The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-27
NEWS OF THE WORLD

THIRTY Indian children are on their way
to school in Indiana.
GRASS is growing rapidly about Gonzales,
and stockmen are jubilant.
A MEXICAN murdered a negro in New La
redo Sunday, and was arrested.
THE Texas House proposes that a tax of
S25 be levied on every billiard table in use.
A POLITICAL police force, similar to the
forces in Berlin and Paris, is to be organized
in London.
THE Tennessee Legislature has passed
bill allowing pools to be sold by blood horse
associations on all races.
BISHOP LoGUE writes from Ireland that but
for the substantial aid sent from America the
Irish would die of starvation.
THE House has concurred in a Senate
amendment Withholding pensions from veter-
ans owning property of the value of $1,000
DIAz was received at Washington Yesterday
by Romero, Mexican Minister, and Llewellyn
Brown, Chief Clerk of the State Department.
THREE earthquake shocks were felt yester-
day at Blanca, Italy, town on a declivity of
Mount Etna, and the people are panic
stricken.
AN AMERICAN and three Mexicans are in
custody at Laredo, suspected of numbering H.
Thomas, telegraph operator, who has been
missing since Sunday evening, at Rodriguez,
Mexico.
THE Vienna Presse reports that Parnell, in
an interview at Paris, gave his word of honor
that three OF the political offenders recently
handgee in Ireland were innocent OF. the crimes
for which they were executed.
KELLOGG swears he was unable to positive
ly identify Dorsey's handwriting, because he
had seen it so often and so closely initiated
by Rerdell that it was difficult to distinguish
between the original and the imitation.
GOVERNOR IRELAND has pardoned George
Lacey, convicted of murder in Bosque county.
in 1879, and sentenced to the penitentary
for s years. The pardon is subject to re-
vocation upon the first inlraction Of the crimi-
nal laws.
JONATHAN c. BIGELow wants a portion of
the money generously contributed for Betty
and the babies. He is Washington lawyer
and he sues Sergeant Mason for So, 500. al
legged to be due as fees for defending Mason
during his trial for shooting at Guiteau
THE Dublin Freemen's Journal states that
"Number One is a man named ryner, who
was in Dublin till the first day of the exami-
nation OF Carey and then went to Bremen by
way Of Hull, and to New York by way of
1avre, 1t also says the Home Office has re-
nounced all hope of securing Number
Ones" extradtion.
NORTH ADAMS, Massachusetts, is excited
over the distribution in church ves!bules of
circulars alleging great corruption in town
affairs, and giving reasons why the board of
Selectmen should not be reelected. II pre-
sentS list OF the names ofproprietors ofbagn-
los and unlicensed liquor saloons, with the
sums Of money each pays monthly to the
police for hush-money, and calls upon the
citizens to arouse and overturn the rings.
PROF. DONALD MCLEAN, of the Michipan
State university, sues James L. Scripps. editor
and principal proprietor of the Evening News.
a 2-cent paper in Detroit, for $50, 600 damages
for the publication from Canadian paper of
an article asserting that the Professor COM
mitted adultery with a female patient from
lilsonburg, Ontario, who went to Ann Arbor
Tor medical treatment and was placed in his
care. The defense pleads justification and nro.
poses to prove the facts; also to plead the
article as privileged one
CARRYING Goals to Newcastle was not a
whit more strange than is bringing beef tc
Texas. That this is done is well known A
demand exists for better quality of mea
than that OF the CRASHED cattle of Texas, and
the luxury is 'upplied frcm the stall fed beeves
OF Missouri. Some Of these, in all probability,
are oeeves which have been Skinned rom
ex's and subsequently submitted to a fatten-
ing process to render them equal to the public
demand. or late, however, cattle growers
1--WE begun pay attention to preparing stock
,or immediate consumption, and. in a short
lm ; we shall hear no more of Missouri beei
in Texas markets.