The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-01-10


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Entered at postofnce At San Antonio, Texas,
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1854.
MAKDI GRAs at Galveston will occur on
Tuesday, February 26.
The Uvalde Hesperian reports a most
complimentary building and improvement
boom for that place.
THE Galveston Print ais warmly and ardently
In favor OF free trade in Mexico, and more es-
pecially SO for that portion of the sister Re-
public bordering on the Rio Grande."
THRRh has been right smart sprinkling Of
cold weather throughout Texas the past few
days, and interior papers record it as some
thing unusual-the sport Of skating on ice.
As A promiscuous orphan the trade dollar
is an immense success. Mr.. Burchard, the
Director Of the mint, estimates that there are
in actual. active circulation about 6,ooo, 900
in the United States.
In ANOTHER column will be found very
sensible article in defense Of the San Antonio
club, in reply to the article copied Tuesday
from the Bracket News. The writer is en-
tirely disinterested in the matter, as he is not
4 member of the club.
THE Victoria Advocate, in quoting from
the LIGHT on the same subject, says: There
never was anything to equal the foolish policy
ofhoarding up large sums ofmoney adopted by
a previous State administration. No fiscal
year should show in the State Treasury 81 in
excess Of the expenses Of the government"
THE need Of large and comnodiou,
opera house in San Antonio is shown in the
fact that J. II. Haverly's Silver King com
pany have about two car loads OF scenery,
which will test Turner hall to its utmos
capacity to accommodate. Some enterpris
ing citizen has an opportunity to hand hi,
name down 20 posterity-in an elegant four
story opera house.
AMONG the excursionists yesterday was al
old man who came from the cold hills o
the East, and in walking around the city b
stopped at Runyan's flower stand, on CON
nerce street, where are to be found nunbe
Of 6ne plants in bloom, and he gave loud ex
preston to the statement that it was the frs
tine in his life that he had seen plants Il
bloom in January in the open air.
THE Waco Examiner says: "The extr
session will be memorable epoch in Texa
history. A full, complete and satisfactor
solution Of the fence troubles will immortaliz
every maa connected with that body down t
the humblest page on the aoor. Halos wi
even gather about the brows Of the portrait
Of the fathers Of Texas hanging about tn
State house. Well, wen see what we sha
see p. d. O."
THE San Antonio Wool Journal is th
week transformed into the Texas Stockmar
being simply change Of name, in most e,
cellent and enterPrising journal. The LIcH
commends the change made by Messr
Claridge & Allen. Texas is becoming Il
center Of diversified stock interests, and Il
Wool Journal, while it was DEVOTED to all il
teresu, did not particularly fill the wa
needed by the stockmen Of Western Texa
which will be supplied by the Tex
Stockman.
The LIGHT appreciates the many comp
ments paid it by its contemporaries all ov
the State, because the newspapers Of Texas a
Democratic by very large majority. T
LIGHT is Republican from principle, and do