San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-17

not possibly be considered, outside
OF an exhibition Of an aggregation
of freaks.
Well. what is Mr.. Gray's latest
revised opinion? After a full and
free investigation, is he prepared to
say that, as constructed thus far,
the ''sewer system will be d
failure?" If so. who is to blame, il
not himself and his devotee, the
city engineer?
There have been many question
able combinations formed in San
Antonio, business and professional
as we'll as political, but perhaps
the most extraordinary is the re-
ported brick combination. Possib-
! ly there is nothing in the rumor,
but if there is, it will be deter
mined beyond doubt or cavil by
the brick used in the construction
of the sewer outlet. "The proof Of
the pudding is in chewing the
bag"
Pastor III. d, Hunnicutt, Bap.
tist minister, who dispenses saliva
tion to sinners at the town of Nor
rilton, Ark, has been arrested for
killing a 10.months-old baby. Pas
tor Hunnicutt was absorbed in the
great work OF preparing his SER
mon for the following Sabbath,
when the child began to fret and
cry. Commands to cease it's noise
having passed unheeded, the pas
tor proceeded to catch it by its
feet and dash its feeble brains out
against the wall. Who shall say
that the pastor was not right? En-
gagged in his holy work of sounding
the tocsin to save sinners, why
should he be annoyed and inter-
rupted by the mewliDgs Of a fret.
full brat? And yet, there are
bloody and barbarous wretches in
the wicked state Of ArkaDsa who
have seriously discussed the adj
visibility of taking Parson Hun.
nicutt out to a secluded spot and
suspending him from the limb of a
tree. But the Lord will protect
him from the wrath of his inhu-
man prosecutors
Amid this "wreck OF matter and
the crush OF worlds" will some one
kindly arise and explain just
where the principal and pupils OF
the city hall kindergarten of misap-
piled mechanics and so-called en-
cheering stand in the sewer mat.
ter? Surely, when the "experts"
chirp, their voices should be heard.
San Antonio threatens to be en-
broiled in litigation which prom is
S to be as vexatious and interim
nable as the construction of her
sewers. But the city pays the cost
vide judgment in the sewer in
junction case tried before Judge
Green.
A new census of the twenty.seven
states and two territories of the re-
public Of Mexico has just been COM
plet d, and shows total popula-
tion of l2,547,057, against 1882
924 as shown by the census Of 1891.
Considering the heavy immigra-
ton into Texas from our neighbor
republic, this gain Of 800, 600 in five
years shows satisfactory and
healthy increase. But perhaps
this last census was taken when no
general election was pending in
San Antonio or along the border.
The judiciary committee of the
house will report favorably a bank
rupt bill. Under Mr.. Cleveland's
policy, such a measure appears to
be Of prime necessity to the people
Of all classes.
In the late war / was soldier
in the First Maryland volunteers,
company G. During my term of
service l contracted chronic diar-
rh9a. Since then l have used
great amount OF medicine, but
when found any that would give
me relief it would injure my
stomach, until Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Rem