San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-28
DALLAS LETTER.
From Our Own Special Correspondent.
DALLAS, Tex, Feb. 26, 1895.


Republican to US.
"Take the LIGHT" said your cor
respondent.
81 should like to get it. Can you
have a copy sent me without any
expense"
The man that asked this is a Re
publican for what it will bring
him, and not through principle.
He attends Republican meetings
and G.. a. r. encampments just be-
fore office seeking time. Then he is
zone of the boys" At other times
ask him if he attended a local
meeting of Republicans. His in
variable answer is, Il had other
business to attend to" or sit is too
thin, they want money for so and
SO and | prefer knowing Just where
my money goes; some times l can
use it to better advantage" and
now, on the wane Of the present
administrations when the prospects
are promising for a Republican
chief, this man who has lived, shut
within his own shell ever since the
last presidential election, is begin
ming to open his shell just enough
to let it be known that he is a Re-
publican. AS the present term
draws nearer it's close he will come
out more and more, and will take
a greater interest in Republican
journals that is, il he can manage
to get his party journals without
paying subscription. He will feel
around and sound his friends in
this wise:
81 wonder who will succeed Mr..
in office"
"Why, you would make a good
officer. Why do you not apply"
$50 and so told me to apply for
-" naming another office.
The next time he tells it, "That
so and so, and blank asked him
why he did not apply for-or
naming the two offices that he had
wondered who would fill them
when the change came.
The threatening weather kept
people from attending the Moody
meeting yesterday evening, but it
is the first night there has been a
dearth of people. The meeting
closes Friday. The crowd has been
so great that an overflow meeting,
conducted by Brother Leasholes,
has been conducted at the Opera
house. The collections continue
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Col. Stillwell H. Russell is fol-
lowing the course pursued by Maj.
Kearby, since Major Nearby has
come out ahead in Dallas.
Col. Russell is confident he was
the peoples choice for county at
torney, and is going to contest the
office with Mr.. Gillispie. The petit
ton will be filed in few days.
Mr.. Ed. +. Smith, undertaken,
was waited upon by his friends and
importuned to make the run for
mayor, but Mr.. Smith had the good
sense not to enter the race. The
tug Of war will be between Frank
Holland, of the Farm and Ranch,
and Bryan T. Barry, the present
incumbent; either Of whom will
make a good mayor.
The report was circulated that
there was well developed case Of
smallpox at MiIlcr'S Switch in this
county. County Officer NrWSomc
contradicts it and says it gained
crrdrncc by the arrival Of som"
road hands from Richland, who
had been exposed to the disease
some time previous.
DR.. David Mackey, of this city,
has been granted a pension.
The "Trilby" has reached Dallas.
Last week there was Trilby tea
then a Trilby luncheon. Ono OF
the young ladies remarked to us.
"The Trilby foot, all that there was
that was commendable about Tril-
by, will never reach us for she had
too big foot for the modern girls
taste. Think Of it, Trilby wore
six!
"Did the book say that"
But she always wore a mans
slipper, and it was not permitted
to bind her foot at all.
The Dallas battery has begun to
drill preparatory to the Memphis
drill.
Mrs. Sarah Westerfield, aged 50
years, died at the home OF her son,
DIR. T. l.. Westerfield, last Friday.
Mr.. J. f. Chiffon was called to
Illinois on account of the death OF
his sister, Mrs. 7. y. Troutman.
Mrs. Emily Thorne, who re-
sides at Toledo, Washington, says
she has never been able to procure