San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-01-30

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January; aud during those month.
they give the rooms thorough over
hauling and cleaning up. The
| BapIists have one of the largest and
hsudsomest ohurchs in the city the
Catholics excepted.
On the opp )stte corner OF the str eel
is the
| EMACULATE COLLEGE,
Sister Angelo Director. Last veal
they had enrolled 93 pupils and five
teachers. Attached TO this Is a schoo
| for the poor where they teach free Of
expense from 20 to 80 girls.
THE METHODIST COLLEGE
was the next one that we visited
This is presided over by Miss Lille
Roberts, principal. In 1892 they had
ISL pupils, six American and one
Mexican teacher. In addition to this,
they have p girls charity school,
where they instruct them in the bible
and gospel songs.
Last week they broke ground for q
church. 1t will be built of adobe,
brick and stone, size "a 4S, Gothic
roof. Mr.. Leon J.Giraud architect and
builder, of Monterey, has the con-
tract for building it.
The next place that we visited was
ST JOHNS COLLEGE.
Rev. Andre Capp alletti, director.
For 1892 they had enrolled 140 boys
whose age ranged from to Is years.
They employ fourteen teachers, and
keep open ten months in the year.
Two blocks below is the
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE.
Miss Jennie Wheeler, principal.
Last year they had enrolled 81 pupils,
SO were borders. They employ
three Mexican teachers and one Amer
lean. They have adjoining it q
church where they hold regular SER
vices on Sundays and week days.
All of these colleges own their own
kept. The yards, or patios, are full OF
the sweetest OF rose bushes and potted
plants whose sweet aroma perfumes
the halls and the class room. The
only college that we we did not see
any roses or flowers in was the Ma
dero institute. The front yard of that
institute looked like q tow-headed
girl in the plney woods in Arkansas,
that had not been washed or combed
in six months. 1t was not so when
the Rev. w. D. Powell was in charge
In addition to the above schools
and colleges there are six or more
private schools In the city with from
fifteen to twenty-five scholars to each
school. Thus 1t will be seen that
Saltillo is we'll supplied with schools.
1t Is doubtful If there is city of Its
size in the republic that can make ss
good q showing.
IMPROVEMENTS.
There are considerable improve
meuts going Oh here at present. A
number Of new buildings are going up
and the old ones repaired and re-
modelled. Capt. Ysmael Ramos, chief
of police, is now having the finishing
touches put on new house, which he
had erected OH the corner OF Victoria
avenue, fronting the Alan da. The
rooms are beautifully painted and
frescoed.
CITY DOTS
Hon. Jose Ma Cara Galan, COVER
nor of Coahuila, lett for the City of
Mexico. Saturday morning on bust.
elected governor protein.
There will be q bull fight given
next Sunday, the proceeds OF which
will be given to the orphans home
The Mexican National Railway
company have sunk we'll twelve
feet square and fifty feet deep at their
tank in their yard which has IL teet
of permanent water in II. The National
road has been dong splendid busi-
ness this term. There are sixteen
trains leave Saltillo daily, eight going
south and eight north. During the
corn season there was as many as
twelve trains daily each way. To
give an idea of the amount of BUSH
ness that they do at this city Mr.. w.
j. Russell, proprietor of the Railway
Hotel, informed us that they feed
from 200 to $50 persons per day.
Col. J. n. Galbraith, general super
intendeut of the Northern Division,
7. M. Tilley, general superintendent
of bridges; Capt. T.. A. Weed, general
road master and Capt. w. H. Mealy,
superintendent of the San Luis Potosi
division of the National was in the
city Monday.
Capt. Fernandez Martinez, a promi.
nent lumber merchant of Monterey.
spent few days in the city the guest
of his brother-in-law, Hon. john
Waessner, the American consul.
SUNDAY ON THE PLAZA.
Tourists who come to Saltillo
should so arrange their time of leav.
ing home 80 that they could spend
Sunday in the city. 1t is ON Sunday
that the bellies of Saltillo promenade
on the plaza. Last Sunday afternoon
were the following young ladies
whose cheeks were was read rs the
rose, the picture of perfect health.