San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-28
DALLAS LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent. |
DALLAS, Tex, Jan. 26, 1891

Another young man, one of the
elite has gone wrong. He could not
stand prosperity. r. A. Taylor, book
keeper tor Meyer Brothers wholesale
druggist, has been arrested for en-
bezzlement. The amounts said to be
not less than ST. 900. Taylor came
here from Lexington, KY, a year and
q half ago, and was at once launched
intO.high society. He tried to keep
apace with his set, who were men Of
greater resources.
Another sensation is bHbbling and
about to burst, Sam Jones says, "Dal-
las gets there every time" A married
man figures in the case this time.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wheaton, known as
the prison evangelist, has been con-
Quoting meeting for the colored pop
ulation of Oak Cliff.
The property owners on Pearl street
are kicking nard againsta car track
being laid on that street, till it is
graded.
Heretofore it has been the rule to
build the track and put cars on, then
when the street was ordered graded
the paving would be torn up and the
street impossible for months. This,
with additional expense, is enough to
cause one to kick.
r. s. Terrell sues DR.. Geo. Wilkins
for SIC, 900 actual and $4,000 exem-
plary damages, alleging that in
March last, he went to defendant to
have tooth pulled, when he and his
assistant split and broke his jaw
bone, necessitating the removal of
the fractured bone. and the loss of
half his teeth, and the face, neck and
shoulders have become paralyzed,
and his speech and articulation per-
manently injured.
Geo. Burnet was convicted of send
ing obscene matter through the
mails. While In the marshals
Office on the day of conviction
a deputy marshal, started to take
him to Jail, whereupon he exclaimed:
"Going to take me to Jail? 1 have got
the money right here to pay my fine."
AS his fine had not been fixed, he was
taken to jail with other prisoners.
The money was concealed about his
person. A day later he reported he
had been robbed. A search was made
and the money found in a slop bucket
where 1t had been thrown by the fell
low prisoner who had stolen it.
The case of smallpox reported in
Oak Cliff proved to be a case of meas.
les. The scare here has cost the city
| 81, 900 to vaccinate.
Miss Fannie Griffin, q southern
| temperance lecturer, is organizing w
II. G. US in this place and Oak
Cliff.
II. P. Simonds, the wide-awake
editor of the Pecos Valley News, was
In the city dnriEg the week. During
the fair Mr.. Simonds was on exhibit
ton in the Reeves county display
The exhibit of farm products was
ample proof that Mr.. Simond's paper
| did not over estimate what irrigation
had done, aud what could be done on
40 acres of ground in Reeves county
"Forty acres and husband thrown
in" is what he told the girls who
| found his exhibit SO attractive.
| J. p. Funderbank was convicted in
two cases for passing counterfeit
money. Goe. Funderbank, a brother
is under arrest for passing and having
counterfeit money in his possession
His arrest occurred just after he hac
married q lady In Terrell. She fol
lowed her husband to Dallas and 1!
very much grieved over his troubles
Mrs. w. J. Townsend left on tn,
Goth, to visit Mrs. w. G. Sterrett, il
Washington, ID. G.
Miss Ida Palmer of st. Louis, i
Visiting her sister Mrs. Geo. FELTON,.
Mr.. Francis A. Smith of the Alam
City was here during the week past
Among the ladies from Dallas, wn
attended the Hogg inaugural bal
were Mrs. Barnett Gibbs, Mrs. J. Z
{ Scruggs, Mrs. Jot Lunter, Misse
Hathie and Linda A. Yord and Mis-
! Gavin.