The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-07-15
LIGHT SPARKS.

: The Mission garden Will be open to-mor
. row.
Reagan is talked of now as the dark
horse.
Music at the Mission garden tomorrow
evening.
A change of venue in the Thompson case
is talked of.
Several thousand dollars were netted in
the bucket shop yesterday.
An excursion train from New Orleans is
expected next week.
"A cool place on Sunday is Nights gar
den. Music and refreshments.
The Coyote" and "Jack RABBIT" have
been running around loose all day.
A statement is made to us that the Jack
Rabbit is published Sub Ros(e)a."
The "Cayote," strange to stay, is wolf
in Sleeps clothing-"TexaS Wool.
There are over fifteen COWS at present in
the pound, and plenty around our streets each
night.
The "Siftings" may as we'll abandoned
the San Antonio market. Local crop sutti-
cient for bone demand.
The little girl Fowler, who had her leg
amputated yesterday, is apparently doing we'll
but there symptoms of fever.
Mrs. Magaret Burns has taken out per-
nit for an addition to her house, 9x2S, on the
west side of Olive street.
-Four out of the six cases before the re-
corder this morning, were for being drunk.
lrx,e
Although the weather last night was
damp and threatening, there was good at
tendance at the concert in Travis park.
The signal station reports barometer,
,o:o4; thermometer, "a. at S:34 a. m. The
temperature has fallen all over the state
fare you blind!" Jack Rabbit. No,
we can see you plain enough, but never tn ought
you would vent your disappointment so in
gloriously.
"A. J. Cawley got drunk yesterday, hired
hack and refused to pay for 1t. The recor-
der ordered him to pay five dollars for each
offenSe.
There was scene la Potiphar's wife
and Joseph last night on Houston street, but
The modern Joseph was sharp enough to
evade prison.
"A pamphlet edition of city ordinances
from June 1, 1880, to April IS, 1882, has been
printed by the EVENING LIGHT book and job
printing Office.
-Larronge's admired comedy, CDR.
Kans," is to be produced in Turner hall on
Sunday, July goth, under direction of Mr..
Richard F. Schmidt.
Seventy teachers have joined the summer
normal institute, and daily additions are being
made to the list. Several useful and attractive
lectures are promised.
Katie Laux, aged three months, died yes
terday from meningitis, and Adolph M. Alex
ander, aged eleven months, died this morning
from congestion of the brain.
We have been shown an original picture
of Jeff Davis, by Mr.. B. F. Bradford, who is
a relative of Mr.. Davis. Mr.. b. is spending
few months in our city.
There is a rumor that Mayor French has |!
volunteered to 90 on Ben Thompson's bond |
but we do not credit it-Mayor French has got |
mixed up with Mayor Saylor in this business
-"Demara, the Comanche Queen" is the
title of neat volume of poems by Victor NJ.
Texan. and his poems are vigorous and origi- |
nal, showing genius and spirit.
"A policeman says that few mi0utes
before the shooting Ben told Mexican named |
Manuel to stand aside as he was going to kill |
that d. And the Mexican wisely gave
Thompson wide birth.
The attempt will no doubt be made to get |
change of venue for Ben Thompson. We
can say that we do not believe there is COM
munity in the state where he could secure
fairer trial than he could here. But Thomp-
son may be like the Irishman who being as
sured that he would receive strict justice, said |
it was Justice he was afraid Of.
1T seems to be fact that Ben. Thompson
spoke to policeman Reps, and remarked
something to the effect: '!There ought to be
more policemen here, there is going to. be a |
row. am going to close up that shop"
Now why did Thompson want the police |
TO stop him in the execution Of his threat {; |
certainly not. He wanted them on hand to
protect him in case he needed their protection. |
He made no provision for his escape, he
simply wanted protection from the sudden
fury of a mob.
On the IS, 10TH and 10th of December, |
the great play of Esmeralda will be presented |
mere by the New York Madison Square
Theatre Company. This play is now run
| ming in New York, and has reached |
its two hundred and fftieth representa-
| ton at the Madison Square Theatre. and |
rivals in public interest the famous "Haze
Kirke" from the same theatre. The company