San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-06
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RAILROAD HOTEL,
SALTILLo, June 18th, 1892. !
To the San Antonio LIGHT.
The oath, San Juan's day is always
q holiday in Mexico and was OBJ
served rs such in this city. All the
Johns claim relationship to San
Juan, and many of them keep open
house, and receive calls from their
friends. The Masonic fraternity held
q meeting in their lodges in honor of
the occasion, and tonight the Casino
club give q hop at their hall, to
which the elite of the city were In.
vited.
CORN FAMINE.
Never In the history OF this section
has there been such q drouth Is 1t is
now passing through. 1t has not
rained to amount to anything for six
months, and as q result the corn crop
has been cut short. As corn is the
principal food of the poor people 1t is
very dear, and as a consequence there
is great suffering among them. But
as the general government has con-
sented to permit corn to be imported
from the states tree Of duty from tho
LIST of July to the S0th of September
there Is great hopes that the price of
corn will be much less than it now is.
AS the wheat crop was matured be-
fore the drouth set in the crop is not
much less this year than 1T was last
year.
MAY BUILD A HOTEL.
. Saltillo feels the want of hotel &C
commodatione.- The hotels that are
here, are not adapted to suit the
wants of the travelling public. In
order to get better hotel accommoda-
lions there is q movement on foot to
raise money to erect one, that will be
q credit to the city. II the movement
materisliges there is every reason to
believe that q handsome hotel will be
erected In the near future. Such a
building is much needed at present.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
This is a time Of year that all the
schools and colleges in the states are
closed for the summer. In this city
they keep open all summer and only
close in December and January. The
civil college, which is n Of the
largest in the republic, has q larger
number of pupils enrolled this year
than IL it ever had before. The Ma.
dero institute, which Is under the
jurisdiction of the Baptists, is in q
fi0urishing condition. This year they
have enrolled los pupils and six
tesehers. Miss Lillian Mcdaniel is
the directress and the Rev. II r. Mos.
ley is the financial agent. They in.
formed us that they expect soon to
Let fhn aAntranH fn mt tho nanahh
story on the college building. The
Sisters of Charity have charge of the
Immaculate Conception college. They
have 80 pupils and s teachers. Sister
Angel Is the mother superior.
Inc San Juan college is another in
stitution that is in q flourishing condt-
ton. They have enrolled this year
100 pupils and IA teachers. The Rev.
Henry n. Capaletti lie the director.
They have the most extensive build
ings and grounds of any institution
OF learning in the city. The Presby-
terians and the Methodists have their
schools and are doing good work in
the way of education.
ELECTION.
Tomorrow the polls will be opened
in this city for the election of presi-
Dental electors. AS there Is no oppo-
siJion to President DiaZ. he will re-
ceive the entire vote of this city. AS
the ballots will not be counted until
the Sunday following, IL will not be
known until then how many votes
we're cast. There will be SO polling
places in the city, one for every 500 of
the population. According to that
SaltiRo has q population of $4,000.
PERSONAL.
Mr.. w. J. Russell, who has had
charge, for come time, of the hotel at
Catorce, Is now manager of the Mexi-
IAN National hotel here. Passengers
get breakfast going TO and from Mex
leo. AS we had occasion to eat there,
we beg to inform the travelling public
that it is the best kept Railroad hotel
that we aver stopped at. Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell understand their bust.
ness and they furnish the very best
that can be purchased in the country.
AS the Mexican National railway
company own the hotels along the
line of the road they make it q point
to furnished the travelling public the
very best accommodations.
We met this week Col. B. F. Larue,
of Villaldama, who was on his way
home from Durango. He informed
US that he discovered and denounced
two valuable silver-lead mines in
that state. He is also going to exam
inc some gold mines that were recent.
Iy discovered In the state Of Goa
hula.
We met this week Mr.. and Mrs. |
Ed. Stoves and Masters Ernest J. and
Ed. Martin Stoves, formerly of San
Antonio.
DIR. William E. Ryer and Ryer and
wife, of Corpus Christi, came up this
week and will spend the summer
here.
Mr.. It. G. links, of New York, is