San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-11
LIGHT FLASHES.

The colored school children are
picnicking today at San Pedro
springs.
The grand drama" A lexandra"will
be performed at Turner hall on Sun
day, May II. 5-l0-2t
Captain John Illg is having his
residence, on Acequia street, reprinted
and renovated.
-"Alexandra" is one Of the grand
est dramas of the modern time. 5-10-2t
Oats are nearly ready for cutting,
and if the rust does not attack them
the crop will be unusually heavy.
Few actresses can attempt to act
alexandra" Miss Louise Ruppiler
is one of the few. 5-lO-2t
There will be general meeting
of French citizens, Sunday, May II, at
) p. M, at the club rooms, No. 247 w.
Commerce street, (ap stairs) for the
purpose of organizing the celebration
of the cen tennial of the 18th of July.
The Alamo Pottery works, Of
which mention has been heretofore
made in the LIGHT, have filed arti-
Giles of incorporation at Austin. Cap
ital stock $4,000. \. Mackay, j. A.
Welsh and NJ. +. Corbett, are the in
corporators.
-Messrs. Schulze and Geise, of the
Riverside restaurant, are serving
their customers with fine turtle soup
today and tomorrow.
Mass meeting tonight at Mission
garden to protest against SAP run
ming tracks through Garden and Mad
ison streets.
Misses Wurzbach, Sartor, Degen,
and Messrs. Schreiner and Iuchlag,
all of San Antonio, with Mr.. War
mouth, of Fredericks burg, have all
arrived safely at Bremen.
Mr.. John Beckman's turning
class of boys will have a picnic at
Riverside park one week from today.
Mr.. George w. Winslow, the
we'll known electrician, will shortly
be married to northern lady, it is
rumOred.
Bicycle riders generally carry
pocket full of rocks. This is made
necessary by the number of worthless
cur dogs that get under their wheels
and cause them to take headers,
while passing along the streets.
In the supreme court in the case
of H. H. Mclean versus Mary &. Pas
chal, from BeXar county, court atfirms
the judgment previously given, which
confirms Mrs. Paschal in her home
stead rights, as widow.
The Newton case will be taken up
next Monday by the grand jury.
Fire company No. 2 have decided
to give their picnic on Sunday, May
26th, and will probably take a full
band of music with them.
An accident at the Menger hotel
elevator yesterday might have result
ed seriously had the machine been
farther from the first floor when the
Hydraulic apparatus weakened. Mrs.
Driskell and Miss Matthews who
were in the elevator sustained no III
juries.
Ed Stoves, Jr., fractured his left
ler yesterday afternoon in friendly
wrestling match with O. E. GuessaZ
We want to impress on the gen.
tlemen that we have the leading line
Of summer weight clothing in San
Antonio. Our styles are new and ele-
CANT, and our prices are in reach OF
all. If J. X. BERETTA & Co.
The Bexar colnty grand jury adj
journed this morning until Monday
morning.
Mr.. J. J. Chew, the wiry and wilv
little passenger agent of the /. and
G. n. railway, shipped by his road
from Spofford junction to the new
military post at Mobile, Alabama,
Thursday last, l40 L. 5. troops.
Geo. Wagers, who has been in
] Ill for perhaps two years. on charge
Of receiving stolen property, IA horse
known to be stolen, was released this
morning from Jail on bond of 81, 900
-Treneo Hernandez, in Jail under
charge of theft of books of Mr.. Manuel
Lopez, the shoemaker, was released
this morning by order of the grand
jury.
Mr.. George McHardy was going to
the picnics this morning but slipped
and fell in puddle of water at the
Arkansas Pass depot and ruined his
suit of clothes. But he went to tie
picnic.
The Young Peoples Society of
Christian Endeavor held their month
ly sociable last night at DR.. Lem
mans residence, on North Flores
street. 1t was we'll attended.