San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-28
DALLAS LETTER.
SHORT ON WATER. A WORTHY
GIRL WINS THE PRIZE.
Weddings. Theatrical, School Notes
Social Gossip, A Panther
Loose, Etc.
DALLAS, Texas, August 26, 1891.

nineteen CONGREGATIONS for Dallas
within the month. Many of these
fires are thought to be the work of an
incendisry. In view of the insult
cheney of water, and the great losses
| fire insurance companies have re-
Gently sustained in this city, some of
the local agents have been advised
by the companies they represent, to
| write no risk and renew no policies
till the citizens awake to q realization
of the necessity of improving the
water supply and fre department,
and of detecting and Furnishing in
| cendiaries. When this is done the
| propriety of resuming business in
Dallas will be considered.
| Had there been good water pres.
sure at the start of the fire that origi-
mated in the Kone and Campbell
| building Monday night it could easily
| have been confined within the walls
| of the one house. Thousands OF dol
lars would have been saved had We
| had water. Instead Of q good strong
stream there was one SO weak and
feeble that it could not be thrown
above the first story. The firemen
| did their duty; they worked heroic
| all with the flames burning and
| scorching them. There is no need to
| file complaint against these brave
men who risked their lives to save
goods and property.
Miss Johnnie Slater won the first
scnolarship offered ny the Times Her
| aid, There were five scholarships.
| given. The ones whose friends put
up the most money, and mostly those
| who do not need 1t, are successful.
| Miss Slater, however, for once, Is q
| poor orphan girl, and y most worthy
| one, and we are glad she came out
first, even if Jay Gould did sign q
| check to be used for the daughter of q
man In the railroad Office here. All
want ted to be first, in order to secure
| the handsome donations given by the
| various firms. The $500 piano offered
| by Mr.. Will A. Watkins has already
| been delivered to Miss Slater. EX-
| citernent was high aud much bitter
| feeling engendered, and enough
| money WAS spent in this contest to
| epdow a college for girls.
A. p. Wozencraft, ex-city at
torney. and the popular captain
of the Dallas Light Artillery.
| ~ to be married September End to
| Miss Virginia Lee Wilson, of Clarks-
| burg, w. Va.
| Prof. ]. T. Hand has been elected
| superin tendent Oak Cliff schools.
| The superintendent of the Dallas city
| schools is getting Goals of fire heaped
| upon his head for the change made in
| text books. When the text book bill
| passes, which it surely will, and the
books are again charged, unless the
| law provides for such as the Dallas
! superintendent advises, he will be
"cussed."
Eugene Logan one of the noted
Graham prisoners, has given bond IN
the sum OF $4,000.
Much excitement was caused over
the escape of panther from the OAK
| Cliff ZOO.
The fat men of Dallas pull out for
| Galveston on the Goth Of this month
| to attend the fat mems association in
the Island city.
| A scene from the San Antonio
river grsces the first page OF
| the cover to the invitation
| to be sent to Mrs. Potter Palmer
nv the Texas lady commissioners OF
| the Worlds fair, to meet them here
| during the exposi ton. The design, o
| beautiful scene on the San Antonio
| river will be paint ted in water colors
by Dallas artist.
Mrs. M0mand, an old lady from
Galveston, came to visit her daugh-
| ter. WAS seized with q 1T of insanity
| and became 30 violent and dangerous
that 1t was necessary to confine her
in the city jail.
News lie received from New York to
the effect that Mrs. ]. f. Trezevant Is
euuipping and organizing q troupe OF
her own In that city. The lady as
pires to something higher than being
q mere support" even in the begin.
ming of her theatrical career. II the
| stage is her forte we wish her sue
| cess.
Mayor Conner, w. l.. Hall and
Henry Hamilton are In New York
City, booming Texas and the Dallas
fair. The gen tlemen were appointed
q committee 70 secure some "Dig gun"
or "gunsn to officiate at the opening
| of the exposition. If Mayor Grant, OF
New York, cannot be present, they
will be content to have W. Bourke
Cochran, but they prefer both. 1t is
expected "Heathen Bob" will lend
his genial face to the occasion.
Jas. Smith was overcome by the
heat at 4 o'clock Friday, while WORK
ing ON the court house. At ii that
same day he died-a stranger In
strange land. He was kindly cared
for by his friends, and his funeral was
one Of the most solemn ever witnessed
In Dallas. He had only been