San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-20
AUSTIN LETTER.

AUSTIN, Tex, Feb. 10, 1892.
As the governor has at last called the
special session things will be lively in
Austin during the month of March at
least, and the young people eSpec tally
look forward to the time when the soloRs
shall come with their country innocence
and odd ways, looking for all the world
and really surprised that they are not
made as much Of as they are at home.
But they are fine lot of fellows; men of
tense and high ideas of justice, as a gen.
eral thing, and much better on the whole
than they are given credit Tor. Some
through rank ignorance and prejudice
make occasional breaks, but they think
they are doing right at least.
There was some general surprise when
the jury in the Alice case brought in
verdict of not guilty, but those who had
been keeping up with the evidence say 1t
was nothing more than they. expected.
Alice himself was surprised, at least to all
verdict he broke completely down and
cried.
This is something of an off week at the
| theatre, only two attractions being billed.
| Charter Gardner was at Milletts Monday
| in his new play, but he did not please as
well as he has before. His admirers say
they fear he has got the big head since
last he was here. On the whole though
the, play was well accepted.
"a Hole In the Ground is billed for
Saturday with matinee. Theatre goers
are looking forward to 1T, as IT bids fair to
be quite an attraction. 1t Is highly spok-
en- of by the papers, and it is said the girls
in the company are pretty and the pro-
gram something new.
The members of the Law class OF the
State university are now charged ma
circulation fee of $50, whereas in previous
years they were only taxed S25 The fee
was raised to $50 by the Board of Regents
at their meeting last June, their excuse
for so doing being that in as much
as In educating a man to be a law
yer is giving him Immediately on
graduation bread winning occupation,
therefore he can afford to pay for 1t. But
the law students failed to see 1t In this
light and looked upon the move as a piece
of gross injustice, and in pursuance there
with the junior law class are preparing to
sue the Board of Regents for the extra
assessment, and say they will make
strong case of it. There is no Doubt In an
unprejudiced mind as to them being In
| In the right, for the same convention OF
Regents that passed this enactment es-
| tablished the school of pedagogy, the OBJ
| ject of which is to train pedants. There
| Is no doubt great inconsistency in the
| change.
Governor Hogg has just broken up the
ground for his "roSen-ear" patch, ana II
| the season is good one, enough corn will
| be raised to supply the gubernatorial
| table for some little time. Last years
| crop was quite success, and some dozen
| rows of waving corn told OF the Cover
nor's patient toll, presumably in the heat
| of the summers sun. Nobody ever saw the
governor at work in his little truck patch,
| but he no doubt puts in some good licks
| before the morning sun gets too high Tor
| the mansion to cast substantial shad-
| dow.
E. C. Geuelin, the expert hydraulic en-
| gineer from the north who has been en-
| ployed, at heavy expense, by the Board
| Of Public works to give an opinion as to
| the utilization of the power at the dam
| and other questions in connection with
| the erection of the great structure, has
| given his report, which is quite favorable.
He recommends the plans OF the present
| engineer, Mr.. Frizell, and speaks highly
| of the character of the work generally.
The Golfer dam has been extended
across the river and in the course OF two
| weeks or so the main structure will
have been laid its whole length so as to
back up six feet or more of water. work
| heretofore has been on the east end
where the height is nearly sixty feet for
| some 200 yards. 1t will not be many
| months before lake will be formed ex-
| tending for several miles up the river:
A steam boat is now being, constructed
| which will be completed by the time
water is deep enough to float it for any
| distance. Dam enthusiasts are very
| much encouraged.
The Austin & Northwestern railroad
will be extended TO Llano by 1st April.
| There is only gap OF 30 miles to be hlIed
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