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The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-07
THE UTAH COMMISSIONERS.

A question has arisen as to whether the ur-
sdiCtion of the Utah commission will embrace
the several Mormon counties in the territory
of Utah or not. Secretary Singhenson, Of
that territory, is here, and says that while the
polygamists in Idaho are quiet and peaceable,
they are great drawback to the country and
in their disiranChisement in Idaho that terri
tory will be changed completely politically,
and the present democratic delegate, Ainslee,
will be succeeded by a republican.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-07
sarah ISernhartit,

The telegram from London announcing
Sarah Bernhardt's recent marriage is regarded
as canard, inasmuch as Middle. Bernhard
was introduced in August last to her Liverpool
friends as Madame Angelo, and it was stated
that she had just married the handsome and
accomplished actor, who acted with her dur
ing the last American tour.
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An Open Letter.

tits always a pleasure
to see old friends and
to be in a position to
make new ones. This
we are glad to say,
is the case with the
old established house
of A. MORRIS, cor
ner of Commerce and
Yturri streets. Their
spring stock of CLOTH
ing, Hats, Boots and
Shoes, and Gents
Furnishing Goods,
etc., is now nearly
all in and having
been selected with
the greatest care in
New York and Bos-
ton, they are enabled
to offer this season
greater inducements
than ever, as well IN
prices and quality as
in assortment. Par
ticular attention is re-
quested to their line
of Straw and Felt
Hats. By giving
them a call, we feel
assured, you will
never res greet 1t.
A. MORRIS, Commerce Street,
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HOrd's Hotel Arrivals.

F f Hamilton, Galveston; J Henry Postles,
Fort Worth; o T East, Lampasas; J ID Sta
Piles, S o Cotton, Houston; J Braun, Rock
dale; w A Waugh, Waugh's Ranch; John
White, Koscinski; h Tyne, New Orleans;
e ii trocke, S Conway, Gonzales; A
Schweppe, Boerne; J + Dehei, Live Oak; w
& Blding, Gonzales; Lee Blumenthal, Texas.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-07

TELLER has been nominated secretary Of
interior, Chandler secre tary Of navy, and Hunt
TO be minister of Russia.
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CONCERT and DONATION.
at Casino Hall,
Wednesday Evening, April IL.
Benefit Mississippi Flood Sufferers.

Assisted by the following we'll known amateurs.
Prof. G. Katzenberger, Mrs. G. Katzenber-
ger, Miss Nina Frank, Miss Kate Layer, Mrs.
Sim. Hart, and Messrs. Murehie, Ryder-Tay-
lor, Hilgers, Leopold, Cohen and McAlliSter.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-07
AGOnd Farm for Sale.

Tickets for concert and donation 50 cents, includ-
ing reserved seats, at Hart < Browns, Main plaza
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-07

Larger than any paper published in San Anto-
nio
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-07
Small Talk.
THE MEMBER FROM NEBRASKA

THE MEMBER FROM NEBRASKA.
Special Dispatch to the Globe Democrat
Washington, April 3.-The judiciary COM
mittee Of the house having reported favorably
to the seating of the contingent member from
Nebraska, Col. Tom Major, he looks for de-
cision of the matter at an early day. There
will be no considerable democratic opposition
to his being seated, Congressman Culberscn,
of Texas, favorng his claim.
NOMINATION REJECTED.
The senate had long executive session this
evening, most of it being taken up in consid-
erlng treaties in the briefest possible space of
time. The senate disposed of General !. II.
Walmough, to be paymaster general of the
navy, which nomination has been hanging al
ternately IN the commtree on naval affairs and
the senate for more than three months The
senate, without discussion and without di-
vision on the vote, rejected the nomination.
There appear to be four candidates for the va
cancy.
GIFTS FOR THE SULTAN.
Two magnificent Winchester express rifles
of the finest make, work and material, with
inscription plate and mountngs of gold, the
latter richly engraved with hunting scenes,
were to-day received by the state department.
The rifles were ordered in December last and
have just been completed. They are to be
presented through the state department by the
president, one to his majesty, Seynd Toorkee
Bin Seynd, sultan OF MuScat; the other to his
highness, the kajah of Inlubary. The former
in return for presents sent by the sultan to the
national museum, the latter in recognition OF
services rendered by the Rajah to the officers
and crew Of the American bark Cornga,
wrecked off the coast of Saal Sabau year
ago.
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The Texas Legislature.

AT II M. yesterday the senate and house of
the Texas legislature assembled at Austin in
extra session.
In the senate at roll call quorum was de
clared present.
One or two clerkhips were filled.
A committee appointed to inform the house
that he senate was organized.
A resolution to subscribe to newspapers in
troduced
A bill introduced to prevent the granting of
more land to railroads, &c. Senate adjourned
until $50 to-day In the house quorum
present.
Wurlbach introduced redistrcting bill.
OAcher 4 bill mapping out new congress
sional districts.
Chemworth creating railroad commits
sioncr.
A bill to appropriate $4,000 to pay ex-
penses of session.
Some discussion arose over appointment OF
committee on distric,ing business.
Nothing done yet, of course.
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Vance Hotel Arrivals.

ID ii Ainsworth, San Francisco; NJ f Groos
Palestine; Jas DeVine, Connecticut; { ID
Morey, st Louis; Geo J Clough, Mason; c w
Mel .augolin, Bert Young, Texas; T Green
wood, luling; X A Bernard Oskaloos; G. w
I Mcqueen, Dallas; J M Walker, Pecos.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-07

-"Mein Leopold appears Sunday night,
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M. w. Stone, of Laredo, is visiting the city
Capt. Il. l.. Crouch, Of Pearsall, is at the
Menger.
S. Neil, of Seguin, is in the city.
at the Menger Hotel.
Gen. and Miss C. Tyler, of New York,
accompanied by Major and Mrs. Moore, are
at the Menger Hotel. The General intends
staying with his son-in-law, Major Moore, at
Capota farm for few days.
The Hon. John and Miss Resale Ireland,
Of Seguin, are guests at the Menger Hotel.
l.. M. Croker, ex-mayor of Austin, is at
the Menger Hotel.
Major E. M. Smith, of the 22d infantry, is
quartered at the Menger Hotel
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Some excitement was created this morn
ing at Billy & Joe's by the Intellectual attempt
to arrest man who damaged buggy he
hired yesterday, and who refused to pay for it.
The man escaped by the back way.
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The stnr Route pofen.e.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. June e.
Mr.. Wilson began the opening ar
gument for the defense, in the star
route cases, to-day. He said that
for many months past the news
papers of the country had teemed
with articles denunciatory TO the
defense. The cases had been tried
by these newspapers on the most ex
parte statements aud he must trust
the jury to try and dismiss from
their minds any impression left by
reading those articles and to try the
cases solely Oh the evidence pre-
sented. The facts of record
have been distorted and statements
made totally at variance with the
truth for the purpose of influencing
the minds of the jury. lie asked the
jury to consider well his statements,
compare them with those Of tho
prosecution, and see if the infer
ences he drew were not true ones.
Wilson then went over the same
ground traversed by Bliss in his
opening tor the government, as
serting that in the examples cited
by Bliss, where Brady's action was
disadvantageous to the government
it was in all cases within law, aud
whatever hardsbips were worked to
the treasury were due to defects in
the laws governing the postal SER
vice, and not to Brady's application
of these laws, or the corrupt machi-
nations of those on trial with Brady.
Wilson occupied the entire day, and
will resume tomorrow.
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GROESBECK.

Special telegram
GRoEsBEcK, June 6.--More rain has
fallen within the past thirty days in this
county than fell during the summer of
1881. The wheat and oats is somewhat
damaged, owing to heavy winds and
young floods. The corn is as promising
as farmers could expect or want. The
only query is what they will do with all
of their corn and oats. Cotton is not
promising. owing to cool mornings. The
wind has been from the north for several
days. and we have every appearance OF
more rain.
But little interest is manifested in poll
tics, except for county officers. Judge
Ireland seems to be the favorite for gov
ernor.
Local option win be voted on in the
county next Saturday, the 10th instant
The prohibitionists have deputized all
their most talented speakers to notify the
people of the election, and, If practical
Bile, TO deprive the minority OF a. useless
and costly luxury.
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German Editors Convention.

A meeting of editors of German pa
pers of this state, at which the Iegds Post,
of Galveston, the Boerne Republican,, the
New Braunfels /ejtuRg, the Brennan
VOlbSJ0te, the Austin IV0chenblatt, the
Houston Deutscbe Zeitung, the Dallas
VolksJylH and the Freie Presse and BeO-
6acLter, of San Antonio, were represented,
was held Sunday morning at Schools
hall. All these papers are Republican
except the the New Braunfels Zeitung,
which is Democratic, and the BeObdchter,
Independent. The meeting was har-
moniOus and pleasant, and all seemed 10
be in accord on the matters con-
sidered. 1t was determined 10 be
united on principles of personal freedom,
and to oppose prohibition and strict Sun
day laws, though, politically, all were to
remain free to act as they may think best
for their own interests and those Of the
people. Judge Siemering, of the Fi'eie
PreSSe, presided, and Mr.. Altermann, of
the Ieras T0lkS5ote, was secretary.
Judge Julius SchutZe, of the Austin
WocdenJlat. was the originator of the
meeting. 1t was also agreed that all per
sOnalities be strictly avoided, and that
any one violating this rule be discarded
and prohibited from attending future
meetings of the German editors. 1t
was decided 10 labor to establish an
English paper to be located, per-
haps in Austin or San Antonio, with a
capital of S25, 900 to advocate the Ger
man ideas of personal liberty-that is, to
labor against the enactment of laws that
restrain men from spending the Sabbath
day in any proper and popular diversions
and pleasures, and which will prevent
the exert Use, by citizens, of all those
common rights that they may claim as
their own, regardless of race, creed or
belief The meetings are 10 be held an
nually, and Austin was decided upon
us the place of the next gathering
Sun antonio Express, 9Th.
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THE COURTS.

Justices, !. r. White, : A. Wilson, VI. j.
Hurt; Clerk. James L. White.
Richard Walsh VS.. htter. Award Of
commissioners approved and judgment
affirmed
John G.. Allen & Son VS.. Hall; appeal
from Fanniu county. Award of con-
missiouers approved and judgment af-
firmed
John G Adams & Co. VS.. Crews;
appeal from Guadalupe county. Award
of commissioners approved and jndg-
ment affirmed.
Weaver VS.. Fugate; appeal from Den
ton county. Judgment affirmed ON GER
tificate
Texas Trunk railroad company VS..
Nahan; appeal from Dallas county. AT
firmed on certificate.
NJ. Kuykendall VS.. state; appeal from
Burnet county. Affirmed.
Ed. Hart VS.. state; appeal from
Wheeler county. Affirmed.
T. +. Clark VS.. state; appeal from
Wilson county. Affirmed.
Hattie Huffman VS.. state; appeal from
Bell county. Affirmed.
T. o. PTather VS. the state appeal
from B0sque county. Reversed aud re-
handed
w. A. Pogue VS.. the state appeal
from Franklin county. Reversed and
remanded.
John Donahou VS.. the state appeal
from McMillen county. Reversed and
remanded
Marion johnson and J. A. johnson VS..
the state; appeal from Denton county.
! r. versed and Iemanded
Marion c. Panton VS.. the state ap
peal from Trinity county. Reversed and
remanded.
Dreyfus VS.. the state; appeal from
Dallas county. Submitted on briefs fol-
both parties.
Whitaker VS.. the state appeal from
Denton county. Submitted on briefs fol
both parties.
l. and G.. n. railway company VS.
Pope; appeal from Comal county Sub.
mitted on brief for appellant.
Muldrew VS.. the state appeal from
| Milan county, three c ses. Submitted
on brief for the state.
Scott VS.. the state; appeal from
Robertson county. Submitted on brief
for the state.
Kimble VS.. the state; appeal from
Guadalupe county. Submitted on briefs
for both parties.
Willis VS.. state; appeal from Ellis
county. Submitted on brief for state
Melton VS.. state; appeal from Young
county. Submitted on brief for state.
Taylor VS.. state; appeal from Clay
county. Motion to dismiss submitted
Rice vs. state; appeal from Falls
county. Motion to dismiss submitted.
Thomas ct al VS.. state; appeal from
Tom Green county. Submitted on brief
and argument for both parties.
Lovelady IL Harrison VS.. Browning &
Co; appeal from johnson county.
Motion to withdraw transcript submitted
and granted.
Keppler ct al VS.. state; appeal from
Tom Green county. Motion to withdraw
transcript submitted and granted.
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Two LOVERS.
GEORGE ELIOT.

Two lovers by moss grown spring
They leaned soft cheeks together there,
Mingled the dark and sunny hair,
And heard the wOoing thrushes sing,
o budding time
o loves blest prime
Two welded from the portal step
81 he bells made happy carollngs,
The air was soft as flaming wings,
White petals on the pathway slept,
pure-eyed bride
o tender pride
Two faces DER cradle bent
Two hands above the head were locked !:
These pressed each other while they
rocked
These watched life that love had sent.
o solemn hour
U hidded power!
Two parents by the evening fire
The red light fell about their knees,
On heads that rose by slow degrees
Like buds upon the lily splre.
D patient lifel
o tender strife!
The two still sat together there.
The red light shone about their knees;
But all the heads, by slow degrees,
Had gone aud lett that lonely pair.
o voyage fastl
o vanished past!
The red light shOne upon the floor,
And made the space between them
wide;
Their pale cheeks Joined, aud said. "Once
morel'
o memories!
q past that Is!
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The Ohio state board of agricul-
ture estimates the coming wheat
crop of that state at 52,612, 100 BUSH
els, as against 81, 5S1 ,094 for last year.
AT Orisiata, Mexico, few days
ago, two men were shooting at each
other on a crowded street, and killed
two ladies, who were among the
| spectators.
By ViCG UOce vote the Chicago
board of trade, with scarcely a dis
senting voice, recently adopted a
new rule which is designed to pre-
vent corners.
Florists state that larger proper
ton Of white flowers is fragrant
than any of the colors. The next is
yellow, the next red, and lastly,
blue.
Evidence accumulates that Gov
ernor CrittendeD, instead of trying
to have Frank James killed, is really
engaged in an effort to reform and
convert him to good citizenship.
Is the itinerant parson of the fu-
ture going to travel on a bicycle :?
A manufacturer of the machines
writes to the Western Christian Id
UOcdte, "At this very moment hear,
in the riding school above me, the
rumbling of eight BICYCLES, each
bearing a Methodist minister"
A living and moving glacier has
been found on Mount Goddard
ridge, California, between the head
waters of the south fork of the Jan
Joaquin river ANA the middle fork
of the Kings river. 1t is a mile in
length and five hundred yards wide,
and moved ten feet last year. 1t is
eighty feet thick, and clear blue ice
In a grove near Belleville, Illinois.
where four young ladies were select
ing a site for Sunday school picnic,
Miss Annie Geyer accidentally met
rejected lover, named Phillip
Mathews. He compelled her TO lis
ten TO his sentiments, and then shot
her dead. The murderer is nineteen
years of age. He voluntarily ap-
peared at The police station.
The Grant bronze medals have
been completed, and are in course
of distribution to the 800 members
of the Chicago convention, in com
memoration of the ballots cast for
him for president. On one side is a
| profile OF General Grant, and around
1t, on q raised circle, appear the
thlrty-slx ballots, the record begin
ming at the bottom and extending
around till the circle meets again.
On the diverse side appears the fol-
lowing inscription: "Commemora-
tive of the thirty-six ballots of the
Old Guard for Ulysses s. Grant for
president. Republican national
convention, Chicago, June, $780,"
Underneath is blank, on which is
engraved the name of the delegate
receiving 1t.
Governor Crittenden, of Missouri,
is in negotiation with Frank James,
the brother of Jesse James, the noto-
rious outlaw, who was killed re
Gently, with a view to his surrender
and full pardon. 1t is said Frank
James, with some of his friends and
an attorney, were in st. Louis FRI
day and Saturday. The delay in the
negotiations is stated to be due to
the fact that the friends of the out
law desire to secure pardons from
the governors of Texas and Mime
sofa also before he surrenders. The
arrival of Mrs. Frank James and her
five-vear-old son Jesse at Independ-
ence, Missouri, is thought to give
color to these Reports. The local
reporter adds that "little Jesse is a
remarkably good shot with the re-
volver."
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SYNOPSIS OF OPINIONS.
REPORTED expressly for the sTATEsMAN.l
supreme Court.

The state of Texas VS.. International
and Great Northern railroad company. As
deduced from the briefs aud arguments of
counsel there are two principal ques-
tions presented for our decision first,
whether the act for the relief of the con-
solidated international and Great North
ern railroad company, approved March
10, 1878 [second session IA leg. 69), was so
far inconsistent with the original act in
cooperating the International railroad
company, passed August 3, 1870, Especial
laws called session IL leg. 1921, as to
operate as a repeal of the same to the ex-
tent that It prescribes new and different
condition AS a ground for declaration
of forfeiture. Second-If so, then what
was the effect OF a failure, under section
four of the act last passed. to build forty
miles of road each year, or eighty miles
every two years2 Did IL forfeit the
charter of the company. or simply the
land grant; aud II the latter, then was It
forfeited for that portion only OF said road
which IL then failed to construct, or for
the whole extent Of the road not then
completely AS to the repeal of the
original act, by the subsequent relief act,
80 far rs the same are inconsistent.
But when. as In the present case, express
words of repeal so far rs tue two statutes
are inconsistent, are contained in the
subsequent statute. then there is no room
for construction, sdrs as 10 tie question of
coafict. and in so far as the two statutes
do conflict the latter must prevail.
IL is 4 well known fact that this relief
act was one OF compromise. This is fully
Indicated In the preamble. Being an act
OF compromise in which concessions were
made on both sides, 1t should receive q
liberal construction by the courts. 1t Is
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not reasonable 10 suppose that the legis-
lature would have arbitrarily deprived
the company OF very material aid pro-
Vded in the original act. and that, too /.
after the company, on the lailh Of IL, hal
built two hundred miles of its road; and
which aid. doubtless, was one OF the main
Inducements to enter upon the con struc-
ton, and hold the company TO the strict
letter OF the original contract as 10 the
rapidity with which the road shohld be
built. Neither is il reasonable To sup
pose that the state Intended to say 10 the
company that you shall have certain
donation of land. and which shall be
paid in every completed section OF ten
miles. IL you will build iorty miles
of road each year, and yet when
the company has done this. then not
only to forfeit this promised aid already
earned. but also the very corporate exist
ence ofthe company itself, because 1t had
not built seventy-tiye instead OF forty
miles of road. Certainly such double
forfeiture could not have been intended A.,
and if only one of the two forfeitures
could be demanded, it must he that con-
tanned in the compromise act, which in
express terms repealed the original. So
far, they were Inconsistent. Although
they should be held to a reasonably strict
accountability to carry out faithfully the
purposes and objects Of their creation,
Vet. UNLESS IL Clearly dppCdiN thaS ar
| roads have forfeited their charters, the
courts should give that construction to
the law which would keep alive rather
| than than that which would kill.
We are of the opinion that section 4, of
the compromise act, repealed section Ii
of the original act, and was substituted
therefor. so far as they pertained to the
time within which the road was to be
built. That under the law as 1T now
| stands it was not intended thar failure OF
the company to build at least forty miles
of road every year. or eighty miles every
two years, should work forfeiture of Its
| charter, but of the land grant only.
Asto the second question we have great
| doubts; butfn view, however. of the fact
| that it is reasonable to presume the legis-
| Iature intended that the road should he
built continuously, so as to give, as soon
| as practicable, its benefits along the whole
| line; and the further fact, that the court
below has adjudged that the failure to
build as much as eighty miles of road
within any two consecutive years would
forfeit the land grant, upon all the line
| of road not then built, and that 1t does
not clearly appear that this judgment is
| errodeous, we hold that this assigned
error Is not well taken. There being nc
error apparent in the judgment below
the same is acknowledgements j.
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supreme Court.

The state VS.. Steele; appeal from Travis
county. When the present constitution
took effect the salary of the adiutant gen.
eral was fixed by law at $4,000 per annum
After August, 1876, to January %, 1879,
when the appellee's term as such officer
expired, only $500 per anuum was APP
proPriated by the legislature as salary OF
the same officer. This suit Is for the diff
ference between the prescribed salary
of $4,000 and the amount paid as appropri-
ated. Held, that the law prescribing the
salary of $4,000 was not repealed by the
acts of appropriation. Service on the
governor and attorney general was suffi-
cient to bring the state properly before
Stbe court. Affirmed.---GOuld, G. j.
The state VS.. Cook; appeal from Travis
county,-The suit was of like nature as
that of the state VS.. Steele supra, the ap-
pellee suing for balance of salary, over
the amount appropriated, as judge OF the
criminal district court of Galveston and
Harris counties. But in this case, the
salaries OF district judges, when the APP.
pellce was reappointed in 1879. had been
Iedueed from $500 to $500, and lie was
officiating as such judge under such sal.
airy. Service on the governor is ample to
bring the state before the court. Re.
yersed and judgment entered Tor the
state.--Gould, @ j.