ARREsTS.
Houston, September IS.-All drinking sa-
looms IN the city were closed twenty four hours
yesterday, except one. Its proprietor was ar
rested eight times, but gave bond and kept
open The officers were enforcing the Sun
day law. The cases come up for trial Thurs
day.
"A negro, Thad Thomas, arrested to-day for
robbing the agent of the Western narrow
guage road at Leslie of one hundred dollars
cash, was jailed for want of five hundred dol
lars bond.
negro, Aleck Washington, captured here
to-day for robbing three stores in Richmond,
Fort Bend county, was put in the calaboos
In two hours he broke out, and was fleeing
when the officers overhauled him.
IAN Italian society is to be organ-ized''
It's. A. Express. The Express seems to
have partular spite the Italion's citizens.
CAPT. karber as first assistant City Mar
Shall is emitted to the succession to the posi-
OF city marshal; no objection can be urged
against Capt. karber that is good one lie
is good officer and thoroughly acquainted
with the duties of the position and his oppor-
tunlty will meet general approval and endors-
ment.
THE Irish will vote for Ould Ireland, every
mothers son of them, Be Jabers !'-J Parker
County Journal.
The insinuation contained in the above par
agraPh and the coarse way it is put is an in
suit to every intelligent Irishman in the state.
The Irish are not SO ignorant as the demo-
cratic paper intimates.
JUDGE IRELAND speaks at Marshall to-
night he is hoarse and much fatipued: but
sanguine OF democratic victory.-[Waco Ex-
aminer.
While Ireland has been sowing his cock-and
hell stories about the Davis admins tration-
Jones has been leisurely following in his wake
and with the even and measured strok of a
good reaper gathering the harvest of public
opinion in his favor. Poor Ireland this cleo.
pioneering business has been very unhappy
one TO him.
WHAT is to become of the three hundred
thousand children now growing up in Texas,
II lreland's FIVE months experiment is
adopted
WHAT does Ireland want to try five months
public school for? In order to test if the peo-
pie OF Texas can stand more than four
months? Come, Mr.. Ireland, public schools
are no experiment, they work we'll in all well
ordered states.
| The "Vindicative STAR" of Blanco, saws:
"No, it's all right, brother LIGHT: lust 90
ahead with your abuse; you can't hurt a
christian. Who ever heard of hurting a
] Christian with abuse! It's the heather
Chinee fellows like John Ireland we are
after.
The weakest apology for ohm Ireand's
ridiculous FIVE months school term. we find in
the Fort Worth Democrat. 1t feels so glad