San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-31

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10, TEXAS, TUESDAY,
LA GRIPPE is making better time
across the continent than any express
train in the country.
Peel your eve and take good look
! at Texas from Pass Sabine to the
Panhandle, you will find all pros
porous.
PUBLIC sen timent in Europe and
some persuations of a more material
kind from Germany will compel
England to arbitrate her difficulties
with Portugal.
THE Southern Mercury informs
correspondent of tt at journal that his
interesting letters would be more in
teresting If they contained more of
real interest. Jest so,
The Texas Alliance is solid OH
Hogg. Hog with the one "g"is coming
to the front in this state however it
may fare with the egg" Hogg. The
one "g" hog is worth $3.50, 600 more in
Texas than he was one year ago.
THERE must be a very strong dis
like to Austin as residence on the
part of some OF it's citizens, for six
suicides have occurred within half as
many weeks.
If MGKinley's prediction is fulfilled
that by May 1st all needed fflegis-
lation will have been enacted, he will
have scored q big triumph over the
Texas chairman of ways and means
in last congress.
THE railway brakemen should have
been heard and needed long ago by
the interstate commerce commission.
They have solid grievance in this
murderous system of handwriting on
freight trains, and it is high time it
was redressed.
| PRESIDENT HARRISON shook hands
with Cardinal Gibbons and Reverend
Justin Fulton of not too savory men,
ory denounces him as Jesuit. Some
of these days "Old Sootie" will shake
Fulton's paw and the parson won't
be able to shake the devil if he wan ts
to. A man is not a water bucket be-
cause he works the pumphandle.
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Girls Kidnapped by FaItn Heaters.
LOvINGToN, ILL.,, Dec. 81. - Great
excitement prevails here over an at
tempt of the male members of Penti-
cost band to decoy Miss May Whit
man and Miss Eldora Million, two
highly respected girls, from their
homes. There was almost a riot at
the depot when the faith healers
tried to take. the girls with them
against the wishes of their friends
and knives and revOlvers were shown.
The girls were finally persuaded not
to go on the train, but Immediately
left town In buggies in company with
members of the band. They were
overtaken and carried back to Loving
ton. Miss Million escaped and left
for Tuscola last evening. Two broth
ers of the girl have gone to Tuscola
after the girls. The feeling against
the faith healers is running very
high.
| THE Galveston Tribune keeps
whistling to preserve it's courage until
the vote in congress settles that &c.
200, 900 appropiis ton. On Saturday
it whistled out this selection
"San Antonio seems to be the most
severely CALLED jade, and the way she
and her editors vince is amusing to us
deep water Gibraltars."
1t is the first time in so many years
that "us deep water Gibraltars" have
had a chance to smile that it would
be cruel to comment on either its
length, depth or thickness. All San
Antonio has cried for, 10, these many
years, is deep water. and she Is much
more afraid that Galveston will not
get it than that she will. 1t is this
fear that makes southwest Texas ner-
YOU.
| Marriage Licenses.
Fedor Hermann and Alma Brem-
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