The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-15
llGHT FLASHES.
what the Reporters Learn ON Their lou
Through the city.

Company X, Of the Eighth cavalry, left
town this morning.
--Messrs. Maverick & Moss offer TO sell
s,me prospect Hill" residence lots.
The little boy Schantzke, who was so
badly burned, died this morning.
The roads are in a bad condition and
country people are not able to get into town.
Only 70 building permits have been
issued during the week, at a cost from $50 to
$1,000.
Bishop Andrews, d. D., will occupy the
pulpit OF Trinity Methodist EpiscopaD church
tomorrow evening.
-AnyoHe wishing extra copies Of our holi-
day paper will please send in orders not later
than Tuesday, December 49,
Elder f.. IIansburough, Of Manor, will
preach this evening at ? o'clock at the corner
OF Houston and ST. Mary's streets.
The contract for furnishing the ties for
the prospect HIP street railroad was given
out yesterday, so we are informed.
Juan Villareal is licensed to marry Miss
Locaria Hernandez, and August Glasser also
to wed with Miss Tomasa Arizola.
The Mexican who is lying i'll with the
small poS, across the San Pedro, is recover
ing. This is the only case in the city
A man named Morrison who died in the
hospital from consumption, was shipped TO
his home in Chicago by Sheern this morning.
The City Collectors accounts for the
week are as follows: Receipts for week,
1854 90; general fund, 1854 90; police fund.-
500.
The holiday edition Of the LIGHT will be
issued Thursday, December 20. Advertisers
will send in their copy not later than Wednes-
day morning.
The Solsdad street church will be occu-
pied tomorrow morning and evening by the
Methodist preacher, Rev. Mr.. Reynolds. Sun.
day school at 3 p. m.
Almost an army Of the leading stock men
OF Western Texas are congrega,ed here just
now. The work Of last nights meeting has
a musical ring in its resolutions which lures
and charms them.
Elder d. Pennington breaches tomorrow
at 3 p. M, corner OF Houston and st. Mary's
streets. Subject, "The Distinctive Peculiari-
ties Of the Disciples"
Wolf & Apfelbaum, doing a dry goods
and general business at 400 West Commerce
street, made an assignment last evening to
Leopold M. Michael for the benefit Of pressing
creditors. Liabilities not stated.
--"Unser Fritz" Of the Arbeiter Verein
saloon, will reopen this evening. His place
has been renovated and furnished with new
fixtures. lie will size up his friends with the
best in the market from hrst-class bar.
Real estate transfers are remarkably
scarce. Only one has been recorded during
the past "a hours-that OF Ludwig Eickmann
and wife of 563H acres of land lying 10 miles
northeast of the city, on the Cibolo. The
consideration paid was $1,000.
-"Pm sitting on the bench darling" is
what United States Marshal Gosling and
Deputy Prouty have been singing all day as
they await telegraph click to post them on
that boat for Brownsville, where the Circuit
court is about to convene.
Trinity NJ. E. church Services to-mor-
row will be as follows: 10 a. M, class No. 1,
in chapel II a. M, public preaching by Rev.
G. w. Richardson, Of Austin; IL M, class
No. a; 3 p. M, Sunday School; p. M, union
normal class; 7 p. m, sermon by Rev. Bishop
E. G. Andrews, of Washington Ciy.
Mr.. Stern, the diamond and jewel dealer,
is sending out large number of neat invita-.
tons to parties to attend his grand inspection,
hepinninu Mnndav paxt lie ,y;shas ,bo..
who may have been overlooked to consider
themselves invited, and welcome, without any
formally. 1t was not his desire TO slight any
one.
constantly popping up and down like crazy
cork on angry wave at the anti-fence cutters
meeting last evening had not been permitted
to speak, he would have been a "cold stiff
this morning. lie coutd not possibly have
survived the night with so much pent up
oratory trying to break Jail from his manly
bosom. He discovered at last that the Chair
man 'cawn't cawst hany vote, ye knaw"
Rev. Bishop Andrews is 10 our city, pre-.
siding over the West Texas conference, in St.
Paul's Methodist Episcopal church. The
Bishop is making the tour of the Texas con-
frehees OF the Methodist Episcopal church.
The Bishop is fine looking man, active ana
sprightly, though quite gray. By his kind,
yet firm and tender bearing towards those
over whom he has presided, he has won hosts
Of warm friends. He goes from here to
Arizona.