San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-23
LIGHT FLASHES.

stray bay horse on his route.
Work on paving Alamo plaza is
temporarily suspended by the rain.
The semi-annual public school
examinations are now in progress.
A rehearsal of the Beethoven
Maennerchor was held in Scholz's
hall last night.
Mr.. J. Wheat Thompson and Miss
Lizzie Campbell will be married Jan.
3lst.
-Callaghan has appointed COM
placent judges of elections, and the
ward strikers are also arranged.
Mr.. James Murphy, the we'll
known architect, wants a change of
mayors, and thinks French can fill
the bill.
Prof. Salvini's unique attractions
leave Friday for New Orleans. Man
ager Gonzales left yesterday, not re-
turning to Mexico, as intended.
"A meeting of the Alamo Monu-
ment association will be held at four
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the
Belknap Rifles armory.
Several copper cannon balls have
uccu plouSh Cu up ~ NV Coh oA"Noo'
engaged in preparing Alamo plaza for
paving.
Fred Warde, the tragedian, ap-
pears at the Grand opera house, Feb
ruary II and 10, for three perform
ances.
Marriage licenses have been issued
to A. w. +. Koschnick and NJ. Zuer-
cher, and to Adolph Jess and Ernes-
tine Schwarz.
The Carleton opera company
makes its annual appearance in San
Antonio, beginning February IS. They
sing in four operas.
"A little boy, describing how he
ate oysters, said to his uncle yester--
day II just bite off the heads and
eat them. 1 don't eat the tails"
-Sall1e Royal was granted $500
damages against the city, by the dis
trict court yesterday. The city has
taken an appeal.
The prices of real estate have had
downward tendency ever since Cal
laghan has been in Office.
Two hundred thousand dollars
squandered by Callaghan's admins
tration, and look at your streets and
sidewalks.
A great many MeXfeans will vote
for French, that are afraid to express
themselves publicly.
Mr.. Nathan Hart received tele-
gram today from his wife, stating that
She had started home from Arkansas,
yesterday and Mr.. Hart expects her
and the children home next Satur-
day.
In the district court this morning
the case of NJ. Landa & Bro. VS.. Hand
Bros, was decided in favor of plain
tiff; G. Hellmans VS.. Berg d. Bro, in
| favor of plaintiff.
An excarsion to Corpus Christi
and thence to Padre Island is being
| arranged to take place about the last
of February.
Justice Heron this morning fined
| Ella Barker s. and costs for using in
sulting language.
In the district court this morning
| a divorce was granted Marceilno Her
| nandeZ from his wife, Felecita Her
nandez, upon the grounds OF abandon
| ment.
| Eli Perkins lectures at Turner
hall on February Sth, for the oenent
of the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton.
Capt. w. L. Crawford, of Austin,
whose ranch is located in Frio coun-
ty, brought in an immense turnip
which was grown on his ranch and
which is now on exhibition at the
office of the Texas Stockman and
Farmer. The turnip weighs 10 pounds
without the roots and without super
fiuous earth clinging.
The LIGHT thanks Mrs. w. H
Foute, of Houston, for the January
number of The Ladies' Messenger, OF
which she is chief editor. 1t contains
as usual, much entertaining matter
and is a model of neat Typography
The LIGHT wishes the Messenger
every success for 'S9.