The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-24
to the mercantile and industrial interests
of the country and particularly to watch
Legislation In that direction.

to the mercantile and industrial interests
of the country and particularly to watch
Legislation In that direction.
The Houston Age Is respectfully In.
formed that the LIonr has no doubts as
to the election OF Governor Cleveland
that II accepts the situation and expects
to be rs happy and MS prosperous under
his administration as 1t would have
been had Mr.. Blaine been the successful
one. But the LiGnr does not believe
the Republican party Is any weaker by
Mr.. Blaine's defeat, and when the pres
ent liz of Republican Federal Office
holders in Texas is replaced by that
number Of Democrats, some good will
come out of the party in the future, be-
cause the adventures and the drones
will have disappeared.
CORRESPONDENTS should remember the
fate OF the man who wrote letters, which
is illustrated by the good memory
possessed by the Laredo Times, when 1t
says: Magnolia" "a lady correspon-
dent of the San Antonio Light, who
asplres to playing the role Of Miriam
to the colored children dominates Col
onel Belknap for Mayor Of the Alamo
city, as he Is the whitest souled man
she has found in those parts. Miss
Magnolia seems TO have forgotten that
she declared some time ago that II
Cleveland was elected she would pack
up her traps and shake the dust of Texas
from her dainty French boots. Magnolia
will be Democrat in the near future
See If she DON'T
The Bracket News keeps n sharp
look out, and says: 1.-The san Antonio
Light is deyoting considerable space to
the lives of the preachers Of Texas.
Already the good times caused by the
election are coming when our dailies
are devoting their columns, that were
previously devoted to dog fights, to BIZ
ographies of fighting par sons" f.
They all do It," We notice that the
Street Commissioner has been eNoner-
ated by the Council of San Antonio for
employing an extra force Of workmen
for few days before election. We do
not doubt but that the work could have
been postponed for few days, but
never put of till tomorrow that which
you can do to-day and 1t is nice thing
to have large force of men in ones
4. 4.
"REcENr returns made to the Con-
troller of the State OF Texas" says
Bradstreets, "sh,w rapid increase in
wealth and population during the past
few years. The increase in the assessed
valuation last year was over $4,000, 600.
The total assessed value of the state in
1881 was S5S3, 100000, rs against S3ll,-
900, 900 in 1850, an increase in four years
of nearly S215,OOOOOO. That part of
this increase in assessed value may be
due to improved assessment methods Is
possible, but the larger part is probably
due to the wonderful development ofthat
State during the past few years. That
Aht NcEfHHlltll 10 sum 10 w y
denced by the fact that the assessed
value Of the railroads of Texas is but
Si0O0O.000, while the actual value
is claimed to he over S2O0,O0O,0OO. The
school lands of that state are not as
sessed, and are worth about $4,000 900.
According TO the State bureau of stat
isiics the population in 1881 was 2,2lj,-
200. as compared with l,i9l,70O in 1850,
an increase in four years of 623, 05i, or at
the rate of 10000 per year. That the
real value Of the property in that State
is really much more than is reported is
evident, but the great increase shown in
the value of the property already as
sessed gives promise of Il further in
crease In material prosperity and
wealth."
TIE editor of the Gatesville Advance
taking the circus for the text, breaches
the following: Don't understand us to
condemn the circus going Christians on
the principle of Phariseeism. We have
attended circus exhibitions. We at
tended one last fall at Waco. At least
10000 others attended. Among the num-
Der was eX-Rev. j. ID. Shaw, who is en-
gagged in the creditable business OF man
ufacturing instruments with which to
survey a new, more respectable and
less circuitous route to hell. Mr.. Shaw,
as our readers are aware, used to be n
guaranteed not-to-fade, all-wool Metho-
dist preacher, and was pastor of the
Waco church. lie is at present boss of
handful OF cranks in Waco, who are
furnishing the money for him to Use in
making his new set of instruments. lie
sat close to me at the circus last fall,
and as near as we can remember these
were his words, after he had scanned
the crowd. spoken to a friend near by
"Ah, | see more of my old Methodist
congregation here than do of my Lib.