San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-06-29

ldNb OF the northern STATES nave been
written on the minds of the jewellers in
Maine and Michigan and Ohio and Iowa
it will be very dead duck in the prohi-
bltion puddle.
The San Antonio Rifles were right
royalty received by their fellow citizens
at Mahncke's garden last evening. The
military spirit Of the city is stirred to
the bottom button on the uniforms of
both companies, and drill is the order of
the day. The decision of the San Anto-
MO Rifles to enter for the Galveston
interstate drill has served to wake up
the Belknaps little more effeCtually
even than they were before, and to the
general rivalry Of the state and the inter-
national encampment will be added the
more special rivalry of the city Each
company has hosts of friends, and the
friendly emulation for the smiles of the
fair and the reputation of being the
crack company of San Antonio will put
the boys on their mettle. They are
San Antonio has the material and there
will be nothing in Texas outside Of the
Houston Light Guards that the crack
company of this city need fear, partiGu-
larry when they enter the parade for
money, medals and glory. When San
tone gets away with the Bayou city
boys wont there be some tall bowling
in the pecan groves of the Alamo city.
The managers of the Confederate
home at Austin announce grand gift
concert for the benefit of the home, to
be drawn October |. Ticket holders are
limited to $4,000 and there are 1000
prizes. The grand prize is a $1,000
piano. Prices of tickets not stated.
Wherein does this scheme differ from
regularly built, INTELLECTUALLY con-
structed lottery? And II it does not. Is
II not little out of plumb with the
statute in such cases made and pro-
vided? The state needs a Confederate
home and will have one. In doing this
let all measures for raising funds be
such as are within the spirit of the law.
IL this concert is all right. then, on.with
the concert. If not, don't.
The subscription committee Of the
Arkansas Pass northwest extension are
having an uphill time of it trying to
make the rifle. A meeting was held
last night at the courthouse and there
were about a score In attendance.
After some weeks OF hard digging and
persistent solicitation, the 1000 tax
payers OF this city have responded to the
tune Of S76,750. This amount has been
subscribed by twenty-eight persons,
leaving the other G972 taxpayers with
out any semblance of interest in the sue
cess or defeat Of an enterprise which
means more business to San Antonio,
more increase in the value of her real es-
tate, more increase in the volume of her
wholesale and retail trade, more i'm
provement in the way Of building and
more prosperity generally than any
other enterprise considered by the mer-
chants, business men and capitalists Of
San Antonio since they lost the profita-
BILE trade Of this northwest section
through the greater energy and push of
their neighbors in the northern part of
the state. Less than two weeks remain
of the time in which this subscription is
to be made up, and it is either fish or
suit bait. The advantages of the trade
to be secured by this extension are known
and conceded. If San Antonio lets this
opportunity for recovering this trade
pass, she will regret it forever after.