San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-20
LITTLE VARIETIES.
The clubs kept closed doors.

Some of the officers got fooled Saturday
| night.
Look out for Tuesday night. The tool:
| are all brushed and polished up.
, The sheriff'S office has large lot Of
ready printed blanks for miSdemeanol
| cases.
Our sheriff deserved a little rest, and
| the sporting boys should lay low until he
gets off on his trip.
Why was that injunction case dropped:
The judge was ready.
Alderman Hoefling is not expected to
do much speech making this afternoon.
The best stakeholder in a newspaper is
liberal advertiser like WOlfson.
The liberal advertiser who pays his
bills promptly is worth more to town
than hundred busted boomers.
A man is not necessarily enterprsing
or LIBERAL because he reckleSSly gives
away money belonging to other people.
If poor devil steals something to eat,
he is sent to the penitentiary. Ii lead
ing citizen gets away with few hundred
thousand, it's called great mis-
fortune.
1t will be to the interest of some folks
to keep an eye on the next grand
jury.
The next board of star chamber inveS-
tigators, will be all right. The misde-
meanor cases will keep them busy the
full term.
Col. George w Russ has been rustica-
ting out at his Silver Lake ranch. III he
was mayor he could go to Paris.
Judge Charles Merritt Barnes has
found something in the Short Stops"
he did not like. do tell"
The Kansas City Sunday Sun excite
ment has quietly simmered down.
Mr.. Chas. F. Cotton, the well-known
manager of the Express, is enjoying few
weeks vacation in Mexico.
All the varieties will give the usual
grand ball after the performance to-
night.
The law against pistol toters should be
more rigidly enforced. That Is, the jail
penalty should not be omitted when
some influential gentleman is caught.
The San Antonio poker rooms are doing
a big business since the last jury of in
vestigators were instructed that it was
not unlawful for friends to play little
poker.
Alderman Bill Hoefling could start off
well by calling for bids on some of the ex-
pired city contracts, such as the job
printing, advertising, etc.
As there is no law for printing the Of
fetal city advertisements in German, they
should also be published in Spanish.
When you want to buy or sell real eS-
tate, it will pay you to do business with
reliable firm, such as John L. Hambleton
& Co, at No A East Commerce street. They
have a fine list of properties to select
from.
The lovely southeast breeze will blow
through the Washington ice palace to-
night.
John T. Hambleton & Co. do not rent
houses. but they can sell you home on
easy terms,-much better than paving
rent. Call and see them at No. East
Commerce street.
San Antonio people will find it much
more pleasant to take trip to Monterey
or SaltillO, than going up north.
B. F. Johnson has returned from La
Grange, where he sold a new press and
other material for newspaper.
The ice companies are not fighting each
other very hard now, but ten cent piece
of ice grows smaller as the summer ad-
vanceS.
The hot weather has had no effect upon
R. W. Andrews, of the 5. A. z. He is al
ways the same pleasant gentleman in
summer OF WluJeT. L HIS COhpdnl HdS
made no mistake in keeping him in charge
of the passenger department.
There is to be a wedding on the west
side soon of one of the popular chill
queens.
Forrest, the great tragedien, Is said to
have spent his early career upon the
stage in sleeping among the scenes, or in
some kind farmers hay loft. There are
two struggling artists now in San Antonio,
who manage to pay rent for a back room
in a cabin on MatamOreS street, but sleep
on the soft side OF a pine board, with their
stage tights for pillow.
EXCELSIOR, is the motto at the gold
mine, and the mammOuth bill of attrac-
tIons places it away up at the top. The
famous Spanish burlesque opera COM
pany is still retained with the other fine
vaudeville specialtieS. The performance
will conclude each evening this week
with the sensational comedy drama,
Mabel Heath. 1t only costs II cents to
see dollar show. and enjoy the cool
breezeS at the Washington.
ii. f.. L. NJ.
The Hebrew EIOcutiOn, Literary and
Musical club held pleasant meeting in
the vestry rooms of Temple Bethel last