The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-10-01


as second-class matter.
MONDAY, OCTOBER /, 1888.
ACCORDING to the Ohio State Auditors re-
port, $2,ooo,o 900 were collected through the
provisions Of the Scott liquor law, which sum
was devoted to the relief of the poor and 10
other benevolent purposes.
THE pop corn ball must 60. A health
officer at Cleveland has discovered that the
pink pop corn ball that is sold at circuses
and on the streets is poisonous because Of the
anoline used in the coloring process.
In THE race at Fleetwood park, on Sa,ur-
day, between St. Julian and Jay-Eye-Sse, the
latter was the winner. Time-2:2o4, 2ISH,
2:I9. The purse was 5000. The slow time
was occasioned by very heavy track.
Mr.. BERcHER's lecture, "The Reign OF the
Common People," has been greeted with
full house at Dallas. 1t is an intellectual
treat, and our people should give him good
audience at Casino hall tomorrow night.
Thus far during his American tour Lord
Chief Justice Coleridge has declined to be
interviewed, but from his post-prandial utter
ances it is to be inferred that he is highly
gratifed with the reception he has me- on
every hand.
THE celebrated Jewish feast Of Rosh IIa-
shanah, or new year, commences on the even
ing Of to-day and terminates tomorrow
night. 1t will be followed on the 10th by the
day OF atonement, and shortly after by the
other Isrrlitic feasts.
THE Treasury detectives made a seizure in
Minnesota Of lot Of paraphernalia and plates
for manufacturing counterfeit silver GER
hhcales. The captured notes present buug-
ling appearance, although they are more easy
TO initiate than the currency.
THE Greenville Banner, discouIsing on the
subject Of German farmers, says: "The Ger
man farmer is success in spite OF some
prejudices against him, and we wish Texas
had million OF them with their small, we'll
TILED farms, their thrift and their happy So
ciety."
ALDERMAN LOCKWOOD amt no swine and
knows when he has got enough In his
every Sunday apology through the Express
he says he has not the slightest intention or
desire to become candidate for the Mayor
atty. Another resolution on the ditch ques-
ton would knock all future Aldermanic ambi.
ton out OF him.
SENATOR BLAIR's sub committee has been q
most fruitful theme for the newspaper
writers, and il is quite probable that the re-
suits obtained may be more valuable than they
now appear, although the greater portion OF
the testimony taken has come from theorists
and men who practically do not know that
il takes hundred cents to make dollar.
TRAIN robbers attacked Santa Fe train at
Coolidge, Kansas, Saturday morning and
killed the engineer and wounded the fire.
man. One Of the robbers got into the ex-
press car and shot at the messenger, who re-
turned the fire and compelled him to run
without getting any of the money or yalu-
ables. Officers are in pursuit.
The Washington Republican says; 1.-THE
railways Of Texas have compromised with the
colored people by agreeing to put on cars for
their accommodation in every way equal to
those furnished to white travellers. This
ought TO obviate the necessity Of having to
kill SO many 'niggers" in the future" But
it would not obviate the necessity for
giving the lool-killer a job Of exterminatnP
the class Of writer's who attempt to say some