The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-19
LOCAL DOTS.

LOCAL DOTS.
"A fine shower this morning.
Judge Evans arrived yesterday to attend
the district court.
A little rain makes our yaller "clay
streets" slippery.
Why cannot our young men organize
mill airy company?
w. B. Sterling has been back from San
Marcos now five days.
Ridge Paschal has telegraphed that he
starts home tomorrow.
Five thousand copies of the "Volkstest
Batt'' will be mailed to the country.
We learn that Ex-Governor Davis has
been invited to address the Volksfest
The Texas editors are breaking out now
about their California trip. Too late.
DO you want nice printing? The LIGHT
Office is the place you can get it done.
Frank Sparrow's sketch on the "Rag
Baby" takes better than the original.
The LIGHT missed the last council meet
ing, hence the lack of appropriate comment
The telephone Office will soon be moved
to the corner Of Houston and Soledad streets.
The excursion from Galveston and Hous-
ton will bring about thousand people to our
Volksfest.
vile, is in the city selling some wool and buy
ing goods.
Madame Donaldson's dancing school
give a sunAower hop tonight, at Arbeiter
Verein hall.
-Clipsetta is the name of the two-year-old
that won the louisville ladies stake" at Lou
isville, the other day.
The Volksfest grows in importance every
day. 1t will be the greatest crowd San An
tonic has eve r experienced.
Many of the telephone poles have been
substituted for larger ones in consequence Of
the increased weight of wires.
ID. Oppenhemer has been elected second
vice president of the Merchants Exchange,
vice Honore Grenet, deceased.
The handsome present at the IIilIgers-
Layer wedding, marked ''private," attracted
the attention of the curious ones.
New Irish potatoes are quite plentiful in
market. Messrs. Huber & Wolfe bought
some very nice ones this morning.
The town is infested again with beggars.
The same old lady tackled" LIGHT man
three times in one day for "charty."
The LIGHT will issue an extra edition for
the volksfest. Business men wishing space in
its columns will de we'll to apply early.
-Messrs. Byrnes & Kerr are to put down
some of their mesquite pavement fronting
Mrs. Vance's property, on Houston street.
The "Voksfest Blatt'' is now out Par
ties wishing extra copies for mailing to the
country can leave their order at the LIGHT
office.
One of the busiest retail houses in this
city is that of J. Joske & Sons, Alamo street.
You can never find this store without Gus
toner.
The "Siftings' better stop Dragging
about circulation or some of the members OF
the legislature cartooned by it will bring &C
ton for damages.
DO you want any letter heads, bil-heads,
cards, circulars, ETC., call on the LIGHT Job
Office, and you will get frst-cass work at
reasonable prices.
The picnic to have taken place to NOR
row night, under the direction Of Sim Hart
and Harry Fowler, has, on account of bad
weather, been postponed.
The Missouri editors en- route from San
Antonio to Austin, were met at New Braun
fels by committee of citizens, and invited TO
public breakfast at the Raymond house.
They were also otherwise entertained.
Otto Hillgers says he received enough
silver ware at his wedding to start little
jewelry store. He has dishes for six kinds of
butter and SO many duplicates of other kinds
of silver ware, he will never be able to fill
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| "A gentleman from New Braunfels this