San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08


on the street.
The Colored Independent club
meets tonight in Muench hall.
-Callaghan men are badly ratified
and money and influence has been
used. AS result they have secured
a few choppers"
There will be ratification meet
ing in the 9Th ward tonight.
-Callaghan, French and Holland.
HOLLAND STEPS FORWARD
AND WINS the admiration Of all
good Judges of tea and coffee, because
he sells the best. 2-8-3t
John Lynch and C.. c. Cliff are
under arrest for series of sneak
thefts. j. J. Cannon, who was with
them when arrested, was fined $40 as
a suspicious character by the recorder
this morning.
The approaches to the Arkansas
Pass depot are dIsgraceful and it Is
impossible for any one to cross the
street any where without wading
through the mud. The railroad COM
pany and the city should see that this
is altered.
Charcoal. We have contracted for
a constant supply of charcoal, and are
now prepared to supply our customers
with the best cedar-charcoal at the
lowest figures. Also coal and wood.
Ignite Coal and Wood Co. Tel. $50.
Office 215 st. Mary's st. 2-7-2t
Notice, oruer your wood from our
office. We also keep on hama a con-
slant supply of coal and cedar-char-
coal. Lowest prices in the city. Try
us and be convinced. Telephone $50.
Ignite Coal and Wood Co. Office 2l5
st. Mary's street. 2-7-2t
w. Holland the Tea man, POI
Commerce street, has great variety
of New Season tea, and can satisfy
all tastes, (the fastidious.) Call upon
him and you can get just what you
want at reasonable prices. Mr.. Hol-
land also handles the highest grades
of pure species, cocoa shells, the finest
coffee,s etc. 2-4-tf
The LIGHT has received an invi-
tation to attend a masquerade ball to
be given tomorrow night at Arbeiter-
Verein hall by the Juvenile or
chestra.
"A telegram just received from Eli
Perkins says he will "get there" to-
night at Turner hall in his famous lee
ture, PHILOSOPHY of Wit" Don't fail
to hear him. Doors open at 7, lecture
ats. 2-S-lt
For partisan, false report of the
Reform club ratification meeting the
Soledad street Flopper takes the
cake.
Col. Joseph G. Bailey and Major
Chas. L. Heisman, Surgeons, have
been ordered to relieve Lieut.. Col. E.
p. Vallum and Major F. L. Town as
mem bers of the military retiring board
at San Antonio.
A mechanic or laborer working
for the city under Mr.. French will
not live in constant fear of being dis
charged for some real or fancied Of
Tense to the king, whether at home or
at his work.
The time is never ripe in San An
tonic when the Russian task master
can stand over the serfs with his cat
O. nine tails and scourge the worker to
vote for and reverence his boss. We
want no czars in this country.
Political spies are lurking in the
saloons, on the street corners, even
about the windows and doorsteps of
the homes of the city's dependents to
see if they utter treason to the king.
This will necessarily be a close
mouthed election.
The present mayor need not
plume himself on his public school
record. There are more private
schools in the city now than when
MI. French was mayor. The public
schools are due to the efforts of the
school board, and there has hardly
been an important meeting of the
school board since Alderman Belknap
resigned.
-"Tell me candidly," asked Joe
Ryan at the ratification meeting,
what has Bryan Callaghan done but
borrow money, and spend it doing
nothing" d An echo answered moth
ing"
The president of the Cross Town
railway was around town last night
with pocket full of money making
| big bluff bets on the boss.
John T. Hambleton will only beat
Rogers in the sixth ward about SOC
| votes.
The gambling saloon at the corner
of Dolorosa and Laredo streets, is be-
ing enlarged for the purpose of corral
ing voters on election day. A large
mum Der of the new voters are to be
penned there until they are voted by
the administration strikers. Look out
for them.
"a lot of fellows" spoken of by
the Times reporter as being at the Re-
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