The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10
For the Exposition.

Mr.. William Mittmann, the horn chair
manufacturer, yesterday showed the
LIGHT his fine exhibit of horn chairs and
other articles of home manufactures,
which he has manufactured for exhibit
tion at the great New Orleans EXPOSE
tion. The articles form complete par
Tor set, with sofa, two reception chairs,
two children's chairs, two drawing room
chairs, one library and one rocking
chair, a centre table, inlald with horn
veneering for chess or draughts, hat
rack, four wall pockets and two vases.
The entire set is valued by the maker at
not less than $1,000. He leaves for New
Orleans next month, where he will es-
tablish temporary mandatory and be
prepared to furnish chairs to order for
all corners during the great fair. Mr.. w.
Friedrich is also finishing of a splendid
set Of horn furniture for the exposition.
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The Galveston News makes the follow
ing additions concerning the great work
done for Texas by Henry Castro, father
of Mr.. Lorenzo Castro, of this city. The
News, after copying an item published
In the LIGHT last week, says; "Henry
Castro, a native Of France, was born in
1856. In 1906 he was one Of the guard Of
honor who accompanied Napoleon to
Spain. As an officer of the National
Guard he fought at Cliohy in 1914. AZ
ter the fall Of Napoleon, Castro immi-
grated to New York and was natural
lied, but he returned to Paris in 1888 and
became member of the banking house
Of LATTE q Co. In 1912 he was APP
pointed Consul General of the Republic
OF Texas, In France. He soon after took
large contracts for the settlement of
Europeans In Western Texas and intro
duced 1856 families and 457 single men up
to the time Of the annexation of Texas
to the United States, the first settlement
being made on the Medina, the site of
Castroville, in September, 1884. He
published during the period named
many pamphlets and maps con-
veying information in regard to Texas,
which contributed to immigration from
the Rhine country. lie died at Mon
terey, Mexico"
The Independent is going for Mr..
Cleveland quite vigorously, considering
the fact that it was among the papers
that endorsed his nomination. In the
issue of last week the Independent says:
"Certain 1t is that the Independent Re-
publicans, who ignorantly Endorsed Mr..
Cleveland and publicly declared their
purpose to support him, did not know
the man as the record of his private life
revealed him to be, and which record,
by Gods lightning voice, has been sent
with flash to every village and hamlet
Of the nation, and thence to the very
ends Of the earth. These Republicans
cannot, in view Of what they know, give
him their support without the grossest
disqualification, and, indeed, without
justly exposing themselves to the charge
of gross and senseless hypocrisy. The
simple and plain truth is that the ad-
mitted ofiense of Mr.. Cleveland touches
upon domain of family and public
morals SO vitality and SO dangerously to
the public good as TO utterly disqualify
him for the office of President or any
other Office in the gift of the people.
This is the position the Independent,
after due consideration of the facts and
our duty to God and man, took last
week and means sternly to maintain.
Any effort to evade this conclusion only
makes the duty the more obvious"