San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-16
DALLAS LETTER.
DALLAS, Texas, Oct. IA. 1891

Correspondence Daily LIGHT.
AS the day for the opening of the
fair draws near we hear more of the
great preparations being made to
have this the greatest aud most sue
cessful of fairs. The new stables are
much better than were those that
burned. Exposition building has
been repainted, inside and outside.
A grand time is anticipated. Open
ing day school children and teachers
arc all admitted free. Then Tuesday
they are admitted at half price. Here
tOfOre the 'schools have had two free
days.
The colored folks are clamol ing for
better school houses, say they were
promised fine brick buildings in case
Mr.. Common was elected mayor. These
buildings fail to materialize.
Pet az CORA goats are regular nuis-
ance in this city. We asked our al
derman what could be done in regard
to these pests.
"Report 1t to the chief OF police. I'll
do it," he said, "fOr there is an Ordi-
nance against it," Our shru bbery
has all been demolished, and still the
goats have free range.
There is q man in the house" were
the cries uttered in an East Dallas
residence AS the lady of the place
raised her window and her voice to
call her next door neighbor for pro-
lection. There was no mai at either
home, except the intruder. Home
number two, in turn raised their
voices. The intruder could easily be-
seen from house number two in n
crouchipg position under the house.
"Help, help, help" was Justify yelled.
Several men were soon on hand with
guns. One said to the other, "You
go drive him while shoot him" The
man made his escape The city prison
is full of vagranJ and suspicious
characters. The police are making q
vigorous effort to protect houses and
visitors during the fair by arresting
all suspicious persons.
The Invitation sent by the worlds
fair lady managers of Texas to Mrs.
| Potter Palmer and her associ-
ates, to attend the state convention to
| be held here Oct. 30th, is q gem. The
| frame is SXl0 inches. The front cover
is a water color, painted by Prot. On
derdonk-a bit OF landscape n ear San
| Antorio. A group of Mexican washer
| women kneellng on the banks of the
| beautiful San Antonio river in blue
| Monday fashion, while the delicate
| green the country, the curling smoke
/ from La Lavanderas fire and an old
bridge add to the picturesqueness of
the scene. The margin Of the page Is
pret'ily decorated with prickly pear
and white grasses. The back page is
O landscape also. The inner pages
contain the words of Invitation done
in illuminated script.
| Prof. Frank Johnson, formerly prin-
cipsl of the Dallas High school, who
has been studying III Berlin, Ger
many, for the past two years, is to be
married soon to q young lady of Ber-
lin. The Kaiser law requires that
the bsnns Of q foreigner he pu blished
a certain length of time In his own
country previous 10 his marriage.
| Mrs. Mary c. GaDo, mother of Gen.
Gano, OF this city, died at Taylor,
Texas, last Saturday night. Gen.
Gano passed through the city from
his old home in Ken tucky, en- route
to Taylor. Her remains passed
through Dallas. The body was taken
to Kentucky and inferred in the fam
lily cemetery by the side of her hus-
band, John Allen Gano- F. A. NJ.