San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-29
THE street commissioners agony viii

payers VIII De over can better De ueleT-
mined at the next municipal election.
liza merciful providence did not devise
and execute for San Antonio, better
than some Of her dads" do, 1t would be
all day with the poor old Alamo city.
Providence will grow tired Of taking
care of streets and alleys and cesspOols
and garbage heaps and filth and litter
some of these days, and leave the town
to shift for herself. The wise man sees
the evil and provides against it, The
foolish man goes it blind and knocks his
head against a stone wall. The stone
wall is looming in sight for the Mikado
and his counselors.
THERE has been a very gratifying de-
crease in the number of business failures
during the past week; the falling of from
last week and week before being over
fourteen per cent.
TEXAs cotton crop prospects in Texas
are not 50 favorable as they were one
week ago; rain is needed badly. The
outlook in the Atlantic states is i'm
proved since last report.
The happy family of European SOW
ereigns are just now exercised In mind
as to the best methods of resisting Rus
sian encroachments on Turkey. Austria
regards the present attitude OF st. Pc
tersburg towards Constantinople as de-
cidedly inimical to the peace of Europe,
and significantly suggests that Russia
had better count her enemies before de-
claring war against Turkey. The atti-
tude Of Greece towards 1.-The sick man.
and the persistence with which she re-
fused the disarmament demanded by all
the central and western pOwersOf Europe,
can only be explained on the assumption
that she had a secret understanding
with Russia. Germany strenuously OPP
poses raising the Greek blockade until
the disarmament Is completely effected.
The Express was not well coached by
his knight. of Labor guide who inform.
ed him that the slow minded members
are "often puzzled to know when they
are in session as knights Of Labor or as
a section Of workingmen's political
club" Those who take such tatiy have
large sized swallowers.
The club with which the Express of
this morning hits CIV. w. Smith, anent
his letter of yesterday, was well stuffed
and vigorously handled.
ENGLAND has had flood of bogus but
ter, butterine, oleomargarine ana such
deluging her markets. and now her
dairymen cry out for such legislation as
will compel the stuff to be sold upon its
merits and for just what it is. That is
exactly what is required in America, and
at the hands Of congress, now. Not re-
striction, not taxation, not inhibition Of
any kind, but such regulations as will
compel the vendors of the greasy pro-
duct to put it on the market for Just
exactly what ii is. This the makers of
pure butter from cows milk have a right
to demand, and they have no claim In
equity for anything more. The living
animal cannot boycott the dead one with
any show of reason.
IT Is said that Grover enjoys the guy
ing over his approaching marriage like
little boy with his first new boots.
Wonder how he likes the New York bet
ting on the date.
THE Times man Cavorts over the re-
publicanism of the LIGHT like the demo-
cratic orator of old who had bald hornet
under his shirt.
The weather prognosticator is once
more within the limits. The storm pre-
diCted as likely to occur between the
22d and the 2Sth came sweeping along
the south shore OF Lake Erie on Thurs
day, the 9th, and left its fearful sign
manual on Sandusky and Erie counties.
Hogs, sheep and poultry were killed by
immense size; trees were blown down,
houses unroofed and otherwise injured
and some blown down. Loss of life was
slight compared to extent of damage
done.
The press of the state are very COM
plimentary in their notices of San An
tonic, and the treatment they received
while in attendance at the association
last week. The beauty of the city, the
welcome extended and the commercial
Importance of this historic place seem
to have left very marked impression
upon the minds of those who shared the
city's hospitality on that occasion.
The Paris News has two articles in its
creed; one positive, the other negative.
Positive-l believe in Paris and the
News; negative-I don't believe in the
Knights OF Labor and the workingmen.
AUSTIN in particular, and Texas in
general, have very considerable curios-
ity to know just how much Mrs. Tobin
knows, but won't tell, about certain GER
tain and uncertain gentlemen of Mrs.
Eula Phillips acquaintance.
THERE is huge mice behind all this
agitation Of pension matters Just now.
The soldiers who are disabled have
homes provided for them in nearly every
state OF the union. The increased bur
dens Of taxation sought to be imposed
upon the people by such bills as the
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