The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-16
RAYS OF LIGHT.
Gathered by Reporters on Their
Tours Through Town.

-tlarks Bilaru IarlOr, the gentle
mems resort.
Mr. Nelson, the Street Commissioner,
Is seriously i'll.
No business in the Justices court
this morning.
The Bolknap Rifles had drill on
Main plaza last night.
Don't forget the dance at Jonas
Garden tomorrow night.
Concert and music Mt Sommers' gar
den Tomorrow evening.
Music and dancing at TESTS Garden
tomorrow, the weather permitting.
-Franclsco Sanchez was too drunk to
be tried by the Recorder this morning.
The County commissioners were oc.
Cupied on minor road matters this morn
ing.
i it does not rain, you are requested
to take your girl out to Tests Garden to-
morrow.
Jake ~ picnic is set Tor to-mor-
row week Mt Major Ben Mnuermann's
ranch
The Military band will plny sweet
music at Sommers' garden tomorrow.
Everybody invited.
The Temple Beth III Literary society
will hold u meeting tomorrow afternoon
at I o'clock.
Tonight at Vienna garden will be
Italian night, and n grand good time
may be looked for.
Remember the ladies orchestra at
Mission garden tonight. They will give
fine concert to which all are invited.
No bucks In the market, while three
years ago at this season there were
never less than from 1000 to 1000 on the
market.
MIR. Goodbody, the contractor, who
is at present engaged ut Harold, will
shortly return to san Antonio and take
q contract on the Aransas.
The Sanitary and Fertilizing com
pnny to-day petitlOned the City Council
to find II remedy for them in the form of
II location for their works.
A rattle for five prizes will take
place Saturday, the 10th inst, ut $50 u.
m, ut Sim Harris cigar store. Only
few chances left. Call at once.
Henry Boerner, the new benedict.
has Just returned from his wedding trip.
lie reports having had good time and
came near conquering New Orleans.
The weeds are growing very rank
in premises and vacant lots about the
city. Is ii not the sanitary inspectors
duty to see that they are cut down;
Ben Clemens and r. Anderson, made
parties to the barrOOm fight with Billy
Knox and Tom Higgins, in yesterdays
LlGiu, say they were not in the fight.
The contest next Sunday ut the San
| Pedro base ball grounds between Messrs.
| Price and PenrOse will be II bitter one.
Both men are confident of beating each
/ other.
The Fourth ward butchers still COM
| plain about the dogs getting away with
| their meat. How about that fence, which
| the Market Master said he would Mt
| tend to;
BETSY Jane. l.. \. lleil's pointer dog
| that was stolen some II days ago, re-
turned to his house last night. minus
her collar There is n jubilee in the
| Hell family.
Mr.. Ludwig Mahnckc returned to-
day from New liraunirls. where he has
made arrangements for the krmpa or
chcstra to give one Of their concerts
next Tuesday night.
several small merchants were COM
planning bitterly yesterday at being
called on peremplorily to pay city taxes,
which they thought had slipped the city
authorities memory.
What should be wel-paved squares
or Uriistically laidout and planted parks
in our city are now nothing but insight
~ wastes filled with mudhUlcs breeding
sickness and death.
Died, at New Braunfels, yesterday.
Mrs. Jacob Gerbes. the mother of Mrs
Ed Stoves, ST., of this city. The old lady
was to have celebrated her Slst birth
day tomorrow.
Tomorrow the shooting match will
take place ut the san Pedro Base Ball
grounds for $3.50 side. Both men are
in line condition and confident. Penross
Will use his new Lefevre gun.
A prominent travelling man. whose
firm has recently been sending him some
sharp letters in regard to his business,
laconioaily inclosed to them the first line
letter head OF the IGnr, "IIell in Texas"
Colonel Belknap is still busilv occu-
pied in exploring his new cave. over 10
feet has been explored. The water il
heard more distinctly, but nothing deii-
mite as to It's source has been yet ar
rived at.
Fool tournament at Clark's Billiard
iarlor with $50 cash prizes tonight and
sunday. free for all. Look out for the
daily cash prizes next month. Music
saturday, sunday and Wednesday
nights, schools saloon.
The kempa Ladies' orchestra give
their last performances tonight and to-
morrow evening at the Mission garden.
We advise all those who have not vet
heard them to embrace this last opnor-
tunity, and give them full houses.
Yesterday evening several street
cars were laden with children of the
Fourth ward school, who had been
spending happy day at the Springs
picnicing. They did not seem tired.
however, If one could Judge by their per-
petua singing.
-Ihas. Plase, German, INDUCED too
freely in u lunch and some beer set ont
at lloeiling's butcher shop on Avenue &
Yesterday. In the afternoon he came
back with his face cut and eye bunged
up, and wanted to fight everybody. lie
was arrested, and was fined ~ bv the
Recorder this morning.
LILLY Busby, a negro employed at
Inc southern hotel, was ANNOYED nv
some little white newsboys at the hotel
ana the proprietor told him 10 keep
them out, lie chased them away and
ran outside and hit one of the little fell
lows with rock, for which he was fined
% by the Recorder this morning.
MengeP Hotel Bar.
This popular place of refreshment
| viii be TeOpened this pypnino undar ,I,