The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-07-05
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
SENATE COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS.


Washington, July 4.-The senate commerce
committee to-day nearly finished the consider
alton of the river and harbor bill.
Senator Kellogg's amendment to increase
the appropriation for the improvement of the
Mississippi between the head ofthe passes and
Cairo, to i've million dollars was agreed to by
vote of to'2. This adds to the house bill
the one million dollars asked for by the COM
mission to close up the gaps in the levees oc-
casioned by the recent floods. 1t includes
also the building of lock at bayou Plaque
mine.
An amendment proposed by Senator Fry,
prohibiting the building of levees was defeated
by vote of to 3.
kellogg's amendment for an appropriation
Of fifteen thousand dollars for removing OBJ
structions in bayou Lafourche below Lockport,
was also adopted. Provisions are also made
for surveys and estimates for improvements in
Cave River bayou, Priore, and other bayous.
Forty thousand dollars were added to the
house appropriation for Galveston harbor, and
the improvement of the harbols of New Or
leans, Natchez, Vicksburg and Memphis are
also included in the bill, and $3.50, 900 was
added to the house appropriation for the i'm
provement of Beaufort harbor, Cape Fear and
other rivers in North Carolina. The commit.
tee have added about S., 600, 90 to the house
bill, making the total amount provided for. as
it will be reported to the senate, more than
$I9,ooO,ooo.
ELLIOTr's GOOSE COOKED.
New York, July AT a picnic given by
pugilist Jno. L. Sullivan, to-day, the sporting
fraternity assembled in large numbers to wit
ness a sparring match betwean Sullivan and
James Elliott, the latter to receive $500 if not
knocked out by the former in four-three min
ute rounds with a half minutes rest between
them. In the first round, Sullivan raised sew
eral Jumps on Elliott's face. In the second
round, he knocked him down, and in the
third, hit him squarely in the mouth and
knocked him senseless, and he did not recov-
er for twenty minutes. He was taken home.
Sullivan gave him $50.
DANGEROUS RISE.
ST. Louis, July 4.-The rise which has been
coming down the Missouri river for few days
past is being pretty seriously felt here. The
advance to-day at this point has been fully
eighteen inches, and the rise tonight is some
thing over thirty-two feet above the lower
water mark. No serious damages have result
ed, but a rise of two feet more would inundate
thousands of acres of land, and cause great
destruction.
A SMALLPOX PLAGUE.
St. Louis, July Especial dispatches report
that smallpox is prevailing so extensively in
the Indian territory as to he perfect scourge.
At Muskogee there have been two hundred
cases, and nearly all have been fatal.
FIRST BALE-RAILRoAD TO GONZALES.
Harwood, July 4-Jas. Reidel has just ar
rived with the first bale of new cotton, from
Dewitt county. The bale weighs 40 pounds,
is good staple. and is consigned to T. W.
House, Houston. 1t was raised on Mrs.
Housman's place. She has been successful
in getting in the first bale for several years in
succession.
Visitors are arriving at the Sour wells
Work on the Gonzale tap is going on brisk
ly, and the road will reach Gonzales by the
10th of August.
HOW THE FOURTH PAsSED-REMEMBERRD AT
DALLAS.
Dallas, July 4-The fourth passed off very
quietly at this place. Hon. Jas. T. Chenno-
weth, of Brennan, addressed large assembly
at Shady View Park. under the auspices of the
Land League At Long Lake goodly mum
Der assembled and enjoyed themselves to the
full extent.
The majority of the business houses closed
to- day, and every one was on pleasure bent.
Ed Ryan. the telegraph operator who
figured at San Antonio in the raid on the buck
ct shop, was at one time press operator in this
CITY, but allowed love ofliquor, not only to
self gravely with the company.
AFFAIRS IN KALAKAU'S KINGDOM.
San Francisco, July 4.-The steamship