The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-04
LIGHT SPARKS.

You are invited to take lunch at the open
ing of the Ruby tonight. "
Commerce street is cess pool OF htf
covered with gravel and DIRT
The weather has been good deal IKE
summer during the past few days.
Policeman Kroeg-r wants to be constable
of Bexar county, for this precinct.
The information of the Harrington-D Dash
iel wedding has been enormously supplied 10
us. The marriage is set for Thursday next.
The shadow dance at the springs last
night was decided failure, but it must be
remembered that it was only an experiment.
The process Of throwing gravel and dirt
on Commerce street is going on; 1t is waste
of money, and is only done to keep up appear
ances.
A fine free lunch will be set at The Ruby
| to night, corner of Houston and Navarro
streets. IL
There is more malaria in yard of one OF
our travelled streets than in mile oil our NH
eating bitches.
The ghosts of a mis-spent political exist
ence will rise before friend Ireland before this
canvass is over.
III we are not to have a bridge on Hous-
ton street give US wooden block pavement
On CONNIE rec and Soledad streets.
The monthly drill Of the fire companies
yesterday was very satisfactory and creditable
to all concerned.
The Express sold our local by its too pre-
# the at MIR.
Harrington to Miss Dashiell.
1t is rumored among the colored republic
cans that the postmaster is laying his pipes to
control the third ward. That would be re-
freshng.
Boone wants to be senator, subject to the
democratic convention. No use, Boone, you
are composed Of too liberal TIMBER to expect a
nomination.
We invite the city council to visit in
body the government grounds at the quarter
masters depot, and see how our squares might
be improved.
Gov. Davis drew the memorial to con-
yress for the sheep growers OF the district
tributary to Corpus Christi, that secured the
tariff on raw woods.
The summer is going by and in few
weeks our streets will he muddy, and yet his
honor" has failed to push away substantial
elief from this application.
The donation of land to the International
railroad is one Of the most gigantic outages
ever committed upon the people OF Texas
John Ireland is the statesmen responsible
Tor it.
MIR. sam Smiths illness has brought up
The discussion about the succession to his OF
tice, as it is surmised that he will not be
candidate again, but will throw mis- mantel up
n the shoulders of Mr.. Thad. Smith, his son,
and at present his efficient deputy.
In the course Of dispute over coat,
Yesterday, at Story's stables, Bill Mayes struck
John Thomas over the head, intilchng an ugly
wound. Mayes has been arrested on the
charge of assault with intent to Kill.
MIR. X. II. Roses burlesque of Romeo
and Juliet was produced at the springs last
light. and was 81 mewhat successful. Nh.
Roses Juliet had many excellent points. and
The lines spoken by Mr.. Nat Sulzbacher, as
Romeo were we'll delivered.
On tomorrow evening the republicans
will meet in the several precincts, to select
delegates to the county convention. The re
publican vote in our city is evidently IN the
majority, and The maintenance Of our organl-
cation was never Of more moment than at
this time.
If the report is correct that the 2, 900, 900
acres of International railroad land, have been
sold to an English syndicate. it will be a
severe blow to the grazing interests of west
Texas These lands, thanks to John Ireland
and the democratic party, are free from taxa
ton.
Great complaint is made of the brutality
practiced on animals placed in the public
pound The best way to remedy this is to
mails; then, perhaps, some attention would be
paid to the way the laws are executed.
We learn that there has been a sort Of
star chamber tIal of policeman Rips in con-
nection with the Ben Thompson affair. Rips
was sustained, as he should have been; Rips
knew better than to interfere with Thomps n,
it would have cost him his place, sure enough.
The signal station reports: San Antonio,
barometer, 2e:92. thermometer, -; Eagle
Pass, barometer, 1905. thermometer, 69; Gal
weston, barometer, 1891, thermometer, 81;
New Orleans, barometer, 29:SS, thermometer,
So; Dodge City, barometer, 29:9S, thermom-
rter, s..
Herman Hertzberg, aged % years, stop
ping with E. Hertsberg, is looking out for a
situation, either in jewelry store, or in any
other branch, as he is a good book-keeper,
has made his Course through the business
colleges, and is able to keep any kind OF
books. The best references given. For in
formation apply to the LIGHT. 1t