San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-27

The Mission Hose company will
welcome the new year with ball in
its hall ON New Years eve.
Detective Thavonat this morning
arrested negro named Charles Hill
for theft.
Mrs. H. A. HUH is entertaining'a
merry party of children at her resi-
dence on Garden street today.
The San Antonio Singing and Social
club invite the LIGHT TO attend their
first soiree to be given in the Casino
on Friday next. Thanks.
The two musical boxes raffied at
Sim Harris last night were won by l..
G. Jones and J. A. Reddick. Albert
Lasteree threw for both Of them.
The Young Mems Benevolent as
ISOLATION held its usual monthly hop
last night and it was a most enjoyable
one.
Indian Territory coal gives more
heat and less ashes than any coal in
the market. Telephone 1856. 22-2m
Leave your order at the LIGHT
Office for New Year cards. If
Handsome line of New Year cards
at the LIGHT office, cheap. tt
-Allpopular brands Of whiskies al
ways i'm stock in large quantities at
12-l9-10t RONSE & WAHLsTAB.
Great variety of Rhine, Hunga-
rian and French wines. Examine
our stock, the largest in the city.
12-l9-1Ot RONsE & WAHLsTAB.
Hoffman Hefter & Co.'S. Tokayer
and other Hungarian wines princi-
pally for medical purposes and recon-
mended by leading physicians, at
12-19-1Ot RoNSE & WAHLsTAB.
Fresh country produce bought
and sold by Illg Brothers, Dolorosa
street. 1O-17-tf
Otto Blumenthal keeps the cele-
brated Rogers silverware. 11-1O-tf
"A first-ciass engineer and machin-
employment. Apply to 300 Goliad
street. 26-3t
There was merry Christmas
tree party last night at the Trinity
M. E. church and the little ones en-
joyed themselves immensely.
Alex Sample was found guilty of
embezzlement by ajury in the district
court esterday evening and was sem
fenced to two years in the peniten-
tiary.
The engineers who had the fight
at the Sunset depot yesterday were
G. A. Fries and B. A. Peckren.
That part of Commerce street ly-
ing between Losoyo and Navarro
streets is called "Wine alley" on &C
count of the many bottles of wine
spilled there on Christmas Eve, by
which it was so baptized.
Married, at the Alamo Baptist
church, December oath, at 7:30 p. M. +,
Mr.. E. G. Cardena and Miss Addie
McLemore, the Rev. w. H. Dodson,
officiating.
The Floresville Rifles gave big
ball in that city last night, which was
attended by several San Antonians.
"A Mr.. Bowman, living at the cor
ner of Fourth and Taylor streets, has
just gathered the second crop of APP
Piles from off his trees this season.
Contractor p. II. Shields is rapid
ly completing the new barracks for
the soldiers on Government hill.
There was a nice rehearsal of the
Fidelia society yesterday afternoon at
Meyers hall. The young men are
working hard to make their concert
at the Casino a grand success.
Last night Special Officer Sanchez
elected three persons from the Grand
opera house for whistling, and he
says that in the future he will not on
ly eject whistlers, but he will place
them under arrest for disorderly con-
duct.
A change is proposed in the govern
ment of India. by which half the
council members will be chosen by
ballot and the oGher half nominated
by government.
The st. Stephens Singing society
held it's seventh anniversary at the
residence of Mr.. A. F. Pollock last
night, and with what singing, wine
and refreshments the boys had good
time of it.