The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-02
Items Of Interest and Business as Heard
on the Streets.

-thares Rurge leaves tomorrow Tor
Mexico on cactus expedition.
The Christian brothers. baltimore,
fund great benefit from Red star Cough
ure.
Charles LEM and Marguerite Ack-
ef'nnu have taken out u marriage H.
crise.
The largest and best selected stock Ol
Clothing ever In this market.
lO-2l-3m I'ANCOAsr a. Sos.
There will be II meeting of III.
Civi Engineers society on The bih. neat
Tuesday.
- lie New Nenr's festivities viii close
tonight. There will be strong hill at
The Fashion.
Hon. William Cbrysler me IN
from his ranch yesterday 10 epend New
Year In the CRY.
The city has not rcghined it, nor
nal condition. It's pulse beats very
irenly this morning.
The Alamo Lodge No. ~, +. and A.
| NJ, will hold regular meeting this
evening al 1880 O'Clock.
Additional local and personal read
| ing matter will he found on the third
| page of the LiGIr to-day.
The new First Ward school building
Is completed and has been turned over
to tue city by Contractor Cotton.
Ex-merchunt police officer liollinger
has been arrested under an Indictment
of the grand jury for conjugal iniideliiy.
Five hundred dollars given MS securi-
! ~ for situation In some wholesale or re-.
tail business Address -. ." this office.
Yesterday was the Catholic feast of
I tAlhA fftrann4.t .inn ~ th.t ar xi.,h "a
the Catholic churches were well attend
ed In the morning.
A IiGnT reporter took famous ride
yesterday afternoon behind one Of mr..
y. ID. MacPhails tine $1,000 stallions
from Kentucky.
Remember the admission is Tree to
the Washington Theatre show Thurs
day, Friday, saturday and sunday
nights. l2-3l-3t
Five violently insane lunatcs were
tuken to Austin this morning by Com
missioner Braden, DR.. Chew and MIR. H..
lluppertz.
Rufus Talbot one of the men charged
with stealing goats from krisch. n few
n few days ago, was admitted to II 500
bail this morning.
The incoming travel is reported
good, while few people'are leaving the
city. That's right, let them stay, plenty
of room In San Antonio.
Everybody is invited to attend the
free entertainments ut the Washington
Theatre, Thursday, Friday, saturday
and Sunday nights. l2-3l-3i
A novel feature of the New Years
calling yesterday was 10 set ladies
making calls on their lady friends. II Is
Il pleasing innovation ON the old style.
The public school examinations are
finished. though superintendent Smith
Is as yet not ready 10 announce the re-
suit. Twenty teachers we've on the
list.
Comfy Clerk 1had. Smith is busily
occupied this morning In II aking out
warrants for the monthly salaries of Of
licials, and allowances to paupers for
December,
Herbert Tatum died last night nj
his residence on Avenue &, from II long
standing case OF cancer in the stomach
lie will he buried tomorrow morning
at 10 O'Clock.
Next week Is the Week OF Prayer, -
generally observed throughout the
United States by the Protestant
Churches, and will be observed by these
churches In union next week.
The buds are starting on many OF
the trees In this section. and much fear
Ia entertained that 1t Is a little too pre-
vious, us frost would Kill all chances
Of fruit Tor the coming season.
A dog fight on Main Plaza this
morning drew large part of the crowd
away from Yellowstone Kit. A white
bull dog belonging to Dick Green chewed
up another dog, II stray cur, In short
order.
Mayor Callaghan was the recipient
Of gold headed cane on Thursday. II
was presented by Alderman Lock- God
on behalf Of the city officials asst token
of their esteem and regard for our mum.
Opal chief.
President Lott and Secretary Yoa.
kun, of the San Antonio and Aran Ne
Pass Railroad, are ut the front to-day
doing all In their power To have the
track reach FlOresville no later thar
next Tuesday. ~
County Judge Wurzbach was very
busily occupied this morning in making
out the county pay rolls and paupel
lists. AS there IL no money Just now II
the County treasury the Judge is very
considerably checking out his privat,
bank account.
The John Withers pasture fence Gu
about 10 days ago, was cut again yester
day or New Years night, and an o,
team had evidently been used to pull al
the gate posts. An order was also poste,
conspicuously warning the owners no
to rep ,ir the fence.
Postmaster Howard has received
news In reply to the inquiry Of Mrs
Virginia Hunt, of Ashland, Boom
county, Mo-, concerning the where
abouts of David II. Kyle, supposed /,
have been murdered. The man In ques
ton Is alive and is u citizen of Seguin.
MIR. Ernst Bosch WINS the recpien
OF New Years gift. lie was presente,
with fine glass door gun case, sent hin
by one of his many admlring friends
The case Is beautifully finished and |
fitted up to hold 10 guns. There are ais,
receptaolss for all hunting parapha
MALTA.
The cabbages in the market are
great improvement OH what were ofiere,
here In years past, and are raised In tn
gardens about the city. There Is n
reason why San Antonio should 10
only raise all the oabbages needed ia
home consumption, but also some 70
shipment to other points.
Several northern visitors went int
the river bathing, yesterday, just to
able to say that they had taken nm oper
air bath on New Years day. They K
, into ecstacies over the lovely hollda
j. weather here, and the free advertiser
that San Antonio will get through tn
/. medium Of their letters home will NJ
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