San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-10

during the TWO WeeKS.
The young ladies were put
through a thorough examination
and they acquitted themselves
handsomely.
The following young ladies grad
uated and received their diplomas.
Misses Carolina Villareal, Maria
Coindrean, Natalia Trevino, Sa-
faela Nillareal, Teresa Nillareal,
Julia Barrera, Delfina Martinez
and Francisco Raminez. The Rev.
JacintO Lopez, d. d., Archbishop
Of Linares, awarded them the di-
plomas, and presented each II Of
them a gold medal.
The st. Joseph college is n Of
the most f1%ourishing institutions
in the Republic. The year just
closed, they had enrolled 300 pupils,
5S of whom were boarders. They
teach ten months in the year, from
| September to June 30th. There are
five principal teachers and eight
assistants. The college is under
the jurisdiction of the Sisters of
Charity, late of San Antonio.
The college is a n story stone
building and covers an entire
block. They have their own water
works, chapel, recitation hall and
play grounds.
They teach in addition to the
above a poor school, for which
they receive no pay. The college
is self sustaining, and the poor
school is supported by the Sisters
of Charity.
A CHURCH DEDICATED.
At ) D.. m. Sunday last the
Holy Trinity church in this city
was dedicated by Archbishop
Lopez, and four priests. The
church was crowded during the
services.
THE HAWK CAUGHT 1T.
While the Monterey base ball
club were practicing, on the even
ing of the 9th, in front of the Mon
terey and Mexican Gulf railway
depot, Col. H.. n. Gibson, at the
bat, knocked a fly and sent it up
out of sight, and made a home
run. Capt. J. A. Cannon, who was
umpiring the game, kept his eye
on the ball, and as it vas disap-
pearing in the air, he saw a hawk
make a dive for it and fly away.
Off went the bird, and carried
the ball about three hundred
yards before it let it drop. This
hawk business looks a good deal
like the story of Jonah swallowing
the whale, or the whale Jonah
(either one is true, no matter which
way you look atit), they swallowed
more than they could digest. AS
soon as the ball was recovered the
umpire was called for a decision.
After consulting all the rules and
authorities he could not find a rule
that applied to the case, but he
decided that it was a fair ball, and
that Mr.. Gibson made a home run.
At the close of the game the
club agreed to offer 500 reward for
that hawk, as they must have
IL " Il ChDV CluOI NllCIl
they play against the base ball
clubs from Texas and the Rio
Grande border. In case they do,
we would suggest that those clubs
get parrots and train them to play
base ball, for they are the only
birds that a outgeneral the
hawks. Sabe!
FOURTH OF JULY.
The Fourth of July will be cele-
brated today by the Americans
and foreigners, as it never was be-
fore. Four trains will start from
Monterey for the San Juan park,
and as your correspondent will
start for there on the 8 o'clock
train, we will give a full account
of it in Our next letter.
PERSONALS.
Hon. Joseph Fitzsimmons, ST.,
and daughter, Miss Rose, of Cor
pus Christi, r on a visit to his
s%on-iu-law and daughter, DIR. G.. f.
Brooks and wife and to assist in
celebrating the Fourth of July, on
the picturesque banks of the Rio
San Juan.
The eXcuse the Judge gave your
correspondent for leaving Corpus
Christi at this time was, that he
didn't care to be down here in
hot weather.
Captain j. A. Mcknight, chief
clerk in the traffic department
Of the Monterey & Mexican Gulf
Railway went to San Antonio last
week to meet his family, who were
on their way from Cincinnati,