San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-29
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.
Mines Shutting Down-Wil Fire
Up-Election in Coahuila-
Shipment of Muttons
Short Stops
Personal.


ing down of mines in some locali-
ties, and the reduction of forces in
others. The depreciation of silver
will seriously effect the business of
the country if not soon restored.
The closing down of the mines will
bear heavily on the labOring class,
as thousands of them are depend
ing on the mines for a living.
The miners and business men of
Monterey are taking deep inter-
est in American politics. They
are Just as anxious to know what
Congress will do as are the citizens
of Texas, Colorado and the western
states and territories. They are in
hopes that Congress will do some
thing to restore confidence in sill
yer, and pass bill for its free
coinage.
WILL FIRE UP SOON.
The owners of Smelter No. /,
have force of men at work on the
furnaces getting them ready to
smelt copper. The company has a
large quantity of copper ore on
hand, they propose from this on to
smelt copper ore, as there is more
money in copper than there is in
smelling silver lead ore. They eX-
pect to be ready to fire up by the
lst of August.
ELECTION IN COAHUILA.
There will be an election in Goa
hula next month. There are two
candidates in the field, Jose Maria
Cara Galan, the present governor,
and Hon. Miguel Cardenas, attor-
ney at law. Both candidates have
a strong following and party feel
ing is running high. Some of the
opponents of the governor have
left Saltilio to avoid trouble and
taken up their residence IN Monte
rey..
SHIPMENT OF MUTTONS.
Tuesday morning, July 70, the
Mexican National Railway compa-
ny shipped from Monterey to Ca
torce. 1000 muttons. They were
brought in from the adjoining
ranches, and were in good condi-
ton. There is a good deal of live
stock being shipped over this road
at present.
SHORT STOPS.
Mondays are christening days in
the churches in Monterey, and
number of mothers can be seen
going to to the churches at II a. M,
on those days, to have their young
ones christened. The babies are
gayly dressed on those OCCASIONS,
and so are the churches decorated.
Sometimes the services are very
picturesque. They frequently take
young lambs with them. They
are decorated with red, white and
green ribbons and flowers, and are
led up to the altar and stand along
side of the child that is being
christened. They are symbolic of
the lamb of God that taketh away
the sins of the world. After the
services are over the lambs are led
out in front of the child that it was
sponsor for, and if the parents are
well to do, as soon as they
reach the sidewalks they throw
handsfull of small change among
the boys who are in the streets
awaiting them. Such a scene was
enacted at the Catholic church
lately.
The artesian we'll which was
started here about year ago, and
when they got down 1900 feet the
contractor threw up the job and
work on it, has been suspended
since last January. This week the
mayor made a contract with Capt.
Daniel Dugan of Laredo, Texas,
an experienced well digger, to fin
ish it. He commenced his work
on the 24th, he informed us that he
had no doubt but what he would
be able to get flowing water. If he
succeeds in getting flowing water
in reasonable depth there will
be hundreds Of such wells sunk in
this state in the next ten years.
| There are thousands of acres of
valuable land in this state that do
not produce anything for want of
water.
There has been fine rains along
the line of the Monterey and
Mexican Gulf railway from here to
Tampico, and crops, grass and
stock looks well.
The Panuco river has been on a
boom the past ten days, and all
the low lands are under water
Traffic on the Tampico branch OF
the Central railroad, has been sus-
pended for several days on account