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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-12-28

This morning at 10 o'clock the
examining trial of hnDailey, fore
man of work train No. 2, Of the
Southern Pacific, was begun at
Flatonia. Daley, in company with
Dick Smith, assistant foreman, is
under arrest, charged with intent
to murder. The trouble grew out
of the following causes, as obtained
by a reporter for the LIGHT from
an eyewitness:
On the night of December 90 a
party of about ten men took pos
session of the railway company's
hand-cars and used them at will,
and trespassed on the company's
property at the objection of Fore
man Daley. Finally the men took
their departure after being almost
driven off the premises. They re-
turned the following night, how
ever, and attacked Foreman Daley
and Assistant Foreman Smith
with rocks. The latter were
overpOwered and had to pro-
tect themselves as best they could.
A conflict ensued and several shots
were fired. After the smoke had
cleared away it was found that
three of the aggressors were shot.
Their names are Joe Wheeler,
who was shot in the calf of the
leg; Fickeiland, shot in the left
arm, and Ben Rose, shot in the
mouth. A ball hit tooth in Roses
mouth and passed cut through his
neck. None of the wounded are
dead and all are expected to re-
cover.
Daley and Smith were immedi-
ately arrested after the shooting,
but were released from Jail at the
instigation of Roadmaster Blue, as
the mems services were urgently
required for the work train. They
did not give bail, but were released
under the care Of guard.
Mr.. Blue left for Flatonia last
night to attend the trial. The SYM
pathy of the citizens of Flatonia is
with the railroad company.
Attorney Lane, Of the firm Of
Brown, Lane & Jackson, LaGrange,
is representing the defense in be-
half of the railroad company.
SPARKS FROM THE ENGINE.
Over five hundred circulars were
sent out today from the passenger
department of the San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass to all parts
Of the United States, adver-
tising the advantages Of southwest
Texas for homeseekers' excursions,
which are expected down this way
in short while. The first eXcur-
sion of that kind will leave for
southwest Texas on January 9.
A. D. Davis, stenOgrapher for
General Freight and Passenger
Agent f. J. Martin, of the San An
tonic and Arkansas Pass, has re-
turned from a trip to Denison,
where he had been to spend Christ
mas with friends and relatives.
William Berry, superintendent
of roadway and buildings of the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass,
with headquarters at Yoakum, was
in the city yesterday and left for
home today.
w. II. Abel, travelling passenger
agent for the Chicago and Alton
is spending Christmas week in the
Alamo City.
w. G. Wilson, operator at Spot
ford on the Southern Pacific, is in
town on pleasure.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-12-28
SECOND ANNUAL BALL,
Given by the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trimmer.

Given by the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trimmer.
Turner hall was well filled last
night with all classes of railroad
men, their gentlemen and lady
friends. The occasion was the sec
ond annual ball of the G. Spangler
lodge No. 80, Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen. The various rail-
way signals, white, green, red and
blue lights, including two large
headlights, constituted the decOra-
tions of the hall and nicely ar
ranged. The gathering was one
solely of gaiety and pleasure and
not a sad face was in sight to mar
the occasion.
At midnight supper was an
nounced and dancing was suspend
ed until l o'clock, when the Twen-
ty-third Infantry band, which was
engaged to furnish the music, COM
menced on the last twelve numbers
Of the long programme.
The following gentlemen were on
the various committees: Floor
committee, F. Griffin, ]. Lane, C..
S.Barlow, ]. T. HARRISON, F. E. Tut
tie, C. l.. Boone, A. c. Hereford
and w. L. Davies; arrangement
committee, Messrs. futile, Barlow
and Boone; reception committee.
Messrs. Shangle, Gale, Polian,
Irvine, Pagan, Propes and Carr.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-12-28
Building Permits.

The following building permits
were issued since last report:
n. p. Wright, addition to dwell
ng, North Colorado street; $3.50
Mrs. NJ. Gentzen, addition to
dwelling, Gibbs street; $500.
n. Guerra, addition to dwelling,
CopeZ street; $40.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-12-28
WAGNER & CHABOT
THE FAIR.
TROUBLE AT FLATONIA.
RAILROAD MEN CHARGED WITH
INTENT TO MURDER.

Ten Men of Flatonia Proceed to
Spend Christmas at the Expense of
The Railroad Company and Three
Are Shot-The Examining Trial
Begun This Morning - Railroad
News.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-12-28
ONE ENJOYS

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-12-28
Diaries for 1894

AT Mic Tengg's, 900 West Com
merce street. II % st
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-12-28
NOTICE.

The San Antonio Gas Co.'s office
has been removed to corner VIllita
and Presa Sts., adjoining the cleo
trio light station Of the company.
Call or telephone orders for gas,
electric light. coal and coke. Guar
antee prompt delivery of coal and
coke at $3.50 per ton. Gas stoves
and heaters always on hand and in
operation. San Antonio Gas Com
pany. Telephone No. %. IL 30 limo
Sweet Catawba and Texas Wines
Excellent quality, at $1.OO per
gallon, at L. Kunkel's, 1873 North
Flores street. l04 3m
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09
Why She CouIdn,t Marry.

From Smith, Gray & Co.'S Monthly.l "Well, when are you and Charlie Legge
 going to be married"
 This question was put by Mabel East
 lake, to her freind Rachel Bowe, with the
 freedom that intimate companions among
 the gentle sex are wont to catechise each
 other on love matters. "Never!" "Do you mean 1t, Rschelr "Yes, mean it." 'I thought you liked hint" 'T do" "Aud he likes youf' 'I know"
 tDo your parents object" "No." "Do hist" 'T think they would be pleased than
 otherwise with the marriage, if 1t could take place."
 "Then what is in the wsyi He Is amply
 able to support you, isn't hei" "Ob, yesl"
 ''Is there any one else you love bstterf' "No one "Then, for the life of me can't see what | stands in the wsyl" "It's his name" "To be sure, Legge isn't ss euphonious a
 name as some; but you surely won't wreck
 your happiness and his for such trifiug reasonf' "Oh. Mabel" said Rachel, in a voice of agony. "I love him devotedly, and we | could be 30 happy; but how could put Mrs. Bowe-Legge' on my visiting csrdsf' And the fair creature wept.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09
The Yo.em,tetp Winter.

James Carson in December Calfornisn.l
 Snowstorm follows snowstorn. Winter has arrived with his liegs lord the frost king and his fierce ally Boreas. He has spread his icy mantle over the Yosemite. The mighty cliffs and domes look down upon the valley as in the sum- msr months, but 1t is with forbidding stateliness, and with threatening aspect
 How changed the eoenes and different the attractionsl The smiling vale is no longer gay with gorgeous bowers and bright with green meadow lands; no lenger is 1t reson- ant with the hum of busy insects, the mur- muring lullabiss of slumbering streams, and the joyous songs of the summer birds; zephyr no longer whispers to the pine fronds as he floats softly through the for est; and echo no longer repeats the e1cla- nations of glad visitors. The Merced rolls its swollen currents impetuously through the valley, flooding many an acre of the meadow land-for rain ss we'll as snow has fallen; the woods are hosrse with protest ing against the ferceness of the storm blssts; the snowflake holds the beholder l in ave as 1t races with the waterfall in its downward plunge, and slabs of talus and l unshapely chunks of rocks loosen their
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09
Nnurna1 gud Guurfsr.
The Oldest Daily Paper Pub
 lished in Connecticut.
no WE NEED CRESTSf


 We notice with pain and almost with horror the fact that "Fairbairn's Book of Crests" declares that only twenty-ons American families are entitled to the use of crest. We suppose Brother Fairbairn knows. but we would like to ask him where New Haven comes in if this is an accurate statement. Only twenty, one families in America entitled to crests. Why, there are more than twenty one families In Now Haven alone that feel entitlsd to any thing that grows, and when our Society Is fully formed these families will want orests, if orests are the thing to have, and they will have them too. So Brother Fairbsirn had better look again and see if he can't find crests enough to go around ct least in the Society of New Haven. We find in the Century dictionary that crest is "a part of an achievement borne outside of and above the esoutcheon." :" If Brother Fsirbai1n can't be persuaded to be more generous with his osests Society here must look out for itself. It won't have to go far to find parts of achieve ments, and any carpenter can make an escutcheon. Possibly anything 90 toppy ss New Haven Society will be when 1t gets its growth will not really need orests, but if it does 1t will have them, Fairbairn or no Fairbairn.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09

he has to count the coal every morning and evening. Chicago Inter. Ocean.
 "Do you believe that ohurchyards ever yswn, as Shakespeare intimstes.n "Why wouldn't theyi They have e most monot- onous existence. There's no life in them. Truth.
 Fashionable physician-What you really need is change of climate. The patient Change of elimatel Why, I've never had anything elsel I've lived in New York all my hfe.-Lifs.
 Mrs. Muscavado-Ths Newriches are people who don't know who their grand parents were. Mrs. Rockoil-Oh. yes, they do, but they hope that no one else does. Brandon Bucksaw.
 Primus-Why does Boswell wear that monoclei Secondus-Oh, there's an Eng fish girl up town who Is the apple of his eye, and he's trying to cultivate her under slsss.-Kate Fields Washington.
 "Did Mr. Cumso seem annoyed at your calling with his billi" asked MT. Gaskett of his new collector. ''No, air." replied the young man; Ion the contrary, he asked me to call again. n."-Harper's Bszar.
 Very Likely.-Capt. Nimrod to oity ties)-Well, old fellsh, how are you coming onp Friend (between gaspe) e)-Dun-no. Af-raid-Pm coming off.-Funny Folks. Domestic Peace eAssured.-Wife-And SO you got your life insured for my benefit That's lovely! Husband-Yes, my dear; but just remember, if you drive me to su- ioide, you won't get a cent nt-New York Weekly.
 "Then you propose to give your daugh- ter, my intended, . hundred thousand francs; that is not much" "Yes; but erty at our death" Suitor (absently)- About what time will that belle Gau- lois.
 John Henry had a visitor at dinner the other day, and during e pause in the oon- versation the enfant terrible spoke up: 'I wish was you" "Do you, my little boyi And why do you wish you were mei" "Cos you don't get your ear pinched when you eat vittles with your knife."- lid Bits
 'So you are thirteen years old are youi" said visitor at Fifth avenue mansion to the little daughter of the house. "Yes, and now realize that 1t Is an unlucky number. It's too old for dolls, and pa eays it's not old enough for gentlemen's society,"" was the reply.-TeIas Siftings.
 visitor-Don't you think 1t possible that 8 pardon may be procured for the poor msni His offeuse was not great, and fur ther confinement will kill him. Warden I'm afraid 1t is impossible. The prime he committed was not sufficiently strocious to interest the public in his csse.-Hsrper's Ra1ar
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09

feathers are curled about at the back to add finish to the lower part of the bunch, and that is all there is to 1t. The Cron- stsdt is very perky and pretty at the back of the new toaues that young girls are wearing. A black bunch of this kind is to be seen in the accompanying picture: It sets at the back of red velvet round toque, which has a broad band of black astrachan for brim. The astrachan is not set in stiff band: 1t is rather a soft piece of the fur, held in place by ornaments of jet. The velvet top is also drawn into folds irregulsrly, and at the back the Cronstadt mods and bobs. The pretty dark hair of the girl who should wear such toque is drawn away from the temples and curls in ring or so just at the fore head. The black eyes are ss bright as the jet in the brim of the hat or the buckle that holds the collar of her cloak. As for her cheeks and lips, have I not said that she Is younRi Need say more? Go out and see for yourself. FLoRETTE.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09
Cross.EVamfned.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer Skill in examination is perhaps one of the most important qualifications of the attorney, and in considering the big re- tainers of the present day the mind runs back to an exhibition of skill in an Ohio county court several years ago. The case was 8 murder, and a crossroads lawyer was retained for his repnted skill in criminal cases. On cross examination he went at the witness after this manner: "Now (shemD, Tompkins, you say you saw the defendant kill the msnl"
 "Yes, sir"
 "Yes-well-how did you know 1t was the defendanti'
 "Becsuse saw him"
 "But, sir, how did you know 1t wal hint"
 "rve known him for thirty years"
 "You hsvei"
 "Yes."
 "Known him all that time,"
 "Yes"
 "You state it under osthi"
 "Yes"
 Glow did he kIll hint"
 ''He shot him with e revolver" "How do you knowp 'I saw him." "Did you zee the revolverf' Certainly"
 "Did you see 1t revolve," "No, sir"
 "Ahsl How do you know 1t was a re volveri' ''It looked like one" "Um-huhi Bid you see him pull tn trfggeri"
 "No, of course not"
 "Ah! Then you admit he did't pull tb' trigger,"
 "I esw the blaze and smoke" "Did you see any bullet in the blaze snt smokei Would the blsz4 and smoke hay, caused deatha' "Of course not" "Then what danger was there in firines
 "The bullet was found in the victim head {"
 "Did you see any bullet strike the de ceasedp
 "Of course not" | The attorney solemnly arose and sd dressed the court. of your honor please we would like to introduce testimony il impeachment Here Is 6 man who swear that he saw one man kill another with revolver, yet he neither saw the bulle leave the pistol nor strike the victim. H didn't even see the man pull the trigger
 Are you addressing the courtr sske, the judge.
 "Why, certainly, If your honor please.
 "How do you knowp
 "Yes, but you neither see your word leave your mouth nor strike the court ears."
 The attorney sat down.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09
A Tree Within a Tree.

hlsl
 "one of the most deceiving objects that I ever witnessed, said Roman Jordan, 'is just outside the little town of Hester, Col. It is a tree some 40 feet tall, the first 20 feet of its height being some : feet in cir conference. Twenty feet from the ground the tree suddenly diminishes to a circum- ference of some 4 feet. Upon examining 1t you would come to the conclusion that it was freak of nature. It gives the im- pression that some one had sawed the up- per half of the old tree of, and that in stead of dying 8 smaller tree had grown up from the center. It is the object of much speculation and visits on the parts of stran- gers. The facts are that what appears to be one tree is really two. The great old tree, Of which the first 20 feet is the re- mainipg relic, was hollow, rotten at the heart. 4 great wind came some years ago and broke of the upper half, leaving q lagged pillar some 22 feet tall remaining. This hollow heart was burnt out more than once by squirrel hunters, who imagined that the game had entered into the tree through the aperture at the base The wind must have blown an acorn down in to this hollow center, for a tree sprsng up in 1t and grew straight upward and out into the sunshine. For appearance sake the owner sawed of the jagged portion at the top, making it level and smooth. The young oak has flourished we'll, until now it fills the heart of the tree very conpsctly. The opening at the base has been hidden by earth piled about, and also by wild ivy that Is fast covering the stump"
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09

hold of their parent cliff, as water and weather do their work, and are washsd with din and hesdlong speed down into the valley. It is true that such terrifying storms do not occur with frequency, but and his family during the winter of 1887 when they were the only residents of the valley. On that eIoeptionsble occasion the rain poured down necessarily for ten suc- csssive days; all the meadowland was ooy- cred with surging flood: large trees were swept over the ridge of the upper Yoseza- ite and shivered into fragments on the granite rocks; and pines and cedsrs were blown down and piled in confusion upon each other by the windstorm that followed the rain
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09
FISHY.

It wasn't really punster who introduced in the legislature bill to d-ify the fish laws.-Clevelsnd Plain Dealer.
 Citticus-I wonder how it Is that 90 few women stutter when they talki Witti- ous-They haven't got time.-Brooklyn Ltfe
 Papa-Wonder how 1t Is night shirts last longer than drees shirtsi Msmma-Because you don't wear them out-Clothiers' and Haberdashers' Weekly. A contemporary gives the startling in- formation that persons should "dresa quietly when attending the funeral of e dear friend. ."-Philadelph Record. "How is 1t that Johnny gets on in hii arithmetic % well latelyp Aothsr-Well
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09
Lu Ot;cn Lekksr 10 IIIOmen.


 Laurel Ave, San Francisco, May IS, 1892.
 Dear friend of women:
 When my baby was born. five years ago, 1 got up in six days. Far too soon. Result: failing of the womb. Ever since I've been miserable.
 Il tried everything: doctors, medicines, apparatus; but grew worse.
 "I could hardly stand; and walking without support was impossible.
 At last 1 saw an advertise ment of Lydia 4. Pinkham's $ Tegeka6Le Comb0nnd, and de cided to try it. The effect was astonishing. Since 1 took the first bottle my womb has not troubled me, and, thanks only to you, 1 am now well. Every suffering woman A sh ould know sNM how reliable &H~ your compound HSH is. It is a sure S Eu cure" MrS. 4. e-~-TstSg4 DefaO1ker. 1k|wSSG All druggists sell 1t. A1IzRe~#a$ Address in confidence. .< x.< LYDIA E. PrSxHAM MID. -~/r- Ts<<1F- Co.,, LYNN. MAss. DxL Liver Pills, 25 cents
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09
Greeley and His Newspaper AssIst-

lfro1n LipFl1coU hl
 The anti-slsrery atmosphere surround ing the Tribune WAS not inspired by Gree ley. It really came from the gifted young men who were attracted to the Tribune bs- cause of its independence and high litera- " standard. Greeley WAS generous to honest. wsn-mesnins thought. whether he accepted 1t or not, and he WAS a purist ss to form So in time, beginning with the advent of Ripley escaped from the ruins of his Brock farm-or, as Carlyle, If I re- member, called 1t, Potato Gospel-eIperi- ment, until the coming of Sydney Howard Gay who had been Gsrrison's colAborer in anti-slsvery, the Tribune In spite of Gree ley-ather by reluctant grumbling &C., quieecence than his judgment-wss gov erned by men who had fAnsticsl aversion to slavery. They were resolute, brilliant, capable, irresponsible, intolsrsnt-not above setting things on fire for the fun of seeing them burn. They attracted Gree ley by their sincerity and charmed his keen literary sense with their gifts They won the Tribune and carried its editor with them. I fancy the attitude of Gree ley towards the Tribune In the early days was 6 blending of wondering admiration and despsir-something of the feeling with which, ss we read in ohildren's story books, the sfectionate mother hen sees that her chickens are, after all her brood ing cares, ducks and will go quscking into the streams. I can conceive no wider di- vengeance h intellectual opinion ss to the means of attaining moral and political re- suits than between MT. Greeley ss 6 leader and thinker and the way ward forces which surrounded him in the making of the Iii bune- 'I never," he once said to the vii ter, "opened the Tribune in those days without terror ss to what they might make me say sitter eleven o'clock at night"
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09

There are tough people in this world. MT. Samuel Harmon, of Fox Hill, Pennsyl vania, claims that he has eaten in the last twenty years 3,e5O pies. His regular con sumption has been half pie each day.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09
No. 34

Union Pacific WAS worse than he WAS al. lowed to do in Manhattan. What he dld In Manhattan oouls hardly be repeated in the same form to-day. Loose ss are our anAnciAl methods even now, they show c tremendous advance over the worst dsyz of Erie and Kansas Pacific. Nor WAS sooi. ety ready to forgive and forget the fragrant violations of buhness morals which hsd marked the early days of Gouldis career. The newspaper comments on his life fur nish c suMclenf refut&tion of the charge that America cares for nothing else In comparison with suooess in the pursuit of wealth.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09
FASHION NOTES.
A New Feather Cluster.

We used to trim our hats with a mere bunch of feathers and bow. Now every particular way of punching feathers, and each different twist of ribbon, has q spec. isl name. We have all learned what the "Ptinos of Wales" feathers are, and now comes 6 new kind of punching that re-
 joioes in the designation of "Cronstadt. Two little feathers just of size and length curl their tips over side by side. At their base two still shorter twin feathers our their little tips over. A few strands oi
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09

So far as heard from, 1O3 congressman have declared themselves in favor of the annexation of Hawaii, while e coneidera- bly, larger number decline to express au opinion until they have heard all that is to be said on the subject.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

At Homestead Kate Cisinka has decided to become Mrs. Wstcidyshaw Kupusoinsty. No wonder she wanted to change her name, but what @ change!
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09
AfsIHI1aMpr11a.
Board of Relief.

Board of Relief. T1HE Board of Relief of the Town of New Ha 1 ven hereby give notice that they will meet at their office, No. City Hall, on Monday, Janu ary 2, 1893, at o'clock a m., and by adjourn sive; also on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings Of each week and Saturday evening, the Fist, for the purpose Of hearing any appeal that may be made from the doings of the Board of Assessors.
 DAVID O'DONNELL,
 FRANK CHANDLER,
 GEORGE R. MITCHELL,
 OSCAR P. IVES,
 JOHN COLEMAN, d26 12t Board of Relief