The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-07-23

A DELEGATION from the Grand Army
Of the Republic called upon President
Cleveland yesterday, by appointment,
and II discussion relative to offices held
by veterans, in which the President said
the question Of u mans military record
entered into consideration Of nearly
every application for Office, and has
given much weight
PEortE in San Antonio who have
been enjoying tn" cool nights Of the
past week will sympathlze with those
Northern people who are undergoing
the fortunes of hados, almost. Here the
heat is considerable In the middle OF the
day. tempered with breeze, which il
followed by n cool night, but In the
North the breeze is almost unknown
and the hot day is simply prolonged in
the night
Az Austin doctor has written n letter
to the city Council on the subject Of
sewerage. In which he advocates a
properly arranged system 81 sewers.
This is matter that at one time WAS
discussed by San Antonio newspapers
and correspondents with an occasional
allusion to it In the Council, but with
the advent o! warm weather the matter
was dropped for the more important dis
cussion OF road to rock quarry.
PRoF. &. ". CALDERwooD, Of Wash
ington Court House, Ohio, Il prominent
prohibition lecturer, says: Mine out of
every SO spent for party prohibition in
this country. comes from Democratic
Golfers When was editor Of the Ameri-
can Prohibitionist, good deal Of the
temperance literature and prohibition
tickets we're sent out from my Office
paid for by the Democratic State Central
committee in checks signed by their
Chairman and Secretary, and payable at
Rinehart's Bank In Columbus"
JENNEH mot with ridiculo and con
tumcly when he announced his small
pox vaccination scheme, but he tri-
umphcd at last, and now vaccination is
fast approaching the compulsory period.
Dr. Ferrin, the Spanish physician who
announced protection from cholera by
innocuation, is being investigated by
the critics of his noble profession, and
who even go so far as to assert that his
experiments have not proven the cor
rectncss OF his theory. But time may
show that the doctor IL ahead Of his gen
Grafton.
IHE IiGIli has received well written
description Of LaSallc county, which is
sent out by the County Immigration so
cicty nj Cotullu. the county seat, ST
miles south of San Antonio, on the In
ternational and Great Northern railroad.
Mr. Frank b. Earnest Is the President.
Advertising pamphlets are well enough
In their way, but what the LaSalle
County Immigration society wants to do
to get direct returns, is to pay the Co
,ulla Ledger for 5000 copies of that paper
monthly and then send them east.
Every advertiser then, and every local
item will be an endorsement of the adj
vantages OF the county generally.
SollE statistical philosopher gives the
following figures showing that since
January LIST, the number of persons
lynched in various parts of the country
is %. of whom 9G were males and 3 fe-
males, ~ white and Il colored. In de-
tail the States are represented rs fol-
lows: Alabama 3, Arkansas !, Florida
?, Georgia ., Iowa >, Kansas g. Ken
lucky 3, Maryland !, Mississippi G, Mis-
souri, 6, North Carolina ., Nebraska =,
Ohio 3, Oregon ,, Tennessee I, Texas 81,
Virginia >, West Virginia > In the
Territories: New Mexico ,, Indian Ter
ritory :, Dakota |, Montana 3, Washing
ton /. 1t may also be Of interest to
know that Of these 30 departed citizens,
II were lynohed for murder, 81 fey
horse and other stealing, II for rape, 3
for nccndiarism, > for train wrecking,
Tor murderous assault, for unknown
reason and for burglary