San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-13
Telegraphic Brevities.

The United States steamship, En-
terprise," has gone to Antwerp.
The British squadron at Zanzibar
has sailed southwark.
A cyclone at ST. Louis has torn down
buildings and killed several people.
Six inches of snow has fallen at Des
Moines, Iowa.
Amazi S. Dodd, the founder of
Dodd's express, died in New York.
The bank of Bombay has raised its
rate of discount to per cent.
Dom Pedro and his family have
gone to Pau.
DR.. Kniffen and Miss Purcell of the
New Jersey murder sensation, are re-
leased Oh $4,000 bail each.
Coffee transactions on the New York
exchange last year, showed a decrease
of 5000, 900 bags.
All the cities of Central Germany
displayed mourning for the late en-
press.
Three thousand employees in the
Haverhill, Mass, shoe factories are
out.
H. McCroger, better known to the
sporting fraternity AS big Mac is
shot and killed at Spokane Falls.
10. Peppers, of Detroit, jumped off
morning freight train and was in
stantly killed.
Several more bodies have been I'M
earthed from the caisson wreck at Lou
isville, Ky.
Total loss by fire during the past
year in Chicago, was 81, 25l AL, which
is SS00,000 increase over previous
year.
Emperor William DEGREES that the
newspapers of the Ultra Conserva-
tive party be no longer received at
any of the royal palaces.
A New York manager offers Henry
NJ. Stanley 81 900 lecture for so lee
lures to be delivered in America next
winter.
Annual report of the National Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
for 1889 shows total mem bership for
1889 of l42. 34S, a great gain over pre-
vious year
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt gave a
musicale in New York at which Sara.
safe, the great violinist and d. Albert
the famous pianist entertained her
guests for consideration Of S, coo.
The Southern Dakota Equal Stuff
rage association have scattered 50, 900
copies OF Susan b. Anthony's book
and carload of similar publications
for the enlightenment of the voters.
Empress Augusta Dequeathed her
palaces at Berlin and Babelsberg to
Emperor William. To her daughter
she lett 100000 marks and to her
servants and to religious institutions,
she left legacies.
The Southern club in New York
City received shock by one of it's
ariStocratic members on the club
house steps striking the other in the
face, who returned the insult by
firing three shots which missed the
mark.
Wells, Fargo & Company's mes
sengers, who formerly ran only to
Houston, now run clear to New Or
leans.
B. w. Walker, r. +. agent l. and G.
\. railway, has returned from trip
over the road.
All the engineers force have had
it.
-Pancoast's store is being nicely re.
papered.
San Antonio Division, L. r. X.
p. will visit Lotus Lodge in uniform
to assist in comforting third rank to-
night. Col. Brooks and Cable promi-
nent X. of P. men of Lima, Ohio, will
attend.
One of Scholz's front windows
was broken this morning by a drunk
en- man.
Wells Fargo Il Co.'S Express Mes
senger Hobbs, has been appointed
agent at Brentwood and is receiving
| the congratulations of his friends.
Carroll Whitton, an old Confeder-
ate soldier, who has been very i'll at
the county poorhouse of Bexar county,
was sent to Austin today to become
an inmate of the. Confederate Veter-
ans Home there.
THE impression grows stronger
from week to week that Germany can
not much longer resist the pressure
OF her skilled workingmen, and that
the trades unions of that country
must be recognized and put ON the
same footing with those of England.
1t would be good move for Ger
many in more ways than one. 1t
would be found great political
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