The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-15
LIGHT SPARKS.

The Geistinger troupe found our hotels 700
full. We want a hotel.
We are to have thorough overhauling OF
the police; so il is rumored.
Austin may have the Legislature, but San
Antonio has Ben Thompson.
Our city administration should turn over a
new leaf; the engineers office needs renodel-
ing.
Miss Matthews has resigned from the public
high school and taken a situation in Miss
StephenSons school.
1t is rumored that the city engineers pre-
pairing plan to improve Alamo plaza; IL s
more likely TO be plan to spoil IL.
If an attempt is made TO improve our
squares this season the council should VISIT
government hill TO get an idea how II might DC
done.
The Geistinger opera company arrived on
n speciaI train of the Sunset railway at
O'clock this morning. The train cost the COM
pany $50.
The engagement is announced of Henry
Schwe in, a travelling salesman for b. Open
hemer & Co., to Miss Augurta NimiU, oil
Fredericksburg.
The paragraph in Saturdays paper in ref
erence to the fire company refusing 10 turI
out without proper authorlty was hot COMPANY
two but number one.
MI. rat has
game chickens from. Denver, Colorado, from
some wealthy Englishmen who have heard OF
the fame of his birds.
The Galveston News boasts that there
would be room in Galveston for ii ana the
LIGHT. We have no idea OF disturbing the
News but we will add we would make room
we would deepen the channel OF newspaperdom
so that we could all sail in with ease.
Our city high school has been going to
pieces lately; Mr.. Halbedl is very impatient
and il the weather is bad, or some OF the pupils
fail to come, he dismisses school. The city pays
for the full services of teachers, and the super
intendent should see that they are rendered.
Miss Matthews was forced into a resigna-
ton by Mayor French and Professor Rotc, be-
cause she did not choose to be ordered from
her recitation room by Mr., Halbedl. The city
council is composed mostly of men ana we be-
ieve when this case is fairly presented they
will do Miss NJ. justice. t... III
1T seems that it was no question of school
discipline or routine that Mr.. Halbedi forced
upon Miss Matthews, but he wanted her TO give
up her room to suit his convenience, anu Rote
and French sustained Haibedi,and succeeded IN
driving a competent, faithful teacher out OF
the city schools 10 crafty the spite of another
teacher. r ..#.
w. n. Dean, representing the wholesale
lumber firm of Allen Bros. TeNarkana, Ark,
called at the LIGHT office to-day. He is look
ing for a location but complains OIL the DIS
eliminating rates of roads leading TO the south
east Texas pineries. a low rate of freight on
lumber from northeast Texas would be accep-
table.
The macadamizing of Quinta street-a short
little alley that communicates with the south
west corner of Main plaZa-is about done, ana
il has been done with good deal of care, and
answers very well for a private street, leading
past at least one aldermanic mansion. But this
kind of work is not suitable Tor business thor-
Oughfares, and cannot be kept clean.
;,,+ 10 ,;+x OH
hi, mi under ground The posts should all be
Y. Sun. The above is the sub
iecr for cut in Frank Leslie's Illustrated
newspaper, delineating the Geographic laDy-
riuth on lower Broadway. The placing of the
wires underground becomes a great task after
these lines have become perfect network all
over "A city. but if the underground plan Is
begun early it is practicable and certainly
greatly 10 be desired. The unsighty telephone
posts erected along our streets spoil several
business fronts and are greatly in the way.