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The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
Hotel Maverick.

The Maverick hotel will open its doors fol
the reception of guests on Thursday next, and
San Antonio will then have the most elegan,
hotel of any city in the state, equaling in ap-
portionment the hotels of our northern cities
The cuisine will also be unequalled in charac-
ter; Peter Loiselle, the distinguished caterer,
and staff of efficient meat and pastry cooks,
having been especially engaged in this de.
partment Meals will be furnished table
d'hote and la carte, and special attention
will be made of French Menus for banquetS,
private parties and dinners.
Mr.. Silvey, the courteous proprietor, has
decided to open the hotel for public inspec-
ton on Wednesday evening next, from & until
9: 90 p. M, and we recommend our citizens to
take this opportunity of inspecting the hotel
decorations and accommodation.
Mr.. Silvey is very courteous, genial and
enterprising gentleman, and has done his
work well in furnishing hotel accommodation
equal to the wants and position of our city.
1t now remains for the public to encour-
age his meritorious work. by giving it the
public support it certainly deserves.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
Recorders Court.
Hon Jas, H. French presiding.

Hon Jas, H. French presiding.
A. Strohmeyer, allowing cattle at large
fined ST..
Joe Spade, careless driving; fined $Io.
w. S INNS, fighting; fined 81.
w. Simms, striking; fined $50.
H. Flemming, vagrant; fined So.
l. Arocha, drunk; fined S.,
c. Sanchez, drunk; fined SIS.
r. Sampson, drunk; fined $40.
w. P. Brown, drunk; fined $Io
B. Ramirez, drunk; fined SIS.
John Supplies, drunk; fined SIS.
Leo Tarleton, fighting; fined SIS.
H. Parvin, drunk; continued.
w, Temple, fighting; fined $Io.
Juan Campo, drunk; fined SIS.
Jose Mendoza, fighting; fined 81.
Bob. Turner, insulting language; dismissed.
Bias Ramon, drunk; fined S..
Victoria. Sanchez. drunk; fined SIS.
Jas. Bailey, drunk; fined SIS.
Wallie Bryant fighting: fined SIS.
Jim Cook, drunk; 6asd S..
]. w. Temple, drunk; fined $Io.
Jas. Barrett, drunk; continued.
M. Boyd, drunk; continued.
d. Brem, drunk; fined $Io.
J. Cavanaugh, drunk; fined $40.
Monroe Graham, fighting; fined $Io.
Ed, STACK, drunk; fined ST..
Otto Solms, violating cattle ordinance;
fined ST..
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
LOCAL DOTS.

The Maverick hotel has secured a first
class cook from St. Louis.
David Duncan, aged IS, died this morn
ing in the Santa Rosa hospital.
-.'Ill send you to school to Prof. Rote, y
is the favorite nursery threat.
The time on the Sunset, eastward, even
ing train, changed to 7:3o p. M, Galveston
time, being IS minutes faster than city time.
Sim. Hart now offers $1,000, subscribed
by our citizens, for the detection of the per-
son or persons who attempted to fire his house.
The children of the third ward school had
an enjoyable picnic at the Springs on Satur-
day.
The picnic season has fairly commenced;
no less than four pcnics were had yesterday.
The Arbeiter Verein will present "Ziller-
thaler," dramatic performance, to the Peo-
pie of New Braunfels, Sunday, May 9TH.
The Bexar County Wool Growers asso-
citation, meet at the office of Messrs. Chabot,
Moss & Co., this afternoon.
Gus. Hellborn has removed from the
corner of Navarro and Houston streets,to No.
2IS Houston street, where he and his bride
will reside.
The paragraph in the Express, identifying
Tom Hughes of the San Antonio police, with
Tom Hughes "the Rugby boy" Of England,
has given him the title of the "Governor,"
by which he is now saluted.
MIR. William Fritz, one of the cart pre-
servatve," from Terre Haute, Indiana, visit
ed the LIGHT this morning. He and wife
came to San Antonio with view to locating
permanently.
MIR. Al. Banta, telegraph operator from
rerre Haute, Indiana, is visiting San Anto-
MO for the benefit of his health, paid the
LIGHT call this morning.
The bootblacks now don their shields Of
honor-or rather license--on their breasts.
And some of them, though grudgng the ex-
pense, are proud of their decoration.
Mrs. Wichel, wife of the senior partner Of
Wiche & Bros, lately of Stroud, England,
has been safely delivered of son. Both
mother and child are doing well.
A brakesman named Fred Alger was
thrown from the Sunset train near Lacoste sta
ton, and the cars passed over his leg. DR..
Edward Bennett was sent out Immediately
and set the leg, and the man is now doing as
we'll as can be expected.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
MOrtuary Report for the Week Endin,
April 23, 1882.

In ward 3, on the 10th, Humphrey Harris,
male, aged year; sufiocated. Note-Over-
lain by his brother while asleep.]
In ward 3, on the 18th, Helen Conrin, fe-
male, aged months, white; exhaustion from
diarrhoea.
In ward 2, on the 18th, H. J. Lowell, male,
aged 81 years, consumption.
In ward 3, on the 18th, Rafaela Uran, fe-
male, aged 90 years, Mexican; puerperal fever.
[Note-Pauper, buried by the city.
In ward 2, on the goth, Mary Mellaine Far
geix, female, aged s. years, white, chronic
bronchitis and old age.
In ward 2, on the 10th, Antonio Stefani
known as Antonio Destefani), male, aged
g years, white, Italien: chronic diarrhea.
In ward 1. on the 2Ist Leonardo Gusman,
female, aged 81, Mexican; chronic diarrhoea.
In ward 3, on the 2Ist, Alexander Schnets,
male, aged 20 years, white, Texan, consump-
ton.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
A Few Items from the City Surveyors
Office.

We wish Capt. Smith, our excellent city
surveyor +, to dismiss from his mind any idea
Of personal feeling in our discussion of his
Office affairs. 1t is public property and we
deal with it in that light.
Under the present city ordinances the city
surveyor enjoys monopoly of the surveying
business, ard as a consequence he is run to
death doing private work, and the city has
been compelled to employ an assistant en-
gneer to attend to the city business, yet the
engineer receives a salary of $I2oo per: an
mum, and is furnished with assistants, and
even his horses are fed at the expense of the
city, and he is allowed to charge an underlined
am cunt of fees for all work he does for private
parties.
We contend that the city should do no pri-
vate surveying at all; that the city engineer
should only give the corners and centers OF
blocks or the centers of streets, and for this no
charge should be made to the property owners,
then let all other surveying be done by private
surveyors
Capt. Smith, in stating the income from
fees, says that the amount will not be less
than his official salary, which is a very safe
calculation if we are to take the following bill
of fees for about a months work. Of course
we do not pretend to give all the items, or to
be perfectly correct; but sufficiently SO to illus
trate our point.
Survey of Kraus tract, on Bandera road;
$50.
Survey of lots on Austin street, for H. Bit
tiers; S.. so.
Survey of one-acre lot on Rock Quarry
road, for Mrs. Thomassin; $40.
Inspection and calculation for fish pond,
for Cunningham; SEQ.
Corners for building on Houston street, for
A. Maverick; Sill.
Running division line on Alamo Plaza and
for survey Of lot; Sag.
Survey of lot on Crockett street, for B. Cal
laghan; SIS 50.
Survey Of two lots on Nolan street, for
Mr.. Bannister; Sill.
Gallager division line above cemetery; SEQ
Vanderstrater division line on Blum street;
S..
Survey for Kaltyer on Chaves street; $3.50.
Survey Of lot on Crockett street, for J. Mari;
$3.50.
Division line for Schwarz, on Rock
Quarry road; $3.50.
Total, $246.75.
This matter should be looked into, an Z
while the fees are perfectly proper, we are o.
the opinion that the city should get out of the
business and leave it to private enterprise.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
The Dignowity Side of tho Story.

Our local had conversation with Mr.. c.
L. Dignowity last evening in respect to the
Schreiner assault case which places a some
what different light upon the transaction, and
which, in the interest of Mr.. Dignowity,
should be published. 1t appears that on the
night of the assault Mr.. Dignowity was re-
turning home in company with Captain Ham
bleton, when they came upon Mr.. Schreiner
closing his saloon, and then Mr.. Dignowity
accosted the alderman and asked if the re-
ports of his speech at the council were cor
rect. Mr.. Schreiner replied no, and then Mr.
Dignowity suggested that he should, in justice
to his family, put card in the paper to tina,
effect. Mr.. Schreiner replied he would dc
nothing of the kind, using an oath, whereupor
Mr.. Dignowity's temper got the better of hi.
judgment, and he struck Mr.. Schreiner. Fal
from being participation in the assault, Cap
tain John T. Hambleton interfered. Mr. Dig.
nowity said he was arrested upon the same
night, but no charge whatever was made
against Captain Hambleton until next morn
ing. Mr.. Dignowity expressed his regret al
the occurrence, but says he is quite satisfied
that these facts will be supported at the trial
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
The End Of Count de KerOman's Prose-
cutiOn.

Count de Keroman has returned to the city
from Castroville, where he went to stand his
trial upon charge Of burglary made agains
him in Kerr county some three years ago.
The case was called, and the district attorney
stated he could not 60 on with the trial as no
witness for the state was present. Counsel
for the count then demanded that the trial
proceed, when the district attorney frankly
stated to the court that he had become cog
infant that the crime of which the count was
charged had been committed by another per-
son, and suggested that the case be dismissed,
which was done by the Judge.
The count has been cruelty prosecuted.
While sojourning with some friends near
mountain village; being stranger in the land
he wass accused of common burglary, and
the simple fact that he was a titled stranger
seems to have added to his troubles, and he
was compelled to use extra exertion to prevent
local prejudice from securing his conviction.
The charge was based on circums tantial evil
dence of the weakest kind, and afterwards
the conviction of another party to the peniten-
tiary secured statements that entirely freed the
count-and while these facts have not been
brought out in court yet they are we'll known,
and account for the abandonment of the case,
and the honorable acquittal of the count.
The count feels that great load has been
lifted from his life; he is thankful and deeply
grateful to the friends who have stood by him
in his troubles, and bears no i'll will towards
those who have been the cause of his perse-
cution.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
An Exciting Scene,

There was colored picnic at the Springs
on Saturday night, at which certain men ap-
peared under the influence of drink. They
were expelled. and then came on by the cars
to the city. While in the cars they fred of
revolvers, drew knives, and INDUCED in a gem
eral fight. As far as we could learn only one
persona woman-was injured, but several
Slight flesh wounds were inflicted. Several
arrests have been made, and the matter. It is
expected, will be investigated in the recorders
court tomorrow morning.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
10 Gents a Week
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DESTRUCTION IN CAIRO.

Cairo, ILL.,, April IA fearful tornado
passed over this city about 5 o'clock this af-
ternoon from a westerly direction, and al
though only of a few seconds duration, it
blew down a colored Methodist church and
several other buildings and unroofed ten or
fifteen buildings, and blew over two loaded
freight cars on the Wabash railroad. 1t also
did considerable damage to the gas-works by
overturning the gasometer and also completely
destroying telegraph and telephone communi-
cation. No lives were lost but two or three
persons were slightly injured. The tornado
was accompanied by a heavy hail storm, which
did considerable damage to windows and sky
lights.
DAMAGE ALONG THE BIG J. ROAD.
New Orleans, April IA tornado this
afternoon swept across the Jackson railroad,
between Summit and Bogue Chito, prostrating
telegraph poles on both sides of the track for
mile and uprooting trees, many of them fall
ing across the road. No account as to the
damage through the country.
BISHOP wINGFIELD.
Vicksburg, April 22.-The Protestant
Episcopal council, because of old age and in
creasing nfrmities of Bishop Green, which
have disabled him from the discharge of his
Episcopal duties, has elected Bishop Wing
field, of California, as assistant bishop of the
diocese of Mississippi.
THE LOUISVILLE RACES.
Louisville, April 22.-The improvements at
the Louisville Jockey Club grounds are rapid
ly approaching completion, and by the Ist of
May the steeplechase course will be entirely
finished: Horses are arriving from every Sec
ton Of the country.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
Menger Hotel ArrfyaIe

CA Donally, Providence; w c Harril, Sell
ma; McCrary, Sacramento; w Horne,
Houston; w r Shannon, Weatherford; John
Sheehy, Fort McKavett; H Carol, Denton;
D Buch, Erath; S L Wright, Philadelphia; J
K Jefferson, Tom Green; Col. Thos McNeal,
Luling; Cy Cunningham, Miss Ella Cunning
ham, Del Rio: G Znarinos, ] L de Garcia,
Mexico; H Schlessinger, New York; T l.
Darby, Leadville; Gus Whiting, Columbus; c
L Schmidt, Dallas; o Pope, Baptist Herald,
Houston, P Lineger, Holz, J H Davenport,
Britton w Webb, Austin.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
Vance Hotel Arrivals.

Scion Stewart, Kinney; F Morton, ST Louis;
] M Martini. New York; A d Banta, Tene
Haute; Anto Navio, Mexico; w Boyd, Hous-
ton; J X Emmett, Houston J F Harris, Luz
ling; w Hearne, Waller; J L McAlpine,
Grunes; J Gahlke, A Chatfeld, Brackettsvllle;
S Bensen, L and Mrs Christopher, Palestine;
c w Mclaughlin, Galveston; J Walker, La
redo
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
The Bexar Benevolent Association.

A special meeting of the association was
held yesterday in Strives hall, the President
R. E. Bond, occupying the chair, to consider
the considered embezzlement Of Henry Kap-
Ian, their secretary.
From the statements made it appears that
Kaplan has ''skipped' the town, taking with
him some of the society's funds, and the
major part of the funds were collections, made
for the funeral of the late H. J. Lowell. He
also leaves victims in several other directions.
Although this embezzlement has been an
noying, by reason of the non-payments of ac-
counts, which he was entrusted to pay, it in
no way affects the financial integrity Of the as
ISOLATION. The deficiency, about $50, was
made up yesterday by call, which was
promptly responded to by all the members
present.
A committee was appointed to consult with
the district attorney and the trustees have been
instructed to investigate the accounts. 1t is
the intention of the society to have the de-
faulter arrested and punished as the law
directs
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
Military Orders.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, }
SAN ANTONIO, April 20, 1882.
Special Orders N


Special Orders No. A.
The Geographic order, of this date, reliev-
ing Major Henry B. Reese, paymaster U. S.
army, from duty in this department, and d.
recting him to repair to his home, in COM
pliance with the requirements of paragraph
X, special orders No. 81, current series, from
the adjutant generals office, is hereby con-
firmed.
The quartermaster's department will furnish
transportation, by rail and stage, from San
Antonio to Fort Davis, Texas, for Private w.
7. Martin, band, Ist infantry, soldier with
out means to return to his station.
His commanding officer will be notified of
the cost of the transportation, to tie end that
the same may be charged against the soldier
on the next muster and pay-rolls.
To enable him to meet the requirements of
so much of paragraph X, special orders No.
81, current series, from the adjutant generals
office, as refers to him, Captain John Simp-
son, assistant quartermaster U. S. army, will
be relieved from duty as post quartermaster at
Fort Clark, Texas, by an officer to be desg-
mated by the commanding officer of that post.
A general court martial is appointed to meet
at Fort Rnggold, Texas, on the 10th day of
April, 1882, at 10 o'clock, a. M, or as soon
thereafter as practicable, for the trial of such
prisoners as may be brought before it.
DETAIL. FOR THE COURT.
Major R. H. Ofley, 10Th infantry.
Captain E. H. Liscum, 10TH infantry.
Captain /. b. Robinson, 10th infantry.
Assistant Surgeon B. D. Taylor, medical
department.
First Lieutenant G.. E. Pond, 9Th cavalry.
Second Lieutenant E. A. Ellis, 9Th cavalry.
Second Lieutenant f. d. Smith, 10th in
fantry.
First Lieutenant A. H. M. Taylor, 10Th in
fantry, judge advocate.
A greater number of officers than those
named cannot be assembled without manifest
injury to the service
Major l. O. Dewey, paymaster U. s. army,
is, Tor certain special duties connected with
the pay department, announced as acting as
sistant quartermaster at Forth Worth, Texas.
By order of Brigadier General Augur:
THOMAS M. VINCENT,
Adiutant General
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
There were thirty cases before the may,

There were thirty cases hefore the mayor,
acting as recorder, this morning. OF these,
eighteen were for being drunk, seven for
lighting, two for allowing cattle at large. one
for careless driving, one for vaeraney and one
for using insulting language. Three of the
cases were continued. one dismissed, and in
the remaining twenty-six cases convictions
followed. Fines to the amount.of $751; were
imposed, but Of this sum only SIC had been
paid at noon to-day.S
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24

w. Simms was indulging in knocking
crockery ware about, and when Officer
Wagenfuhr went to arrest him he showed
fight. As result he was fined S. for fighting
and $40 for assauldng the officer. He has
appealed the latter case.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24
Building Permits.

The following permits have been issued:
J. H. Grant, lumber dwelling, 34x3S, aud
stable, I3xIS, on the northwest corner Of De-
pot street and Davis street.
T. B. Leighton, lumber kitchen. I2xIS,
northwest corner Laredo street and Durango
street.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-24

j. w. Temple called Leo Taneton an OBJ
noxious name on the 22nd, and Leo promptly
retorted by knocking him down. The mayor
fined Temple $40 and Tarleton S. for their
amusement. Temple was also fined $40 for
being drunk on the 23rd inst.
, 1882-03-10

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, 1882-03-10
Port Townsend w. t., Friday, March 10, 1882

to the benefit of any class or classes
to the detriment of others. If we
are to have a Sunday law, let us
have one that will operate equally
upon all. If it is wrong to sell
goods or whisky 'on Sunday, it is
wrong to run q vessel or dray, or
do business on a wharf on that day.
In each case the business or traffic is
carried on for the sole purpose OF
pecuniary gain.
The argument that public morals
is not legitimate or proper subject
of legislation is just simply so much
bosh. Accept such theory as cor.
rect, and follow it to Legitimate
conclusion, and you would turn So
ciety into a state of chaos, without
restraint upon the viciously inclined.
Our laws in regard to prostitution,
exposing the person in an indie
cent manner, publishing or circulat.
obscene literature, &c, &C., all have
their foundation in that principle
which says you CAN properly exer'
else legislative supervision over pub
lie morals. This principle is found
ed in that civilization which the
world received from Christianity.
No one questions the proprety OF
laws like these. The only open
question is as to tho EXTENT legal
restraint may properly reach over
public morals. If our Christian civ
ilization is worth having, then under
it and for public good, it is proper
to enforce an observance Of the
Christian Sabbath-especially as the
reason for such a course reaches
back of mere public mora and finds
support in the physical law, which
requires one days rest out of every
seven. But such law, if enacted,
should be uniform in its operations,
and should provide for all possible
cases of necessity.
, 1882-03-10
United States National Museum,
WASHINGTON, d. G.
NOTICE.

am instructed by Professor Spencer
F. Baird, Secretary OF the Smithsonian
Institution. TO announce 20 those persons
desirous OF sending donations to the Ma
tiOnal Museum, that will receive speci-
mems at Port Townsend and forward them
from here to Washington tree OF charge
to the donor.
Specimens OF stone intended to illus
trate Quarries of building material, should
be in rough cubes not over inches, so as
to admit OF being finished at Washington
OF q uniform size OF 4-inch cubes. Speci-
mems OF Indian stone work of all kinds,
such as were formerly used by the natives:
Spear heads. arrow points, ard other arch
Biological collections usually found In old
shell heaps aud deserted sites Of former
dwellings. Indian carved work OF all
kinds. Minerals, Metals, Fossils, varieties
OF wood, to show the products OF our for"
ests, finished so as to show the grain and
texture; skins OF birds and beasts, taken
off so rs to allow OF being mOunted spe.
cimens OF fish. shells and moIIuscs, as
fresh as possible so us 10 be fit for presery-
ing in alcohol; in short, everything which
will Illustrate the products of the country.
All specimens sent to me should give the
donors name and address In full. with
particulars as to locality where procured
&c. On arrival here, they will be prop
erly labeled with the name OF the person
presenting them, aud forwarded at once
TO Washington, where due credit Tor the
gift will be awarded.
Address: JAMES G., SWAN,
Agent U. S. National Museum,
Port Townsend, W.T.. 4G.
, 1882-03-10
TIMBER ENTRIES.

Persons applying to purchase Timber
Lands in Jefferson, Clallam, Mason. Kit
sap, or any other County in the Olympia
Land District, under the Act of June 8,
1873, need not go to Olympia to make
proof and pay for their land. but can
make such proof before d. w. SMITH,
Judge of the Probate Court Of jefferson
County, w. T., and thereby save time
and money. 4Sti.