San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-16

Seasons club will be held Friday
night at Mrs. Vargas residence, near
San Pedro park.
"A man named Breusing Is con-
fined in the city hospital in a straight
jacket. He is suffering from mania a
potu.
The Glee club, a new one just
formed, held a meeting at MISS
Daugherty's residence on Belvln
street last night.
MIR. John ]. MCGEE and Miss
Emelia Wefing were quietly married
last night, at the residence OF Mrs.
Jesus Hernandez on Soledad street.
Captain George r. Hines, secre-
tary to the encampment committee,
has moved his Office from the fair
grounds and is now hard at work SET
thing up the accounts of that affair.
If you want to buy something big
about $50, 900 to $500, 900, call on John
T. Hambleton & Co.
p~ Bear in mind that Frank J.
Bethel keeps builders hardware and
lumber, at the International and
Great Northern depot. tt
-Ulrlch Rothenfiuch has a three
and a half months old Brown Leg
horn pullet that has commenced lay
ing eggs.
"A number of applications have
been made to the enlisting officer of
the army stationed here. The appli-
cants are largely young mon who con-
tracted love for soldiers life dur
ing the encampment.
Work on the new cotton COM
press building is progressing actively
and the frame work of the tower has
been erected.
The New England Land company
are laying low an sayin' muffin in
the matter of their electric railroad,
and the day that will see work COM
mence still remains indefinite.
Chinese curiosities, teas .handker
chiefs, etc., s IL w. Houston. Palm
The transfer OF property between
Col. Breckenridge and the Digno-
witty family yesterday, removes the
judgments held by Col. B. over the
estate.
Washington Heights is the name
of a new addition to be made of / 200
acres northeast of the city south of
the water works reservoir, purchased
yesterday by an eastern company
from Col. Breckenridge, for $3.50, 900.
Harry Hines, the Houston street
cigar man, yesterday received a tele-
gram announcing that his ticket had
drawn the second capital prize of
SlOo, 900 in the louisiana lottery, of
which he held one-twentieth, and he
Is now S., 900 richer. His friends con-
gratulate him.
The street railway company have
commenced the erection of their pow
or house for the generation of electri-
city for their new electric line. 1t is
situated on Tenth street at the site of
the present stables of the Avenue G
line. II will be of brick, los feet long
and proportionately wide.
The Belknap Rifles will have a
meeting tonight at their armory on
East Houston street to decide the
question of going to San Marcos on
"Alamo Day" and to pick team for
that purpose.
--Messrs. Herman Heiligmann, w.
Hoef1ing, Jr., and Wllkerson and
Holt expect to leave this week for
Shreveport, La, to attend the annual
convention of the A. o. L. w. to be
held there.
The water in the San Antonio
river has fallen foot as consequence
of the annual drought. This fall,
slight as it is, has made an increase
in the amount of decayng vegation
ond calls for some means of keeping
the banks clean.
MIR. J. w. B. Patterson, who is in
the least in the interes of the Alamo
Heights addition, has bought an I'M
mense supply Of material and done a
great deal of talking for Texas and is
shortly expected home from his ex-
tan1aI tot1r