San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-16

ALI ribbons at cost, to close out
the line, at 1.-THE Leader" PIG West
Commerce street. IL 10 st
Friendship Council, Order of Cho-
sen Friends, meets tonight. Election
of officers.
-Handsomest line of neckwear in
the city suitable for Xmas presents at
Winstead q Adams, 237 4. Houston
street. l2-l6-St
Hundreds OF children's books.
cambridge & Corner. 1915 At
All sorts OF pretty and appropriate
presents at Balm bridge & Corners. At
-"San Antonio de Bexsr," beauti-
fully bound and illustrated for 8
present. The booksellers. 1915 At
Very fine Knsbe & Co. square
piano for sale; bargain; ga +. Heus-
ton. A. Nordmann. 1916 I'm
An old country man got into .
gang Of sharpers across the creek last
night. They blew him In and then
one hammered him up q little. No
arrests.
AS the time is limited John K.
Beretta & Co., are forced to sacrifice Q
first class stock of goods at auction.
See announcement in this Issue. If
Elegant line of Holiday Goods at
Winstead & Adams, 237 East Houston
street. j. g st
Beautiful line of Umbrellas at
Winstead & Adams. IL Is st
Fancy Vests at Winstead &
Adams. II Is st
Two carloads of Mexican oranges
arrived yesterday from Mexico.
An old farmer, named John Bar
row, was found dead on his little
farm, IL miles east of this city, last
Monday, by his wife. He wac old
aud feeble and died while sitting un-
der tree.
General Manager Kruttscbnitt, of
The Southern Pacific railway, was in
the city yesterday en- route to inspect
the great Pecos river bridge.
Cameron upholsters furniture, "a
Acequia. 12-l6.lm
The celebrated watches, K. How.
ard, for gentlemen and ladies; also
Potek Philippe, Charles FlOdsham
and Juerguson, minute repesters and
horse timers, at l.. Rouvants. II 1911
The leading diamond dealer In
the city is l.. Rouvant, $50 Commerce
street. IL 1861
The largest assortment of dia-
monds ever seen in San Antonio is at
l.. Rouvant's.
Mules wsnted-A pair of work
mules, IA IL to Is hands, hot over
eight years old. State price and
where they can be seen. Address,
Edward Sproul, city postoffice. Is 2t*
The electric lights at West End
need fixing.
Motor No. 60 on the Lskeview
line jumped the track on the Lake
view switch yesterday afternoon
about three o'clock.
The expenses of Mr. John Barron g
funeral have been assumed by o fell
low Scotsman, Mr.. Macdonald, one of
our best citizens.
Since the employment of an Occu-
patton tax and license inspector Bexar
county takes the front rank on the
state rolls in having more occupations
than any other county.
Show cases, dummies, thread
cabinets and all store fixtures offered
for sale cheap. John X. Beretta Il
Co. II III If
Dinner and supper will be served
at the Bazaar OF the ladies of Trinity
NJ. E. church, cor. Ave. g and Pecan
street, Thursday, (tOmorrOw). Dinner
from II to 2, and supper from to s
p. m.
There is plenty of dengue, alias
la grippe, in the city,
President Weiss, of the street
car company, says the city police
stopped his contractor from work on
the car track on Military plaza. He
has not delayed the work.
Mr.. A. NJ. Johnston, a prominent
citizen of Chicago, died from con-
sumption yesterday at the Santa
Rosa hospital.
Misses S. 3. Mccullough and
E. De Zouche, of Waco, gave a recital
at Rische's theatre last night, to a
small audience. Miss Mccullough IS
a fine pianist and Miss De ZOuche an
elocutionlst.
The train on the Southern Pacific
from the west Monday night was de-
layed several hours by a freight
wreck between Spoford and Sander
son.
Complaint is made that the city
pound keepers do not do their duty in
taking up stray cattle en- Avenue e.
Mr.. John Y. Baskin is assisting
Mr.. J. P. Maloney run the business OF
M. X. & T. Ry. in this city. Their
Office is in the Adams & Wickes
building.
AT tha rasidenca Of Mr. f McC