The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-13
RAYS OF LIGHT.
Gathered by Reporters on Their
Tours Through Town.

There will be Hook and Ladder
company drill tonight.
An alligator-gar's head Is ON exhi-
biti0n at Olsmlth 4 Co.'s.
Regular Thursday Gun club shoot
tomorrow at the Springs.
The election Of officers for the Rifle
company occurs on the 25th instant.
- Il would be well II some Of the
weeds of our San Antonio river were
taken out.
-Messrs. Welsh, Elliott and others,
will give n private hop at the Springs
tomorrow night.
The Democratic klokers simply got
beat Mt their own game. One ring out
generated the other.
Mr.. II. +. Green Is no longer author
lied to solicit or collect for the Merchant
and Manufacturer.
The musical soiree and dance OF the
Casino club, to have occurred next sat
urday night, Is postponed.
The latest portrait OF the "star-eyed
goddess" can be seen In the money order
department OF the postoiilce.
The case of tearing down the fences
at DR.. Graves and the Devine property
will be considered by the grand jury.
MIR. j. b. Elwood had to pay for a
new hat for Major Tennyson, of the
Nationals, on question Of rules OF base
ball.
There will be an excursion to New
Braunfels next Sunday week, by the
Mendelsohn and Beethoven singing So
cietles
Mr. McKale. Captain and short stop
of the Sunset base ball club, was at
tackled with bad fever yesterday
afternoon.
Sim Hart says since the closing Of
the Vaudeville, his business has fallen
Off terribly. The corner does look lone
some now.
business on the Sunset, road is re-
ported IA looking up in the last few days,
and considerable time freight Is being
sent over the road.
-Sixty-three head Of horses were sold
yesterday in this city for the sum Of
Sll 20 per head all around. They came
from Campbellton, Atascosa county.
The deciding game Of ten-pins for
the championship, between the Turner
and Casino clubs, will take place at the
Casino alley next Saturday night week.
DIR. Adolph lIerffreports his patient,
Pat Herman, as doing very well at the
hospital. His left leg IL amputated.
Herman was injured recently on the rail-
way.
Some fast young men out on jam
boree across the San Pedro in hack
last night, awakened the neighbors about
Nillemaln's store by firing their revolv-
ers several times.
One Of the young men who Is impli-
Gated In the fence demolishing mischief,
Boldner, alias lloughan, failed to give
bond before Justice Adam to-day and
was remanded TO jail.
Mr.. Henry Burns, the enterprising
stockman and shipper, returned from
Michigan this morning, with fine lot
Of Spanish Merino bucks. He reports
plenty OF rains throughout the North.
A beautiful piece of artistic wax
work is displayed at Wagner's. 1t re-
presents two Indians In the act Of scalp
ing a white traveller in Mexico, whom
they had just killed with arrows.
A patient with the dropsy was
tapped by physician this morning, and
the astonishing quantity Of over 100
pounds of water (about one-thlrd of
barreD, wasdrawn away from him.
"A good joke is told on young Sec
Onu warn fireman, VINO Attended tne IRE
Saturday night, after dressing himself
rather hurriedly. The next time lido
that way, young man. take the back
streets.
Several drummers for San Antonio
business houses have just returned from
long country trips, and report absolutely
nothing doing in the country. Even
crops look bad in some places on account
of the drouth.
The physicians generally report that
there Is comparatively little sickness in
the city. There are a few cases OF
typhoid fever, but these are among
strangers. This is one good result OF
the recent cleaning up Of the city.
There was domestic squabble this
morning on South Flores street, the hus-
band knocking his wife down and then
trying to smother her by piling all the
furniture and crockery upon her, adding
pail or so of water for luck.
As an item in yesterdays paper re-
garding the actions of young man
named Baker, in regard to buying a
ticket for lady, may mislead the pub
lie, the LIGnT takes the trouble to say
that II in no manner referred Mr.. W. II.
Baker, who is ticket broker in the city.