San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-23

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The Juvenile band Of this city fur
nished the music yesterday for the Sons
of Herman picnic.
The called meeting Of the oelOred
men at the recorders court room Satur-
day night was a fiasco. The meeting
will be held Thursday night.
Major Hartford, Colonel Kauntzner,
Captain Duck Rische and Lieutenant
Chas. Rische, caught or killed mary"
fin or feather yesterday.
-Lsngtry played the same joke on
San Antonio that Booth and Barrett
played-gsve them nothing for some
thing.
Capt. Chas. Schreiner, Of Kerrville,
is shipping a great deal OF stock over
the Arkansas Pass road and other roads to
Chicago, at present.
-One of Guenther's wagons, yester-
day, ladened with picnickers, broke
down and had to be drawn home on
three wheels.
The republican delegation from
Banders, Kerr and Kendall counties are
in the city en- route for the convention
at Fort Worth.
DIR. S. T. Lowry leaves tonight for
Galveston to attend the State Medical
association meeting which convenes
there in the morning.
Ed. Busse, colored, was fined $25 by
the recorder this morning for striking a
colored woman, Lucy Bucker, over the
head with heavy bottle.
Bets have been made in this city by
some daring ones that the San Antonio
base ball team, in its present State
League tour, will not win three games
on the entire trip.
"A number Of our plaza Ohile-con-
oarne restaurant booths were to have
gone over to Austin during the drill, but
the privileges sold too high and fright
ened them away. Some of these privi-
Ieges sold as high as $3.50.
"A large crowd of young and old at
tended SOmmer's garden, on Tenth
street, yesterday afternoon and at night.
A dance took place at night which was
enjoyed by about fifty couples.
Owing to the organist at one OF the
big churches yesterday morning being
drunk, no very excellent choir music
was heard, the ladies of the choir refus-
ing to sing.
The Select knights Of the Ancient
Order United Workmen, meet tonight
for drill. and it is said that the grand
commander will be here during the pres
ent week.
Judge Calhoun, of Austin, and his
sister. Miss Calhoun, came over with the
fire bOys on Saturday and had pleas
ant time here. The judge is q popular
member of the Mount Bonnell Lodge
knights of Pythias.
"A number OF ladies on San Pedro
line street car we're pretty much
frightened yesterday afternoon when
the car LET the track and started into q
saloon near Mahncke's hotel. The car
stopped at the sidewalk though, just as
natural as the hacks with the gay young
fellows therein, always do. On this oc-
casion, however, there was no call for
drinks.
"A waiter at Hampel's restaurant
bought a very nice pair of shoes 20 wear
at party. When he went to put them
on the shoes had disappeared, and he
} had to wear his old brogans. He don't
care so much for the shoes, but he
would like to SullyapiZe the fellow who
stole them.
The contractors at the federal build
ing allow the public to visit the works
on Sunday and have man in charge
there to receive them courteously and
give any information required. Many
visitors availed themselves of this priv.
ilege yesterday.
AT one OF the dance gardens last
night one young mother became 80 in
fatuated with dancing that she left hel
years-old child squalling in room or
the bed for two hours. Parties tool
compassion on the child and one girl
. after carrying the kid around in thu
search for the mother. at last found hel
and turned her property over to her.