The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-10-31
LIGHT SPARKS.

An asphalt pavement is being laid in
front of the Central hotel.
Billy Burgess gets all his bright ideas
from the LIGHT.
Go and see Mr.. Joseph Wheelock IN
Marble Heart tonight at Turner Hall.
San Antonio must keep pace with the
fashion of the day: Vote for Wash. Jones.
The 'Iittle sheep men" got "wooled''
last night, but they seem to be all right TO-
day.
Hancock was hoarse last night, that lie
he told at Burnett the other day will choke him
yet.
Hancock had bogus sheep man staked
out in the crowd last night to "bleat' fol
him.
"A murder is reported to have occurred al
Del Rio, the particulars Of which have moi
yet been received.
The sociabe committee, San Antonio
British association meet tonight at Hollands
tea store, at o'clock.
The B. A. entertainment committee mee'
tonight in Strives hall vt 8 o'clock to frame
their report of receipts and expenses.
Billy Burgess has had the audacity to
cheek of Billy is sublime.
Hancock looks bunged up; whisky, dis
pair and free trade is beginning to tell on his
otherwise robust constitution.
The speaking on the plaza to- night will
be Interesting. The tariff question will be
handled from democratic protective basis.
In the federal court this morning the case
of Nat Mitchell vs. Chew Smelly and others,
an action to remove doubt from title to prop
erty was remanded to the district court OF
Stoddard county.
The Big Team opened last night at the
Vaudeville to fair house. Their comcali-
ties, assisted by the old favorite Frank Spar
row, kept the country boys whooPing the
whole evening.
The democrats had parade last night, in
which q boys and II men participated, and
were addressed on Main plaza by Hon.
Richard Coke, Gen. John Hancock, Lieut..
Gov Sayers, and Hon. w. II. Burgess.
Billy Burgess in replying to Maj. Hutch
insoa's question, where was Pfeutter during
the war, asked where was Hutchinson after
the war;-a prominent democrat remarked, IN
the crowd, that Pfeutfer staid behind and stole
cotton.
The Hebrew Ladies Aid Society will
meet at Temple Beth Ell at q O'Clock to-mor-
row afternoon to make arrangements for fair
for the benefit of the Temple. Rabbi Lewen-
thai has requested the LIGHT to state that a
full attendance is expected.
Edward Kelly, who lived on Guadalupe
river, near Comfort, in Kendall county, was
brought here by Sheriff kenhardt yesterday
for safe-keeping, to await trial for the murder
of w. ii. Criswell, whom he killed at Com
fort last Saturday because Criswell had beaten
him for making defamatory remarks.
There was only one lady in Turner hall
who wore the "cartwheel Gainsborough hat
and it was about eighteen inches in diameter.
The parties behind her had to move their
chairs to get view of the stage. The wear
inc of the Gainsborough at theatres is un-
fashionable and unjustihable, and the fair sex
should have the good sense to stopit.
In the u S. court yesterday, Berry and
lanes Buckalew were sentenced to the peni-
tertiary for eight years for robbing the Eagle
Pass stage, Robert Doaty was sentenced TO s
years for stage robbery, Judge Theodore Ter
ry to II months in Jail for facilitating the
transportation of struggled goods by means Of
false bills of sale and false notarial certificates,
Dick Roberts to months in Jail and Guada-
lupe Olivas to 7 months for smuggling, and
James Carroll to 6 years in the penitentiary
for killing Fritz Pandley.