The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-31
OUR SAN ANTONIO LITTER.
To the Editor of The statesman:


To the Editor of The Statesman:
The old Alamo City is still attract
ing attention from the outside world,
and during the past week number
of GeorgianS have visited our city
and made investments, one party
buying some $4,000 worth of real
estate. Others are coming these say.
Among our acquisitions recently is
the locating of the general offices and
counting department of the Singer
sewing machine agency for the state.
For the past three years this institu-
ton has made its headquarters at
Galveston and while there improved
that city with Its large.number of
employees and traffic. The shipping de-
partment still remains there. The
offices here will be under the able
management of the state agent,
Mr.. W. N. Mason, who will superin-
tend some twenty or thirty employees,
besides about twelve employees in the
local branch Office.
The Texas editors were also among
the prominent visitors here last week.
They returned from Monterey last
Thursday and spent the day in view
ing our Alamo, the Missions, the San
Pedro springs, government buildings
and grounds, etc. The local press
and United States Marshal Costing
entertained them while here, and they
expressed themselves well pleased
with their entertainment. On Thurs
day night at the San Antonio club
rooms, as token of their appreciation
of the jolly marshaPs efforts in their
behalf, they presented him with a
beautiful and costly silver pitcher and
goblets, with appropriate speeches, to
which he responded feelingly.
The local British association Thurs
day night celebrated their first an
nual anniversary and also Queen
Vic's siXty-fourth anniversary by a
grand concert, ball and reunion at the
Casino hall. They all had a glorious
good time, danced, sang national
sangs, ate a heaaty supper and played
their old-fashioned English games,
and sang God Save the Queen" to
their hearts content.
One of our curiosities, at present, is
a blooming century plant at San Pc
dro springs tropical gardens. This
plant, which is Of the cacti SPECIES,
has, for more than quarter of CEN
y,
mon looking bunch of long splinter
or no attention from visitors.
ever, long, post-like stem has grown
ing height of about twelve feet,
and is still growing. At the top it is
developing into numerous little
branches which are now budding.
After the plant ceases blooming it
dies to the roots, and will sprout and
continue growing until its next time
OF blooming, probably in the next
three or four years.
MeSsrS. Morrison 81 Fourmy, the
directory publishers, who are obtain
ing data for the publication of
our new city directory, say that
in going around our city in tax
ing the census, they find less un-
occupied houses than in any city in
the state; they find more new resi-
dences and business houses than any
where in the state, and estimate our
population will reach near 10000
souls. In the past two years 1900
buildings have been erected here.
During the past seven days seven
teen licenses to marry have been
issued by our county clerk, and this
would indicate that some more build
ing permits will be issued soon. Mr..
Andrew Shaw and Miss Jennie Burt
were married at the Madison Square
Presbyterian church last Tuesday
night, in the presence of a large
number of friends. On Thursday
night DIR. John P. Rice, of Castroville,
was united in the "holy bonds
to Miss M. frankie Vance,
of our city, at the Episcopal church.
This was a very formal fashionable
affair. The young couple have left
for a long bridal t',ur.
Wednesday night Miss Lille Glenn
ems, for many years quite belle of
our city, was married quietly to Capt.
Arson A. Maher. of New York city.
The bridal couple left for Saltillo,
Mexico, To reside.
Our annual public school exami-
nations begin next Friday and con-
tinues during the next week.
Another libel suit is likely to be
instituted against one of our papers.
This time it is that lively, wide
awake sheet, theI Daily Times, which
aroused the Indignation of the Ar
buckle roasted coffee company, of
New York, in saying their coffee
was IN. g."