San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-01
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER |. 800

The vote for the most popular
The voting place is at the
New England Land company exhibit on
the lower floor of the exposition binding.
Here the votes are cast at ten cents
apiece, and among the candidates SO far
are Mrs. Fannie Smith, Alice Moritz,
Florine Ross (the governors daughter),
Miss Benavides, Miss Iulema Garcia and
Miss Hilbert. One of the ladies was in
attendance in person today and from her
happy looks must feel that she is ahead
so far.
The Y. NJ. c. A. tent is near the. Expo
sition building and near the walk leading
TO Machinery hall.
have not been called on to arrest anyone,
or stop stealing. One of the policemen
got too much tanglefoot aboard yester-
day and was fred. The decorations OF the
fountain IN the main building were ma
terially added to today, and whole
wagonload of carp from from Carty's
fish pond have been put in the basin.
hand in Col. Andrews department is that
of Smith and Wichita. Both have splen-
did exhibits.
Flamm & Filbert the popu
lar Houston street confectioners, have a
splendid exhibit right near the audito-
rum. Here they manufacture ice cream
from pure cream, separated from the
milk by patent separator process which
is perfect and makes the most delicious
this firm always employs in
making ice cream. The cakes and can
dies are also fresh and toothsome and the
service by the young lady attendants is
first-clasS. Everything imaginable, to
satisfy the wants of the public
seems to be on the grounds.
with the exception of the. telephone
service, which is totally inadequate.
Restaurants, with meals at 80 cents, lunch
stands at l5c per lunch, coffee and cake
stands, at l0c, oysters and coffee at 25c
and 30c barbecue stand where you can
get barbecued meats at 15c and up to
what you want TO pay, peanuts, peer,
pop corn, candy. Wiener wurst, photo
graphs, barber shop, shooting gallery.
Fancy articles and nic-nacks, electric bat
terry, cigars, tobacco, and even chewing
gum. are all handy and accessible II you
have the dinero to pay for them.
In Machinery hall, as in exposition hall,
there is considerable blank space remain
ing, the exhibitors being slow in putting
their exhibits in place. Today, the
machinery is in active running
, order and a great many
| m ore exhibits than yesterday have been
put in. The mowers and reapers, the
| latheS, ETC., look very pretty and decided
| ly interesting. Patent fencing is being
manufactured before the visitors, and a
| turner is busy turning out newell posts
| and balustrades very Skillfully from the
| rough wood at hand.
Manuel Hernandez has an exhibit oil
| hogs or rather of toes. He has six hogs
| each with five toes on every foot, and the
simple country exhibitor takes grea,
pride in showing his porcine marvels &c
| the public.
| Walton and Shook, does not begin until
| tomorrow. The judges have not yet
| been named.
\ Here is the program for the first day:
| Class 1-HerefOrds.
Glass 4-ShorthornS.
| Class 3-Hereford Grade.
| Glass 25-Standard TrotterS.
! Glass 3S-Berkshires.
| Glass 42-Cotswolds.
Glass 16-JerSeys.
Class 15-DevOns, Grade.
Glass 29-Imported and ure-bred Per
cheron- Mormon.
| Glass 34-Farm Horses.
| Award on display of grade cattle.
The fireworks have arrived.
Two men who had a small boy, whC
looked like he had been kidnapped, wer'
seen in Riverside park yesterday evening
| The public is warned as to the admis
sion fee. The rule is that when person.
once enter the grounds their ticket is for
| feited, and if they desire to leave thu
grounds and return, they must again pa!
entrance fee. No return tickets are is
| sued.
Last night the power for the electri,
cars was stopped between and 8 O'clOcl
| for half an hour and one car was left di
rectly across the track at the crossing o
the Southern Pacific railway, with all thu
incandesccnt lights eXtinguished for sew
eral seconds. There is a flagman sta
toned at this crossing, and no DANCE
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