San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-15
CITY NEWS.

The Ancient Order Of United work
men meet tonight.
Ladies Aid society of Paine church
holds a meeting at O'Clock.
Secretary Dargsn, of the Texas Under
writers association, is In the city.
Bids for the lease of the opera-house
are advertised for.
The butchers will have meeting at
Krisch hall tomorrow night.
e. 1. Coyle thinks Of founding q
paper at the little town OF YOakum.
-Ladies' Aid society Of the First Pres
byteriau church meets at o'clock to-
day.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Ed. Van Ripper
has taken his prisoner, Jim Ditson, over
to Austin.
"A party of about 20 New Workers
will reach San Antonio the last OF this
month on an excursion to California.
Winning numbers in the last draw
ing of the Louisiana state lottery were
$3.50, 6O,675, 50. ia and 79,ls9.
Emile Niggli, of this city and Henry
Klappenback, of Eagle Pass are open
ing lumber yard at Ell Paso.
The Mascotte drew a good house last
night and seem to have scored q lucky
hit.
B. c. Kelley & Co.'S. new goods have
arrived and Ben Is now ready to sell
them.
The work OF repairing the Austin
road between Government hill and the
new target range is finished.
MIR. Walsh is subdividing his prop
erty on North Flores street and will
open streets through 1t.
Asher Richardson is in the city from
Dimmitt county. and reports big lamb
ing season In progress In that county.
Andrea Tujo. aged 10 years, died
yesterday In the Second ward from
heart disease.
The City brewery is about to COM
plete the largest machine in the state
for the manufacture and storing OF Ice.
The Liquor Dealers association lie
now placed on q broader footing than
heretofore, and has admitted the beer
saloon keepers to membership, rs we'll.
Work on the new improvement on
South Flores street, from Military plaza
10 TESTS store, will be commenced next
week.
MIR. VIM. Kalteyer. who has been
taking his finishing course In the College
Of Pharmacy in Philadelphia, has grsdu-
ated with hOnOrs and secured the first
prize.
The race track and base ball park
in the West End have been laid out and
are now almost completed under the su-
perintendence Of City Engineer Maury.
Mr.. A. ChristisOn, the new district
agent FOR the Wells Fargo Express Co.,
has visited and inspected the San An
tonic office.
-l.enten services in the Catholic
churches last night were we'll attended
Instruction and the benediction were
given.
j. C. Marvin. of this city, says q
Mexican highwayman, with cooked
pistol, robbed his step-sOn of a valuable
from the city Tuesday last.
-Ex-Policeman McCabe has been re-
leased from Jail, pending the action OF
the grand jury. Owing to the nature OF
the case, it is expected the grand jury
will acquit him of any intention to steal
his own tool chest.
The old wheel horses of the demo-
cratic party say they are in favor of a
non-pollution ballot box association. OF
course they are. The voters expected
they would be the first to open their
throats and yell Cor it.
The Arab boy killed near Luling
Tuesday last, on the Southern Pacific
railway, was buried yesterday in this
city. The four men who were with him
at the time OF his death and so brutally
left him to his fate, are now in the city
Texas cattle is putting on airs about
this portion of the state and travels Ia
parlor cars. A train OF these fine new
stock cars went down to Corpus Christi
to get their load today. A train loaded
with cattle started north through Sar
Antonio Monday morning.
That collision on the Southern Pa
cifio railway last Monday occurred al
negligence. Besides the fireman, Lee
whose arm was badly hurt, and che M ar
who was scalded, there was another
passenger in the oabooss who was badly
injured.
Mr.. G. B. Simpson. the we'll known
route agent of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s ex
press, stationed at San Antonio, has beer
transferred to Helena, Montana. Hi,
successor has not yet been appointed
and In the meantime Agent Nixon has
charge Of the route.
The sanitary inspectors are invited
to visit the Mexican jacals west of the
international railway. 1t is charged BY
the civilized residents living thereabout
that the Mexicans secure the carcasse.
OF stock killed by passing trains, and
although Il is often rotten, eat it, II
their chile con carne stew.