The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-31
LIGHT SPARKS.

Our new Sac, 600 courthouse folly begin:
to excite ridcule.
The courthouse looks as if it had gone
/ through the Alexandrian bombardment.
John Robb was fined SIS to-day, by JUS
tice Adam, for carrying concealed weapon
Judge Felix Smith seems to cast side
long glance towards independentism.
We have at least 500 new voters in the
city who will vote the independent ticket.
A pet quail frequents the Alamo plaza,
Just in front of the Menger hotel.
The Sunset hospital is to be of four sto-
ries, contain 40 rooms, and have frontage
of 1856 feet, with a shape like the letter Z.
Plenty Of patriots this year who are willing
to sacrifice themselves for the public good-by
holding the public Offices.
"A teachers meeting will be held at the
Central school Saturday, beginning at 9
O'Clock.
The cage of the happy family is now in
ruins, and the old happy family is badly brok-
en- up.
"A mesquite wooden block pavement must
be laid IN front Of the revised edition of the
courthouse.
X. of p meet tonight at the Castle, on
Market street. Knights requested to assemble
carly aS O'Clock.
II. McMullen, train baggage master for
the l. & G. N, is not the McMulen arrested
for forgery.
Annie Winton is Gaming considerable APP
plause for her jig dancing, at the Vaudeville
She and her sister were the champion dancers
Of Fort Worth.
-oeveral new faces have appeared on the
boards of the Vaudeville. Among the old
familiar ones that of George DelIaven, the
contortonist.
The teachers committee met last night
and recommended the appointment of Miss
Fannie Hill to be teacher in the primary
school.
Henry Berg. at the request # the lady
managers of the fund for the yellow fever suf- {.
lerers, visited the bar rooms yesterday and
collected SEQ.
The process of removing the stone front
IF the old courthouse is done with cOnsdera
able caution, but the falling debris endangers
passers-by.
DIR. A Nette showed a LIGHT reporter,
to-day, tape worm extracted from young
woman aged 10, which measured upward of
wo hundred feet in length.
Justice Shields to-day issued warraLt
Tor the arrest of Mexican shepherd who has
barge of flock of sheep said to belong to a |
Mr.. Whitecort"n and which, it is alleged, are
respassing on the premises of S. P. Hurd, |
;ome three miles west of the city.
Henry Shane was arrested this morning
or conducting himself in disorderly manner.
He got drunk, kicked in several doors and
and otherwise manifested his exhu
,erant spirits. For all this the awful Ander-
ION will interview him tomorrow.
1t is reported that several men have with
tut authority collected money from charitable
gamblers for the ostensble benefit of the yell
ow fever sufferers. Their identity is known
md if the money is rot turned over to the
proper persons they will be prosecuted.
There have been taken all but ten Of the
800 tickets for the rattle by Kische of dia-
nond cluster ring for the benefit of the suf-
erers by the flood in Tom Green county.
They cost ST. each.
A barouche, which contained Mrs. DR..
ones and two other ladies'. broke down on the
commerce street bridge, near Navarro street,
evening. None of the occupants
we're injured.