San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-12-22

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ton, and send IL to your friend back In
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bringing another settler to our city.
MIR W. j Hilgers, OF the house Of
Ronsr Il WnhlstaD, was rejoicing yes
terdHy over the safe arrival OF new
baby, boy, at his house.
The colUred MasOns and Odd Fellows
are dividing The two LOIS they hold
jointly o. syn Saba street, and the trus-
ices Of the latter society are skirmI-hing
70 nd to RAISE funds TO e ect hall upon
IN, ir lot.
Several prominent citizens are 60.
ing TO Austin on Thursday to attend
the grand german to be given In that
city.
Mr.. r. B. Simpson has gone away
on business When he returns he Will
be rpIisrd to find that there Is anOth-
er visitor in the house who will call hun
'papa.'
The sisters Of the Alamo Assembly
OF the knights of Labor (ruI"reT) will
give n grand ball tonight al the Knights
OF Labor hail in AID Of the locked Uut, HHO
of the small lee Of - cents.
Yesterday as Mr.. Hiram McLane
wa driving over the Alameda bio k
crossing, n pretty little girl got mixed
with the horses, ard but for the cool
ness OF the diver and the promptnesS OF
hystarders would have been seriously
injured.
The Express. Growing over our
Il. A IN
has no uprra house. She has daisy one.
trecteu some Years ago. bu the IGHT
brIirves that We have the best opera
house IN The state.
DR.. A. lIrIfi reports that the Mexi-
can. Julian Tarasa-. shot ~ l1rda at
the san Juan Mission dance saturday
night is wounded more seriously than
at hrsG repuTttd, being shot through
the lungs and The bullet remains in the
wound. He may Recover and may not.
MIR Ed. Stoves. jr. having kindly
rendered his race track free, II party Of
gentlemen hNV' arranged programme
tor sport on Christmas afternoon, 10 con-
sist Of trottIng, running, butcher cart
racing. etc. see programme elsewhere.
MIR John Howard, bother of DR.. H..
+. Howard, who has been confined TO
his bed by paralysis for the past IA
years. is now bi ing in very critical
condition; indeed, the belief is that he
cannot survive many hours.
The rumOr gained credPnce last
night that Architect Gutniher had
taken dose of poison, with suicidal in.
tent. In the evening he had acted very
SRA gely a the dOGtors were sent for.
To-day Mr. Guentner is out ON the
streets and denies the matter.
MIR. VIM Krrmpkau received tele-
gram from his uncle in LOckhart that
his cousin had died and the funeral
would occur Yesterday. As his uncle
had formerly lived in Austin and Willie
did not know he had moved to Lock-
hart, he took the train for Austin yes
terdrv morning, only to learn OF his
mistake when he arrived there. 1t was
too late then to 90 to LOCkhart and he
made the best of IL by stopping in Aus
tin and seeing the town. He was among
the guests to eat the first dinner in the
new Driskill hotel.
-Tramp- were complained of at the
Arkansas Pass depot last night to police
headquarters and when the police Off
GERS rode out they found s or 10 able
bodied Migrants lying around big fire
huIIt of railroad ties. near the bridge
across the river, below Guenther's mill.
One of the tramps was II Swedish boy.
stone deaf. and two Of the others were
old Offenders who had promised to leave
IOAn All were fined by HIS Honor.
The case against Jas. z. Hickman,
Jr, for violating the fire ordinance by
erecting small lumber bindings with a
tin root in the first fire limits. was dis
missed by the recorder this morning,
Mr.. Hickman promising to comply with
tue ordinance. The def nse set up
shnWed that the Chairman of the fire
committee of the council, MIR. Schreintr
had endorsed Mr.. Hickman's petition 70
the council for an IRON clad with metal
roof, but the assistant city bOokkrtper
had made mistake by issuing the per-
init for a lumber building, metal roof.