The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-22
RAYS OF LIGHT.
Gathered by Reporters on Their
Tours Through Town.

Sanitary Inspector Torres Is III.
One OF the pet bears Mt San Pedro
park has died.
The Baptist excursion from Saltillo
arrived last night.
Fine showers OF rain cnst and west
fell generally last evening.
The Sunset pay car arrived yester-
day and went West this morning.
The colored folks will picnic at the
San Pedro park next Sat friday.
Smokers are cautioned against inJurrl.
Gus imitation Of Opera Pun Cigarettes.
San Juointo day ut the Ladies' Loan
exhibition was the best day yet at that
place.
The stock Exchange saloon has just
relaid their billiard tables with new
cloth.
-Candide Rodriguez, aged 10 years,
died yesterday in the First ward from
typhoid fever.
Several members Of the San Antonio
rifles will attend the Interstate drill nj
Mobile on the I'm Of May.
The Liam il In receipt of invitations
to the second dance given by the White
head dancing club Friday evening.
Aunt Jane Moss, mn old negro
woman living out on the rockquarry
road, is reported to be In dying condi-
tiOn.
MIR. l.. Pinget yesterday shipped II
carloads 81 fine fat muttons to Chicago.
The shipment was In charge Of Mr.. Emil
Feille.
The beethoven Macnnerohor, who
20 to Houston next Monday to attend
the Saengcriest, had u very elective
al - G.hnIysg nj la - tfVbI
There is Californian now In the
city. with money In his pocket To back
him In n hard or soft glove fight with
his own or any weight In the city. His
weight Is $50 pounds.
The United States government has
purchased 100 carloads Of cattle from the
estate Of the late Captain Richard King,
and is now shipping them North to the
Indian reservation.
DIR. Il. Menger celebrated his birth
day yesterday evening at his residence.
| A select party Of friends were Invited to
participate, and numerous were the
wishes Of many happy returns"
Tomorrow Thursday evening a
most enjoyable time Is expected at Mrs.
Van Sleck's by the ladies Of Trinity NJ.
T.. Church. Come one and all to this
ambrOsial party and have good time.
The old and unsightly board adver-
Using fence In front of the San Pedro
Springs park, has been replaced by
pretty light picket fence which greatly
improves the appearance Of the en-
trance.
There will be an informal meeting
of members OF the Alamo Gun club to-
night ut Schools hall to arrange for
next sundays fun. An effort Is being
made to induce Captain ..Stubhs to give
nm exhibition, a Ia Carver.
1t Il remarkable fact that when
/ ever hail stormor cyclone strikes Texas
| 1t always selects Baptist churches on
| which to wreak Its fury. within n short
| time three churches Mt Pearsall. Pales-
| tine and DenisOn, have felt the effects Of
these storms.
Mr.. Il. A. Scott. one of the gentle
men who II summering with his race
horses here, intends the latter part OF
this week to begin widening and other
wise repairing the half pole back at San
Pedro park, rounding of its corners and
remodelng the home stretch, etc.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Mad
lson Square Presbyterian church will
meet tomorrow Thursday afternoon
NJ O'Clock ut the residence OF Rev. Mr..
to make arrangements for the proposed
ice-cream festival and lawn social
Marshal Wilkes, sired by young
Harry Wilkes, Ia II beautiful stallion,
seen by LIGHT reporter at San Pedro
springs yesterday. lie is n three-year
old, jet black, and one of the most beau
tful animals ever brought to San An
tonic. lie hasa very fast record. and is
owned by Mr.. +. A Scott.
MIR. W. II. Browder, chief clerk of
the Maverick hotel. has conferred ben
eft on hotel proprietOrs and clerks gem
orally, by lnventing n ledger by means
of which the amount of transient bust
ness in an hotel can ut once be ascer-
tanned. II consists of number of small
ledger accounts, and by an Ingenious ar
rnngpment of cash columns nm analysis
of each transaction with hotel guest
can be seen ut n glance, together with to-
tai amount of receipts extending over
any given period.