The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-14

swarms Of Il year and 10 year varieties
Of locusts, but that their damage will be
confined to fruit trees. Up in Pamela
county the telegraph reports grasshop-
pers to I've in large numbers, and one
corn field destroyed by them.
H. MIR. Clcycland's administration re-
forms Uhe consular service Of the United
states, and especially some OF the out
RACES and insults inflicted by Mexican
authorities. it viii earn the just graft
tude and appreciation Of the whole coun-
try. There has been too much indller-
encc to the wrongs Of American citizens
in the past.
rnu was sHnguinary affair in n
Georgia camp few days ago, where
five negroes were killed outright and
number Of other, injured by reason Of
quarro. over n game Of cards. When II
comes to real downright business, n
wide.uwake game Of cards can always
be depended upon to create all the SEM
Stations possible.
SOME statistician makes the assertion
that there ARE 1000 doctors In Texas, 100
Of whom belong to the State Medical
association and the old school, and have
united to Kill oil all the others who do
not think and practice MS they do. But
then doctors are simply doctors, and
they are like cats, expected to quarrel
among themselves.
TIM Republicans carried on a still
hunt in the Illinois Thirty-iourth dis
trict and elected their man In the face Of
n majority Of 1900 for Cleveland, and the
Democrats are justified in feeling all
broke up over it,. one more effort will
be made by them to elect Morrison "a
senator, after which they will try some
one else. If Logan is not elected In the
meantime.
u. Fort Worth is not purified and re-
generated. 1t viii not be because there
have been no attempts in that line.
What with closing up the gambling
houses and the saloons on Sunday, and
the preaching Of the Evangelist Pear
son. one would think the good work was
being pushed along with tolerablc
fair show Of activity. What is all the
more noticeable is that there Is no great
amount Of Kicking or fault-ilnding over
the situation. There are plenty more
wicked towns in Texas than Fort Worth
just at this date.
TuE New York sun speaks as follows
about n recent jury IN that city: "Ihc
Jury in the phcnn-Short case appears
to have been q very bad one from every
point of view. According to the state
ments Of its members 1t was devoid Of
any moral sense whatever ard wholly
unit to discharge the simplest functions
Of decent citizenship. 1t ia not suili-
cicut that the members oft should have
Individually disgraced themselves, and it
O.. to be hoped that no means whereby
they may be adequately and formally
punished, will be left untried."
TIM kerrville Eye, in the following,
evidently had not heard the news about
20 miles Of contract being let for the
building Of the Arkansas road, bat the
article serves to show ourselves as others
see us: "Thc people Of san Antonio
are the laughing stock Of the state. She
boasts Of 10000 inhabitants, but we think
$4,000 of them are 'mugwumps' or moss
backs OF the worst sor. She wants a
system OF sewerage, but she puts her
foot down on that proposition. She
wants u city hall and Jail, but she knocks
both Of them out In one round, She
wants street improvements, but that she
quHshus. She wants $4,000 for school
purposes; she has not voted on that
proposit on yet. but we have no doubt
but what they will knock the stulling
ont of that too. She wants Il railroad,
but Il remains to be seen whether that
will become "a fact or not san Antonio,
| the largest city in the state, the most
| prolific iu ideas and propositions, and
| the most accomplished in the art Of sit
| ting down ON her own advancement
y WA-uNOION Corre-p pendent makes
/ nm Interesting cDIuugri.Ou of tho nn.