The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-06-16
RAYS OF LIGHT.
Gathered by Reporters on Their
Tours Through Town.


A parody on the wooden wheeled
cart is on the streets.
Pay your subscription. Small favors
thankfully received.
- For straw hats 20 10 +. Sheets. Any
quality or price to suit you. G-0-u
San Antonio Is now the largest horse
market In the Southwest.
Good large watermelons are now
worth only ~ cents.
+. Sheets can always accommodate
you in quality, style or price. G-9-tf
Subscribe for the daily LiGnr, and
pay for II. Only 10 cents n week.
Fashionable dressmah ing ut the new
dollar store. No. - Alamo plaza. I'm
The Excelsior Guards are drilling
faithfully for the 18th OF July celebration.
The well dressed gentlemen buy
their furnishing goods from i. Sheets.
The sprinkling carts are improving
somewhat In their general usefulness.
Don't stand of the colleotoy for so
small sum as 20 cents u week for the
daily LGur
MIR. Peter Marx is now the able
clerk for Superintendent ROte, Of the
public schools.
A train load OF horses go North on
the international and Great Northern
raiIroad to day.
Go at once to a. NJ. Cohcn's. Main
plaza, and get new suit Tor less than
New York cost. j-2J-2t
Dan Hogan who was In jRil under r
charge ofburglary near the sunset depot
was dismissed.
F. Sheets, the gents clothier, has
just got in all the latest novelties in
furnishing goods. 6.9-tf
Travel from Texas to Northern
places Of resort is reported heavy for the
past two or three weeks.
Turkish baths and warm water
baths nj a. Ziliun's. corner Commerce
and Alamo streets Gl-lm.
Professor Crossley is now resident
Of the Fourth ward, having recently
purchased property therein.
Plenty Of nice bright hay on the
plaza at 10 cents Il hundred. Now Is the
time to lay In your winters supply.
There are some OF the beautiful
pumpas pumes growing In Mr.. ROsen-
berg's garden on North Flores street.
Mrs. Willie weinninger. Of Calves.
ton, a sister Of Mrs. Mike GoggRn. Is
paying her relatives in this city visit.
Lieutenant Bud West won the pistol
rallied at Hart * Bonds saloon last night
ON throw Of Il, made by Richard Bond.
Quite Il little suburban town has
sprung up on the west side of the AlaZan
creek, south OF Buena Vista street, First
ward
A great many OF our citizens, whose
locks and shutters have been tempered
with lately, are on the lookout for burg
lars
Albert Frederick has suspended
operations as mixer at the Southern
hotel bar and intends taking trip North
soon.
Notwithstanding the general i'm
| preston to the contrary, empty houses
are scarcer now than they were last
winter.
The grand jury may be seen from
| the side windows of the fourth story OF
| the kampmann hard at work grinding
out indictments.
Mr.. Jacob Weber has n monstrous
| tarantula, which was captured yestcr-
day. The captive Is very lively and
very savage looking.
A negro boy named Lacy Robertson
was fined ~ by the Recorder this morn
! ing for leaving his team alone, which
ran away Sunday.
Mr.. Felix Schramm, one OF the finest
manipulators Of the ivory keys, treated
the visitors at GOggan's store yesterday
| to some line selections OF music.
-Chas. Brice, wounded by Sam Parks
| at the White Elephant saloon some
months ago, left for his home in Phila-
delphia this morning, accompanied by
| his brother.
The Singer Machine company is ship
| ping large lots OF machines into Mexico.
| in order to stock up before July !. when
nm additional tax OF - will be levied on
each machine.
Major Noyes is one Of our public
| spirited citizens. At his own expense
| he planted number of shade trees in
| Madison square park, and has since kept
them growing
The Rick family will play their last
| engagement Mt Ludwig Mahncke's Mis-
| sion garden tonight. Thursday night
and saturday night. This ia their last
| engagement here. It
The beautiful pampas pumes can
be as successfully raised In San Antonio
~ on their native pampas in South
! America, and would be highly erna-
mental in our house yards.
The marriage ceremony Of Mr.
! Charles SchwaarZ and Miss Annie Jam
nasch will be performed tonight at
! q O'Clock at the residence OF Mr.. Chris
topher, on East Crockett street.
Mr.. and Mrs j. n. Ruthwell and Mr..
Peoples presented silver card receiver
to Rev. and Mrs. Preston at the recep-
ton Saturday night. BY an error their
names were omitted in yesterdays re-
port OF the reception.
The Fashion theatre presented a
very strong programme last evening.
The Mcclure brothers made their first
appearance and their clog dances were
unanimously encored. The Forrests
stlll retain their popularity. and Miss
Aggie Wells. Billy Wolf, Flora Weston
and other members Of the company are
all worthy of the reception they receive.
4 rattle tor the benefit Of BurkhArt
took place yesterday evening at Morris
& Downing's saloon. The prizes con
sisted OF two watches, one for the high
Get and the other for the lowest The
irst prize was won By Burkhart on n
throw Of 80 and the lowest by frank
Somers on throw Of 49, An effort ia
being made to procure new trial for
BurkhRrt.