San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-07
HEARD AROUND TOWN.

| V.
! How can Mayor Paschal expect tC
make a square peg fit round hole?
| Judge NConan reads the law straight
and lets the chips fall where they may
This is called a Fat Day." for the
street sprinklerS.
| The oratorio of st. Paul chorus rehears-
| ed last night.
A number of post ladies and gentlemen
attended the play at the Grand last night.
A number Of the Alamo wheelmen were
out riding last night.
There was a surprise party on Austin
| street last night.
The San Antonio Medical association
will meet tonight
The chief of the fire department still
hangs fire. The city council might ad =
VertiSe for one.
The present fire chief is filling his job
satisfactorily. Better keep him than to
pick up some untried man.
The fat pums are nearly all picked,
without being barely touched by the
pruning knife.
Who is to be Inspector of lakes and
shooting club grounds? Chance for an
other office.
The Wheelman's club should try and
ride on the bicycle.
West End catches on again; Mr..
Scheidemantel Is holding down a job in
the clerks office. A good selection.
Each suburban addition should have a
special pOliceman-prOviding they pay
for it themselves.
The rains will make the grass grow
fast, and we will have fat cattle. The
live real estate agent should get move
on himself
Much of the Objectionable features of
the variety show is removed by cutting
off the all night dances.
When Nat LAWSON" and "Johny
Thompson?" get before the recorder now
the LIGHT will publish their full names.
There is handsome display in Pecks
big show window today Of Reed and
Rattan furniture.
Spring suits are blooming out, and the
merchants all carry fullStOckS.
The good rains will make real estate
sitter. Now is the time to invest, Ask
John T. IIambetOn.
Col breckenridge driver celebrated his
birthday anniversary at Alamo Heights
last night, and dance was enjoyed.
We hope the new engineer will not in
trOduce some new "fandangle' ideas,
and move the street and fence lines again.
Tonight the Mclean Circle of Charac-
ter Builders will give social at Trinity
| church.
John Green. who had his hand bruised
while at work on the Southern Pacific, is
| much improved.
The prize shoot by the San Antonio
Gun club was a success Sunday afternoon
| at Lakevew.
The pruning knife is trimming at the
wrong end. What is the use Of city en-
gineer and a street commissioner, with
| only 81. Is in the treasury.
II. Test was another victim Of the
petty forger He caShed a check for SIS
payable to Charles Johnson and on which
the name of Duggar IL krOeger were
forged.
Officer Schumacher has made a good Of
tcer, and his long service should be SUI
fCient endorsement for his retention
Politicians are nearly all possessed of
bad memories, and soon forget promises
made before the election.
One Of Mr.. CalIaghan'S greatest pOlit
| cal mistakes was the appointment OF Mr..
Peck as chief OF the fire department.; not
| that Mr.. Peck has made a good and eff
| cicnt chief, but because he was stranger
and he had plenty of home folks to select
from. fully as competent
If the city council were really convinced
| that PancOaS', Lock. Nelson, and other
| applicants were not fully competent for
| the position Of city engineer, and that
| they had TO take stranger, why did they
| not advertise, and throw wide open the
| door of competition to the whole country.
| Then we could have had the pick of the
| best.
The LIGHT hopes to be able to present
some interesting biographical sketches of
| the new appOintces to city offices, shortly
| after the list is completed. Some OF these
| notices may be historical, but will not
| contain much tatfy. They will be written
| as viewed from public standpoint.