The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-01-23
COLONIZATION IN MEXICO.

lily OI MEXICO, JanuaIy ia con.
cession has been granted to the Mexi-
can Southern railway company, for the
settling of colonists along its road.
The government will pay $50 per fami-
ly. Not less than 500 families must
be settled during the first FIVE years
and 1000 during the first ten years.
Three-ffths of those colonized must be
Europeans. The company is negotiat-
ing for the purchase of the Tehucan
railway. Gen. Grants former offer for
the Morales railroad is now accepted,
but the purchase has not been con-
Guided. -...
CANADA'S GOvERNOR-GENERAL.
Halifax. N. S., January 21.-Gov-
ernor- General Lorne and party arrived
to-day on the steamer Partisan.
MONEY FOR VIRGINIA FREE SCHOOLS.
Richmond, Va, January 21.-The
senate to-day passed a bill ordering
into the public school fund of $780,
900 of the money realized from sale of
the states interest in the Atlantic, Mis-
sissippi and Ohio railroad, the remain
ing $4,000 of said sale to be held in
the treasury as special deposit, in
tended for the establishment and main
tenance of a normal school for the edu-
cation of colored teachers.
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
New York, January 2I.-Alfred H.
Colquitt, governor of Georgia, will adj
dress the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation, of this city, in the associations
hall next Monday evening, on the oc-
casion of the twenty-ninth anniversary.
VISIBLE COTTON SUPPLY.
New York, January 21.-The total
visible supply of cotton for the world
is 3,o9o,242, of which 2,58o,792 is
American, against e,734,69S and d
4I3.55S bales, respectively, last year.
BOLIVIA AND PERU.
Washington, D. c., January Al
Senior Elmore, Peruvian minister, hav-
ing inquired as to the truth of the
statement contained in a dispatch from
Buenos Ayres, dated the 18th instant,
that treaty of peace had been con-
Guided between Bolivia and Chill, and
that the conditions were that Bolivia
should surrender her territory along
the coast and break off relations with
Peru, to-day received cable dispatch
dated Lima, January 10, stating that
the alliance between Peru and Bolivia
still continues. Mr.. Elmore has also
received information that Bolivia has
recognized the constitutional govern
ment of Calderon.
| UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO.
Washington, D. c., January Al
The senate committee on pensions to-
day, unanimously agreed to report a
bill granting to Mrs. Lincoln $4,000
in cash, to be available Immediately;
and also providing that from and after
the enactment of this bill her pension
shall be at the rate of $4,000 per an
mum for the remainder of her life, in
lieu of her present annual pension of
$1,000. The cash payment of $4,000
is to be granted as relief, and not as
arrears of pension.
TEN MILES UNDER WATER,
Nashville, Tenn. January 21.-A
great deal Of suffering prevails among
unfortunates who have been driven
from their homes by high,wafer. Many
are sick from exposure, and more will
yet have to be sent to the hospital if
the wet weather continues. The la
dies relief society furnished provisions
to-day to $50 families, averaging from
five to eleven souls each. 1t is esti-
mated that not less than 5000 people
had to be fed, and this number is like
ly to increase on a future rise of the
river. An expanse of ten miles in and
around Nashville is covered with wa
ter. Most of the sufferers in the city
are negroes, the greater portion
whom reside in the lower part of the
city. AS many as eight or ten, in
places, now occupy one room together.
Cincinnati, January 2I.-A Nash
vile special to the Times-Star says
Rain yesterday and last night raised
the river twelve inches. The back
water now extends over 1000 acres in