The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-04
LIGHT SPARKS.

Jesus Bernea has filed suit for divorce
from Resale Bernea.
"A good machinist can procure a job OF
work by applying at the LIGHT office.
The poor candidates are beseiged like
wolves after carton by the straight voters.
C. d. Remer is now employed in the
Office of Carter & Mutually as book
Where was David Donaldson last night!
He was wanted to give tone to the meeting.
An old English tea party will be held at
| Trinity M. f. church, ON Avenue L, this even
ing.
MIR. Peter Jonas will have his usual pic
mic Tomorrow at his garden, opposite the Sun
set depot.
MIR. lanes C. Wilsden is an independent
candidate for Justice of the peace at Iarza
crossing.
Morris pulled off his coat when he got up
to speak last nght-like Senator Coke his elo-
quence needs airing.
Sol Smith had slim house last night.
Chevalier and Fayette walker and the rest OF
troupe attracted all our fun loving citizens.
C. l.. Rchey day obtained permission
to build house of the value Of 5000 on the
southwest corner of San Saba and Ravalla SITS.
During the Hancock meeting last night
an old and tried democrat applied to rePub-
lican to take him around the corner and KICK
him.
Licenses have been procured for the mar
rage of John P. King with Miss Molile
II annon and of VIM. f. Graham with Miss Is.
ellis.
The neck of horse owned by Louis
Kopp of kendall county was badly cut by some
unknown person at Stumberg's yard last
night.
The health of the city is by no means
good. Feyers abound, mostly malaria and
ague, and the doctors are kept exceedingly
busy.
of this is the respectable party" exclaim
| ed new citizen last night at the CheValler
meeting, 'then l don't want any'n'ng 10 10
with it."
A. S. Chevalier, ]. w. Morris, Fayette
Walker and Col. Latter, Of Kansas city, spoke
to Democratic audience on Main plaza last
evening.
YESTERDAY two children received severe
| scalp wounCs from stones which had been
thrown at a pecan tree and which fell upon
their heads.
The Hancock meeting last night was in
| complete; an attempt was made to secure
Chrysler to speak, but the old man had too
much self-respect
"A general desire is expressed that Prof.
Iouzean will again find it convenient to ad-
nit visitors to his observatory and explain the
| wonders of the heavens.
When the gentleman from Missouri in his
L -, >al hnan fn he
| l'ententrary," the crowd did not wait for him
to finish his sentence but sent up yell OF de-
light.
AT the conclusion of the present term of
the Federal court Prince Hal Costing, the u.
). marshal in this district will send all prison.
ers under sentence to the penetentiary at Ches-
ter, Ills.
There appears now to be no hope that the
Princess Louisa and the Marquis Of Lorne
will visit the city. Britishers who have
been on the qui vive for their appearance are
sadly disappointed.
DIR. Amos Graves and DR.. Ornelas have
performed delicate operation upon gentle
man who was afflicted with structure of the
bowels and whose life was then in danger.
| The patient now is in fair way for recovery.
After the Chevalier Hancock meeting had
proceeded some time last night, Chevaller got
little ashamed Of the proceedings and ap-
piled to Toe Foster to suggest speaker. Joe
replied that he might get boot-black or two.
How easy it is to get ones name in the
paper when one is a member of so many soci-
cites that one has to attend a meeting every
| night, frequently meeting of the British asso-
citation to-day and of the Irish Land League
| tomorrow.
| The idea of matchmaking the Alamo H.
brary with the Literary and Debating society
is a good one. AT present the library is not
attended to as it should be, and its addition to
the Literary and Debating society would in
vigorate it.
Where are the Waco debaters and why
are they silent? is the cry of the literary war
horses of the Debating society who claim that
they can get no reply from the Wacoites,
hence the Joint debate arrangements are at a
stand-sti
The Volksfest central committee, at a
meeting few days since, passed resolutions
of coincidence with the family of the late b.
Schwarz, and chose Mr.. c. Louis Wagner as
treasurer of the association, a position which
Mr.. Schwarz held.
"A buggy was driving along Flores street
Yesterday when a wagon came along at full
speed, caught the wheel and took it clean off,
breaking the axle tree. There was only one
man in the buggy, and he fortunately main
tanned his seat and was uninjured.
1T is confidently asserted that more money
has been expended in this election than in any
previous one, and the democrats are groanng
heavily at the taxation imposed upon them by
the democratic executive committee. One