San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-10
DALLAS LETTER.
DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 8. 1891,


to rake IN the sheckels during the
y ear, il the fair weather continues, at
their church booths. The Catholic
orphanage Is to have table where
they propose serving good meal at
q reasonable figure. Other denOml-
nations will have stands for the bsne-
his of the various churches.
Geo. Rich went to California. He
was SO pleased with the luscious
fruits of that state he proposed letting
his family have taste, so he sent by
express fruit to the amount of SIS.
The eXpresssge was S..
The comptroller of currency asks for
a statement from the national banks
of this place.
The opera honse is much improved.
The carriage way is provided with a
shelter, so one need not get In the
rain in going or leaving the theatre
house.
Dallas wants to know what to do
with her garbage, whether to bury 1t
or burn IL. DR.. Briggs, the alderman ,
says build q crematory and burn 1t;
DR.. Rosser, health officer, says bury
IL.
DR.. Briggs says the scare over dyp.
liberia and scarlet fever is sufficient to
argument for having all the refuse
and filth from the city burned and to
empty nothing into the river or
ground that can be disposed of by
cremation.
DR.. Sims made a very pathetic
reference last sunday TO a converse.
ton he had with Mrs. Powell, mother
Of Ed. Powell, who was hanged at
Gatesville for murder. To DR.. Sims
the day before he son was hung, she
expressed her belief as 10 his
innocence. The is going TO
make it her life work TO hunt
ana bring the guilty party to justice,
Should she succeed, her burden will
oe none the lighter. "He was impOr-
tuned to come to Texas for his health,
his two brothers had died in Ten
nessee of consumption, and the doc.
tors said he was predisposed to the
disease" she said. He came to Texas
gained his health, but lost his life.
Mrs. Mamie Goettenger, wife of Mr..
Max Goeutenger, manager for Fell.
man, Grumbach & Harris, died in
Galveston, where she had been Wis
ItiDg.
We had occasion to visit an oculist's
office the other day. We had to wait
our turn for an hour. We sat in his
reception room while the afflicted
came and went. Had we remained
much longer we should have con-
cluded that there was nothing
in our lot to complain OF.
TIL one gets out little and
sees so many suffering humans, he
he does not know how well off he is.
One bright little boy only seven
years old was totally blind from the
effects OF small pOX. His mother had
to leave her home in ROckwall and
stay with this little afflicted cres ture.
Another patient had had her eye
removed, the other eye she feared
would go out Some had cataracts
others granulated lids. There is
misery and poverty all around.
Dallas wants a first class magazine,
one that will compare with the Cen
fury, Harper Or any other periodical.
Col. J F. Elliott has "figered" out.
After all expenses, loss Oh collections,
debts etc, he has left 8 balance for
profits 500, Gee. And with this profit
a plant and every thing could he pur-
chased We should like for Dallas 10
have such magazine.
Two Of the girls working in Ven
digs laundry got their hands caught
in a mOngle. Their screams brought
gentleman to their rescue. The
bones in the hands OF one girl was
being ground to powder, while they
both would have been dragged 10
their death had it not been the gen
tIeman who heard their screams cut
the bands and stopped the machinery.
One girl had to have her arm ampu-
tated.
Rev. Scott, county clerk, has just
returned from trip TO California.
Saw ex Congressman Olin WeiloOrn.
Mr.. WellbOTn will visit our fair.
Alex Sanger and family are al
Frankfort. Germany. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Erdelmeyer have LETT them and
are in mid ocean, hOmeward bound.
NJ. C.. Cooper, a colored employee of
Sanger Bros, has left for the Peabody
school at Nashville, Tenn, where he
goes 10 study medicine. The other
colored employees presented him
with handsome gold headed cane.
Edward Mosely, con of DR.. Mosely,
has lett Dallas tor the Cornell univer-
sIty, where he is to study mechanical
and elect, icai engineering.
Another Catholic paper is to be
started in this place. 1t will be pub
lished in German.
The artesian we'll bored at the cleo
trio light and power house discharges
a large flow of water. The water
flows into a tank 40 feet above ground.
4 rtesian wells are numerous, but
water in the metropolis is still scarce.
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