The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-01
TA-TA 'EIGHTY-TWO
The Old Year Passes Away While Bells
Peal and JOY Reigns.
Observance of the Event by Different Asso
Citations Last Night.


Citations Last Night.
Deep-toned church-bels have rung out the
old year and new has dawned upon u.s. Their
mellow sounds were doubtless heard as u knell
i'm many a household, but 10 majority of
persons they proclaimed the arrival of period
glorious i'm anticipation, bountiful in promise.
Tears and charity for grief and poverty, laugh
ter and song echoing pleasure, all were cop-
mingled ON this New Years Eve. AT midnight,
despite the bleak winds, the mist and the mud,
the central portion of the city was crowded
with men, and the silence common i'm that hour
gave way to volume of discordant sounds in
which the sweet tones of the bells were scarce
audible. Saloon-keepers did profitable bust
ness. Events in their effective careers were
told by their proxies in the police court this
At the Methodist churches watch-meetings
were held, strict silence being observed till the
clock marked IL when II joyous anthem was
sung. BY the English choir recently with
Trinity NJ. L. church songs were sung in OBJ
servance of an old English custom known as
"The Waits"
The Casino association celebrated the death
of the old year and the anniversary off heir pa
iron saint, st. Sylvester, at the same tifi.e by a
ball under the management of Messrs. A. Stem
ering, NJ. krakauer, Arthur Guenther, Edw.
DRESS and Sim Hart. Ravishing toilets Were
Mary Guefther, Miss L. Groos, Miss Mamie
Groos, Miss Carrie Baumblat Miss G.. Wulff,
Miss Mary Elmendorf, Mrs. Gus. Kampmann
Miss Hocrncr Mrs. Rhodius, Miss Wefing, Mrs.
Grothaus, Mrs Hummel, Mrs. Griesenbeck,
Mrs. Hugo, Mrs. GrOos, Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. .All-
gust Nette, Mrs. Degener, Mrs Bergstrom, Mrs.
Meuesbach, Mrs Elmendorf, Mrs. Dreiss and
Mrs. Amanda Wagner.
At Turner hall the Turner association and
their friends INDUCED in terpsichorcan amiisc-
ment, Among the ladies present were Mrs.
Zuchel, Mrs Wurzbach, Mrs. Boul-
have, Mrs. Ochse. Mrs. Hahn, Mrs. Feille,
Miss Dauenhauer, Miss BRIAN and Miss Heuer-
mann.
The Arbeter-y erein had Il ball ut which
were present Mrs. DelSict, Mrs. -Raforth, Miss
Ida Meyer, Miss Ada Kurth and sister, Mrs.
Saenger and sisters Mrs. Backer and sisters,
the Misses Shcbel, Miss Mary lIubner, the Mis-
SEES Brunes, Miss Mary Seifel, Mrs. NJ. Schroeder
Mrs. Hermann, Mrs. Pilbert, Miss Eliza and
Miss Annie Ringelstein, Mrs. Seibel, Mrs.
Miss Habba, Miss Buttcron, Miss Newman, Mrs
Somers, Miss Kate Noonan, Miss Mary Arnold,
Miss Mary Black, Miss Laura Burnley, Miss
Lizzie JIIrZa and sister of Segun, Miss Fannie
Hutzler Miss Ida Ramp, Miss Stappenbeck and
Mrs. Gang. The committee in charge were
Messrs. John Delsiet, Fred Meyer and Joe Her
mann.
by thc Messrs. William HOelling father and son
Fritz Schreiner, II. Coleman, E. Menger, Otto
Zimmerman and VIM. WurZbach, the members
of the fire department entertained their friends
with ball at krisch'S Hall. Among the ladies
in attendance were noticed the Misses Krisch
chGperOned by their mother, the Misses Kremp-
kan, Miss Ducr the Misses Ludwig, Miss Birdie
palicia; Miss Nina Chavez, Miss Martizez, the
Misses Nixon, Miss Caroline Bauermann, Mrs
Hoefling, Miss Mary Myer, Miss Ada Kunzmm
Miss Ida Clemens and Misses Mary and Lena
MOckert.