The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-20
LIGHT SPARKS.
The weather is beautiful.

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The opera troupe has gone to Galveston
but the need of an opera house renlaiils.
Three horses were recently stolen from )
A. Harris at LOckhart.
Wagner has sold over 800 Hitchcocks lamps
since July.
Our merchants are all busy putting up or
dcrs for the holidays.
Quite a number of ex-candidates attenueu
the Ieyee at the county clerk ONCE To-Day.
The Programme OF Fall Races at the SAN
Pedro Springs Park will be published III To-
morrOw's issue OF the LIGHT.
Mr. Hess, the opera manager has gone 10
Monterrey to look into the possibility Oh hhtro-
ducing English opera.
We have a street railway that almost covers
all the requirements in that dlrectioll-puI we
need an opera house and big hotel.
If Belknap had not built the street railway.
orr capitalists would have been taking ABOUT
il to this day.
Hon. Tom. OchiItree has returned to Gal
weston and expects to start to Washington on
the 24th inst.
President Arthur will do smart thing by
not calling congress together on the 4th Oh
March. Don't need TO.
Two negroes had a fight Saturday night on
the corner of Main street and Military Plaza
Fists and sticks were used and the cOlnDatants
were knocked about, but no arrests were
made.
The present number Of the Texas Wool
Grower is issued reduced in size, but is sur
mounted by q handsome black heading repre-
scnting ranchng in the past and the present
time.
Justice Adam this morning rendered Judg
ment for the plaintiffs in the suit or W .o.Lang-
don & Co. against Mrs. A. E. barrow for horse
a spring wagon and harness. Notlce OF an ap-
peal was gwen
VIC. Parsons has filed suit in the district
court against 6. B. Boero for debt ana W: II ,
Maverick against HOratiO Nj. Smith, an action
on a note to fOreclOse vendors lein.
The death of c. q. Napier "Greely No.
was the topic of general comment this morn
ing.
The old race grounds offers good in
vestment for our enterprising capitalists.
John E. and Mrs. Ince miss jones' are
natives of old England.
Fun in boarding SCHOOL, is relief
after the opera.
Hunting parties are the order of the day.
The preparation Of the San Pedro park
race course is under way.
Mr.. Ed Stoves promises to give his OBJ
servations about street improvements, as he
aw them abroad.
The Express wants TO bet new hat that
t can name the next Mayor. There is some
hing Frenchy" about the Express.
Let it be remembered that the exclusive
nobody has a right to run for mayor.
DIR. McClntock is an applicant for county
physician. The old Doctor has forgotten
good deal more than some of our practitioners
ever knew.
MIR. Dashed informs US that there is moth
ing in the arrangement between him and May
or French about the clerkship.
"A $Ioo, 900 company for another street
railway would indicate that there are no
'ther openings left for the investment of capt.
tal-that big hotels were plenty-that opera
houses were numerous-that warehouses,
mammoth ones, were lying idle for want of
business-another street railway!
-"Greely No 2" the late C. G.. Napier,
was genial whole-souled man. He was an
old planter before the war and although a man
we'll advanced in years he has shown brave
example of endurance and enterprise in be-
coming an active news paper contributor and
travelling correspondent.
Mrs. Bennett, with malaria fever, has
been in Santa Rosa Hospital since last Thurs
day, and with good care and proper nourish-
ment she may soon recover. Any of her
friends. or the Doctors friends, can call there
to see her.
MIR. Dashed, Dist Clerk, expects to re-
main undisturbed in his office until after the
mayors election, as this arrangement suits
both Mr. Baldus and himself, and forces no
disagreeable responsibility upon ''his honor"
at this critical juncture. Mr.. d. says there is
no provision Of law requiring the county Off:
GERS to qualify within any limited length of
time. If this is so it is great oversight on
the part of the legislature.