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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1892-02-29
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1892-02-29
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Grepeinet, &ibot, Bourgeois, &ouuier,
0opille nnb &ode iinO aud int neuen
Winiiterium geblieben.
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1892-02-29

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26 Solebab>StraBe, San Mntonio.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12

"A building permit has been is
sued to @ Gehweiler, for the erection
of q lum Der stable a1d carriage house,
on the east side of North Flores street,
to cost 800
There were no deaths recorded up
to noon today.
w. :. Lee reports q mare as miss
ing from his stable. It is probably
stolen.
AT a meeting of the bicycle club
Wednesday night q proposition from
the Euglewood promoters will be
presented. They propose donating a
fine track and club house.
Col. E r. Lane and P J Lewis
are looked upon as candidates who
go before the Kerrville senatorial con.
ven ton on the Goth.
The Ladies Worlds Fair society
will give tea Wednesday night.
Deputy Sheriff McClusky took q
United States prisoner TO Laredo yes.
terday.
d.. Y 3 VJsburgh received q
telegram Saturday afternoon from
Pittsburg, Pa. to the effect that his
mother WIS at the point OF death
from the effects of n severe attack of
typhoid fever. He left on the nine
O'Clock train that evening Tor that
point and will remove his mother to
New York City.
Sam Dryer has gone to Rich.
mond, Ind, where DIVERS Bros.
mare, Msdge Hstton. will go for a
purse of $1,000, on the 18th instant.
The newly constructed hill boards
on East Commerce street were blown
down last night by the strong wind.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12

Judge Julius Schutze asked the attOr-
Alderman Santleben holding two offices,
alderman and registrar. The attorney
generals Office assistant, w. J. J. Smith
replied:
dear Sir -Your letter of Aug 30 has
been received. This department is pro-
hibited by law from advising private per-
sons and can advise only certain state,
district or county officers upon matters
relating to their official duties when re-
quested by them. For this reason we
regret our inability to give You an official
opinion upon the subject of your inquiry
UnOfficially. however, you are advised
that if the office Of alderman of San An
tonic is one of emoluments, it cannot be
held and exercised concurrently with the
office of registrar of votes by the same
person.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12
knights and Ladies of Bonor.

The local lodges of the Knights and
Ladies of Honor celebrated the 18th an
niverSary OF the order at Mission garden
Saturday night with a ball and supper.
There were fully 200 present, and very
enjoyable time was spent
The arrangements were perfect. even
tn the supper, which was served at IL
o'clock.
The membership of this order is now
about $1,000. 1t has paid in benefits the
colossal sum of SC, 1901 in policies from
$500 to $1,000. 1t furnishes life insurance
merely at cost. and rs therefore Deserve :
ly popular. The local lodges are the
Alamo and Germania. The arrange
ment committee was composed as follows:
Theo. Engelhardt, Mrs. Hauser. John
Bosshardt, Amanda Spain, Mrs Rosy,
Anna NJ. Besshardt, VIM. Kypfer, Emelie
Nordmann. Mrs. Gruetzner, Mrs. Sulnon,
Mrs. Deseve.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12
A Pleasant Gathering.

A most pleasant occasion was enjoyed
last evening by a number Of people at the
residence of Mrs Chas Winzmann on
Starr street. The occasion being a social
party given in honor of Miss Emma Egg
CART, of New Braunfels. The few hours
were pleasantly spent in social converse
tioh, singing and in partaking of refresh
ments. The comic songs rendered by +.
w. Kuphn were excellent and added to
the social feature of the event. Among
those in attendance were noticed: Mr..
and Mrs. Gus WeSenburg. Mr. and Mrs.
A. l.. Schulz. Mr.. and Mrs X. Scher,
Misses Emma and Olga Eggart. Clara
Lehman, MesSrs Albert Detz, AID Leh-
mann, +. w. Kuehn and Joe Pale
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12
POLITICAL NOTES.
BY AN OLD BIRD.

Wash Jones, it is announced. takes
the stump for Nugent. Col. Jones Is
also reported as giving his opinion
that the race for governor is between
Clark and Nugent. Wash Jones lie
by far the ablest deoater in the state;
He drove Judge Ireland from. the
stump in the gubernatorial race in
which they were opposing candi-
dates, and is the most powerful &C
cession Nugent has secured. In this
grinding political mill there is no
telling whose grist will come out
first,
The Federal election law seems to
be the straw at which the democratic
party is gra noiug TO save itself from
the flood. Tammany sends up die
NAL howl over the force bill and
would nave the country believe that
the "nigger in the wood pile"
threatens the destruction of American
liberty. The white republicans Of
the south have already done much to
eliminate the force bill as an issue.
because of their stand against the
policy and necessity of such law.
Why should Tammany feel so sensi-
tive. The colored voters of the south
no longer vote the republican ticke
as . race, and the electlon laws of the
southern states will afford them the
same protection as that .meted out to
the white voter 1t is certainly q
desperate condition that forces the
national democratic party to the ropes,
where the only escape from being
knock ed out depends upon the force
bill dodge. Harrison is n sure winner.
In the political discussion Of Issues
in our state there does not seem to be
any real difference between HOgg and
Clark. Both claim to be genuine DEM
ocrats, but there is a gulf between the
democratic party as represented by
Hogg and Clark and the repu blicans
and third party candidates; q gulf
that the people are not Glow ia appre
ciatiug. The republican party stands
by the established policy OF the Amer.
lean people; the third party Is made
up of new isms; the democratic party
sticks to its bourbonism.
Even the name democracy lie associ.
ated with all that the people of Texas
wish to get rid of. Clark is trying tC
paint that old name upon q new ban
ner and make the people believe II IL
something different from the same
democracy that Hogg flsunts in the
face Of the people.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12
Another Boy Kicked.

The 13-yPar old son of ex Policeman
Charles Redding was accidentally kicked
on the head yesterday afternoon on Gov
ernment Hill, while he was walking be-
hind a horse. The boy received an ugly
blew on the right side of his face, which
will lay BIN up for several days. though
he is not seriously injured.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12
To the Voters and Citizens of Bexar
County.

We. the undersigned citizens. do hereby
certify that on or about the seventh day
of Feb. 1891. we were at the Santa Clara
place, better known as VIM. Jonas saloon
or garden. at the time it was said that
Judge ). w. McAllister made the remark
dam the Dutch" We 90 hereby state
that this is false in every particular, and
we know this was stated by a party, whose
name we withhold and who was working
in the interest of another candidate TO
defeat Joe McAIlister of that ward for
alderman. We are ready and willing to
go before notary public aud make oath
TO the above at any time We heard
everything that was said by Judge Meal
lister as we were standing near him at
the time they claim this remark was
made, Respectfully,
SAMUEL w. MORRIS,
PETER KILLED.,
II. c. SMITH.
i. T. JOHNSON.
SAM WERSHAUER.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12
DR.. Hathaway,
J.sRoADFooT.M. D.. Assistant
Regular Grsduates.)
The Leading Specialist OF the South and wes.
Private, Blood, Skin and Nervous Diseases
YOUNG Men

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acts Of imrpud-
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fer from Nery-
one Debility,
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drainson he
fountains OF Life
affecting tn
smind, body an
manhood sfoul
4 consult the cele-
brated Or
Hat h a w ay
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smember nerv-
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with or withoot
dreams,or debil.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12
He Was jealous.

Last night Mounted Officers Brown and
Beck were called 10 the house kept by
Claud Duval, on ConchO street. On their
arrival they were told of a case of beat
ing and striking and that one Henry Mil
Ter was the guilty person. Miller was ar
rested Just as he was being driven away
in hack. and charge of beating and
striking preferred against him. When
the case came up in the recorders court
rhiS morning. the evidence proved that
Miller had gone to this house. told an in
mate, wnom he had been friend to, that
he was tired of her ways and intended
killing her. A few harsh words were had
between the parties concerned and Miller,
after having gotten the girl out on the
gallery, threw her down and violently
abused her, after which he caught her by
the hair and dragged her TO the hack.
Miller was fined $40 for his rude actions.
NnEGT D6IrES
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12
WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING

for Jewelry, permit us to remark that
our stock is worth examining. A pur-
chase of Jewelry is very properly made
with more solicitude and care than is ex-
ercised in buying groceries. The latter
are quickly consumed, and, if unsatis-
factory, better goods can be bought next
time. An investment in Jewelry is made
once for all, and, if satisfactory, the diff
fculty can't be remedied. Hence the
necessity for care and wisdom of dealing
with reliable firms. Every article We
sell is exactly what we represent it and
every statement we make can be relied
upon.
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Brokers and Jewellers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12

FINE VEHICLES-LOWEST PRICES
At:Johnson's Carnage Repository. I'm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12
FOR RENT.

A nice show window and Office room.
uouire at No. q f. Commerce street. II
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12

Cards, envelopes, and al, kinds of com
merclal printing, DOM. at The LIGHT Office
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12
Or. S. BURG,
BILL EEAps LETTER HEADS,

Late Physician Imp hospital Vienna
Office Re ter Building, Alamo Plaza.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-09-29
searinr : Rinked Ror.

One of the irrepressible small boys of
the tough species started In to have
some fun in crowded car on the Sixth
avenue elevated road the other night.
He sat in the middle of the car and first
attracted attention by mewing like a
cat. Then he yelped like dog and
grunted like pig. AT first his noises
caused smile, but their persistent rep
etition caused annoyance, which in
creased with each succeeding noise
The 1newing, the yelping and the grlnt-
ing became SO aggravating that each
man in the car felt that he would like
to throw the boy out Of the window.
Manly dignity, however, forbade their
getting into an alteration with small
boy. But there was one person in the
car who was not restrained by manly
dignity. That person was Of the femi-
nine gender, trifie advanced in years,
but with a muscular figure and stern
expression on her face.
She tried for several minutes to silence
the boy with frowns and gestures, but
those were of no avail. When her pa
tience reached its limit she stretched out
one arm, and seizing the boy by the col
lar exclaimed in wrathful voice: "See
here, my lad, you stop your yelpiqg and
your grunting right away or III give
YOU something to yelp and grunt for.
Do you hear me9" The boy was as quiet
as q kitten for the rest of the journey
New York Times.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-09-29
Inhabltant. Of the Caucasus.

The Georgians of the Caucasus are
nice looking men-one or two decidedly
handsome, in an unkempt sort of way.
skins. gray eyes and remarkably broad,
thick eyebrows. are their most promi-
nent characteristics. Looking at them,
one can believe that the Georgian wom-
en- deserve their fame better than good
many reputed beauties. Their dress
consists of three principal garments
long outer coat Of serge, called tcho-
cha (not kaftan, which is q short coat;
a lighter one of linen underneath, called
archaluch, and confined by q leather
belt or kamari, and a pair Of tight
trousers thrust into high boots Of the
regular oriental pattern. Some Of them
have invested in patent leather shoes,
which shows that they have an eye for
western glitter. The length of the
tchocha and the high boots make them
look taller than they are. They seem
big men, but the tallest hardly reaches
5 feet 0 inches, and most OF them are
considerably shorter-as indeed BELTS a
race of horsemen.
They carry three weapons-sword,
dagger and pistols-all of antique make,
and for the most part elaborately inlaid
with silver. The sword, or chmali, is
very much curved, almost the shape OF
a Persian scimeter, with beautifully
worked haft. The dagger, or hanjali, is
a weapon in the use of which they are
peculiarly expert.-London Saturday
Review
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-09-29
PRICE ONE CENT
OFF THE eATTeRY.

Tugs and Ferryboats In a Tangie. and .
Girl In Red Who Liked Gum.
A few minutes i3afosc noon the other
day tow of twen,y.two loaded canal
boats swung briskly around the Battery
from the North river. The column was
formed of four fours and two threes.
and was headed by two big tugs. On
one of the canalboats girl In vivid
red calico dress and with hare legs
swung in a hammock and chewed ,yuln
There was a strong ebb tide, so when
the big tugs with their unusually long
tow lines had puffed up the East river
almost to the foot of Wall street and
had slowed up, the twenty-five canal
boats bounded back like balls at the end
of rubber cords, lifting the two lines
dripping from the water.
The line of boats wrapped itself snug
ly across the openings of five ferry slips
Five ferryboats wanted to get out and
could not. Five ferryboats-the Bay
Ridge. Staten Island, South Brooklyn,
Hamilton avenue and Atlantic street.
wanted to get in and could not. They
all whistled hoarsely, and the passengers
crowded to the sides of the boats 10 see
what was the matter.
Thousands of people on tho ten locked
in and locked out ferryboats saw the
red girl in the hammock, but she swung
and chewed unconcernedly.
The river became dotted with tug
boats which wanted to get in other slips,
or which just puffed up along to see the
row. The biggest of the big tugs at the
head of the tow whistled for assistance,
and six tugs glided up alongside of the
csnalboats and made fast. Then mo-
body seemed to know just what was
wanted and deafening lot of whistle
signals were sounded.
The captains of the ten ferryboats be-
gan making impolite remarks to the
captains of the eight tugs; the deck
hands ON the ferryboats became pur-
pie in the face with suppressed emo
tions; the deckhands of the canalboats
drowned the screaming whistles with
strange oaths such as are used to exhort
towpath mules, and thousands OF de-
layed passengers were bathed in sympa-
thetic perspiration, but that bare legged
| girl swung on.
The wharves became lined with idlers,
who gave advice. Policemen appeared.
Other ferryboats, lighters, tenders, an
nexes, transports and more tugs came
up. They all whistled. The delayed
passengers lost their sympathy; the cap
tains ceased 10 swear for the want of
breath; the deckhands howled hoarsely,
and when everybody was on the verge
of dissolution thecanalboats were pushed
up against the wharves where they be-
lOnged.
The girltip the red calico gown swung
peacefully and chewed her gum in placid
meditation. York Sun.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-09-29

The peach is always beautiful in
flower, but occasionally some individual
tree is almost startling in its attractive
ness. The rule seems to be that the
finer sorts of peaches have less conspicu-
ous bloom. The handsomest trees In
flower are the wild ones along the way
side in Kentucky, Missouri and Arkan-
sas Some of these ought to be selected
and treated purely as Towering trees
Cherries, so far as know, do not have
blossoms which sport into colors, bat
a morello is sufficiently attractive In
white. 1t is a complete globe OF flowers,
and small enough to occupy place In
an ordinary shrubbery. Then, too, 1t
has capacity for blooming when very
young, and tree three years old will
burst into miniature flower garden
three or four feet in diameter.
There are few shrubs which can rival
the beauty of ounce tree in full
bloom. had a small orchard of forty
of these trees covered with flowers and
it was a superb spectacle. grew few
of them in my shrubbery for the sake of
the flowers alone, although the pale
flower is delight to the eye. There are
few finer shrubs than the dwarf apples,
and both the apples and cherries can be
managed very readily in this way.-Cor.
Garden and Forest.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-09-29

In India diamonds are found in allu-
vial workings and in the original gangue
or bedrock. So far diamonds have been
found in stu, both in the upper and
lower Vindhyan rocks. These consist
of series of shales, limestones and
sandstones, cut up and much mixed with
intrusions of trap. A species Of con-
glomerate made up OF what looks like
felted hornblende, with embedded peb-
bles of jasper, serpentine, quartz and
sandstones is the matrix in which the
diamond is found.
When exposed to the action of the
weather, as in shallow workings, this
conglomerate is OF q rusty brown color
and very friable, so that it can be readi-
ly broken and the gangue washed away,
leaving the pebbles, which are of a
white, red, blue and green color. A
load of gangue yields about a quart of
pebbles, and if from this a carat weight
ot diamonds is recovered the mine is
considered worth working.
Overlying the diamond conglomerate
are beds of hard sandstones and shales,
which have to be cut through before the
diamond gangue is met. In the deep
mines the gangue is extremely hard
and tough and OF green blue color. It
requires months of exposure to the at
mosphere and frequent sprinklings with
water before the matrix becomes suffi-
ciently friable to obtain the pebbles
without breaking them.
All attempts to crush the matrix with
out destroying the included diamonds
have hitherto failed, and owing to the
long delay before the results are known,
the natives seldom work the conglomer-
ate in the rock workings unless 10 is
somewhat decomposed and softened by
the weather. The pebbles are about the
size of hazelnuts and are generally
Opaque. The presence Of green pebbles
is considered good sign by the native
miners. Mining and Engineering.