The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-27
LIGHT FLASHES.



Throuuh the City.
Marcus Beck has a license to marry
Dora Schwabe.
Divine service Mt the Temple Beth
FL this evening at $50 and on tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock.
District court closes tomorrow, and
Judge, attorneys, officers and jurors Will
enjoy two weeks vacation.
Pedro Hernandez, already convicted
of perjury, was tried yesterday for
horse stealing, and acquitted. -
The County Judge this morning sent
j. Williams and Jose Martinez to the
county convict camp to work.
Sam Massey, a colored convict. es-
capped from the convict camp yesterday
and has not since been heard Of
Collisions on the streets would be
less frequent II the ordinance against
fast driving was more generally en-
forced.
The deaths OF Josephine Rodriguez,
aged 40, from pneumonia, and Antonio
Rivas, aged IL, from consumption, are
reported.
DIR. II. l.. Graves was at the court
house this morning singing his new bal
lad upon Blame to an admiring but
select audience.
The Board of Equalization, under
the Presidency OF County Judge Mason,
met this morning and examined two
assessment books.
District Attorney Evans has been
renominated by the President to fill the
office of District Attorney for Western
Texas, which he now holds.
The indications OF good crops the
past few weeks has had the effect OF re-
viying trade, and while business Is not
booming all over the city, yet II could
be much worse.
The indictments against the city
and county officials in the District court
for not enforcing the law against gam
bling will go over until the September
term of court.
w. Il. Wilcox, Sheriff of Tarrant
county, came In last night from Fort
Worth after. John Bowles, the escaped
prisoner who was captured here week
ago by win Ish.
Wash Green was convicted yester-
day of disposing of mortgaged property
and given two years In the penitentiary.
lie promises to clean out the County
Attorney when his term expires.
If you have any money and want to
buy bargains in property, call or adj
dress Il. b. johnson. Time is money,
and customers that don't mean bust
ness, will please apply somewhere else.
There will be Al Normal institutes
In the State, commencing on July Z, and
continuing four weeks, as per the pro-
gramme arranged by the managers at a
meeting held at Hotel Maverick, We'd
nesday evening.
The State Teachers association
want to repudidate Governor Roberts
wine and beer ideas. Some Of those
cold water fellows will frat" the old
alcalde out of his Professorship Job If he
don't look sharp.
The anniversary exercises of the
Sisters school were celebrated at Mey-
er's hall this morning. Bishop Neraz
was present and addressed the children.
The exercises, comprising musical and
literary renditlons, were very inter-
esting.
Madame Donaldson desires all old
scholars to hold themselves in readiness
for the medal hop at San Pedro Springs
Friday. July IL, on which occasion Mr..
Harry Fowler will present an elegant
gold medal TO the best lady dancer
among her pupils.
In the item speaking Of the arrest
of Palmer yesterday for completely In
the recent diamond thefts, il was mem
toned that he was related to the Milbys,
of Houston. Mrs. w. Y. Mildly, Of
Houston, now in the city, desires the
LIuHT to say that he is no relative of
that family.
Some interest has been attempted
to be made in the narrow gauge rail-
road system out of Houston here in San
Antonio. A connection from this city
to tap the East and West road, would
prove OF great advantage to the pros
perity Of the city and give ar outlet
both to the Gulf and the highways to
the East and South.