The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-25
LOCAL DO rs.
The Odd Fellows have picnic at the
Springs on the 10th instant

The Odd Fellows have a picnic at the
Springs on the Goth instant.
The infant child Of A. Zimsmeyer died,
yesterday, from trismus.
Augustine Torres has been jailed for
burglary, for entering the house OF Juan Flores
and stealing thersfrom clothing valued at SIS.
The ladies of St. Marks church hold
their ice cream and strawberry festival to-
night, in one of Mavericks buildings on
| Houston street.
p. Bona charges Ed Koerps with assault
| ing him, while on the way to the Polish hall,
and the case is set for tomorrow morning at
9 o'clock.
Our Polish citizens celebrated the feast of
st. Albert at their hall on North street on
Sunday evening, and appear to have had
good time.
The committee of invitation for the Odd
! Fellows celebration at the springs tomorrow
night has favored the LIGHT with badges OF
admission.
Mr.. M. Eckenroth is missing from Cap
tain Braden's ranch, and as he has been men,
tally affected since the death Of his wife, it is
feared that he may have come to an untimely
end.
Jesse Bennett is to leave the police force
to become hack proprietor. We shall lose
good officer, but we hope he will do we'll in
his new calling.
| 1T is high time the authorities were putting
a stop to such scenes as last night. Ii the Of
icers cannot enforce the laws they had bet
ter step out and give place to men who are not
afarid to do their duty.
Those brave (?) policemen became extra
vigilant and vicious after Stevens was arrested
last night and tried to see how severely they
could beat him up.
MIR. Ed. Stoves, Jr., the lumber dealer,
wishes US to state that he is in no way con-
nected or identified with the young bully Ed
die Stevens, Jr., and makes this mention for
fear persons not knowing him might confound
the two names.
The Lawlor- Murchie concert will be given
on Thursday next, and we hope that these tai
ented young men who have ever done Their
best to assist our charities and to cuntribut,
to the amusement of our citizens, will have a
full house.
An old colored man whom most everyone
knows as General Brooks" has been miss
ing since yesterday evening" late. His friends
were out nearly all night making search for
him, and they fear something wrong has hap
pened.
-Chas. Small was charged in Justic.
Shields court last evening with assaulting P
b. Schitfers, throwing rocks at him The jur,
acquitted him on account of the delirium trem-
ems from which he suffered at the time.
The case of J. f. Boiling, who was
charged some since with stealing money, the
property of his employer P. w. Buer, of Schul-
enburg, has been transferred by Justice Adam
to the district court for want of jurisdiction.
The attention Of the police is called to a
a horrible looking little dwarf beggar woman
who goes about soaring people and frighten-
ing them into giving her money. We have
heard Of several cases of timd ladies being
greatly frightened by the sudden appearance
of this creature.
F. c. Dudley, of Houston, is at the IIord
hotel.
S. S. Walcott of Laredo, is in the city.
U. S. Revenue Collector Vaughn called on
the LIGHT this morning.
COL T. w. PIERCE and II. b. Andrews left
for Austin this morning.
David Barnhill, the genial proprietor and
editor of the Fort Clark News, called on the
LIGHT last evening.
James P. Newcomb and A. w. Clifford, OF
the LIGHT corps left by last nights train for
Houston, to attend the press convention,
which assemblies to-day. Mr.. Clifford will Join
the excursion to San Francisco.
Frsie Presse and Rev. Young.
In connection with the controversy about
Rev. Mr.. Young's sermon, the Freie Presse
refers the reverend gentleman to a statistical