The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-18
LIGHT FLASHES.
what the Reporters Learn on Their Tour
Through the City.

morning.
Trade is improving since the cold, rainy
weather started for the North.
Creased telescopes are at a premium in
consequence Of to-nights show.
Give Shocks case for beating and strik-
ing colored boy was dismissed.
"A. Robinson, for not complying with the
sanitary ordinance will be tried tomorrow.
Maria Eulalia ochoa, aged three days,
died on the 18th Of umbilical hemorhage.
The County Commissioner court has ad-
journed till the second Monday in January.
Pound festival tonight at the Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church on Avenue C.
All those not able to pay for vaccination
should call at the City Physicians Office, who
will operate free.
Street car tracks are being laid on East
Commerce street. This line will soon be in
running order.
Camp yard and stable men repor, that the
demand for mules and horses is largely in
excess Of the supply.
In the case Of Montgomery VS.. Groesbeck,
III DNohlNN NouiNf ohlA Wao hisuAasNh
for want Of prosecution.
The District court this morning divorced
Mrs. Ella Simpson Langstaf from w. II.
LangstaG on the ground Of desertion.
Members Of the various churches have
already begun laying in supply Of evergreens
Tor decorating their churchs on Christmas.
"A. d. Holmes, aged 60, died this morning
of heart disease. His remains will be shipped
to Moore's Hill, on the International, by
Sheern.
1t is rumored that General X. S. Mac
kenEie Of this department will on Tuesday
next be married to Mrs. Sharpe, daughter Of
Mrs. F. P. Tunstall.
The condition OF the cutters on West
Commerce street, near the International depot,
should cause The Street Commissioner to in
spect and ponder.
F. Foster, a colored man, was arrested last
evening and jailed in the county prison,
charged with con6scsting horse somewhere
out near the Post Oaks.
All ladies interested in Temple Beth
Ell Sabbath school are requested to meet in
the vestry rooms Of the Temple on tomorrow
afternoon at 4 O'Clock.
The County Clerk has issued licenses to
Joseph Clarkson Hopwood and Miss Mary
Keller also to Lewis Sneeds (colored) and
Miss Mary Thompson (colored).
The case OF Dan Weber, careless driving,
was continued. In the second case, for being
drunk and down, jury was asked for and
granted. The case is to be tried tomorrow.
Alderman Gallagher declines reelection.
This is to be regretted, since he has proved
himself, during his term, a progressive, vigi-
liant and pains,aking friend Of the city's N;
terests.
Two thousand people Of San Antonio are
on the anxious seat, bordering over what the
Louisiana lottery has in store for them in the
grand extraordinary drawing, which takes
place to-day.
There will be meeting this evening Of
Alamo gun club at the store OF F. Olsmi,h &
Co., in order to make arrangements for a
prize contest at the San Pedro springs on
Christmas.
Mike Goeean has been investing a fancy
price in n magnificent carriage or yach, N
looks like both) on which young Miss Gopean
is the admiral of the quarter deck. with a
pinafore flag at the mast.
Il. c. Coburn, a fireman on the Sunset
route. fell from his engine on Sunday after
noon, between Luline and Harwood, receiy-
ing injuries which are probably fatal Heis
now at the Railroad hospital at Columbus.
The skating rink was we'll patropiz.d
Yesterday. We would suggest TO the authoh-
ties that a rome along the walls would h. good
for beginners. I, is rumored that n new
skating rink is IN h. bu;t IN a large sc.I. bv
n man named RoL.,
The complaint Of dull times during the
annroach of the holidavs connes from, ,bs