San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-28

The plume drill of the Belknap Rifles
took place last evening, Mr.. Emil Kiss
ling winning the medal. These drills
occur monthly.
Tomorrow there will be as holly
contested an election for street commits
siOner as though the fall Of nations de-
pended Oh it.
The moonlight restaurant on Mill
tary plaza is being quite literally pat
roDized by the frontier lawyers and wit
nesses In attendance at the federal court.
is it not about time the dog catcher
corps was being organized? There are
several thousand stray dogs need caring
for in the First and Second wards alone.
The city attorney rules that, Deputy
City Clerk Fritz Russi has no legal
right to administer aflidayits to COM
planning parties in the Recorders court.
Cut nails, iron and steel. all num-
bers ana kinds, always full stock on
hand at Piper & SChulthess, No. 2l9
Market street, San Antonio, Tex. Him
For sale.-TwO fine building lots.
Size llO-l70 feet, in block 1877, west of
San Pedro or eek, adjoining krisch prop
erty. Inquire Of 7. b. johnson, LIGHT
office. II
The performance at the Mexican
circus was crowded. The show was
very creditable, and called forth fire.
quent "bravOs from the impulsive
AZteCs.
"A certain prominent municipal
official will have TO shake hands with
the entire male population of San An
tonic several times more before he can
De reelected.
MIR. +. G. Reynolds has a card to the
citizens OfSan Antonio in the LIGHT to-
day. He furnished numerous references
ms to his qualifications TO ill the office he
is aspiring to.
Henry Newberry was cow iCted in
federal court yesterday, of swindling by
means of the gold brick racket, and the
penalty is from one to ten years in the
government workshops.
Mr. Pat Fields Is beginning the con-
struCtiOn of a nice sidewalk around his
property on COnchO and MatamOras
streets, Alderman COnnOr's advice tOthe
contrary Notwithstanding.
MIR. James Burnet, a new arrival in
this city, is engaged in writing up" the
various places of interest In the metrOp-
oils of the west, for the benefit Of the
readers Of the Columbia (Tenn.) Herald.
The cOlored people are preparing to
celebrate their emancipation from slave
ry in grand style. Many visitors from
surrounding localities are expected, and
there is little doubt but that the Celebra-
tiOn will be most Credtable.
Mr.. J. c. Kirk, formerly a we'll
known broker on Change in st. Louis,
died at his residence, on ACeQuia street,
yesterday afternoon, and the remains
un oh nv 'aTt
Mullaly in fine metallic Casket.
The people of BOeTne, Kerrville, and
all along the route of the proposed
northwestern extension are much inter-
ested in the movement, and are making
efforts to offer sufficient induCement to
cause the extension to be built at once.
"A prominent Hebrew said to LIGHT
man this morning that he doubted very
much the right of the correspondent in
the LIGHT Yesterday to sign himself "a
jew" because he did not believe there
was Hebrew in San Antonio who was
that much of a crank.
Another surprise party went out last
night from the Southern hotel. A new
waiter from "merrie old England" was
initiated into the mysteries of catching
the Texas snipe, and not having found
his way back till midnight he is asleep,
and it is difficult to say what he will do
when he awakes.
County Judge Wurzbach believes
the weather is little cooler by several
degrees in Rhode Island and New York
at present than 1t is in Texas. At least
when he visited that portion of the
country recently, attired in light sum
mer clothing, he found the climate so
severe as to almost freeze him.
Mr.. j. d. Fry will open his barroom,
restaurant and ice cream establishment
tomorrow morning for the public at 2lO
Alamo plaza, adjoining the old historical
Alamo. Mr.. Fry has great reputation
as a caterer and will no doubt make
good hit in his. new enterprise. His knOwl-
edge as a first class Cusiniere is unques-
tiOnable.