San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-18

| on Account OF Weatner--NOt6S
by the Way--Effect OF
the Cold Up
on Stock.
CUERo, January II, 1888.
Daily LIGHT:
Leaving the city at IL Il. IN. yester-
day, the run down TO Kennedy, MY mine
miles, WAS made In little over TWO
hours. The evidences OF growth along
| the line Of the Arkansas Pass are quite
marked. The country presents very
strong contrast to that OF one year ago,
when everything was as dry as
n powder horn, and prospects for
cattle and crops had all gone where the
woOdbine twlneth. The depressions
were now filed with water, the ground
seemed well soaked and the under grass
appeared quite green In many places.
Patches of snow were met with all
along the route, bat In very small areas.
The only real evidence of the severity
OF the cold was the Toe which still COW
cred the Iuddles, bitches and ponds
along the roadside and ov the prairie
as far as the eve could distinguish. The
cattle looked drawn and somewhat
shriyelled with cold but their coats were
not staring, they appeared In good
flesh and far from being 10 suffering
condition. Between Kennedy and Cuero,
the meeting place OF the Southwestern
Texas CsttIemen's convention, and to
which the representative OF the LIGHT
was bound, the evidences OF deep snow
increased. The ground was covered In
places with quite perceptible drifts
and there was every indication that
much deeper snow hsd
haa In ~ E pftn
yersing with train hands and lOungers
around stations as the train halted this
was found to be the case, and the infor-
nation was elicited that the snow had
fallen to the depth of several inches,
was more heavy nearer the coast and
that the loss IN COWS heavy with cali
was considerable. The grass in the
counties OF DE Witt and Karnes shows an
admirable fall growth and cattle are In
excellent condition.
At THE CITY OF CCERO.
Arrived at the city Of CuerO. the train
having made the run OF l05 miles in
three hours and twenty minutes, de-
Quoting the twenty minutes for dinner,
our journey came 10 an end. Right here
IL Is In place to say that the equipment
OF the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
road Is as complete 10 every respect as
that Of any road entering the state. lt is
a question II any more comfortable cars
are found on any road, anywhere. The
cars were clean, well heated, the
steam pipes under the seats warm
ing the extremitIes comfortably with
out baking ones brains. The seats were
luxurious, and every attention paid to
the comfort and pleasure OF passengers.
The road bed 10 remarkably smooth I'M
Ill Yorktown Is reached; from there
eastward, there is some work OF ballast
ing and filling TO be done. The road
having been built in an unusually dry
season, has settled under the heavy
winter rains and is receiving the atten-
ton of the company. Alighting
nj CuerO station the platform
WAS found covered with waltz <
passengers, haCkmen, and the usual
crowds that lounge around stations at
this season of the yeaI. The first tidings
greeting our ears was that the Cattle
mems convention had adjourned owing
to non-attendsnce of Cattlemen who had
not dared to leave their ranches during
the severe weather. The train for San
Antonio due to leave CuerO at l o'clock
had not yet passed, though then nearly
three hours late, and the elicit6tiOn OF
any information WAS indeed the pursuit
Of knowledge under difficulties. A few
moments waiting and IL was AsCertained
that freight train of the rails some
twenty miles eastward had delayed the
passenger and that IL would not be at
CuerO for an hour and a half. Calling
hack the orders were given for town
and the run made in as short time as
the condition OF the hOrs"tlesh and the
mud OF the prairie roads rendered pos
sible. Entering the business house
Of Mr.. Alexander Hamilton We found
that gentleman in conversation with
Mr.. G. Waelder, a prominent cattleman
of that r. giOn, and presenting our ere
dentisls as The responsible representa-
live OF the LIGHT, had most ami
mated three-qusrters OF an hour
conversation over the situation
Escorted by Mr.. WaeldOn, the banking
house of II .Runge & Co. was reached, and
the LIGHT made acquainted with Messrs.
Emil Keiffirt and VIM. FrobOese. A
short conversation ensued, concerning
matters conventional, and partic ulsrly
over southwest Texas convention on
February LIST, OF which report
will be found in the To-
cal columns. and The clock indi-
eating that the hour and half was
far spent, the return trip was made to
the station and the LIGHT man cooled
his heels, but not his Impotence, wait
ing for two more mortal hours for the
rain, which, like the letter" the col
Ored boys on the platform were singing
about, never, never came" This hasty
scrawl is the result Of that waiting. All
things have end and SO finally had our
waiting. just six hours behind time the
train rolled into the station and the run
home was commenced. Arrived in San
Antonio at midnight after Willing some
pleasant hours IN conversation with the
general freight agent Of the road, MIR. n.
Nicholson, thanking kind prOvi-
dence that had ordained late train for
the LIGHTS benefit. Had the train not
been thus delayed CuerO would have
been echOing the sound Of San Antonio
elOquenCe, even until the hour
Of this writing. The little town
was too muddy to form any
impression Of its beauty. The LIGHT
WAS most cordially received in the per-
son OF Its representative, and upon an
other occasion will take great pleasure
IN giving its readers pen picture OF
busy little Cuero aud its generous
hearted business men.
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