San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-05

-Mosquitaire silk mits: in pretty
evening shades, reduced from Sl.OO to
SIS cents, at J. X. Berretta u Co.'S great
closing sale OF summer dry goods.
stiff.
Frank Owens was brought In
Rock port yesterday from Rockport by
U. 8. deputy marshal. He is
charged with sending obscene matter
through the mails.
"A fuse burne d out on car No. so
of the Avenue G line last night in
front of the Sunset depot, delaying
the car for q number of minutes.
Two soldiers were fooling with a
knife last night and one jerked 1t
from the other who was holding it by
the blade. AS the blade passed
through his hand it cut very severely.
"A car load OF pipe fittings for the
West End waterworks have arrived,
and work on laying the pipes will be
commenced in y few days. General
Russ SAYS he expects to complete the
entire laying inside OF go days.
Carl Beck's fifth grand orchestra
concert takes place tomorrow night at
Muth's Garden. lt
The ALA club will give hop
next Saturday night at Riverside
Park.
-Messrs. Ferguson, Halle, Russ
and others will begin the Evening
Democrat next week.
"A meeting of the Powder Hill
Gun club was held last night. 1t
was decided to hold grand prize
shoot September 6, which will close
their target season.
The electric current OF the San
Antonio street car system was very
weak last night. The cars were
consequently irregular.
The chimney of house on
Laurel Heights was struck by light
ming night before last and badly
wrecked.
-wanted-A good nurse at the
Protestant Home for Destitute Child
rem. Apply to matron, at the home
near West End.
Mrs. Sappington has several nice
ly furnished rooms, with board, at
800 POPLAR street. S:5 3t*
The county assessment board
raised Judge simpsons s acres on
johnson street yesterday, assessing
him for one-half an acre he had long
ago donated to the public as street.
The West End waterworks have
commenced and trenC hes f r the receps
uacIe of the pipes have been dug.
"A South Heights car ran over q
COW this morning when coming down
the Heights. The Car was derailed
and the cow was killed. Car No. So
did the work.
Mrs. Irvine, the young wife of Mr..
Jones S.Irvine, agent of the American
Refrigerator Transit company, this
city, died suddenly from heart dis
ease about noon yesterday at her res
idence on Lamar street. Deceased
was formerly popular lady of st.
Louis, where her parents, now in
San Antonio, reside.
"A Commerce street firm has made
q wholesale discharge of faithful
clerks who have served them for long
years. They fail to give the reason
for the act. What's the matter?
John Busch has been arrested on
warrant from Wichita, Kansas,
charging him with being fugitive
from Justice, or in other words, charg-
ing him with embezzlement. The
sheriff of Wichita is on his way here
for the prisoner.
Gertrude Kirchens has brought
suit against the S. A. Street Car Co..
for damages.
The silver service recently stolen
from Burt Ashford's house, has been
recovered. Some negroes found it
secreted in their yard and called the
police.
The bids for the tearing down of
the old city jail and police station
were to have been opened today.
Only two bids were received, one from
Mr.. Jake Marshall, offering to do tn
work for $3.50, and one from another
party for $50. 1t was supposed the
building could be removed at no cost
whatever to the city, as the Russi
building was. No action will be taken
until the return of the mayor.
Repairing of the public school
property is going actively along.
The recorders court and police
station will not be moved into the
new city hall until the new furniture
arrives. That has not yet been heard
from.
R. L. Lambert is again missing
and friends are anXIously inquiring
his wheresb bouts, especially those
who subscribed in the shoe club
drawings he solicited for.
An affidavit has been made
against Bernard Schramm, a saloon
keeper on Alamo street, before JUS
tice Adam, charging him with strik-
ing Mary hammers. 1t is also said
he struck his wife.
Kate VI. Merritt has filed suit
against II. b. Duncan for q debt. The