San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-08
WHAT IT HAS.


One good neat seyen-column weekly
newspaper, the FlOresville Chronicle,
under the management OF MIR. }. W.
Dickey as editor and proprietor, and Ii.
G. Thompson assistant editor. Terms
of subscription 81 30 per year; eight
lawyers; four doctors; four real estate
agents; two good hotels; a frst-class
courthouse; small Jail, capacity u
prisoners; a good academy school build
ing, twO-stOry frame, operated by
home stock company, under board of
directors and the superlntendenCy of
Professor George IOpas, Jr., capacity
100 pupils; q private school building
used for a public school, with an attend
ance of 20 pupils q cOlored school or
ganiZatiOn using u building for school
and church purposes combined one ma
sonic lodge and chapter; one boardin &
house; nine stores carrying general mer-
Chandise; two tin shops and stove
stores; one furniture store; two drug
stores two butcher shops; two black
smith shops; nine carpenters; one stone
mason two barber shops; two lumber
yards; three painters; two livery stables:
one Chinaman .washe man." one steam
laundry; two dresS-making and millin-
cry stores; ono colored dress maker and
~
gins: eight wind mills; seven church Or
CARNATIONS, divided as fOllows:
Episcopal, Baptist, Methodist, Presby-
terrain, and Catholic, and Methodist and
Baptist, cOlored; two harness and sad
die shops; two restaurants; two shoe
makers; two boot-blaGks; two cotton
buyers; post office and = telegraph
station.
1t has fine water power on the San
Antonio River, only 10 miles from
town, estimated at 200-horse-power, that
might be utilized for a cotton or wooden
mill, or both.
1t has a good quality OF red building
stone in great abundance, within four
miles of town.
it has endless quantities of brick clay
adjacent to the town, which makes a
superior quality of building brick, now
furnished at IS per thousand, but offered
on contract for orders of 100000 ut Sc
per thousand.
1t has the best quality Of building
sand yet found in West Texas, which is
furnished at 10 cents per barrel.
1t has town lots suitable for business
and residence properties, selling at from
500 to $1,000, according to location, the
latter price being for lots adjacent 10
public square.
1t has blocks suitable for residences
four to six blocks from the public square
consisting of from one-half to one acre,
selling at $40 to $50.
1t has four-acre blocks outside of
town limits, very desirable for grape
and strawberry culture, selling at 500.
FLoREsvILLE FACTS.
Well water is found in abundance at
hi nh hau uli
mineral taste, and is said to possess
valuable medicinal qualities.
Judge A. G. Pickett was the first
| American settler in Floresyille.
Floresville is distanced from San An
| tonic, 81 miles; Switzerland Springs,
| II miles; Lavernia, Is miles; Stockdale,
10 miles; Helena. 30 miles; Union, 30
miles; Beeyille, 90 miles.
Retail Markets: Sugar, 10 pounds
! 81; coffee, six, seven an eight pounds,
| 81; flour, per 100 pounds, $500 to 81,
meal, per bushel, 90 cents; corn, per
bushel, 80 cents; oats. per bushel, %
cents; bacon, per pound, cents; ham
| per pound, Il! cents; fresh beef per
| pound 10 & cents: pork, 10 cents;
mutton, 4 TO 6 cents; goat, TO cents;
chickens, 10 cents each; turkeys, 20 cents
each; eggs, per dozen, l2l cents; butter,
| per pound, % cents; sweet potatoes, per
buShel, 80 cents; Irish potatoes, per
pound, l2l cents;
MIR, Benlto Lopez is now building the
first two-story brick business house in
FlOresvIlle, 30xGO feet, costing $1,000,
which will be occupied by Mr.. George
Schroeder, of San Antonio, for stock OF
general merchandise.
The best farming lands in the State
of Texas. just the soil, for grapes,
strawberries, and small fruits, in blocks