The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-03-26
WedHeSddv. March 26. 1884.


WedAeSddv March 26. 1884.
THK fence cutter has recently been
operating in Coryell county. near Eagle
Springs, the pasture fence Of Mr.. 4.
Smith, ofthat neighborhood, having been
cut one day last week,
The BRENNAN Banner thinks it will be
n good day for Texas when the time
comes that Governor can be reelected
ON his merits and not to yindicate his
administration.
TnE LIGHT has received the Texas
W orld. published AT Dallas by j. c. Hart.
formerly Of the Two Laredos at Laredo.
The Texas World is neat six-column
paper, Independent in politics. and gives
promise of the good success that the
LIGHr wishes for it.
TIM grand jury having got in its work
against the city and county officials. for
an alleged neglect of duty, it remains to
be seen if il will pan ont in proper shape,
and if the indictments are really pushed
to u full prosecution, it is no figure of
speech to say that there will be some of
the loudest kind of music in the air in n
short time.
The BRENNAN Banner philosopher,
speaking of the deep water scheme at
Galveston. says: An appropriation
by the State will meet with great oppo-
sition, especially at the hands of the
present generation of mOssbacks. of
whom there are not Il few in Texas. In
fact, the mossbaok is to be found every
no special locality. The matter of deep
water is of vast Importance. and it
should be kept constantly before the
public"
The Federal judgship question has at
last been settled in Texas by the nomi-
nation, by the President, of Judge c. b.
Sabin, of Galveston. A. +. Stratton was
nominated United States Attorney for
the Eastern district; j. G.. Tracy, of
Houston, Marshal; W. NJ. Taylor, Col
lector of Customs for the district of III
Paso, and James o. Luby, Collector of
Gust oms for the district of Brazos de
Santiago. Colonel David $. Stanley was
also nominated for Brigadier General.
Tue El Paso Lone star and the Times
are ''poking sticks at the editor of the
Herald, of that city, for his attempt to
bluff the Times in card which he sent
to that office, demanding that it retract
statement previously made "before
sundown.' The Times man ''stood
pat,' whereupon the Herald undert ook
to crawl out of very small hole under
the plea that he was not a duelist, and
simply wrote the note to fix the identity
Of the author of the Objectionable
article. Newspaper wars are generally
only sanguine in words, but this seems
to be the most ridiculous of any re-
ported for long time, and the LIGHT
admires the Times for its manly stand in
the premises.
SPEAKING of the State Republican con
yention to be held at Fort Worth on
April 30, the Texas World most truly
says; ut is Of the greatest importance
TO all Republicans to see that honest
Republicans are selected as delegates to
this convention, that they do not per
init ii TO he made up of the rabble and
riff raff of the so-callcd Republicans and
Self-constituted. politicians of the party
The RepublicaSparty, if properly organ.
lied, is stronger in Texas than many Of
the Southern States. All il needs "a
exert It's influence is to properly organ.
i've in the hands of good men in whom
the people may have confidence, anC
many intelligent and honest men will
come to the support of t he Republican
party"
A LARGE number of papers have beer
attempting to make heroes out of Bel
Thompson and King Fisher. The fol
lowing from the BRENNAN Ban Ger show
that many of the stories about these mel
are mere fabricatlons, after the style o
the "eye-witness" statements made re
garding the killing; "The fine sensa
uonal story published in the Houston
Post about King Fisher being presente,
to Horace Greeley when that gentlema
was present at an agricultural fair /
1873 or 1874, at Brennan, as a typics
Texas desperate, reads well, and woul
do first rate except for one thing; Horac
Greeley never made speech at a fair /
BRENNAN. He did, however, pas