San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-12
SHARPEYE SLASHES.

by gentlemen ana in gentlemanly
surroundings. He would doubtless
! have them picked in some dark corner
of his Office.
The Express editorially is turning Its
back to the gang" Unfortunately,
however, the Odor of the cusses goes
clear through.
Since the council has created the
Office of mayor pro tenn with salary,
they should also perpetrate the office
of aldermen pro TEN, and carry the
idea down to the jauitor and give him
substitute too. This would give
them double pay, If nothing'e else.
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The heroic dozen will soon be the
pail bearers of the ring, not as mourn.
ers but to see the poor imps laid away
in the narrow confines OF a tamale
shuck.
The next grand jury should turn
their attention to drunkenness in
Office. There is too much staggering
going on at the peoples expense.
From disclosures it would seem that
1t costs money to write name on a
bridge, and it is not written in gold
either.
"675' is getting knock.kneed carry
ing jsgs around with him.
$40, 900 for ST., 900 of shaky bridges
approximates so near to Doodle as to
almost make the figure of justice over
the court house shiver with rage.
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The only brilliant thing about the
administration is that nose, and it is
losing great deal of its bulbousness.
San Antoine liquor is not very pro-
motive of craftsmanship. This is quite
evident when we hold the city gov
eminent to the light.
An animated tamale, seasoned with
bourbon, cannot run San Antonio any
more. This fact needs no "bee gum"t to
give 1t prominence.
The man with the plug is fast trans
forming himself into the man with
the jags.
His jaggesty, "675," will soon have
to wear mask to keep from looking
a taxpayer straight in the face.
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The LIGHT shines and Brine
whines, and boodlers feel the public
heel.
What some know about bridges
would be worth more to the people
now than what poor Greeley knew
about farming.
Wonder if the contract for thos @
bridges was written in letters of gold?
Looks considerably more than much
that way.
The creature that goes to a plug
hat for dignity flaunts the flag of as
sininity at half mast.
ga short horse is soon curried ;"
The court" was quickly groomed
Tuesday night.
A beaver is useful in this, that W hen
a man gets tired carrying it around
he can crowd into 1t and sleep off
the midnight jag-in his dreams.
The population of San Antonio is
about 40 600; hence we pay one dol
lar per capita for those village bridges.
The gang Will soon regret that they
didn't burn the bridges behind them.
No town clock. tits thought, will
deck the city hall while there is q
probability of its face cracking with
bushes for the administration.
Many a fat fish has left the hook
and went to another one, to be caughE
finally.
Isn't it time that a report was made
of our city finances? That is if there
are any finances left.
The people were in one scale and
the administration was in the other
one at Convention hall, and the latter
hit the ceiling go quickly that only
the ashes of plug hats seemed to be in
1t.
For Quarter.
This small outlay will afford you
consi derable comfort IL invested in q
pair of rubber shoes that you can buy