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MONTEREY. April 6. 1892. |

MONTEREY. April b, lS92.
To the San Antonio LIGHT:
Mr.. Frank Brown, Jr., of Austin
Texas, G. r. Burr, of Denver, Colora-
do, and Messrs. A. E. Croker and q
party of New York city spent several
days In this city with view Of pur.
chasing all the street car lines. and
substituting electric motive power.
After getting the lowest cash price
that the companies would take tor
their roads the above parties left for
home to consult their associates, and
in the event that they purchase the
roads they will commence at once to
put in an electric motive power, and
emancipate the mules. AS the party
have q cash capital Of 100000 to
commence work with there will not
be any delays for want of funds. In
the event that the trade Is made tho
governor will grant them q liberal
concession.
THE MONTEREY WEEKLY NEWS.
Last Monday evening Messrs Kan
non and Turner issued the first
number of the Monterey Weekly
News. 1t il q four page paper X II
inches and 1t was full of news, and
gotten up in the best style of the
"Art Preservation" The readir G
matter and ads are all in English
Edmond bids them welcome and
trusts that the News may grow
larger and better as it grows older.
WHO WERE HIS PARENTS? q.
Mr. Carlas Luna, a prominent citi-
zen of Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon,
Mexico, sent us through Major Jules
A. Randle. of this city the following:
"There was an American boy given
to Mexican family in the early part
of 1884. He was then between three
and four years old. It is now believed
that the child was stolen from his
parents by the woman that left him
with the family. He does not recol.
lect anything about his parents and
he he's forgotten his mother lam
guage. ...---..-...--
He has light: blue eyes, fair COM
plexiou. light t: 20 'o:ed har, gco1
forehead, prominent backhead and
ne is very intelligent. He does not
recollect what his name was when
stolen from his parents, but he is sat-
isfied that the woman that he is iiv-
ing with came in possession of him
wrnngfully."
Should the parents of the boy be
hea d from Mr.. carlos Luna, and your
CORES pondent, E. Levsn, will assist
them in getting possession of their
bay. Mr.. Levan requests the Ameri-
can Press to publish the above.
A MODERN scHooLHoUsE.
Messrs, Giraud, Daugherty & Co.
have the contract for building a
modern style two story brick school
house in this city for the Rose Bud
Missionary Society. Virginia. The
building is 45x50, stone foundation
with q handsome broken roof; hip
and gables, finished with handsome
bracket cornice and all the projections
finished with iron cresting. The
building is well Lit and ventilat-
ed, and furnished throughout with
the latest and best seats and desks.
Mr.. Charles Carroll the architect OF
the above firm, drew the plans, and
he is experimenting its construction.
The estimated cost is SIC, 900. The build
ing Is being erected on the boulevard
in front of the Geraud Daugherty &
Co. factory. When finished it will be
the handsomest school house in the
Republic. The Rev. B. q. Marsh
the local missionary of the Methodist
church in Monterey will have charge
OF the school.
CITY DOTS.
Last Saturday was observed as 8
holiday, and 1t was celebrated In
memory of the battle of Pueblo
which was fought on the End April
1867 by General, now President Por-
firio Diaz Flags were flying all day
from the principal buildings, and ii
the afternoon and night there was
music on the plaza which was dec
GRATED for the occasion. and at night