San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-03-27

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Saturday, March d, 1886.
BASEBALL gossip for 1856 has reached
first base.
Ross henchmen are vainly raising the
granger cry in favor of their candidate.
Miss CLEVELAND is winning high praise
from the enemies of low-neCked dresses.
SAN ANTONIO is out Of coast range on
spring elections; no signs Of candidate
fever.
ALLEN, Of Austin, and the Galveston
News have buried their little libel
Ratchet.
THERE are symptoms of spring in
nature as well as in the limbs OF a young
dudes pants.
The Legislatures that mediate max
ing boycotting a penitentiary offence
need also to look after the blaCklister.
THE State Democratic press appear
to have the call on Uncle Dan' just
now. but the old man will raise 'em yet.
What is uppermOst in our mind ?'
troubles the average fellow much less
than what is uppermOst in "our" stom-
ach.
The Seguin Record votes for San An
tonic as the best place in which to hold
the Democratic Convention. "Barkis is
willin."
The lamb of the Dallas Herald and
the lion of the Morning News have lain
down together; the lamb inside the lion
as usual.
FORT WORTH aspires to become port
of delivery. As the suffering fellow
said of the old pepper box -p-p-p-pOor
de-de-de-delivery.
REPUTATION may do for a certain class
of debts, but the debt to nature must
be paid, and there is no three days grace
on these mortality bills.
The Kentucky Legislature is battling
with an anti-boycOtt bill. Business be-
fore pleasure Mr.. Bourbon. Try your
hand on An arbitration bill first.
The Fort Worth Gazette endorses
Senator LOgan's move tor open execu-
tive session of the Senate, and yet
nothing has been heard to drap.
CARNAGLE pays America the handsome
compliment of being the only great ma
tion which spends more upon education
than on wal or war preparations"
SEVERAL of our Texas municipalities
have their war paint on it, bat at latest
adviGes Houston was laying on the san
culinary pigment a trile thicker than the
rest.
HEMPsTEAD parties on trial for throw
ing thigh dice" were acquitted on the
ground of playing with poker dice"
In this case "high" beats low jack and
the game"
DALLAS is on the anxious seat concern
ing her business prospects and discOur-
SEES mournfully ofthe solemn mockery in
towering piles of business blocks that
are BUSINESS.
The first number of the Pearsall Sun
is on the LIGHT table. Its published by
II. Nancy & Son, and is a very neat
newspaper. Long may the Sun shine its
rays upon its patrons.
WACO is massing her municipal forces
and the fight will rage around water
works bonds" "street openings" "sal-
aries" and ''perquesites." The pros and
antics are in battle array.
MISSOURI Pacific stock has dropped six
cents since Sunday. When it gets low
enough to suit Gould he will rake it in
and the strike will strike out. The UNI
pire called "foul' long ago.
AN exchange says: "If Swain were
Governor the cattle kings would pay
what they owe to the school fund"
Clear proof of that statement will weigh
a big ton in the Swain scale.
"THE Comanohe Town and Country"
is the name of new journal that comes
to our table. The specimen before us is
good; good enough to live, in spite Of its
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