The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-07-02
RAYS OF LIGHT.
Gathered by Reporters on Their
Tours Through Town

The stages are waterjound.
Sewerage Sewerage " sewerage ~
Eat your meals ON the Riverside res
taurant yeranda. 6-l'-Im
The barber shop hear southern motel
for rent. Inquire at hotel Office. t-2-i
Fashionable dressmaking Mt the new
dollar store, No. y Alamo plaza. I'm
Try the Riverside restaurant, cor
ner Of Commerce and l.osoYo ST. "-l'-lm
The cellar Of Hart S Bonds saloon,
on Soledad street, h. illlod with water
DR.. Johns can be found Mt night Mt
his residence. No. 30 Eat Commerce
street.
New wet potatoes are worth %
cents bucket on the Military pl"H"
market.
The Avenue sea Is very turbulent
this morning. Navigation Is rehdereu
difficult
Go at once to \. NJ. Cohen's. Main
W. nrt cost 5-2g-2t
A man sold load Of watermelons
and cantelopcs In the market l"'' e'e"-
ing for - cents.
Turkish baths and warm wafer
baths Mt A. Zilian's. corner commerce
and Alamo streets. uI-l"''
The diamond stnr and Crescent pm
will be- rallied without fail Ihur.uay,
,ulv 9Th. instead Of tonight. '-Z-l'
Walter SCOTS factory Is delnged
with water. 1t being a foot ANA hai
In depth In the engine room.
The sum Of SlOll 80 in cash was
realized from fines In the Rccorder'
court for the month Of June.
There will be "a meeting Of the San
Antonio Bar association in the District
court at O'Clock this afternoon.
Jack shepherd, an escaped convict
was captured by Nat Lewis yesterday
afternoon and lodged In jail.
Our inhabitants are waiting to hear
from the signal office how many buckets
full of rain have fallen during the last ~
hours.
Houston street was badly Hooded
this morning aud n heavy deposit oi mud
was made ON the sidewalk in front oi
Turner hall
The trains are running all right on
The Northern div isiuns Of the lnternu-
tipnm railway. although the mail bags
are very light.
The bridge across the san Pedro
creek. ON Obruie street, is nearly washed
away hy the high water. II needs re-
pairing badly.
John Cuvanaugh was charged before
Judge Ncucudurll with assault. drawing
a pi-tol ON II. NJ. l.andaucr and George
Turner. but The case was dismissed
At the forthcoming NolksieSt to he
held next fall, a grand competitive drill
will be arranged. Various companies
have already -lgnilicd their Willingness
to attend.
Owing To several washouis on the
international railway. between san An
tonic and Laredo, the Laredo train did
not arrive until ! O'Clock this morning
with The mail.
A greenhOrn from Bandera went ,
the tity offices this morning per elova-
tor. On the descending journey lac
pulled ont n iive-dOllar bill and Told the
boy TO take his fare.
In speaking of Mr. Halle accepting
the position OF ,eller in Mavericks Dank
q friend remarked that he was not at al
astonishcd at 1t. rs he had al~cady beer
"a teller for some time past
- The entertainment Mt Turner hal
| By the "llnppy llOusemuids,' is post
| puued from Tonight until Tomorrow
night. This OlliCc las received bOun
| tiiuI supply OF complimentary tickets.
AT an informal meeting Of thu
School Board yesterday II was resolved
| to grant to the Mayor and Aldermen o
/ the various wards authority TO selec
/ sites for the additional school buildings
! The lrisl- American association hnI
decided to celebrate The coming FOurtl
Of july at Meyers hail at 10 O'Clock a
IN. DistinL Jtshed speakers Will bi
present to address the meeting. All AT,
invited. ]
A vgilaut search was made for bur
glars last night on SOledad street with
ont success. The police believe the,
have n clue TO the constant attempt n
housebreaking and from whence the
cmauate.
The san Pedro creek has rise
higher than was ever known before
this on the authority OF the oldest it
habitant At the Arsenal foot bridg
the water il within few inches of til
centre OF the arch.
4 great many little bridges crossin
The san Pedro ditch on North Flor,
street need repairing and raising 10 II
low the water TO pass under thei
Many front yards are flooded, and Il
street If like lake.
Lieutenant Davis, whom the tel
gragh reports IA having engaged Il
rebcllious Indians in Arizona Hcrritor
is n brother Of Waters Davis, Esq,
this city, and both are sons of the In
Governor Il. j. Davis.
. Captain Polk. Chief Engineer of t
san Antonio and Aransas Pass rairou
says that from appearances this MOI
lug there will be no necessity TO hui
4 the road to Arkansas Pass, rs san Ant
- mo has plenty of deep water already.
The sewers on san Pedro aven
were found inadequate to the carryi
oil of water this morning, and the str,
was flooded. At the intersection of
mira street there was n large lake 81
merging the sidewalks, and the str,
railway was nj least six inches und
water.
) Parties living on the east side
BOnham street were waterhOund &
morning by the high water on Il
10. street. and hacks were brought II
,r requisition to ferry them across. BEEF
II that little lO-inch sewer pipe was put
NJ to replace the big ditch on that sire
the water flowed of passably ",
Now the least rain floods the street.
20 The Mexican, Juan Gomez, "
brought up before Justice Adam I
morning for preliminary eXaminati
regarding the Nilling of Juan Cardor
on 81. Johns day at the Pobranca. Sc
cral Witnesses were examined. but moi
ing OF Importance was developed, I
IT witnesses affecting Ignorance Of
whole affair. The examination is 81
In progress.
H.