San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-12-27

AT the county pOOrhOuse the in
mates dined sumptuOusly on Christmas,
at the expense Of Major Ii. b. Adams.
! A watch meeting will be held at the
Cumberland Presbyterian church on
! New Years Eve
| -ShOplifting occurred In many Of the
stores on Christmas eve, due to the
| great crowds IN attendance. At Wag-
! ners special police we're called in TO
keep wa ch over the goods.
Tickets No. IL and O22 won the prize
| lamps in Harry Bgum's drawing for
| Christmas gifIs. Owners OF the tickets
are requested TO call and get the prizes.
Judge Barnes has presented DR..
| Lindner Win u gOld-headed cane in rec
ogniIiOn of mis- valuable services during
the last election.
There were A. arrests from noon of
Saturday TO this morning in the police
court. Some 80 cases were tried by the
recorder this morning and % cases on
| Christmas morning.
A negro boy, named Tom Pigtail,
| living on Crockett street, while foOling
with pistol yesterday morning shot
himself in the heshy part OF his right
leg.
The First Baptist church congrega-
| ton are talking Of increasing their
| church capacity by building al addition
TO their edifice and by otherwise I'M
| proving and beautlfyIng 1t.
MIR Chas GraeUner aud his beauti-
| full vile were lucky in receiving Christ
mas presents. His employer, Mr. G A
| Duerler, presented him with u check for
| 500. and his wife's father sent her Il
magnificent Chiokering piano, shipped
from Boston.
The pews of the First Presbyterian
| church will be rented this evening st
| 1870 O'Clock, at the Church. corner Of
Houston and North Flores streets. All
desiring pews, or seats for the year 1887,
will please be present in person or by
proxy. j. NJ. MOFFETT, Deacon.
Miss Helene Appma"'s Christmas
present to Mr.. Edward BaetZe was
| unique. She gave him herself and Judge
Barnes sealed the gift. Edward is now
| (H) App(D man, and Helene like the
freshman thinks oOnnubial bliss
"BaeGze" single misery.
MIR. g. II. Leach, of the Arkansas
Pass railroad, being moral bachelor,
was surprised by receiving baby this
morning. 1t was made in wax and WAS
under circumstances more agreeable
than the real article. However, coming
events sometime cast their shadows be-
fore them.
-"Veraxr asks whether the term
"Wales Diva is correct? Certainly
not, any more than 1t would be TO use
the term America history" Ii should
be written "Welch Diva" but even that
would be Inappropriate, as Patti is
Spanish by birth, Italian by descent,
and the only claim she has to the Welch
business is that she has lived in Wales
for a short time.
The FrOhsinn Singing society gave
grand Christmas tree celebration at
krisch's hall last night. The large tree
was loaded with presents of every de-
sCriptiOn. which were ratified to the large
crowd present. A LIGHT representative
was lucky and rejoices over the gift Of a
fine pipe he received
"A large congregation attended mid
night mass at San Fernando cathedral
this year than ever before. The large
editice was crowded and the choir gal
leries also held their quota of visitors
and guests. The singing Of the choir
and especially the Ave Maria" sung
by Miss Lizzie Annandale, of the Abb
bolt opera company during the OffertOry,
was magnificent.