The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-08
LOCAL DOTS.

There were twenty-five cases before the
recorder this morning.
The mortuary report for the past week
shows total of ten deaths.
Several trees were blown down by the
storm on North Flores street.
The storm king was in his glory on last
Saturday night about midnight.
The Texas editors who went to California
seem to have gone into oblivion.
Peter Jonas had a regular jam last night,
and the fun lasted until late hour.
Fines to tine amount of $I52 were i'm
posed in the district court this morning.
Mr.. r. w. Silvey, formerly of the Hotel
Maverick, leaves in few days for Monterey,
Mexico.
Governor John c. Brown, of the Texas
Pacific, arrived in our city to-day, and is at the
Menger.
"A license was this morning taken out for
the marriage of Albert Meyer and Elise Laud
enbach.
The pound party will surely come off to-
night at the Soledad street M. E. church. The
public is invited.
Owing to the visit of the Austin printers,
the picnic of the local printers has been in
definitely postponed.
The appointment of Lord Cavendish
caused dismay among the enemies of Ireland
his assassination can be traced to this feel
ing
The gerrymander map in the Express
does not do justice to the 10th district. The
neck of the district is more delicate than rep
resented.
"A little boy named Foster, was charged
| before the recorder with throwing stones The
case was dismissed on account of the youth of
the accused.
Two men were charged in the recorders
court this morning with interfering with a
police officer, in the execution of his duty, and
were each fined $40.
DIR. Yturbidde was again before the re-
corder this morning, on the old charge Of
| ''drunk', and as the police witness was not in
attendance the case was dismissed.
Leonardo Martinez, lady aged about
thirty-6ve years, died yesterday at her rancho
on the Medina, and was buried there in the
evening Of the same day. The deceased leaves
family of nine children.
Mr.. w. ]. Lyons has been selected as
the delegate of the San Antonio Topographic
cal Union No. I72, to attend the convention
of the International Typographical Union, to
be held in St. Louis, June 5th.
The subject for the debate on Thursday,
the 18th inst, at the Literary and Debating
society's meeting is: "Resolved that the Rail-
road Fares should be reduced Messrs. Geo.
A. Wilbur and J. A. Dougherty will support
| the affirmative, and Messrs. M. Emerson
and Tyler c. Williams will appear for the
negative.
MIR. Jake Marshall gives thrilling ac-
count of the storm on Saturday night. Mr..
Marshall and Jas. Dignowitty were camped
out on the hills nine miles west of here. Mr..
Marshall says they were fortunately cut of the
real path of the tornado, which crossed the
Leon near the Guilbeau ranch, and pursued a
northwest direction, telling trees and stripping
oak trees Of their limbs.
A citizen of San Antonio, who has re-
Gently visited Laredo, who was there last in
1852, comments upon the improvements being
made in that city. He found the streets ex-
celently graded. good sidewalks on the prin-
cipal streets and above all the neatness of the
Improvement of the Main plaza, which was in
direct contrast to the public squares, which
are allowed to remain dirt-heaps or mud
holes. The fact is San Antonian can not
travel in any direction without blushing for
his city.
The news of the recent assassination in
Dublin need not depress the friends of Ire
land 1t is evidently the work of the ''emerg-
ency" party, who felt that the Jig was up in the
appointment of Lord Cavendish as chief Sec
rotary of Ireland. Had Mr.. Forster been
assassnated there might have been some rea-
son for attributing the deed to the Irish party.
As it is, friend Of Ireland has been killed,
evidently at the instance of the enemies of the
cause of Ireland.
The grades of the International approach
ing the city from the north are simply ridicu
louS. 1t is not infrequent for trains to be
compelled to back down the hill to get good
start in order to reach the top, and at the spot
OF the Saturday night disaster the tram comes
down steep grade, and usually without
blowing whistle or ringing a bell, although
in the city limits. The railroad should main
tain iagmen at the crossing of the main
thoroughfares leading out of the city. The
Boerne road, for instance, where the collision
occurred. is crossed by hundreds of loaded
wagons daily.
A Ma: row Escape.
Mr.. Frank L. Paschal, who resides with
Mr.. Herman Huppertz. his son-in-law, on
Soledad street, feeling badly. soug advice of