San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-06

Ca. Only five dollars for the round
trim. 9.4-3t.
"A surprise party was given last
night at the residence of Mr.. Leal on
South Laredo street, in honor of Miss
Sara Leal, who leaves for school In
a few days.
Buy Louisiana Lottery tickets,
drawing Tuesday, September 8, at M.
J. Hewitt's. 9-6'lt
Get your fire, marine, tornado and
accident insurance from h. w. Lay q
Co., 425 East Houston street. opposite
Maverick Bank. 3 IA u
Wanted clerk for dry goods store
speaking German and Spanish. Ad-
dress "H. O." this Office. 3-St
Prof. Kings exhibition at the san
Pedro park lake yesterday was wei
attended. Another exhibition Will
be given tomorrow.
The 1st. of October Is n hrst
anniversary of the organization OF d
Alamo Firemen's band, which will be
properly celebrated.
Madame Donaldson's dancing
academy will reopen this week.
William Hoefling, Jr., celebrated
his 2lst birthday anniversary yester-
day.
The proposed organization Of
musicians has fallen through due to
lack of harmony among the parties
interested.
"A laughable swimming race be-
tween a monkey and bear at the
Springs tomorrow. Start early.
Extra cars to the Springs to-
morrow. Start early, to avoid the
rush.
One of the boarders in q South
Alamo sire 1t boa ding house whipped
the colored cook recently, on account
of some difference in the color line
question, and as he did his work In
great fashion on the female pugillst,
he is now being investigated by the
grand jury.
-Pantaleon Chavez had a fight
with another Mexican on South Lar
edo street last night and in the
scrimmage the other mans arm was
broken in two places. Therefore
Panty now ~languishes in the county
jail while the grand jury investigates
the case.
The talk of the town. Your last
opportunity to see the man hat
walks on water at the Springs to-
morrow, with change of Programme.
Hundreds of people turned away
at the Springs last Sunday, so start
early tomorrow to see Prof. Kings
aquatic exhibition.
After two months vacation dur
ing the heated term, st. Mary's
church will resume its regular high
mass service tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. A full choir will be present
Last night, being the first Friday of
the new month, devotions to the
Sacred Heart were held at this
church.
The floating pavilion on the West
End lake has been moored for the
past few days at the southwestern
corner of the lake, but to-day was
hauled out into the middle of the
beautiful sheet. where it will be found
tomorrow.
If the street railways would re-
place all streets in the condition they
were previous w GoatlhS piOH Up wi
the laying of their linessthere would
not be nearly So much kicking by the
citizens. Public improvements are
wanted in San Antonio and are al
ways welcome, but when they dis
lodge and destroy other public i'm
provements the citizens naturally in
quire what is the gain? Vide Gar
den and Navarro streets.
Rev. Junius b. French. of California.
son of Hon. j. H. French. of this city, will
preach at the First Presbyterian church,
corner of West Houston and North Flores
streets, Sunday morning at II o'clock. A
cordial invitation to attend the services is
extended. Sunday school at 9:3O a. M:
prayer meeting Wednesday at s p. m.
Rev. J. w. Neil, pastor.
"A number of citizen have guyed
Aleck Lowe, the genial night clerk
of the Menger, beyond all limits of
human endurance by inquiring for
the room of Wright Cunay, and the
~peaceable blood of Aleck boils with
dangerous indignation whenever he
hears the question put, "ls Quincy
in?n
That excursion to Arkansas Pass,
planned by the arrangement commit
tee for the delegates to the Republic
can convention, did not m~aterialize
very much. A great number of the
delegates, however, took advantage
of the S. rate, and today visited the
future deepwater port of the Gulf OF
Mexico.