San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-21
SUBURBAN NOTES.
Gossip Gathered From Games,
Grounds and Gardens-Sociai
Sketches and Church

Sketches and Church
Cuttings.
Seven candidates for baptism will
be baptized at the First Baptist
church fount tomorrow night. all of
whom joined during the prOtracted
meetings at the Pros peet Hill Baptist
church and they will all be members
of that church. The names of the
Schuchardt, Caroline White, Eva
Craig, Kittie Sprague and Messrs.
John Schnehardt and Pace.
The Prospect Hill Baptist church
will give big .out door entertain
ment at their church on West Com
MERGE street July lStR. Refresh
ments of all kinds Will be served
cheap.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rankin and Mrs. Liv-
ingstone, for q long time residents of
Prospect hill leave for Arkansas Mon
day, June q, to spend the summer.
They will be greatly missed by their
friends on the hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Finley, who tor some
time have been residing on Prospect
Hill, will leave for Monterey, Mexico
on about the l9th of July. They will
make that city their future home.
Miss Jennings, of Tennessee, is Wis
iting Miss Haroldson at the latter
young lady's home on Prospect Hill.
The Baptist Lady's Aid Society
will hold their union meeting at the
Prospect Hill Baptist church, Tues
day, July 18th.
Miss Carrie White, one of the most
charming young ladies on Prospect
Hill, is visiting friends and recuper-
ating out of the city.
The International Gun club. which
held its shoots on Prospect Hill, has
broken up. Most of it's members will
join the San Antonio Gun club and
continue to practice at Lakeview.
Saturday afternoons thunder
storm, which passed around the city,
blew down several trees south of
town, along the river.
Every afternoon large crowds are
seen going to Alamo Heights.
The new boats 90 the Olmos at
Alamo Heights were constantly in
demand Sunday afternoon. The. old
ones were also kept working.
A large number OF new boats have
been received by the West End Com
pany and are now in the shops, being
put in ship shape" On coming out
they will be placed on the lake, I'M
der the charge of the Ellison
brothers.
Since last August the water in the
West End lake has fallen over three
feet.
The work of sinking two new ar
tesian wells at West End is to be
commenced soon to supply the greatly
needed water in the lake. If water is
struck 1t will be great benefit to the
lake, which is drying up.
Quite o number of names have re-.
Gently been signed to the list of mem.
bers Of the Lakeview Boating club.
This venture will probably be great
success.
Riverside Park is being used to
pasture stock in.
The ruins of the old adobe house
just this side of Riverside Park are
getting the name of haunted house.
several persons claim to have been
hailed there by q man while passin .
by. These all say that as soon a.
they saw him they whipped up their
horses and got away. Had he sue.
ceeded in stopping them, they would
probably find him very live ghost
especially were he to relieve them o.
their surplus cash. A small load O.
buckshot would stop this gentleman.
pranks.
Recently several new houses have
gone up about Government Hill, ant
also several real estate transfers o.
Importance have occurred.