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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12
A FINE RANCH FOR SALE.
$500 Acres Fenced and Stocked with Horses,
Cattle and Goats.

$500 Acres Fenced and Stocked with Horses,
Cattle and Goats.
A fine ranch of G,500 acres Of land, all
fenced, in Uvalde county, % miles from
the town of Uvalde. The land is situated
at the mouth of the Sabinal and Frio
rivers, fronting seven. miles on the
Sabinal. Has plenty of good grass,
water and timber. One-third valley.
light mulatto soil and 40 acres in cult
walton. Six hundred acres is enclosed
for horse pasture. There is a good
eight-room frame house, three tenement
houses, stables and cribs, two wells with
good water. On the ranch are 400 head
cattle, one-half to two-thirds Durham,
100 head horses and mule colts and 200
Angora mixed goats. Title warranted
perfect. To be purchased at bargain.
Address for the next 60 days for full
particulars ~. Il. IT," this Office, or j..
W. Bradley, Real Estate Agent, San
Antonio, Texas. 5-Stf
The best smoking tobacco is 'Little
Joker"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12
A FINE FARM,

ofi,i0o Acres. for Sale a, a Bargain.
Fine tract Of land of LOO acres, In
Harris county, six miles from Houston,
on Buffalo Bayou, railroad running by
same. Plenty of water, grass and tim
Der. Some improvements, and part
under cultivation. -Four hundred tons
of hay cut from same last season. VIII be
sold cheap and on easy terms. Address,
5-5tf j. W. BRADLEY,
Real Estate Agent, San Antonio.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
MAYORS OFFICE.
CRY OF SAN NTONIO. TEX,

June 3, 1884.
In accordance with a resolution adopted by
the City Council Mt the meeting held on the
18th day of May. 1854. sealed proposals will be
received ut this office until July ., 1884. " NJ,
from date, for paving Commerce street, from
Main plaza to bridg /, over San Antonio river,
with mesquite, or other wooden blocks, on
concrete foundation.
All bidders shall deposit with the City Clerk
at the time Of filing proposals, not less than
five hundred $500 dollars, us n forfeit, In case
they or he fail to commence work within
thirty days from date Of awarding contract
should their proposals be accepted.
Tho successful bidder shall he required to
enter into good and sufficient bond, with
suretiee, for ths faithful performance of the
work; the bond to be equal to two thirds of
the amount of contract.
Specifications may be seen at tho Office OF
City Engineer. Contractors can also hid fur
nishnR their plans and specifications. The city
reserves right tD ject any and all bids.
j. II. FRENCH,
BY Il. Z. CLAUDON, Mayor.
City clerk. G-3i6t
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12

Subscribers to stock, and every citizen
interested in the construction Of rail-
road from the city Of San Antonio to the
Gulf, to be owned and controlled by our
fellow-citizens, will please meet in the
District court room, on Soledad street,
at so'olock, on next Tuesday evening,
June II.
6-l0-6t The SOLICITING COMMITTEE.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12

JUDGE J. W. STANTON most pointedly
declines to be a candidate for Congress
from the Seventh district, which leaves
the race on the Democratic side between
Messrs. Grain and Pearson as against
Congressman Ochiltree.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12

No DEMOCRATIC paper that is in any
manner posted has been so rash as to say
that Mr.. Blaine can be easily beaten in
his race for the Presidency. The Re-
publican party is no mob, and this year
will find 1t as compact and solid as a
well-trained army.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12

RoscoE CoNKLING pronounces himself
for Blaine on the ground that he desires
to see a firm, brilliant and aggressive
administration of the affairs OF the coun-
try. 1t is quite safe to say that when
the campaign fully opens the Republic
can party will be as completely organ
lied as at any time in its history.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12

CoRPUs CHRISTI is having visit from
a large number of merchants and oiti-
zens generally Of Saltillo, Monterey,
Laredo and other points on the line of
the Mexican National railway in Mexico
this week, through the medium of an
excursion train on that road, and no
doubt will profit greatly by the acquain-
tances made and friendly relations es-
tnblished
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12

Mr.. FLOWER, of New York, in the Ian
guage of an enthusiastic Democrat, is
"a strong man, and is worth ten or
twelve millions Of dollars" This latter
statement will settle his candidacy.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12
PROPRIETORS.
ADVERTISING RATES !

Reading matter. local column, 20 cents per
line first insertion, 10 cents first week, and6
cents after first week. Per month cents
per line.
Legal advertisements 81 per inch first inscr-
tion. 10 cents for each subsequent insertion,
Home advertisements payable on first Of each
month. Transient advertising payable In adj
vance. Only metal cuts printed.
All contracts must DO approved by the Dust
meas Manager.
IF Johnson is duly authorized to solicit
for the SAN ANTONIO LIGHT. Subscribers not
receiving their paper will please make com
plant to him or at the Office. Subscribers are
warned not to pay their subscription except
upon presentation Of a properly reccipted bill
from this office.
THOMAS n. JOHNSON,
Business Manager.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12

The Fort Worth Gazette deflantly puts
a chip on Its shoulder and says; There
is nothing mean about the Gazette-the
harder the fight the more glorious the
victory. We ask no advantage, and SO
warn the anti-free grass men to pool
their issues. Some Of them want herd
law; some a lease system; some condi-
tional lease. Pool your issues, gentle
men, we are ready for the battle on
either proposition"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12
THE MENGER BAR

Has been entirely rehttod by Laux & Schmidt.
Mr.. Herman Iaux was formerly the well
known proprietor OF the "Jewel," and they
will be glad to see their old friends and try to
mako new ones.
go 3m LAUN SCHMIDT.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12
THOMAS II. JOHNSON.
business Manager.

Entered at postonico at San Antoiuv, IvAns
second class matter.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12
CITY COLLECTORS OFFICE. /
SAN ANTONIO, June l2, 1884
Notice to Contractors !
MAYORS OFFICE,
SAN ANTONIO, June II, 1884.

I'm ANIONIO, June IT, 1881.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RESOLUTION
j adopted by the city Council June o, 1884,
sealed proposals for the construction OF
sewer from interseN ton of Houston aud Sole
dad streets to San Antonio river will be re-
ceived at this office until II o'clock, moor,
THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1881.
Plans and specifications can be soon at Office
OF City Engineer. Each bidder Is required TO
deposit the sum OF NIFTY dollars in the hands OF
the CITY Clerk with his proposal, TO be held as a
forfeit IN case party to whom the contract il
awarded does not begin work within thirty
days from the letting of the work
The right is reserved TO reject any and all
bids. j H. FRENCH
by f. =. CLAuDoN, Mayor.
City Clerk. G-lO-td
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12

MR.. BLAINE has been nominated as an
advocate OF protection" says the New
York Tribune. "IIis opinions on the
tariff question need no explanation, and
his nomination will be hailed with the
utmost enthusiasm by the friends of the
protective tariff in every part of the
land. In nominating Mr.. Blaine, more
over, the convention adopts the idea
that no form Of servile labor can be toll
Grated In this country. Whether the
serf comes from China or from Hungary,
the Republican party objects. At the
same time, the convention proposes to
educate American labor, so that 1t may
be better fitted for the responsibilities of
self-government. Mr.. Blaine's remark
able letter on this subject, which was
derided by some opponents, finds re-
Spouse In the Republican platform, and
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12

MIR. A. W. CLIFFORD, Of this office, who
is engaged in mining operations near
Monterey, Mexico, recently purchased
lot of smelling machinery, which he
stopped at Laredo, waiting the result of
the Presidential election in Mexico,
Whereupon number of public spirited
citizens of that place started movement
looking to the establishment of the
smelling works there instead of at the
mines. Laredo has many natural advant-
ages for the successful operation of such
enterprises, by reason of her near prox-
unity to an immense mining district and
the vast deposits of coal right at her
very doors, and the smelling works
would be the beginning of great future
prosperity.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-12

"SAN ANTONIO" says the Kaufman
Sun, sis blessed with three excellent
papers, the LIGHT, the Times and the
Express. They are all neatly printed
and ably edited. The LIGHT is a liberal,
fair-minded Republican journal; the
Times is straight out, Simon pure
Democratic organ, and the Express is
Protective Democrat-a kind of Ran
dau side issue. The LIGHT and Times
are our special favorites among the daily
press. We love to read a candid, con-
sistent Republican paper, but we are
literally stuck on the Times Democ-
racy."
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-09-25
Respectfully,
''o''oN'IN''1I'
w. B. WALKER.

The New York HERALD, in a scath-
ing review of Blaine's exposed infamy
says:
At the beginninf of June, 1876, Mr.
James G.. Blaine event on his knees"
to Mr.. James Mulligan at the Riggs
House, in the city of Washington,
and,with prayers and tears and threats
OF committing suicide, sought to ex-
anime a package containing fifteen of
his letters which was in Mulligan's
possession. Mulligan yielded to the
pitiful and AFFECT entreaties. Blaine
got the ,pledging his word of
honor (Which he broke) to give it back
Examining the contents, he found
that though they were very bad they
were not the worst he had expected.
lie had written other letters which,
to his great relief, he did not find
among them. He was an aspirant for
the Presidential nomination of the
Republican National Convention,
which was to meet at Cincinnati June
18th, and believing that copies of the
contents of the packages existed, al
though he had secured the originals,
and that they would become public
before the convention, he resolved on
a Enthusiastically audacious course
to publish them himself as the lesser
of the two evils. After 8 years Mr..
Mulligan now gives to the public 10
more letters of Mr.. Blaine las duty
to his fellow-country." We print them
in full. There is scarcely one which
does not contain damning proofs Of
Blaine's corruptions and Of the de.
basement to which the Republican
party has sunk itself by nominating
him for President. We direct special
attention to the letter of April l6
1876, requesting Mr.. Fisher to sign
and return "a document composed for
him by Mr.. Blaine, making false
statements concerning Mr.. Blaine''
railroad iobbery, and designed for
publication to help his Presidential
aspirations at Cincinnati. The people
will understand now why Mr.. Blaine
"went on his knees" and threatened
suicide to move Mr.. Mulligan to lend
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-09-25

Democracy more necessary-more
indispensable. In every free COM
monwealth there is as great need
for an opposition as for a Government;
and though the Republicans should
continue to hold the keys of power
and place for another quarter Of a
century, the Democrats will continue
to oppose their principles and resist
their development. They may con-
tinue for long time, and on many
fields,to fight none but losing battles,
and the tired and exhausted veterans
may sadly drop out of the ranks and
disappear. But new recruits, young,
ardent, disinterested, believing in
liberty and devoted to the public
will rise up to take their places.
No calamity can extinguish De-
mocracy, no error of those who are
temporarily intrusted with its leader
ship can break 1T down; it is immor-
tal.-New York Sun.
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Charming Exhibit.

We find in the last issue OF the
Greenville Times the follwing de
scription of II charming, instructive
ard interesting exhibit being prepar
ed by one of the talented ladies OF
Washington county, for the Missls-
sppi Department at the New Or
leans Exposition:
We are informed that Mrs. Matt
F. johnson Is painting n SET OF China
to be exhibited ut the coming Expo
sition. Each piece will have upon 1t
differing feature OF cotton; The
seed, the young plant, the form, the
bloom, the boil, the opened cotton
the stalk, etc. in their varying phases.
As an accompaniment to the exhibit
of the banner cotton county OF the
South, this design is especially ap
propriate.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-09-25
IMMORTAL DEMOCRACY.

The life of the Democracy does
not depend upon any success of the
hour. Elections may be lost or
elections may be won, wisdom Or folly
may prevail for the time being; delu-
sions may overcome the minds of
men and passion and interest may
lead them astray; but after all politi-
cal sins have been committed, and
all blunders endured and punished,
the truth of Democracy still shines
untarnished, and the hopes of man
kind cluster around the possibility of
its realization.
Those who imagine that the life of
the Democratic party depends upon
its fortunes at any particular time,
those who fancy that the failure to
carry an election may disrupt, or dis
organize or destroy it, are mistaken
and deceived.
What is Democracy =? What makes
the Democratic party Democracy
is the government of the people by
the people and for the people. 1t is
that theory and form OF political
institutions which establishes the
self government Of communities and
States,a and diminishes to the greatest
possible extent the dominion, the
control, and the interference of the
central organized authority.
There are two tendencies in human
nature. One is to the increase of
power in government,the other to its
elimination. The Democracy is the
representative and embodiment of the
latter tendency.
Those, then, who would stake the
existence Of Democracy and the
Democratic party upon local and
temporary issues, such as taxes on
wool or the excuses on whiskey,fail
to appreciate its grand and universal
nature. Democracy remains after all
these momentary controversies have
been fought out and forgotten.
So long as there is a republic
there must be Democratic party.
The party of Capitalization, bent
always on enlarging the sphere and
aggrandlzing the Importance of the
aentral power, stands out on one side
end the party of the masses,of liberty
and equality, stands out on the other
The fact that the Republicans
triumph in one election after another
only rend ers the continuance OF the
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-09-25

THE Republicans nre Mortified be
Cause the Democrats huve photo
graphed Baipes hundred thousand
dollar pa'ace and are distributing
the pictures through the North, as
an evidence Of what can be saved"
in twenty years of public life in one
of the most extravagant cities on the
Continent, out of salary of five
Thousand dollars a"year, by man
who claimed that he was not engaged
in any other line of business that
added to his income.
1t is a fact worthy of note that
while Blaine lives in this gorgeous
Washington palace, his great Demo-
cratic rival in the Huuse of Represen'
tatives, and contemporary in public
lie, Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsyl
vLnia, occupies one OF the humblest
residences in the cheap quarter Of
Washington, and so lives because his
means will not admit of expansion.
Yet there never was time when
Randall could no, have sold his vote
asd influence for more than Blaine
with all his greed would" have had
tue impotence to ask for his. This
contrast between the homes y of
Democrats aud Republicans in high
place, has miny parallels in Wash
iupton
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-09-25
Another Great Mississippi Rail-
Road.

1t will be remembered that we
spoke confidently last year of the
purchase of the Mississippi and
Tennessee road by the Illinois Gen.
trail, for we felt that it was absolnte-
ly essential to the prosperity of the
last named corporation to control a
connection with Memphis; but, in
spite of the protest of Presidel t
Clark his board of directors permits
ted the NJ 4 7. line to be purchased
by the Wilson road, aud that cor
poration hns, as might naturally be
expected, gwen notice that after
October first it will cease to make
connections with the competing line.
The result of this is that the Hi
nois Central road has ordered Il sur.
vey to he mnde at once for great
North and South feeder extending
along the foot hills from Memphis,
Tenn, to Lexington, Miss, pier cling
the counties of DeS TIA. TATE, Panola.
Talhhatchie, Grenada. Carroll and
Holmes, the finest cotton region III
she world, and running just far
enough to The West Of the Mssis
sippi and Tennessee road to inter
cept nll of its best trade with the
valley counties,
The surveys for this new line I'M
der the direct control of Capt John u
Mann, Chief Engineer of the Illinois
Central, will proceed with all posi-
BILE rapidly, and the probability is
that the contracts for building it
will be let ont within the next sky
days unless the plan in brought to
an end by huniltaling compro
mise on the part of tue Wilson com
bination.
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COngressnen's Letters.
Washington Cor. Boston, Herald.

washington Cor. Boston, Herald.I
"Few people realize the fact" said
a clerk to- ono OF the Senate Commit
ie IS, ''that Senator no longer has
the ranking privilege, or else it must
be that no one thinks it worth while
to inclose a postage stamp when writ
ing to member of Congress on pri-
vate business. You see that pile of
letters there are ia of them. /
have used up nearly 81 worth of
stamps in getting them ready for the
mails. Each letter in the batch is an
answer to some request made by Sen-
ator-'s constituents. He receives
between IS and 100 letters daily,
and never fails to answer every one
of them. These letters contain all
sorts of requests. Here is one asking
for the Senator's photograph. Here
is another from man who wants to
be railway mail clerk. This is from
an old fellow who wants the records
searched; he has forgotten the name
of the officers of his company, and he
wants pension. This one wanted a
whole encyclopedia OF information.
Here is a letter from country doctor
who asks for whole set OF the Medi-
cal and Surgical History of the War.
Out of the ia letters to which have
just mailed replies only two contain
ed stamps for return postage. When
Jim Bedford made the statement on
the floor of the House to the effect
that his entire salary was consumed
in paying postage, he stretched the
truth Of course. But he came very
mnch nearer to that jewel than any
one outside of Congress gave him
credit for. 1t is a fact the average
Senator is compelled to pay out of
own pocket from 500 to $1,000 a
year for postage on letters in replying
to communications from con stituents.
Some pay out even more than the
largest figure. Senator Logan en-
ploys two os three clerks besides the
one assigned to his committee, and
he keeps them all busy. suppose
Senator Logan receives more soldier
mail than any FIVE members of the
House or Senate put together. The
salary of a Senator is $4,000. 1t costs
him at least 81 800 to $1,000 year
to attend to his correspondence, and
board bills are fearfully high here
That's the reason why ! say the
average correspondent of a Senator OF
member of Congress should inclose "a
stamp for reply or stop writing"
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-09-25
Notice to Creditors.

Whereas letters testamentary on the
estate Of Henry Bell deceased were
granted to the undersigned, by an order
of the Chancery Court OF Monroe coun-
ty, on the probate Of the last Will ana
Testament of said deeendent naming me
as Executor on May 9th 1884. Now.
therefore, this is to notify all persons
holding claims against the Estate OF said
t,ecedent to probate the same, within
the time prescribed by law otherwise
thew will be forever barred.
CHAS. BUCKINGHAM,
sept 9Th 1884. Executor.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-09-25

The Greenbackers and Independ-
ents Of Benton county, many Of
whom supported Chalmers in the
last contest, are now outspoken for
Judge Morgan. They voted for Chal
mers in 1882 as an "independent
Democrat but they wont touch him
with forty,foot pole as a follower
and adherant of the "tatood man.
who bedragles the dirty plume Bob
Ingersoll stuck in his bonnet.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-09-25
OF LEE COUNTY

The management of the Associa-
ted Press, is now as it has been for
the last ten wears, in the hands of the
friends OF Mr.. Blaine, and the news
matter furnished by it to the various
journals is so VIGOROUSLY unreliable
that they are compelled to spend
immense sums for special dispatches
in order to he able to keep accurate
" posted in regard to current pollti-
cal events. One strong case i'll point
was its report Of the meeting of Irish
Blaine men in New York the other
day. 1t made it out Il grand and
imposing demonstration, whereas 1t
was the most farsical political failure
ever know in Gotham.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-09-25

OHIO has not Civ, II IT'S electoral vote
to Democratic cuulidate for President
since ] $50 when it voted for Franklin
Pierce OF New Hampshire. Many Dem
ocrsts IRE counting upon it "going back
on its record" next month, but if they
will remember thai such a result would
be the virtual Termination of the cam
paign, aud that the Republicans art
absolutely kicked out of court ii they
fail to carry the October election in the
Buckeye STATE, they will appreciate the
necessity for adhering to the unbroken
preccdents of the last twenty eight years,
and believe that the Republicans will
save Ohio next mouth ifmll the money
and patronage the purity Can command
will avail.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-09-25

THE Vcksburg Evening Post in
fers from report that has reached
it, tha, Hon Jno. M. Allen. Demo
cratic candidate for Congress in this
District, is opposed to the Senate
BIZ now pending in the House 81
Representatives, granting Federal
aid to public schools. There is not
IL word of truth in his report, Mr.
Allen is emphaticnlly in favor of the
bill as it passed the Senate with the
eloquent support OF Lamar and
George, but opposed TO the attempt
ed amendments of Sherman, Hawley
and Edmunds, the Radical leaders
who attempted to kill it by putting
the control Of the expenditure OF
the fund, and the management o.
the schools, in Federal hands. Il
those centraIizing and State-crurh'
ing amendments had been adopted
by the Senate every Democrat II
Congress or out of it, who loved bis
State, would have opposed the meas
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-09-25

The mast crop in ali portions of
the State is an unusually fine one
this year. and fortunately supple
ments fair corn crop. 1t will I'M
der existing circumstances take a
shrewd hog, possessed Of large
amount of self denial, to avoid get
ting fat enough for killing early in
the winter
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-09-25

A rousing vote will 60 up for FRED
BARRY from old Calhoun county
Pittsboro Banner.
Why so partial to Calhoun, when
every county in the District is equal
ly deserving, and will bring up big
majority for the nominee?
Montgomery promises him 1900
majarity. -Winona Advance.