The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-11-17

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treoeipted bill from this office.
THOMAS II. JOHNSON,
Business Manager.
as second at postoiiice at San Antsnio, Texas,
2d-class matter.
URDAY. NOVEMBER II. 1888.
~ Democrats Of Texas are very harmoni
Gus In the tariff question and are losing their
aners. File!
= THE Gatesville Advance announces its in
tention not to support Tilden for President.
Poor Tilden is gone up.
THERE was a little meeting OF cattle men at
Gainesville, the other day, and the Independ-
ent says $1,000, 600 were represented.
A COLD snap is a'great promoter Of the sale
of overcoats and marriage licenses. Two per-
sons require no more cover than one does.
II THE District court would set more cases
for trial each day, it might save the county
some money in the pay Of jurors and feeding
prisoners.
TRIs item Of gra,uitous advice is from the
Rockport Transcript: "There is plenty Of
water on Aransas Pass to float all the bonds
Of the San Antonio Gulf railroad"
ARE the people of San Antonio willing to
have their river turned into a sewer, the water
ruined for bathing and washing, and the banks
made feculent with excrementitous nastiness?
ALAMO plaza proves "as clear as mud"
what excellent officers San Antonio posses
ses. Fish Commissioner Lubbock should
stock Alamo plaza lake with carp SO as to
utilize such splendid sheet Of water.
THE proposition Of DR.. F. Herff to run
sewers into the San Antonio river should meet
with no favor from the people, unless such
sewers be emptied into the river clean below
the city. 1t will only augment the sickness
and befoul the river.
COLONEL NAT MITCHELL, one OF the
heroes Of San Tacinto, and widely known IN
Texas, has married Miss Cornelia Lewis, OF
Arthur, Illinois. The Colonel has hit on the
true plan Of uniting the North and the South,
and we wish him JOY.
JESSE JAMES having been murdered
through the efforts Of Governor Crittenden
aud Frank James being in Jail, we wonder
upon whom train robbing will be laid now
Perhap' the ghost Of Jesse James is leading
fresh band Of train robbers in Mexico.
We FEEL bound to assure the people o
other States that Texas is fully supplied witt
doctors, lawyers, school teachers, bookkeep
ers, clerks, deadbeats, dudes, gamblers, pros
titutesand fence cutters. Farmers, laborers
mechanics and servants are wanted very much
THE city OF Dallas being bound to seem t
be growing, has just divided herself into sit
wards. II reminds one Of the negro's reply
who, upon being asked If 10 eggs were no
too many to set dunghill hen upon, said
swell, its good many, but odd speck' viii
have to spread herself" Dallas is trying t
spread herself-in wards-or in the woods.
WILL the people elect progressive council
men who will promote the growth and pros
periiy Of the city or men who would be mer
dead weight. 1t would help the city i
case we had street railways in operation o
half the streets in the city; it would increas
the value Of real estate and enable people t
get about without wading across the streets Z
the reputed crossings.
One hundred years ago the export Of cotto
from the United States was mere triAe. tn
seeds were then picked out by hand aft