San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-05
SCENES In WONDERLAND.

Shipment Of Hogs-After Water
Moying-staid over Miners
Monterey is Safe-RaiIroads.
MONTEREY, Nov. 80.
To the LIGHT
The Americans observed thanks
giving day in Monterey as they never
did before. Every one except those
who were presented by business that
they could not control feasted on the
roast turkey. Mr.. J. W. Sharp, pro-
prietor OF The HIdalgo hotel invited
dinner with him, and
many Of them availed themselves of
1t. The spread was on that was never
elusled ID this city.
SHIPMENT OF HOGS.
On the night of the 23d Messrs.
Stumbling & Lignn, of Llano, Texas,
arrived here wi b carloads OF fat hogs
over the Mexic..u National railway
from Laredo bound for San Luis Po-
tosi. The hogs were put Oft here
THU sday morning to iced and rest.
We saw them at the depot soon after
they were put off the cars and every
one of them locked fat and healthy.
The man that had them In charge
informed US that they were fed at
Waco, McLennsn county, Texas, and
that they would average $50 pounds
each.
AFTER WATER.
On the afternoon of Nov. oath We
took trip with Maj. J. A. Carr to the
artesian we'll that he Is sinking for
the city two blocks west of the Porfirio
Diaz Alameda, where we found Capt.
A. r. Knowles pounding away with
his drill. Capt. Knowles Informed us
that since he took charge (abOut two
weeks ago. that ne was getting along
nicely. He felt confident that he
would find flowing water before he
reached the 1000 foot limit. He also
informed us that he has been engaged
in boring artesian wells for Is years,
and that he never bored we'll where
the indications were as favorable for
getting artesian water as there are
right here at Monterey.
MOVING.
Business over the Monterey and
Mexican Gulf railway has increased
SO rapidly Of late, that they are
crowded for room in front of the gen.
eral Office. Soon after they broke
ground they erected large ware
house, offices and two story board
ing house in front of where they SUBJ
sequently erected the general office;
but now they were in the way, and
on Saturday last they put force OF
men to work to move them about
do IN thar honk
as to make room to put in more sid
ings.
STAYED OVER
J II. Hunter, NJ. D, of Brooklyn.
n. Y, who was on his way to attend
The Medical Conference in the City OF
Mexico stayed over one day In Monte
rev In order to see the city and take
bath in the Topo Chico hot spring.
Msjor j. s. Penn. editor and proprie
tor OF the Laredo Times came up Fri
day morning and is taking course of
Uaths at the springs
MINERS.
Capt. q. Martin, one of the con-
tractors Oh the Mexican international
railway, was in the city this week.
He informed us that after he finished
the road to Durango, he purchased
she Panuco silver and gold mine, and
that he is now developing 1t. This
mine he considers one OF the richest
in the republi AS soon as he gets
through with the tests he is now
making, he will be able to give more
particulars about 1t.
MONTEREY is SAFE.
ko 10
easiness throughout the country
about the approaching comet Some
think that II iG should come In con-
tact with the earth 1t would knock it
into cooked hat, or burn 1t up. Ac-
cording to Prof. Foster, the only
safe plan is to hide in q cave or noun
tain and remain there until the comet
passes by. We all know that
those who go to sea are
liable to be drowned, and
those who stay on shore will
surely die or be burned up by the
comet, so that the only place to avoid
either is to come to Monterey and 60
to Topo Chico hot springs and take a
bath and they will be safe, they have
nothing to fear from the comets,
ocean storms nor cholera.
MORE RAILROADS.
There is every reason to believe
that Monterey will have one or more
railroads in the near future. In the
event that Huntington purchases the
san Antonio and Arkansas Pass rail-
way, he will extend that road to this
city and run q branch to Tampico.
Then there is come talk that the Mat
amoros road will soon be extended to
this city. There is also some talk of
Mr.. Huntington extending q branch
line from some point on the l. Il M.
road to Monterey. EDMOND.
Geo. A. Chsbot and Edward
Wulff had Persia's orchestra out sere-