San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-19

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in this warm climate 1t is causing
too, good deal of suffering among
the poorer classes. ana there are
many poor negro, Mexican, and even
white families who have no shelter
except canvas tents on the river
banks in the suburbs, or out in the
cbapparal. For the relief of these
only the Relief Association, the coun-
ty and city pauper fund. and the
charitable bequest of the late John
Twohig are available.
There are no weather Fcrecasts for
tomorrow posted in the q .. weather
bureau today.
The telegraph wires we,e disabled
by the storm. The Southern Pacific
and Arkansas Pass railway wires are
working very badly. Several West
ern Union wires are down and they
had only one wire working last night.
Newspaper correspondents specials
will be delayed from to hours.
The daily afternoon telegraphic news
report of the LIGHT is thereby cut
very short today.
On Houston street this morning,
man while snow balllng one cam,
was run over by another. He was
picked up, but with the exception of
few bruises, he was not hurt The
boys gave him good snow balling
for his carelessness.
The crowd on Houston street near
the Maverick hotel were very hard
on hack drivers and others this
morning. About noon they assaulted
Ex-Policeman w. B. Massey who
was driving a hack. They threw
rocks in their snow balls aud
soon he stopped his hack, and taking
his whip, showed fight, attacking an
innocent man in the crowd. He was
soon caught by several men, among
them Policeman Jess Bennett, and
diesuaded from his designs, and went
off and remounted his hack amid 9
shower of ice balls.
It was on Houston street, too, this
morning, that Officer Bennett was pelt-
ed by the crowd. They were too many
for him, some OF the balls being load
ed with rocks, and he was finally
compelled to draw his pistol and
threaten to use 1t.
On Alamo plaza Policeman Ludwig
engaged with the crowd in snow
balling.
Some of the San Antonio Electric
street car wires on Houston street are
being repaired today. They were
damaged by the storm.
One boy brought out his old pair Of
ice skates on Military plaza this
morning and used them to good ad
vantage.
In the residence portion of the city
| there were many ladies and children
| engaged In the sport and the college
students tried it last night on the
| campus
| Sim Hart and his companion were
| thrown out of the dirt scraper which,
| they used as a sleigh, this morning
| on Main plaza. Neither were hurt
and they proceeded to take in the
town in It.
AtTaylor, drizzllng rain ell day,
| freezing at night.
At Austin sleet fell. Thermometer
"a degrees.
In the Texas Panhandle sIeet and
spow. Mercury degrees below to 10
above zero.
At Houston sleet fell thickly and
| weather very cold.
At Fort Worth weather very cold
and sleet falling.
At Yoakum sleet and rain, with
freezing weather.
At Bolton hard rain all day, froze
at night with mercury at Is degrees.
The storm is general In Kansas and
Missouri, with mercury away below
zero and snow falling.
In Alabama the weather has be- n
freezing cold for several days.
A heavy snow storm visited st.
Louis yesterday.
In Minnesota the mercury was from
Is to 40 degrees below zero yesterday.