San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-21
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
Troops Transport Over the I. & G.
Mother Railroad News.

soldiers. The latest tranSporta-
tions over that road were two COM
panies of United States cavalry
from Fort Reilly, Kansas, to Fort
Mcintosh; twenty cars of soldiers
of the Third cavalry were trans
ferred from Laredo, Texas, to Ell
Reno, Indian Territory, this morn
ing. Eighteen cars of the Fifth
cavalry arrived in the city today
from Fort Supply, 1T, over the
International and Great Northern,
nine cars of which will be station
ed at Fort Sam Houston, and nine
cars at Fort Mcintosh. Two compa-
MES of the Fifth cavalry arrived
this morning from Fort Sill, Okla
homa territory, one company of
which remained in San Antonio,
to be stationed at Fort Sam Hous-
ton, and one company left for Lar
edo, to be stationed at Fort McIn-
tosh. Two troops of Third
cavalry left for Laredo at 8
o'clock this morning and arrived
at the International and Great
northern depot in this city at 3
o'clock this afternoon. They are
enroute to Fort Reno, /. L. The
third cavalry has been quartered
at Fort Sam Houston since 1856
and goes frem here to Ell Reno, |.
r.. The fifth cavalry will take the
place of the third cavalry, at Fort
Sam Houston and Mcintosh.
The Southern Pacific has handled
five cars of soldiers, which were
transported to Fort Clark. A
number of troops also came from
North Dakota.
A RAILROADER'S FORTUNE.
Hank Small, the superintendent
of buildings and bridges of the
Southern Pacific, has returned
from his ranch, eighteen miles
east of San Marcos. Mr.. Small has
discovered a specimen of ore on
his ranch, which is suspected of
being very valuable. The ore con-
tains about 40 per cent of copper
and 10 per cent of silver bearing.
Mr.. Small will send specimen to
geOlogist. Mr.. Small had a narrow
escape from an accident in
runaway on arriving at San
Marcos. The mules hitched to the
ambulance conveying him from
the depot to the hotel, became
frightened and ran about a mile
before they could be stopped. The
driver was thrown out of the
vehicle and received few scratches
and bruises, but was not seriously
hurt. Mr.. Small, who was not
thrown out, stopped the team.
SOME FINE CATTLE.
James A. Pryor, chief clerk for
the Southern Pacific at Eagle Pass,
has ordered a carload of fine live
stock from Durham, n. c., among
which will be fine Durham bull
worth $4,000. The cattle will be
shipped in and Arms Palace car
to Eagle Pass. Mr.. Pryor was
manager Of the well known Lips
comb ranch at Luling two years
ago.
COUPLING PINS.
The dispatchers of the Southern
Pacific have just disposed of two
dozen quart bottles of the new
champaign beer, which was pre-
sented to them by Mr.. Otto Koch
Ter, of the City Brewery. The dis
patchers say the new stuff is ex-
quisite and that it went exceeding
ly well. Next!
One car of New York steamer
freight was received at the South
ern Pacific freight house yesterday
for the A. B. Frank Co.
L. Benedict, chief clerk for Hank
Small, has gone to Austin to at
tend the commencement exercises
of the st. Edwards college.
a free-for-all fight between en-
ployes of the Southern Pacific took
place yesterday morning at one
o'clock in saloon on Austin street,
near the Southern Pacific depot.
The crowd was taken to the police
station in the new hoodlum wagon.
Fifty cars of steamer freight
passed through the city yesterday
over the Southern Pacific from
New York enroute to San Fran
cisco.
Charles Reynolds, formerly pas.
senger brakeman between San An.
tonic and Sanderson on the Sun.
set, has taken the run between
Spofford junction and Eagle Pass
beginning today.
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