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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15
GOOD SMALL FARM.

Fourteen miles from San Antonio on the
Calaveras creek, containing 100 acres Of
land, 30 acres under cultivation, one
house with two rooms, stable, a good
we'll and water in the Calaveras creek.
Price $1,000.
A very desirable property, as a sum
mer residence or dairy, 20 minutes drive
from Main plaza, consisting OF 80 acres
Of land under fence, good dwelling
house with six rooms and gallerys,
kitchen and store room, good cistern
and water tanks, 80 head of milk cattle,
horse and farming implements. For
particulars address al. c." care LIGHT
Price 1880.
AZ acres OF land fenced between the
San Antonio river and the San Jose
ditch, three miles from San Antonio.
Good location for a dairy. Price S2,7O0
80 head improved milk COWS and
heifers; price SIS all around.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

TnE usual claim everything, after any
exciting election. comes In with the re-
turns from Ohio. where the Legislature
is claimed by both parties. But all the
same Mr.. Foraker, Republican, Is. elect-
ed by plurality Of from 1900 to 10000,
while the Cincinnati rimes-Star says
that the Republicans have carried that
city with plurality OF nearly 2OOO. The
Legislature will no doubt be Republic
can, and Hon. John sherman will be his
own successor In the Senate.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15
Cancer of the Tongue.


Some ten years ago had a scrofuous sore
on my right ha nd which gave me great trouble
and under the old-time treatment healed up,
but IL had only been driven into the system by
the use OF potash and mercury, and IN March,
lsS2, il broke out In my throat, and concen
trated In what some of the doctors called can
Ger, eating through my cheek, destroying the
roof of my mouth and upper lip, then attacked
my tongue, palate and lower lip, destroying
the palate and under lip entirely and half my
tongue, eating out 70 the top of my left cheek
bone and up to the left eye. / could not eat
any solid food, but subsisted on liquids, and
my tongue vas so far gone could not talk.
Such was my wretched, helpless condition the
first of last October $3.50, when my friends
commenced giving me Swift's Specific In less
than a month the eating places stopped and
healing commenced, and the fearful aperture
in my cheek has been closed and firmly knitted
together. A process OF "a new under lip Is pro-
crossing finely, and the tongue which was al
most destroyed II being recovered, and IL
seems that nature Ii supplying a new tongue
! can talk so that my friends can readily UNI
derstand mo, and can also cat solid food again.
II any doubt these facts would refer them
TO Hon. John II. Traylor, State Senator OF this
district and TO Dr. 7 s. Bradheld. OF la
Grange, Ga.
MRS. MARY l.. CONFER.
LAGRANGE, Ca, May II, 1870.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
| free.
! The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta
Ga. MY lbI W. I'D ST,
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15
BARGAIN COLUMN.
Parties Wishing 10 Buy, Rent o. Sell
Should Consult this Column.


A well improved farm, situated two
hundred yards from station at Moore
Hollow, on the International railroad, In
a good, healthy country, containing
400 acres of land all under fence; So In
cultivation, a good frame house OF six
rooms, dining room and kitchen, all sur
rounded by gallery stable, barns, bath
house garden, all In good order; water
from tank and well to be sold for
cash. If desired some cattle and horses
will be sold on the place at their mark
ket value; possession given at short
notice. Title perfect and warranted.
For particulars address or call on 81
c." Price $4,000.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

THf state elections of the current
year are not many. but some Of them are
important. Following is the list. Ar
kansas will elect, Mt a special election to
be held on Tuesday, November 10, an
Associated Justice Of the Supreme court
to ill the unexpired term Of the Hon. j.
II. Eakin, deceased. Colorado will elect
on Tuesday, November 3, Il Judge of its
Supreme court. Connecticut will elect
on Tuesday, November 3, one-half its
State Senate for one year only and the
members of its House of Represents
tives. Florida elected on Tuesday, May
., the members of u Constitutional con-
vention, which met in Tallahassee on
Tuesday, June 0. and framed Il new
constitution for the State, and provided
that it should be submitted to the vote
Of the people on Tuesday, November 2,
1856. Iowa will elect on Tuesday, No
vember 3, Governor and other State off,
GERS and Legislature. Kentucky elected
on Monday, August 3, the Democratic
candidate for State Treasurer and re-
jected proposition to hold oonven-
| tion to revise the Constitution of the
state. Maryland will elect on Tuesday,
November 3, Comptroller and Clerk of
the Court Of Appeals. Massachusetts
viii elect on Tuesday, November 3,
| Governor and other State officers and
Legislature, and vote upon proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the
state providing for precinct voting
in towns. Michigan elected on
Monday, April 6, the fusion can
didates for Supreme Judge and
Regents of the State University. Mis-
sissippi will elect on Tuesday, NoyeIn-
her 3, Governor and other State officers,
and Legislature. Nebraska will elect
on tuesday, November 3, Supreme
Judge and Regents of the State Univer-
sity. New Jersey will elect on Tues
day, November 3, part of Its Senate and
the Assembly. New York will elect on
Tuesday, November 3, Governor and
other State officers, five Justices Of The
Supreme Court and both branches of the
Legislature. Pennsylvania will elect on
Tuesday, November 3, State Treasurer
Rhode Island elected on Wednesday
April |, the Republican candidates fol
Governor and other State officers, and
Legislature. Virginia will elect on
Tuesday, November 3, Governor, Lieu,
tenant G overnor, and Attorney General
and Legislature. Wisconsin reelected
on Tuesday, April7, without opposition
the Republican candidate for Associat,
Judge of the Supreme Court. st. Loui
! Globe-Democrat.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

"Ir Is more than quarter Of a century
since jay Gould tasted whiskey, " the
Albany Evening Journal is right, and
the fret was the last. In the days when
he was surveyor In small way and
was mapping county, on the practical
plan OF getting lodgings and meals OF
the farmers in exchange for marking
correct sun dials on their doorsteps, he
became tired one hot, dusty afternoon.
lie came TO a country tavern. In his
pocket was q iive-oent piece. IL sud-
denly struck him that, as n medicine to
relieve faintness, he ought to buy glass
ofwhiskey with the half dime. 81 was
ignorant Of bar usage" he Is quoted as
saying, "and so, when a glass and bot
tie were set before me, filled the tumb-
Ter chuck full. The bartender made no
protest, and and swallowed the big
horn. Then | went my way, trundling
my wheelbarrow-like measurer OF dis
tances, and occasionally taking the bear
ings with a sextant. Never in my life
had my work gone of halfso blithesoine-
ly, and for while felt as though max
ing a map of the starry heavens instead
of very dusty portion Of this mundane
sphere. After an hour or more OF exal-
tation grew sleepy and took long nap
under tree In field. awoke with
an awful headache, and found that the
figures entered in my notebook during
the time ofextra steam were quite inco-
herent. / was fully convinced that
whiskey was bad surveyor, and have
never tried 1t for any other purpose"
Money loaned on collateral securi-
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

$40 acres on the Leona river, about
$50 acres irrigable; mesquite timber
plentiful /; situated s miles below Uvalde
on the west side. All the improvements,
Co." care this office.
800 acres on the Rio Frio, partly irri-
gated from the Frio river, Situated In
Uvalde county, IL miles from railroad.
About 800 acres under good fence. Ad-
dress 81. c." this office. Prsce $4,000
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

Tue San Antonio & Arkansas Pass Rail-
road Directory have decided on the
route from Floresville in the direction
Of Beevile, which will put Goliad very
much out Of sorts, and show her prop
erty owners that they should have taken
more lively Interest in the subscrlp-
lions and not left the men Of moderate
means to drag along with the sum not
,,n
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

LET prospective Aldermanic candi-
dates announce their position and feel
ings on the subject of the city owning
its own waterworks. 1t will be very
important question In the near future.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

Special rates given on larger space and long
time advertisements.
Legal advertisements 81 NJ per inch first In
ertlon 70 cents per inch each subsequent In
sertlon Trustees sales 81 10 per inch hrst In
sertion % cents each Insertion afterwards
Reading natter, editorial page, % cents per
line each Insertion. Local columns ~ cents
first insertion; lOccnts first week, D cents aitor
first week. Special rates on 20 and 100 lines
running FOR month.
Home advertisements payable on hrst oi
each month Transient advertising payable 10
advance Only metal cuts printed.
All contracts must be approved by th, Rusl'
ness Manager
Subscribers not receiving their paper VIII
ploase make complaint to the Office. Sub
scribers are warned not 10 pay their suhscr'p'
ton except upon presentation OF properly
recelpted bill from this office.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

THK Washington correspondent OF the
indianapolis News, speaking OF dis
charged department clerks, says: lone
of them Is known hereabouts as the
lightning calculator. He can jerk three
columns of figures ut time Ms easily
and quickly ms you can add two and
two. lie can multiply three figures
deep with as much ease rs you can null
tply four and four. In computation he
can do the work Of amy four experts.
Net he seems to have screw loose some
where. I've never had time to hunt for
il and oily think of 1t when see him or
hear Of him. Well, he had been dis
charged from sixteen-hundred dollar
clerkshlp and pouring his grievances in
to newspal or ears, damnng the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, Register Rose
Grams, and the administration generally
suggested that such a man rs he, II
steady and reliable, ought to command
5000 year In New York In private
business. And so | can, but You see l
haven't got cent. / just want TO get
back long enough to get money to go TO
New York and look around There
was sort Of grim humor about this
suggestion from n man who has been
fifteen years in office that struck me
hard. SO / went thoughtfully away,
leaving him to the boys, who sent OIL by
wire this last official change, tenn
pered to suit their respective Journals.
Democrats who are hankering after
these things may see the moral"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

TnE st. Louis street car drivers strike
does not seem to have accomplished any
thing more for the strikers than great
amount of trouble and inconvenience to
the public. Strikes must be managed
with moderation to be successful, as in
stanoed the brakeman's strike on the
Pacific railway this last spring.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15
EYE, EAR, THROAT !
ChaS. Deadly, M. DO. ct a CHR +,

Late Surgeon to the New York Ophthalmlc
Hospital and Professor of Ophthalmoogy I'm
the College of the New York Ophthalmic Hos
pital. Diseases OF EYE. EAR, THROAT and
NOSE an exclusive specially. ketrnctiOn
tested ana correct glasses prescribed.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

Henry WARD BEEcHER and the bal
ance of. his mugwump allies will no
doubt be extremely solid for the Repub-
lican ticket In New York, In view Of
the Republican victory in Ohio on Tues
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Proposals for Cornmeal, Etc.

OFFICE on THE
PURCHASING AND DEPOT 9. s.,
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, October ., lsS'.
C,EALED PROPOSALS, In duplicate, subject To
- the usual conditions, will he received at
this Office until ~ o'clock, noon, ON October III,
lshb, for furnishing and immediate delivery of
the following Subsistence Supplies, viz'
900 pounds Cornmcal, In new seamless sacks.
5lgI pounds onions, In barrels
l5,0O0 pounds Irish Potatoes, In barrels.
3O.gS pounds Irish Potatoes, In sacks.
2UO pounds Sweet Potatoes, In sacks.
bidders must state the variety offered and
the locality In which raised.
Blank proposals, and further information,
can be had upon application to this office.
SAML r. CUSHING,
lO-G.6t Purchasing and Depot c. 5.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

THE silence of the Express and Times
on the Water Works question is simply
oppressive. Their bosses probably,
don't want them to defend the mon
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15
Thursday. October rs. 1885.

Jusr week from to-day the Nolksfest
will open, and San Antonio will put on
holiday airs for three or four days.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15
PROPOSALS FOR JOHNSON GRASS.

HEADoUART DEPARTT OF TEXAS,
OFFICE OF CHIEF QUARrERMAsTER,
San Antonio, Tex, October /, 1885.
CEALED PROPOSALS, In tripllcate subject to
- the usual conditions will be received At
this Office until II o'clock. noon, on the Goth
day of October, 1885, for furnishing and dcliv-
cry ut san Antonio, Texas, of nifty 800 tons of
balcd, first quality, fue blade, young, we'll
cured johnson Grass"
The price To be stated by the 100 pounds, and
deliveries to be made within twenty days FROM
date of approval of contract.
Aguarantee, In strict form, must accompany
each bid
The Government reserves the right to reject
any or all proposals.
blank proposals can be had on application to
this Office.
Envelopes containing proposals should he
marked: proposals for johnson Grass" and
addressed 10 the undersigned.
j. @. G. LEE,
Moor aud Chict Quditermdsicr
l0-2il4-ipls-l0
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

"TuERE have been no very marked
features of change in the situation In
southeastern Europe during the past
two weeks" says Bradstreets. "A con-
ference of ambassadors has been sitting
20 consider the state Of affairs, but with
no apparent result. Meanwhile the
dangerous factors in the situation null
tiply. The elements of general con-
flict appear to be either present or In
preparation, Turkey is making active
war preparations. arming and massing
troops. Reports of conflicts between
the Turks and Albanians, and between
the Bulgarians and the Servians, have
been received, A deputation of Bulga-
rians has been TO ST. Petersburg to Sc
cure Russian recognition of the union
Of Bulgaria and eastern Roumelia. The
Russian position is made known In the
declarations of inspired Journals that
the attempts to adjust the difficulty Will
be resultless. Austrian intrigue is again
active, eager to take up her eastward
march. and to realize In fact the long
dreamed control of the valley OF the
lower Danube. The populace of Servla
are olamorng for the annexation OF Ma
cedonia. Greece is evidently beginning
to feel the impulse OF movement to-
ward the north, as is shown by the petit
lions to the king to pursue vigorous
policy. All these movements and pre-
parations point forward to the ultimate
crowding of the Turk from Europe, and
the making the Eastern question, so far
AS the Turk Ia concerned, an Aslatic
t,rnhlat, -
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

Onlcc hours to IL M; ltoGp. N. No Office
hours on sunday. Residence, ~! Romana
street. Telephone ". 9-l26m
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

New Time card In Enect May ~, 1880
I. a q, N. Railroad.
DEPARTURES.
For St Louis, via Mo Iu, route. = ;.n - m
For St Louis, via Iron Mountain. 6'JO A. NJ
Fnr Laredo GOO. n 80 u. ~.
ARRIVALS
From St Louis. Missouri Pacific l;ul "a. "a.
From 81 Louis. Iron Mountain .... l0:.5 p. H.
from Laredo. .... ,.+-.......... d'dO y H.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

Mr.. @. d. Roomor and Henry schumacher
are Authorized solicitors and Collectors for
TnE LIGnr, and their receipts rs agent viii
be duly recognized. Mr. Rocmcr will have
charge of the delivery of the city subscription
department, aud all complaints and notice of
changes given to either of the above, or leit
at the Office, will be promptly attended to.
No member OF the nrm, or any employee OF
the LiGnr ONCE, has authority to contract any
liabilities In the name of the firm. And no
bills will be recognized or paid unless the
same Is approved by the undersigned.
THOMAS Il. JOHNSON.
Business Manager and Treasurer.
CLIFFORD, JOHNSON ~ WiNrEH.
Entered at Postoncc at san Antonio, Texas
as second class matter.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

THIS PAPER P7I he f1a81 2g E gS 81 s'p
Advertising bureau 90 spruccS wh.r. ndvcrt..inI
contracts may bc made Tor II IN NEW hohh.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

The present city administration will
yet have to resurreot Alderman Bottoms
resolution on the waterworks question,
Notwithstanding they sat down SO hard
upon 1t when he made his report, Mr..
Bolton will yet be called to represent
the true interests Of the city, and cham
pion as he did, the cause Of the people.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

The Dallas Herald says: "rhe San
Antonio LIGHT takes occasion TO warn
the press against female swindlers who
seem to be running san Antonio. IT,
rather difficult to get $40 bill changed
In Dallas at best. but now that the
"gull" has made its appearance in the
Alamo City, ladies with big bills can do
without change here altogether
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-15

TnE Corpus Christi Caller proposes a
deep-water convention in order TO Sc
cure harmony and united action on the
part of those whose interests would be
forwarded by good harbor at Arkansas
Pass. 1t names this city as the proper
meeting place, and calls on Corpus
Christi, San Diego, Laredo, III Paso,
Uvalde, Co,ulla, Pearsall, Tilden, Oak
vile, Lagarto, San Patrioo, Beeyille,
Rockport. Fulton, st. Mary's, Refugio,
Goliad, Cuero, Victoria, Helena, Flores
VILE and other towns to send delegates.
The LIdHr heartily seconds this PROPOSE
ton, and will do all in its power to for
ward the object. Only by united action
ON the desired object be attained.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-08

During the years spent at Tavistock
house one Of his daughters was, for a
time, a great invalid, and after 4
worse attack OF illness than usual her
father suggested that she should be
carried as far as the study, and lie on
the sofa there. while he was at work.
This was OF course considered an inn
mense privilege. and even if she had
not felt as weak and i'll as she did. she
would have been bound to remain as
still and quiet as possible. For some
time there was no sound TO be heard
in the room but the rapid working OF
the pen, when suddenly he jumped up.
went to the looking glass. rushed back
to his writing table and iotted down 4
few words; back to the glass again,
this time talking to his own reflection,
or rather TO the simulated expression
he saw there. and was trying to catch
before drawing Il in words, then back
again to his writing. After little lie
got up again and stood with his back
to the glass, talking softly and rapidly
for i long time. then looking at his
daughter, but certainly never seeing
her, then onca more back to his table.
and TO steady writing until Luncheon
time. It was curious experiences and
4 wonderful thing to see him throwing
himself 50 entirely out OF himself and
into the character he was writing
about. His daughter has very seldom
mentioned this incident. feeling Is fit
would be breach Of confidence to do
So. But these "reminiscences Of her
father she considers il only right that
this experience should Ia men
toned. showing Is Il does his charac.
terisflc earnestness AMI method ot
work. often. after hard mornings
writing. when he has been alone with
his family and 10 visitors il the house.
through Che meal without mnttering
word. and then has gone back 81 the
work Ia which be was so completely
absorbed Then again there have
been times when his nerves havs been
strung up = such ! pitch tha. any
sudden noise such as the dropping II
spoon q the elatksE ol ) plate. sssnea
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-08
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.


: The Russian alphabet contains thirty
Inhabitants Of the HimaIaya regions
eat six meals day.
The grasshopper has proportionally
izO times the kicking power Of man.
The potato. introduced into England
n 1850, first eaten as a sweetmeat.
stewed in sack-wine and sugar.
It has been discovered that the word
"nihilist is 1900 years old. though
It's revival is due to Tourguenen, the
novelist.
Inc eggs Of bony fishes are naked
and multitudinous, sometimes number
ing millions in single spawn. Those
Of the sharks are few and protected by
horny shell.
Inc nightmare is said to be derived
from Mara, which in Runic theology
meant a spectre Of the night. which
suddenly seized men and deprived them
OF speech and motion.
The yearly consumption Of meats in
the United States per capita is 100
pounds; in England. lO4 pounds;
France, seyenty-four pounds; Ger
many. sixty-nine pounds.
A California farmer has a hog which
Is the companion Of flock of geese.
When the geese 60 into the water his
hogship plunges in after and eEdeavors
20 disport himself as gracefully as his
white-feathered leaders.
The Temple of Kalabsheh was the
largest in Nubia and is q magnificent
ruin. It was built by the Caesars, Of
stones which had belonged to an older
ediice It's interest lies mostly in it's
vastness, and the remarkable preserva-
ton Of its coloring.
One Of the strangest uses for snails
has been discovered by the London
Ad1lterGtor. Bruised in milk. and
boiled, they are much used in the
manufacture Of cream, and retired
milkman pronounces them to be the
most successful imitation known.
When Chinese boy is one month
old bis head is shaved and bladder is
drawn over it; and. as his head grows,
the bladder bursts and the cue sprouts
forth. Tho FIRST shave is made the
occasion Of magnificent banquet; and
the guests are expected to make the
host handsome present in coin for
the newIy-shaven baby, with which q
bank account is started to his credit
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-08
Thousands Upon thousands ! II

ot testimonials Of the most wonderful cures.
voluntarily sent us We do not publish them,
Is they Do not make the cures 1t is our nleflt-
cine, Hop Bitters shat make the cures Ii
has never failed and never can. We will give
reference 70 any one for any disease similar
20 their ownif desired, or will refer to any
neighbor as there Is not q neighhorho0d III
the known world but can show its cures ~
Hop Bitterrs
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-08
A Losing Joke.

"A prominent physician Of Pittshurr said
TO lady patient who was complaining 81 Ter
continued III health. and Of his inability Is
cure her, iolingll said: TRY Hop Bitterslis
The lady took i IN earnest and used the Bit
tiers, from which she obtained permanent
health She now laughed &C the doctor for
his joke, but he IS not SO well pleased whit.
as e cost him d good patient
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-08

ONIx Two BorTLEs. Messrs. Johnston,
Holloway u Co., wholesale druggists of
Philadelphia, Pa, report that some time
ago gentleman handed them dollar, with
q request to send good catarrh cure to two
and the wife of well-known u. s. A. Gen.
eral had been cured of Catarrh by the two
bottles of Ely's Cream Balm. Not liquid
or snuff. Price so cents.