The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-03

Judge Tom Paschal has had another ad-
dition to his family.
The police are looking sharply after our
sidewalks to see that they are kept clean and
free from mud.
If aldermen Pauley and Copeland expect
to ride with ''his honor" about the city they
will be badly left.
ALL the friends of DR.. Hal. Howard will
be glad to learn that his Mexican mining VEN
ture will yield HIM fortune.
"A stranger was inquiring after the opera
house or some place of amusement, last night.
The Vaudeville was the only theatre open.
George Howard, who has been lying in
the Santa Rosa hospital in such a critical con-
dition, is gaining strength, and his recovery is
expected.
California Brown, of the Howard Lake
rancho, is in the city, and from him we learn
that he has sold his rancho to Mr.. T. p.
Lenoir, of Goliad.
An enquiry into the sanity of w. r..
Ford, arrested on a charge of lunacy, will be
made in the county judges Office, at 4 o'clock
to-day.
Great complaints are made of the lumber
monopoly, which keeps up unnecessarily the
price of that article, and thus impede building
and improvements.
There is feeling of indignation on the
part of Englishmen here against the recent at
tempt on the life Of Queen Victoria and in this
feeling many of our citizens heartily share.
&C. L. Wagner, nephew of Mr.. Paul Wag-
ner, has taken out license for marriage with
Miss Ida Nette, sister of DR.. August Nette
The wedding will take place on Monday.
Madame Elena Montez de Peralles died
this morning at three o'clock. She will be
buried tomorrow, mass being solemnized at
San Fernando Cathedral at 9 a. m.
"A complimentary benefit to Mr.. J. R.
Murchie, prior to his leaving for England, is
being organized. He certainly deserves that
recognition of his courtesy and talents.
The debating society meet tonight in
Justice Shields Office at o'clock, for the con-
sideration of constitution and bylaws, and for
capitol labor debate.
The action of Vance & Edwards against
w. B. Field, to try the rights of property, is
set for 2. o'clock this evening, in Justice
Shields court.
The remains OF George Roper, who died
on the Ist instant, at Mrs. Mitchell's boarding
house, are being shipped to Falton St.
Charles, Mo-, under direction of Mr.. Sheern.
-Iffine weather, ladies' social will be
held at the Trinity M. E. church, from till
TO- Refreshments will be served and an en-
joyable entertainment presented to the at
PENDANTS.
Experiments were made with the electric
light at the company's Office on Commerce
street. The trial was private, but it is I'M
derstood that they were Of satisfactory char
acter.
We are not surprised to hear that the bal
lad, "Barney, take me home again." has been
extensively bought in this city. 1t is good
and pretty ballad, and Mr. Lawlor has done
much to popularize it by his excellent singing.
The holiday does not seem to be very
we'll observed, the mayor Office and the schools
were closed and in some official business was
suspended, but the banks we're opened, and
there were no external signs of celebration
of Independence day.
1t was arranged that the council should
visit Mr.. Lockwood, on Olive street, yester-
day, with the view of eAecting settlement of
the dispute in that neighborhood. Only a
part went, the others being ingnominously left
in the lurch.
Col. George E. Waring has planned a
new system of drainage for the Yale College
grounds which will free the dormitories from
bad air.
If sewerage is decided on by our city author
tiles they should communicate with Colonel
Waring; his system of sewerage can be inaug-
urated, we believe, with much less expense,
and he is an expert on this question.
The board of directors of the San An
tonic Mechanics and Workingmens Union
have decided that they cannot frame the by
laws until the constitution is amended, and
they have therefore deferred consideration of
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