San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-05
SCATTERING NOTES.

| FIlud4, IL UellS NoJ'
The variety shows are not making much
money, and 40 not pay bills as promptly
as when Scnacklet was in the business.
The big keno game is in full blast across
the San Pedro again. As IL Is nearing
| election time the officers can wink both
eyes.
A new beer saloon, run by two sisters OF
| Mother Eve has opened doors for 0u:l-
ness al the corner of East and Nueva
streets.
Now is the time the sanitary officers
should get "a move oil himself. The sec
Ond ward needs attention very badly.
An ex-chronic grand juryman who al
ways took special delight IN helping Inc
officers extract money from the women IN
| the big mansions, has about nlty negro
women prostitutes renting MS houses III
the second ward.
No city or county Office holder owns any
stock In the LIGHT. Ihe paper owes al
leglance 10 NO faction or combination,
and is the organ only Tor the people.
If men will gamble, with the consert OF
| the officers, let them patronlZe only the
square dealing" houses, run by respon-
SibIe men.
Omen gambling is preferable to skin
games run in little back rooms, but be-
ware of shops where boys and intoxicated
| men are allowed 10 play. lis there
| where the lambs are teeced.
Immigration of the Indians from Next
| co will soon begin TO pour In as the cleo
] tion approaches.
The people are glad that the Arkansas
| Pass railway will not figure In the elec-
| tion this fall The new management are
first class railroad men, and IT is positive,
| ly asserted will stick close 10 business and
not NEEDLE in local politics.
The Joske Brothers almost doubled
| their business the past month-the fruits
| of liberal advertising.
San Antonio needs large retail
| grocery store, run on modern principles
one that is not afraid TO do a little ad-
yertising. for the benefit OF their custom
| erS.
The man is of very small ealibre, when
he thinks he should dictate to the news
paper what should ne put In or left out,
because he puts in IL small advertise
ment. The sensible business man adver-
tises because it pays him TO do so. The
charity patron don't keep up live
paper.
Six of San Antonio's reliable banks ad-
vertiSe in the LIGHT, but none OF them
think they own the editors.
The dog tax medals bear the imprint of
Chicago manufacturer. Why could
they not have been made in San Antonio.
There is 10 sense in sending this money
away from home.
Haas & Oppenheimer and Wolff &
Marx are carrying full stocks OF fine
goods this season and report good bust
ness. The advertising men, however, are
little modest.
ha In tnh ha Lie ODD
tised bargains. By reading the LIGHT
they know just where To go when out
shopping.
l.. 7. Peck will make a trip north in a
few weeks to buy large stock of furni-
ture for the fall and winter trade. Fur
ther announcement will appear in the
LIGHT.
The old reliable music house of Goggan
& Bro, contemplate enlarging their store.
and will, when completed. have one of
the finest establishments of the kind in
the south.
1t is hard for born faker TO stick to
few of these kind of people in San An
tonic.
The gold cure has a peculiar effect on
young man in San Antonio, for every
time he meets with newspaper man he
wants to take a drink.
Manager RiSche contemplateS putting
in fans in his Houston street theatre,
which will be an appreciated improv-
ment.
The story about the early bird catching
the worm does not seem to apply to the
San Antonio office hunter. They seem to
be afraid TO announce in the papers. Out
of several hundred prospective candidates
only three have published their desire.
The registration and Australian bills
become law July 18th. Let the people
tions be prepared to see that the law is
honestly executed.
Dutch a we'll known-S San Antonio
sport, says San Antonio is the best town
in the country to ply his fake schemes.
He didn't mind dividing his winnings
| with the officers, but the ten days in jail
was injurious to his constitution
Some of the owners of the old broken
| down vehicles drive right in front of a
running street car as If the company was
amply able to buy them new outfit.
If some of the insurance agents were
| little more careful in the character of
| their risks, many of the fire bugs would
disappear.
The Epson Bergstrom- CaIlagan 4th OF
July convention did not catch as many
| flies as they anticipated. Too much gall
and vinegar for the Schramm swarm.
If the police will please call around near
| South Concho and MatamOrOs streets
streets about the hours between 10 and 2
at night they can capture a whole bag
full OF foul mouthed women who carry
on their disgusting business, much to the
annoyance of several respectable fami-
lies.
Don't bury your money in an old sock,
but call around and invest in some of the
fine bargains offered Dy Jno. T. HANDLE
ton & Co.
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