San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-05-26
DALLAS LETTER.
DALLAS, Tex May "a, 1892.

To the San Antonio LIGHT.
To be able to sit by fire these cool
mornings and evenings is luxury
that only those can have who have
open fire places, for most of us have
taken down our stoves.
There was large attendance at the
dedication services Of the Catholic
orphan asylum OF o. k Cliff last sun
day. Envelopes wei passed around
and each and every person was in
vited to contribute his mite toward
the orphans need. Bishop Brennan
preached, taking for his text. "Be Ye
Therefore Merciful, as Your Father In
Heaven is Merciful." The Catholics
of this place have worked very asidu.
ously to build this home, and they
are deserving of much praise for the
comforts they have provided for the
motherless and fatherless children of
their denomination. There are al
ready forty five inmates within it's
walls. In his sermon Sunday Bishop
Brennan said "We are for God; we
teach no specific creed to the
children who come here. There are
people who may live In faith but like
the good Samaratine they have that
grandest and most beautiful trait,
charity. They have the love of
common God" This asylum Is open
to all creeds, the only thought of the
people who have laoored so hard to
build this home. is to do good, to care
for the orphans.
Next Sunday Rev. l.. J. Walne,
from Mississippi breaches in the first
Baptist church. 1t Is thought he will
succeed Rev. A. M. Sims. Evange-
list Martin preached his farewell SER
mon Sunday night; all who so de-
sired had the opportunity of buying
his photograph. The funds thus OBJ.
TONED, he said, were the means of
keeping an orphan girl at school.
The young lady could acquire good
education at no expense were she In
either San Antonio or Dallas without
brother Martin making his picture 80
common"
A Dallas man is figuring q little
unpleasantly in Galveston, so
late kilograms announce. An
alderman of the island city has
been indicted by the grand jury for
offering to accept bribe from j. E.
Byrne of this place for influence in
securing paving contract for which
Mr.. Byrne was a bidder.
Since the Denison horror, families
here who are without the protection
of gentlemen are almost afraid to 60
to bed.
The annual examination for teach
ers in the city public schools will be
held on the 7th, Sth and 9th of June.
We dare say there will be fewer APP
plicants this year than there was last
year, when so many made such signal
failure. For several months Supt.
Harris has been afflicted with granu-
lated eyes.
A story is told of an intelligent and
an admired young lady who loved
we'll but not wisely. The man who
gained her confidence lives in another
town; he came to see her; she arrayed
herself In what she supposed would
be her bridal dress, In company with
her lover left to go to minister who
has charge of little mission in the
suburbs. The girl still bears her
maiden name, and is likely TO for
some time to come.
Gen. Cobell has made his first trip
to New Orleans in the interest of the
-, well, everybody knows
what it is that takes him to New Or
leans once a month, and why wont
Mr. WaDamsker let me "out with it?"
We have no wagon wheel" to invest
in 1t.
Thursday it was again undertaken
to get jury to try the Murf murder
case. Out of the special venIre of
sixty men only three were found to be
competent men.