The Evening Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 92, Ed. 1 Monday, May 8, 1882 Page: 2 of 4
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The Evening Light.
PUBLISHED DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAY) BY THE
EVENING LIGHT PIBLISH’G CO.
235 Commerce Street
nELiVERED by carriers throughout the City at
Ten Cents per week payable to our agent.
Single copies for sale by newsboys at Five Cents.
Subscription per Year S 5 In Advance.
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Locals Ten Cents per line each insertion set in
Nonpareil type. Display Advertising One Dollar
per square inch first insertion and fifty Cents tor
each additional insertion. For three or six months
three dollars per month.
Advertising payable on first of each
month. Transient advertising payable in advance.
Only metal cuts printed for which an extra charge
of 50 per cent is made. .
FJ- B F. JOHNSON is duly authorised to solicit
and collect for the Evening Light. Subscribers
not receiving their paper will please make complaint
to him or at the office. .
Entered at postoffice at San Antonio Texas
as second class matter.
Monday May 8 1882.
KIIITORIAL EAKAGKAPHS.
The funeral of Horace Maynard took place
at Nashville on Saturday.
Congressional candidates in the Galves-
ton district are as thick as blackbirds.
The o. a. is likened unto Pontius Pilate be-
cause he washed his hands of the apportion-
ment bill.
Racine Wisconsin has just suffered a two
million dollars fire; five acres of buildings
were burned down.
Cowart who killed Judge Thurmond at
Dallas has been convicted and given seven
years in the penitentiary.
The president has issued an order releasing
General Fitz John Porter of so much of his
sentence as debarred him from holding office.
The dems can now count Fitz John as an
eligible candidate for the presidency.
Upson very properly and patriotically vot-
ed with the republicans on the tariff question
and against his fellow democrats from Texas.
It would be a great economy of principle and
consistency to send a republican to represent
the 10th district.
Gambling used to be deemed a legitimate
calling in Mexico and was practiced in public
as openly as any other business but Mexico
has turned its tables and gambling is now
outlawed and what is better the Mexican offi-
cials carry out the law.
U psoN was the only meml>er from Texas
who voted with the republicans on the tariff
question. If a democratic member of congress
is compelled to vote with the repulican party
in order to serve his constituency he had bet-
ter be a republican at once and save his con-
sistency.
Upson has had his goose cooked by the new
apportionment so far as the democratic party
is concerned. The best thing the judge can do
is to turn his back upon the old ingrate. It is
only the other day we picked up a democratic
paper denouncing Upson as a northern man
and accusing him with republican sympathies.
P. Finlay is announced as a candi-
date for congress in the Galveston district.
Thal district needs the services of a straight-
out republican. Finlay should exhibit patriot-
ism enough to swap horses before the race
begins.
A pa»ty of journalists were recently car-
ried over the West Jersey railroad from Phila-
delphia to Cape May a distance of Si miles
in minutes. A number of the miles were
covered in 50 seconds. The train consisted of a
locomotive and three cars.—N. O. Times-
Democrat.
A party composed of the governors of
Massachusetts and South Carolina and about
50 others were carried in the month of June
1838 over the Boston and Providence railroad
a distance of 47 miles in 47 minutes. It was
on the occasion of the opening of the road
and the governor of South Carolina had come
on to Boston by invitation. The West Jersey
affair is hence not startling.
In old times the vicious and most damag-
ing habit of mixing politics with municipal
affairs did not prevail. What has the govern-
ment of a city to do with political dogmas and
doctrines any way? What more than anA
in Jiis family government? The business of a
city government is to collect its taxes con-
duct its domestic affairs protect the person
and propel of its citizens. Does it make any
difference 'what principles of national
or international government the men hold
who have these duties to perform? This
party business in cities is what by di-
viding the honest part of the com-
munity enables the rogues who thus hold
the balance of power to dispose themselves to
one party or the other and by thus securing
the victory for that party come virtually them-
selves in power. There is not a city in the
country which if it will put party politics aside
can not put gamblers and all its outlaws and
hoodlums under police control land keep them
there. And what we say of municipal offices
is just as true of judicial. We want no judges
with politics.
Let some of our citizens try it look for
capable and honest men for the municipal and
judicial offices men who will not steal and
are not idiots and make no inquiry about
their politics and there will be no more city
governments at the mercy of venal hordes as
St. Louis is to-day.
COL. TOM OCHILTREE.
A special dispatch from Washingtbn to the
News states that Col. Tom Ochiltree will be a
candidate foi congress in the Galveston dis-
trict.
Col. Ochiltree will be a formidable candi-
date; a native-born Texan; a confederate with
a brilliant record; and a reconstructed rebel in
the fullest sense of the term. He will be
able to trump any card played by his demo-
cratic opponent no matter from what suit
played.
The Galveston district needs constant
liberal government aid; its numerous har-
bors will require the generosity of the
government for years to come and it contains
in its area an immense interest demanding
the protection policy of the republican party.
No democrat however liberal or progressive
he may be will meet the requirements of the
Galveston district.
The election of a republican in that district
will secure deep water at every pass on the
gulf.
It’s about time the people were considering
their interests in this congressional representa-
tion and not the particular interests of the
regular bourbon tariff-for-revenue-only poli-
ticians who ride into congress on the party
nomination and remain like so many knots
on a stick at the national capital the state re-
ceiving its national benefits at the hands of
the republican party.
THE “MASCOT” AFFAIR IN NEW
ORLEANS.
We have not such particulars of the Mascot
affair in New Orleans as to justify us in utter-
ing very positive opinions upon it. But we
yet entertain no doubt that the proceedings
against that paper are unwarrantable.
We first question naturally asked is why
the publishers of the Mascot published an
article against Van Benthuysen with the order
enjoining them from doing so in their hands?
Our opinion is that they were justified in do-
ing it. Van Benthuysen had all the week to
apply for his injunction but only did so on
Friday undoubtedly after the edition had
gone through the press and when it was quite
too late for the publishers to obtain a hearing
on the merits of the injunction before the
time of publication. Indeed the application
being made on Friday it was quite likely the
order was not served till next morning. But
that is not important. It is 1 principle of law
everywhere is contained in the Civil Code of
Louisiana and runs all through its jurisprud-
ence that no man shall have advantage from
his own wrong. There is* no doubt that this
vicious purpose of the complainant struck the
order with invalidity. Next it is the express
and repeated ruling of the Supreme Court of
Louisiana that no such order shall issue with-
out a Rule first taken upon the patty who is
to be restrained to show cause why it should
not issue. No such rule was taken.
Again the grounds set out in the affidavit
as published to-wit that the Mascot “is a li-
bellous and scurillous sheet and subsists by
pandering to the low tastes of that class who
take pleasure in seeing the honorable reputa-
tion of useful citizens besmirched” and that
the Mascot “had published a libellous cartoon
referring to affiant as a trickster” are no
grounds whatever for such injunction. Nor
would be if he had sworn besides that he
was apprehensive that the libellous sheet
would cartoon or in any manner libel him
again as he did not do. It seems clear that
the order of injunction for these causes too
should not have been granted.
The law had provided for Mr. Van Benthuy-
sen’s case by making the act of libel a crimi-
nal offence. He could have arrested the pub-
lishers and prosecuted them for libel on the
appearance of each cartoon. If that remedy
was not enough it was the fault of the law and
and Mr. V. B. should have gone to the Legis-
lature and not to the courts. But at his
worst he did not pretend to have any right to
prevent the publication of that Saturday’s
Mascot which is what he maliciously sought
to do and would have done if the order had
been obeyed. It is not possible that the pub-
lishers of the Mascot can be amenable to pun-
ishment for not permiting the order to have
that effect. Yet they were obliged to permit
it to have that effect or disregard it. We are
of opinion that it is not possible that J udge
Rightor could have felt legally justified in is-
suing the order and we can see the act in no
other light than as an act of usurpation and
injury.
Now on the question of contempt another
Judge tor some cause presided. It is not
usual and in a case like this of doubtful ex-
ercise of judicial power does not look well.
The case was probably assigned after granting
the order of injunction but it should have
been assigned to the judge who granted it.
Judge Minroe is the ablest jurist on the Civil
District Court benches. Was great abilty in
request in this case? It seems strange to us
that the parties did not purge themselves upon
oath of the contempt and show the undeniable
legal ground* that existed for disregarding the
order. The Judge was not to be supposed
aware when he issued the order that its effect
would be very different from that designed
and of vital injury to the defendants. When
such was shown to be the case and the de-
fendants swore that that fact was the sole
cause of their disregarding the order and that
it was not an act of contempt of the authority
of the court they should have been discharged.
Did Judge Minroe deny them this defense?
The cause of the press—any press —is the
cause of the public and when judges make
mistakes upon questions that involve the free-
dom of the press they should be sure and
make them against those who would restrain
its freedom and not in their favor.
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MIDLAND
Tiie Pictures Que Route of Texas!
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe
Railway.
CONNECTIONS.
AT ARCOLA with I. & G. N. R. R. for Columbia
and towns in Brazoriu County.
AT GALVESTON with Mallory Line-Steamers for
Key West and New York with Morgan Line
Steamers for New Orleans Indianola Corpus
Christi Brownsville and Vera Crux Mexico
and steamers for all parts of the world.
AT ROSENBERG with G. H. & S. R’y. for San
Antonio and all points on that line with Star
and Crescent Route at Houston for New Or-
leans and all points in the Southeast.
AT BRENHAM with H. & T C. R’y. (Western
Branch) far Giddings Austin and all points
on that line.
AT MILANO with I. & G. N. R’y for Hearne
Palestine Rockdale Round Rock. George-
town Austin and all points on that line.
AT TEMPLE with Mo. Pacific R’y for Waco.
AT MORGAN with Texas Central R’y. for Waco
Marlin Hico Dublin Cisco and all points
on that line.
AT CLEBURNE with C. T & M. C. R’y. for
Alvarado Dallas and all points on that line
AT FORT WORTH with Mo. Pacific and Texas
& Pacific R ys. for all points on these lines
as well as to St. Louis Kansas City Chicago.
New York and all points North East and
West.
that your tickets read over this line.
I3"For full information address—
Oscar G. Murray Gen’l. Pass. Agt.
2-25-ly GALVESTON. TEXAS.
Book-keeping Book-keeping
Permanent employment wanted by a practical book-
keeper. Boots kept and accounts rendered
by the job week or month
Rents Collected Debts Collected
JOSEPH BAYLY
San Antonio Texas.
Jj-N. B.—Book-keeping taught on Reasonable
Terms.
J. OPPENHEIMER & CO.
DEALER IN
Staple anil Fancy Groceries.
WINES LIQUORS Etc.
Sheep Dip Tobacco a Specialty*
Fine large room for storing wool for
our customers free of charge.
—SAN ANTONIO—
MATTRESS MANUFACTORY !
11.1‘lielps & Son Propr’s.
001 W. HOUSTON and «O 1 N. LAREDO ST.
We beg leave to inform the inhabitants of this city
and its surroundings that we are prepared to supply
them with Mattresses Bolsters Pillows and Hed
Tickings of the best quality at the lowest possible
prices. We make to order Mattresses of any size
and of any of material required. Mattresses kept
on hand also Cotton Moss and Feather Bolsters
and Pillows. And we would say that our prices are
such as cannot be beaten in the city. All orders en-
trusted to us will be executed with promptness
either in city or country. We also make a specialty
of repairing Mattresses of all kinds on satisfactory
terms.
DOWLING I MOD
DRUGGISTS and APOTHECARIES
Cor. Houston and Ixisoya Sts.
SAN ANTONIO - - TEXAS
Respectfully solicit thr attention of the public to
their large and well -elected stock of DRUGS
PATENT MEDICINES TOILET ARTICLES
Druggists sundries etc. selected with espe< ial care
as to quality which they offer at bottom prices for
cash.
In their
Prescription Department
They keep in stock a full supply of pure
tell. llllilllt Dns I
• o
Parties can rely on having their prescriptions pre-
pared with the greatest care and accuracy
They make a specialty of the fol.owing
Standard Proprietary Medicines.
Which have already become very popular in the
northern cities and need but a trial to prove their
merits viz
EILERT’S EXTRACTofTAR and WILD CHf R-
RV—for croup colds hoarseness etc. Price
$1 per bottle Sample bottle io cents.
EILERT’S DAYLIGHT PILLS-for all derange-
ments of the Liver. Price 25 cents per box.
DR JAQUES’ GERMAN VEGETABLE WORM
CAKES—pleasant to take certain in effect.
Price 25 cents per package
DR WINCHELL’S TEETHING SYRUP-eases
pain softens the gums and assists dentition.
Price xj cents per bottle
UNCLE SAM'S NERVE and BONE LINIMENT
—for man and beast. The most effectual Rube-
facient yet discovered. Price 25 and socenu per
bottle.
UNCLE SAM’S CONDITION POWDKRS-for
horses cows etc. Price 25 cents per package.
«-ar6m.
French Building (room ao.)
by mail promptly attended to. All work guaranteed. Prices reasonable.
THE “SUNSET” ROUTE.
GALVESTON HARRISBURG & SAN ANTONIO RAILWAY.
Great East anil West Line Throudi Texas.
THE TRUE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
This is the Direct Route Between West Southwest Texas and Mexico and all points in the
East Southeast and North. But one change of Cars to St. I-ouis Chicago Louisville Cin-
cinnati Baltimore or Washington and but two changes to Philadelphia and New York.
4 DAILY TRAINS .
“ Between San Antonio and Houston. i
At Houston close connections are made with all diverging lines for points in Illinois lowa
Nebraska Wisconsin Minnesota and the East; and at Rosenberg Junction with all trains on
the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway.
The Daylight Express has Through Palace Sleepers from San Antonio to New Orleans
Without change making close connections at the latter city with all fast Express Trains from
the North and East.
C. E. MINER Western Passenger Agent San Antonio ;
P. B. FREER Ticket Agent Men ger Hotel San Antonio.
T. W. PEIRCE Jr.
2-i-i2m General Passenger and Ticket Agent Houston.
JL. KIR.SCIi’VIISrK:
BOOTandSHOE MAKER
Boots and Shoes of all styles made to order on short notice. Only first-class workmen employed and
the very best material used. Give me a trial and I guarantee to giye satisfaction both as to price
and quality of work. 1-16-tL
L. R-O-TJ-V-Jk-W-T
Agent for the Celebrated MEDICATED SPECTACLES for Western Texas.
Dealer In DIAMONDS WATCHES IB JIUUI.
line of the very best of SPECTACLES. Having worked in the Largest Establishment!
in France England and Switzerland I am prepared to do all kinds of work end guarantee satisfaction.
1 buy all my goods direct from Manufactures and Importers* and can offer special inducements to all wish-
ing anything in my line.
285 Commerce Street Near Maiu Plaza San Antonio Texas.
MENGER HOTEL
SAN ANTONIO
This old and favorite Hotel is now under an entire new management. MR. FRANK. P.
HORD late Proprietor of Hord’s Hotel San Antonio and MR. CURUS DAVIS
late Proprietor of the Bingham House Philadelphia both having a long Hotel experience
Hatter themselves that they will be able to give general satisfaction.
The MENGER under its new management has been Refitted and Refurnished with
many alterations and improvements of modem character making it the Largest and Bes
appointed Hotel in Western Texas.
HORD & DAVIS Propr's.
CURLIS DAVIS. Manager.
-XT.A. IL & FA-GrE
HOUSE SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTERS
313 Houston Street - - San Antonio Texas.
Graining Kalsomining Varnishing etc. A
reasonable. Call at shop and see samples of v
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J. E. TUOMAS Agent
and Dealer in
SEWING MACHINE SUPPLIES
Office 84 Commerce street Sax Antonio T*x.
J. K. JRe-pscioi-oli
Awning and Tent Maker
’ Houston Texas.
333 COMMERCE STREET.
- TEXJkS.
11 work promptly and neatly executed. TERMS
roi k. 3 16-tf
DR. J. JONES.
Hommopiuhic Physician
OFFICE—No. 250 COMMERCE STR.
Residence—6l2 Avenue C.
Special attention to Diseases of the Lungs Heart
and Nasal Catarrh.
Office Hours : From io to it a. m.; 3t04 30 p.
m. and from 7to 8 p m. 1-6-tl
E. Hertzberg.
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN.
SPECIAL attention paid to repairing FINK
WATCHES and ENGRAVING.
Would respectfully inform the public that he ha*
now on hand the largest stock of
WATCHES DIAMONDS
JEWELRY SILVERWARE.
CLOCKS ETC.
Ever brought to this market and is selling at price*
which defy competition.
and examine my stock and prices before
purchasing elsewhere.
All goods will be sold under written guarantee if
desired. B. HERTZBERG
Mart Mow la S. A. Natioaai Bank.
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