San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-03
DALLAS LETTER.
DALLAS, Tex, Sept. 30.

A Dallas lady sent write up' OF
society event to paper for publica-
ton. The perplexed editor after try
ing in vain to decipher the hierogly-
phics asked the messenger.
do you know what this is about?"
mo sir" he replied.
"Who wrote it,"
"MIss Blank, SIR"
''Then take it back and tell her to
read it,"
The printer in the LIGHT office
must have had like inclination last
week when he tried to read the Dali
las correspondents chirograpy. He
made Miss Rogers married" while
she only tarried in Boston. We cor.
rect this as the lady in question
might object to the former.
The phonetic mode of spelling Is
rapidly gaining ground. On one of the
public roads leading to Dallas. We
notice to sign "for sale, this lot,
Hous in the seders."
Sunday was the last day the gates
to the fair grounds weresopen. After
that no one is admitted. "Too busy to
be interrupted"
II. w. Hubbard left for San Antonio
Fair Friday. He will have on exhi-
bition a cotton gin. A great many
people from Dallas will be in attend
ance.
w. G. Green, in the employ of
Douglas Bros, merchant tailors,
forged his employers name to a check
and endorsed the firms name on
draft which was worthless, collected
a note belonging to them, and other
wise obtained money to the extent of
$50 by fraudulent means. Then there
is another who was not con tent to let
"well enough alone" J. II. Kuegler
has been acting as chief clerk and
bookkeeper for City Engineer d. A.
Poyner. He, too, signed his employ
er's name to checks without au-
thority, and came to grief.
d. A. Ford, an old man from Hunt
ington, Ark, had been on a visit to
relatives in Tom Green county. On
his return he had to maze stop in
Dallas till next day. Two negroes
proffered to "show him the city,
as the old man had not seen
much of a city he accepted their of
fer. He was decoyed into a remote
robbed of all his money, $45. Mr..
by burglars. He lost handsome
diamond stud, cash to the amount
of SIS, and clothing. The stud was
afterwards recovered. The tramp is
abroad and "doing" Dallas. He is
hard to please. Is something of an
epicure one refused q proffered re.
past of cold breakfast, he wanted
"hot coffee.n Another declined
doughnuts. Tough on the lady who
made the doughnuts, one was carried
to the breakfast table of q Dallas
devine where the family still fingered
He was given such as they had par
taken of "my God man, what is the
country coming to that you let q
fellow down to such a tablet" he
said as he arose to take his departure
without tasting q morsel.
Fast driving in the city Is strictly
pro hibited, still it is INDUCED in.
Leaving teams not hitched Is also
against the rules. Yet every day or
so we hear of accidents the result of
this carelessness. The driver of
wagon left his horses to step into the
postoffice. They took fright at q
passing car, knocked Mr.. Branch
down, who happened to be mounting
his horse near by. They were given
a wide berth till q turn was made
when q collision occurred which
caused a general smash up of vehi-
cles. In the fracas Mrs. Davenport
was knocked senseless, but was soon
restored. Mr.. Branch's bruises are
more serious. The pedestrian must
be on the alert all the time or run the
risk of being run over by reckless
drivers.
&c. Cox, the murderer, who at
tempted suicide in the jail, died from
the effects of cuts inflicted. Poor
man, it is claimed he killed in self
defense.
Chas. Chung, one of the four Chins-
men arrested on charge of running an
opium Joint, was convicted of the
charge and fined 5000.
Young Gus Milliott, who left Dallas
some six mon his ago ito see the
world" is now n Africa, Cape Town.
So far he is please with his trip.
Mrs. B. Halcombe, aged Sc, died at
her residence on Houston street on
the 24tb.
Francis A. McKeown and bride
passed through Dallas On route to
San Antonio and Galveston.
Miss Nellie Alden leaves Dallas in
a few days to visit her aunt, Mrs.
c. w. Tandy, Maverick Avenue,
San Antonio. Miss Wallace, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Knox Wallace, also goes
to the Alamo city.
Mr.. J. T. TreZevant has recently
returned rom an extended pleasure
trip north and east. Dallas, he says, |
is by all odds ahead of any southern,