San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-03
LOCAL GOSSIP, ETC,
Picked Up and Boiled Down From
Various Sources.

ShlNtSO anu lliV ''OAiNA .
The Junior Order of Americans
will picnic at Riverside park to-
morrow.
Steve Butler, the champion light
weight pugilist of San Antonio has
returned from Mexico.
L. Wolfson, as well as the LIGHT
will give the employees, a holiday
on tomorrow, July 4th.
Civil service examinations for
appointments will begin in this
city Monday, July 18th.
Commodore "Red," of the l. & G.
n, sold thirty-four through tickets
to the Worlds fair SATURDAY.
How would it do to hit the Elec-
trio Light company with tax of
about $50 a year for each arc lamp.
While the real estate market is
reported strong, prices are stiff,
and the transfers are not very nu-
merous.
The San Antonio Medical and
Surgical society held little love
feast Saturday night. Several in
tefesting papers were read.
The members of the San AntO-
Mo Gun club will contest for a
number of valuable prizes at their
grounds at Lakeview tomorrow.
Miss Forrest Tucker, who de-
lighted the teachers with her reci-
tations, will likely give a public
recital before she leaves San Anto-
Mo.
During the Pinafore perform
ances at the West End lake, July
3, and 5, the cars will run through
to and from the postotfice for one
fare.
Sheriff Joe Ney, of Medina coun-
ty, has done the community good
service in Kidding us of the desper-
ado Challo Garcia. He was a bad
man.
Mr.. Seth Testard will leave to-
night for the north to try and con-
clude negotiations with railroad
companies for the purchase of his
patent automatic life-saving car
coupler.
News has been received in the
city from Dayton, Ohio, announc-
ing the death of J. c. A. Rhein-
hard, who was at one time foreman
of the Maverick Printing house, of
this city.
Mr.. Nat Lewis interceded with
the Mayor Saturday evening, and
got an order for the release of Mrs.
Gagen, the old lady who was con-
fined in that filthy, unhealthy hole,
called the city jail.
Frank Halford, the celebrated
civil engineer of Georgia, writes to
Mayor Paschal, that an efficient
sewerage system, water works, and
electric light thrown in, can be put
in for less than 81 100000.
Vernon and Rothwell, of the San
Antonio Gun club, show the best
average for the past six months,
in the following score:
Vernon, 10 shoots, $40 per cent.
Rothwell, % shoots, S4.2 per cent.
Mayor Paschal has received
telegraphic notice that the inter
est on San Antonio bonds, which
Col. Breckenridge, declined to pro-
vide for, has been promptly paid
at the Chemical National bank, in
New York
Sheriff Campbell has sworn in
the following special deputies, for
the fair grounds during the races:
Captain William Hennessy, Thorn
as Mushall, j. Poesmans, }. Rips,
Jose Mcclellan, Martin ODay, j. ;.
GRAY and F. G. HuntreSs.
Albert Sidney Johnston Camp,
Confederate veterans, held a meet
ING at the county court room Sat
urday night, and the adjutant was
instructed to furnish all members
with proper credentials, who de-
sired to go on the excursion to Biz
mingham and Chicago.
The San Antonio, and the citi-
Zens electric railways are working
both night and day, with a large
force trying to.see which company
can monopOlize the most streets in
the city. Let them both build,
and then pass Joe Beckman's poll
tax ordinance, and the city can in
crease her revenues considerably.
]. G.. Witherbee, of Durango,
Mex, and Miss Florence w. Rem
lev of Fort Henry, \. v, were
married at the Hotel Maverick
Saturday night, by Rev. c. c. Nc