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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-14
CITY LOCAL NEWS.

CITY NUAL M WO.
. Miss Carrie Brunswick and Mr..
Chas. Moser will be married Dec. 1st.
Ladies', Misses and Children's
shoes John X. Beretta & Co. 1l-9-tf
Harness repaired and oiled at
Cameron's, 8 Acequia street. l0-10.1m
Gut flowers, No. 52l North Flores
svroet. 10-l91m
Blankets, white and colored, John
X. Berretta & Co., Main plaza. ll:9tf
Buggy tops, dashes, etc. mended
at CamerOn's. lO-l9-lm
Repairing solicited at Cameron's,
No. 8 Acequia street. lO-l9-lm
-Drs. NJ. X and F. M. Taylor, Of
ace 4UZ Houston street. Tel.363 l1-8-ly
Deposit with the Maverick bank
and draw interest 6-27-6m
Painters and artists supplies.
8-27-tf B. G.. RELY & Co.
Have your clothing made by Pam
coast & Son. ll:2:lm
Large lot of Carriages, Buggies,
and Spring Wagons at a bargain
Hicks. w. Nueva street. 1l:2:lm
City Sanitary Company-Sim-
mang Bros. Office, 606 West Com
zaoIce street. Telephone II. 1919 m
Wall paper decoration, lates,
style and largest assortment in the
southwest. B. C Reilly & Co 3 27-tt
C. 1cert by a grand orchestra at
week.
For Rent-11-room rock house in
good repair. Apply at Western Lum-
Der company. North Flores street
1l-S-6t
Concert by q grand orchestra at
Scholz's garden every night this
week.
-Found-Two children's cloak sap
ply at 401 E. Commerce Street.
11-12-tf
Wedding outfits and fine dress
suits. GO to Pancoast & Son. 1l:2:lm
Second hand buggies and spring
wagons, cheap. Hicks, West Nueva
street. 1l:2:1m
-Wuolen underwear and hosiery at
very low prices. John K. Beretta &
Co. ll-9-tf
Concert by q grand orchestra at
Srholz's garden every night this
week,
Miss Lulu, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George White, who has been
very i'll, is slowly recovering.
There will be hop on Friday
night 1T Mr.. Ed Folks residence, 407
King William street.
Eighth ward Bowling club held
meeting last night and elected sever
al members.
Buy your cloak, jacket or New
market from John X Beretta e. Co.,
headquarters for ladies wraps. ll:9tf
Just in, elegant line Of gents
neckwear to suit everybody. II.
Harms, opera house furnishing store.
Just received, new line of cele-
brated Miller hats. Latest styles. n.
Harms, Opera house furnishing store.
Concert by a grand orchestra at
: 'z's garden every night tn il
week. f
-Uvsters, Fish and Game at all
hours. Night and Day. at I.ang's DIM
ing Parlor, 16 West Commerce street.
11-S-lm
"A. Heusinger keeps the best as
sortment in Agate and Granite iron
ware. In-4tf
Lot of driving horses at reason
able prices. Hicks, West Nueva
street. 1l:2:1m
Go to Hicks for anything IN the
Inc OF horses or vehicles. Vast Nu-
eva street. l1:2:1m
Dunlap, Knox and Stetson hats,
no better made, Pancoast & Son.
l1:2:lm
Underwear for winter. We allow
no one to undersell US. PancOast &
Son. 1l:2:lm
Shirts. fine dress and the best one
dollar shirt in market, Pancoast &
Son. 1l:2:lm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-14
Menger Hotel.
I'D KAMPMANN, II. w. 'ROWDER
PROPRIETOR. CIR
THE LEADING HOTEL IN
THE SOUTHWEST.
ALAMO PLAZA. San ANTONIO.

Pavink been thoroughly oyerhauled and
renovated throughout, is now the largest and
Willard and bar rooms attached. Hot and
cold baths. Large sample rooms for COM
mercial men. Patronage of the travelling
public solicited lO-'bm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-14

If lovers are disposed to wed,
And would wise thing know,
Tell them to get house furnishings
From Wagner & Chabot.
The finest bric-a-brac in town
That now is all the go,
You will get cheap and tasty,
From Wagner & Chabot.
Visitors, do not fail to see the ele.
CANT show rooms of Wagner & Cha
bots general house furnishing estab-
iishment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-31
He Paid the Tax.
From the Washtnaton Post.


a few years ago, when Mai K. w. Corbett.
now the pension examiner at Milwaukee. lived
IN a town where the tax on dogs was 81 d wear
a friend presented handsome hound to him
The major liked dogs pretty well. but not To The
extent of two big, round dollars a vaar O.
u6y ne was passing a snop- window in Chic1go
When he saw terra Gotta dog very much re-
sembling his own. The major stopped and
looked at 1t meditatively. 1t would be a good
schene he thought, TO put that dog in his ward
anu ulspoSe or the one that had been given 10
MN. Inc friend would never know the differ
ence, ana the 81 would be saved to say nothing
OF the trouble and expense of feeding ths
animal so he bought the imitation dog for so
cents and lugged it home. The next dav he
gave the hound to a farmer and set IN the ef1ov
on ms lawn. Now and then he Changed the
situation OF the counterfeit dog the more sl,relv
10 deceive his friend should he Mapped to he
ooservant. Sometime after that the major
went TO pay his taxes, and, 10, there he was
charged 81 for the dog. "s
but haven't any dog, said the major.
me assessor put one down to you" an
swered the collector ''
The major went to see the Assessor
lisa saw DOG IN your yard, - said that officer.
dog" '7'ra coVl@
Inc assessor, of course was very sorry but m a
DOCKS mad gone out of his hands. There was + o
way 70 erase the assessment The major could
reIuse to pay it and the collector would lew on
nIS property Tor the amount Then he could
Hsut Ine collector in the courts That was the
only way out of it, So the major maid the tgx
anu from that day to this he has kepU so sti Il
ABOUT u that you could hear pin drop every
14Ale Tue subject entered his mind.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-31
Death of an Old Guard.

P. NJ. Box, one of the Oldest members of
the Savannah Volunteer Guards Battalion.
died last night, at z O'clock at Thunder
bolt He had suffered for some time with
acomplication of diseases. which terminated
In his death. He was visiting friends at
Thunderbolt when his death occurred His
remains Will be brought in to-day and will
be buried tomorrow morning by the
Guards. The funeral will take place from
the deceased's late residence at Houston and
York streets. Mr.. Box was one of the war
members of Company C. of the Guards.
and always manifested deep pride in the
company He was much beloved by his
comrades, and his funeral will be under the
direction of the company. The deceased
was nearly 40 years of age He leaves no
immediate family.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-31
THE oRNTRALs AFFAIRS.
Gen. Alexander's Annual Report
Awaited with Some Interest.

Gen. Alexander's Annual Report
Awaited with Some Interest.
Gen. Alexander was asked yesterday if he
could outline what the annual report Of the
Central for the last fiscal year, which
ended June 80, will show. He replied that
he has not yet written a line of his report.
The data is being collected, but the presi-
dent has not yet examined it, and it will be
some time before he win be able to do so.
He hns been kept busy during the absence
OF Maj. Belknap in the north, and next
week ne will be called to Atlanta on a
business trip
Gen. Alexander was kept busy yesterday
and the day previous signing the bonds of
the Savannah and W estern. Mai. Relknap
IS expected to return next week. He is in
New York looking after the insurance in
terests of the CentraPs property. During
Maj. Belknap's absence he has been in close
connection by wire with the home Office,
and the routine work of his department has
not been interrupted.
The work on the Savannah and Western
is being pushed vigorously. The Central's
River street extension has been completed
as far east as Bull street, and the new cotton
shed on Wadley street is rapidly nearing
completion. The Indian street grading mas
been pushed ahead, and the terminal facili-
ties of the Central at the wharves have been
undergoing improvement
Work on the new cotton compress. Gen.
Alexander said, is progressing favorably,
and the preliminary work Of remodeling the
WharveS has begun and viii be continued
as opportunity offers until the plan out
lined in the MORNING NEWS some time ago
is completed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-31
Rail AND CROssTIE.

The railroad assessment valuation of
Kansas this year is S66 100000.
In the whole vast empire of Japan only
$50 miles of railway are yet in operation,
although six or seven lines are under con-
struction and surveys are being made for
as many more
The journey around the Congo cataracts,
which now takes between three and four
weeks, will be made in two days by the
trains of the Congo railroad, which is now
in course OF construction. The loco motives
will weigh thirty tons each, and the speed
at first will be about eleven miles per hour.
Trains will be run only during daylight.
There will be three intermediate stations on
the 225 miles of track.
The first great link in the chain of all-rai
communication between America and
Europe, the little crossing of B9hring
straits, will, it is said, be no more formida-
BILE than that of the English channel. The
engineer for the government of British CO.
lumbia says this road could be- built for less
money per mile than the Canadian Pacific
cost The first section of it would run
through the famous Kartenal valley, a
superb agricultural and cattle raising re-
gion. The climate would cause no more
trouble on this line than On the Northern
and Canadian PacItics.
There is little doubt now, according t.
OIo CDitSCtCuLtOft, uudJ Lnb CSOEBld TdllFOdu
commission will soon be in u position to
regulate joint rates. The trouble has been
heretofore that for shipping goods in
Georgia the railroads would charge throug h
commission rates to the last terminus and
then charge local rates on the next line to
the destination. Maj. Campbell Wallace
hes been of the opinion that the legislature
could grant the power to do this, and bill
drawn by him to give the commission
authority to regulate joint rates was
introduced in the House by DR.. FELTON,,
and is now in the hands of the general
judiciary committee. Mai. Wallace ap-
peared before the committee and gave in
detail his reasons for advocating tue pas
sage of the bill. The other two commits
sioners, Judge Alex Irwin and Col. L. N.
Irammel, have had doubt' as to the power
of the legislature to regulate joint rates.
Recently, however, decision of the United
States court has dispelled their doubts. and
they have written the chairman of the
legislative committee letter advocating the
passage of the bill
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-31
POOR MAIL FACILITIES.
The Need for a Night Local Mail to Sa-
Vannah Along the Central

The Need for a Night Local Mail TO Sa-
vannah Along the Central.
Savannah is receiving less at the hands OF
the railway mail service than almost any
city in the state. The mail facilities Of sta
tons along the line of the Central railroad
between here and Macon do not compare
with those Of many very small towns along
other divisions OF the same system.
Mr.. c. b. Townsend was up in Tennille
the other night and tried to get letter TO
Savannah, but was unable to secure mail
after O'Clock in the afternoon until the
next afternoon. He inquired at the pest
office about the matter, and he was told
that the letter would have to lie in the
office over night. The postmaster said that
if the letter were going toward 5lacon and
Atlanta it could be put in the night pouch
and sent right along. Only Macon and
Atlanta pouches we're made mp, he said, for
the night trains. All the Savannah mail
that was not sent in in time for the l O'Clock
afternoon train has to lie over day.
The night train from Macon and Atlanta
to Savann passes Tennille about | o'clock
in the morning, and it could bring the msil
into Savannah, If there We're night pouch.
If the night train coming To Savannah had
a local night pouch from these stations to
Savannah, giving two mails a day Instead
of one, from that part of Savannan's terri
tory, it would be a great benefit t. business
men. Savannah gets only one pouch day
from about thirty-six stations between
Macon and Savannah, while Macon is in
connection with the majority OF the sta
tions twice a day.
'The result Of this" MIR. Townsend said,
lis increased mail orders TO Macon from
Savannah's district. Merchants along the
line who prefer tO do business with Savan-
nah are many times forced to place their
orders with Macon houses, where expedition
is necessary If they order from Savannah
they will have 20 do so by wire, and in the
course of year, they find that they have
incurred big expense"
"How did Macon and Atlanta get night
pouches"
Il am told by request to the supern-
tendent of the railway mail service, signed
by tho business men of those cities"
MIR. Townsend explained that none of the
towns along the line, except those which
have night watchmen al the depots, give
out night pouches. The postmasters at the
other towns are unwilling to get up at
night TO receive and give out pouches
unless they are paid for their services. He
said that tue mail carriers at stations on the
other divisions of tho Central, many of
them, are paid extra by the department. to
look after the night service, and the night
mail is kept up.
The merchants of Savannah might
look into this matter, and if there is a
remedy it may be secured. The matter is
certainly enough of weigh to claim their
consideration.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-31
RICE READY FOR HARVEST.
The Cutting Fully Two Weeks Later
Than it Was Last Year.

The Cutting Fully Two Weeks Later
Than it Was Last Year
The weather this week has been avor-
able for the rice crops and harvesting of
first paintings has begun along the Savan-
nah. All accounts agree that the yield will
be good, and the quality fine. No new rice
has yet come into market, but it is expected
that rice from the Deptford plantation will
come in in a few DAYS.
With fair weather the next six weeks.
the rice crop will be pretty well garnered'
and the only danger that Is apprehended IS
that the equinoctial storms may bring nm
the water on the rice fields as they did in
August, eight years ago. This, however
rarely occurs, and is only fear that plant
ers always entertain about this season OF the
year.
The rice harvest in Louisiana is well adj
vanced, and the grain is of good quality. A
good demand is noted for good rough rice,
and fridays New Orleans papers say that
the undertone is better, and better prices
are being paid than a few days ago The
new crop. however, is not being put on the
market rapidly.
The rice harvest here is fully two weeks
behind the usual season, only a few first
paintings being ready for the blade With
fair weather the harvest will be more gen
eral in the next ten days in the tide water
valleys.
a gentleman from Efingham said YES
terday that the upland rice IS looking we'll
and promising yield is now assured. He
says there never were such good crops of
corn, rice and sweet potatoes in Bingham
as there are this year.
Mr. q. B. Pritchard, who has charge
of the rice department with w. ". Gordon
~ Co., says that the firm reports that the
prospects still continue good, and il moth
ing happens to retard the harvest the
quantity will be very much in excess of
tn at Of either of the last two seasons. and
the quality will be better
From home sections the house has re-
celved reports of poor stands, caused by
planting defective seed, which will some
what reduce the yield, but the average of
the whole crop, Mr.. Pritchard saws. can he
fairly considered as good. The acreage is
much less than last season, but it is expected
that the yield will compensate in q measure
for the decreased acreage.
Messrs. Gordon q Co. say that the har.
vesting is now generally under wav. and
the first OF the new crop will, doubtless
be received during the coming week. Thew
say that the opening prices ought to be
good, for there is but little old stock on
hand, and the trade has been buving "from
hand to mouth, as the saying goes, in an
uclpation OF stocking up with new rice.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-31
Electric Motors on Street Cars.
From the Washington Cd. CO. Star.


An interesting paper on Storage Battery
Traction" was read at the recent meeting of
the electric light association at Niagara
Falls, and an Illustrated article on the same
subject appears in the current number
the Electrical RevielU. Both writer's claim
that the use of storage battery street cars
has now passed from the merely experi-
mental stage, and is a practical success.
The experiences of the Fourth Avenue Line
of New York city are offered in evidence.
One electric car has for several mon his been
running on this line experimentally Ten
new cars have been added this summer, and
another ten are now building for the same
road. 1t is stated that the first of these cars
has run over 5000 miles and carried over
oO,OOO passengers without costing 81 for re-
pairs; aud that the other ten. recently
placed on the line, have missed but one trip
Caused by broken wheel flange) and have
cost nothing for repairs. 1t is claimed tina
the cost of the motive power is already
cheaper than horse traction, and that when
the cars are turned out in great quantities
the cost will be reduced. One of the
latest improvements in the handling
OF these cars is an ingenious device for
snlttlng the batteries at the station, by tn
use Oh which the discharged battery is re-
moved and fresh one substituted for it in
less than three minutes The batteries
N"NNSACNA
power hours stored in them, and do not con-
sumo quite II in the round trip of IL miles,
mat the batteries should give out on a trip
Is pronounced impossible Aluminium life
OF SIX months is claimed for the batteries.
Results obtained in any city from the use of
tne storage battery on street cars will be
carefully noted everywhere, and nowhere
more carefully than in Washington. This
motive power is the ideal for street cars.
1t does not ObStruOt tho oil =,
the surface of the street with poles and
overhead wires. 1t does not tear up the
streets for the laying of underground con-
dults. Each car has an independent motor
and is unaffected by an accident to the
motor of another car Where there is but
single source of motive power an accident
to this motor stops the whole system. Mu-
inequalities and street car companies have
recognized the advantages of the storag
battery cars, but the process of maxim 2
their use practicable and economical has
been somewhat slow and discou aging. 1t
us to be hoped that the sta enents concerns
Dg the cars in use in New Y ork will be
fully verified.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-31
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
WILL ADJOURN TODAY.

The Superior Court to Take Rest IN
I'll the First Week ia November.
The superior court, after dragging
through the hot month Of August, will
adjourn to-day for the term. The term has
been extended for the accommodation Of
counsel in disposing Of there cases, in which
nearly every member Of the bar of promi-
hence was interested.
Tne Savannah, Dublin and Western rail-
way litigation was the most slowly
contested, but by the settle
ment noted IN yesterdays
MORNING NEWS its progress toward the
supreme court was arrested, and it will no
longer occupy the attention of the court
Next IN Importance is the Wesbein case,
and an order was taken yesterday in line
with the announcement in these columns
yesterday that the case goes up to the
supreme court upon an agreed record.
The litigation growing out of the default
IN paying the coupons of the Savannah aud
Tybee railway bonds ranks third in the list
OF cases which has occl pied the attention Of
the court during the term. Thus far there
appears to be no sharp issues. All parties
consented to the appointment Of a receiver,
and all the bond-ho.ders assented TO the
order permitting the receiver to complete
the negotiaJlOus with the Lamar estate for
terminal facilities and 70 erect the presen,
depot accommodations at Randolph and
President streets.
Quite number of the members Of the
bar are at the north taking their annual
vacations, and Judge Falligant will go
north next week for six weeks' tour of
New York and Connecticut.
With the adjournment Of the superior
court to-day, and Of the city court on Mon
day, dullness will peryade the Whitfield
building until the first week in November.
Judge Ferrill of the court Of ordinary,
after closing up the work Of the term, is
recreating in the north, but the routine
work Of his Office is being kept up by his
efficient deputV Mr. Eailhqch
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-31
The Central's Press Car.

The Central railroad press car for the
western excursion went out on the early
fast mail train yesterday morning to At
lanta. 1t was decorated handsomely with
flags and banners. On the side of the car
was an oil cloth painted red, white and
blue. entirely covering each side of the car.
On the middle strip was "Ga. Press" and
at each end of the car was RED box with
the Central railroad flag on it. The car
will reach Atlanta early this morning and
will be attached to a WesDrA and Atlantic
railroad train and will carry the members
of the Georgia press on to the west at 80
o'clock this afternoon
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-31
TIE FARMERS HEADQUARTERS.
An Invitation for Savannah to Bid
for 1t.


for 1t.
The communication of the Farmers AL
lance to President Young of the board of
trade in reference TO the establishing of an
alliance headquarters will be brought be-
fore the board next week. The letter
saws:
We request that if you wish the location in
your city, you make such moneyed or realty
proposition as you see fit and proper The To-
cation of the exchange will be of fncalculahIa
advantage to the city securing it, as it will
crystalline TO 1t the trade of 2061 Farmers ALL
ances with large and growing membership
IL VIII virtually constitute its $4,000 members n
waking advertising medium for the city of its
cnoice. The management are getting up no wild
cat scheme. They have come to STAY they do NOT
propose 20 antagonize the merchants. but ON
the contrary, to establish such relations be-
them and the members of tho Farmers' Al.
dance as will be mutually beneficial The loca.
Won OF tne exchange, it is thought will
develop many other enterprises. which willinur
TO the benefit of the location selected.
IL is the request of the board of directors that
TENDERS OF either land or money be made with
out contingencies. 1t means business, and be
heves that your city will show a like liberality
Ala, aud Dallas, Tex.
MI. Young said that he will place the
matter before the board of trade so that if
1t IS desired to take any action toward Sc
curing the headquarters it NAV
be done at once II Is
not thoroughly understood what the head
quarters is to be, whether depot of sun
plies, an information bureau. or what
The matter will be fully discussed by the
board of trade, and it will decide what ac
ton is to be taken.