San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-23
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Personal and General News of the
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from Lafayette, La, in company
with William Mahl. Mr.. Parker
son is the father of the prominent
young lawer of New Orleans, who
rendered such heroic services in
| the late Malta trouble in the Cres'
cent City. He said yesterday that
Louisiana is at present suffering
from two much water which will
prove disastrous to crops. Messers
Parkerson and Mahl will remain
in-the city few days and contem-
plate a tour through Mexico.
MINOR MENTION
Hank Small, the superintendent
of buildings and bridges of the
Southern Pacific, is furnishing the
gravel for improving Burleson
street. He has sent fifteen car
loads of excellent gravel taken
from his property, seven carloads
of which have been distributed on
the road near Pine street, and eight
cars on Burleson street.
]. E. Ennis, district passenger
agent for the Missouri, Pacific,
with headquarters at Chicago, is in
the city from Rockport, where he
had taken a number of visitors to
attend the convention of the Texas
State Horticultural association,
which adjourned few days ago.
Mr.. Ennis leaves for Chicago this
afternoon.
The sleeper of the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas sleeper was late at
Luling and missed connection with
the regular Southern Pacific train
for San Antonio this morning.
The sleeper is now laying over at
Luling and will arrive in the city
the next passenger from the east
at o'clock.
Seven crates of earthen ware ar
rived at the Southern Pacific
freight house yesterday, from Eng
land in bond, for Wagner & Chabot.
The car was opened and unloaded
after the contents were duly in
spected by the United States Of
ficer, as is always the rule in
bonded goods.
Mr.. H. Blount, the well-knOwn
engineer on the international &
Great Northern, and brother of B.
F. BlOunt, the conductor, is in the
city, accompanied by his wife.
They are here from Palestine on
bridal tour, having been married
recently at Palestine.
One train of two companies of
United States cavalry left the
Southern Pacific last night at s: 80
o'clock for Spofford, to be station
ed at Fort Brady. They arrived
at the International and Great
Northern depot yesterday from Ell
Reno, l. T.
l.. NJ. Johnson, general manager
of the Ferro Carril International
MeXicanO, who has been in the city
a few days on return from Chicago,
leaves today over the l. & G. n.
for home in Cindad Porfirio DiaZ,
Mex.
One train of eighteen cars of
steamer freight passed through the
city yesterday from New York en-
route to San Francisco, Cal, and
four trains of eighty cars will pass
through San Antonio today.
H. c. Archer, southwestern pas
senger agent for the Baltimore and
Ohio, is in the city. He expects to
go north on the international and
Great Northern tomorrow morn
ing.
Mr.. Robert Fuller, of the South
ern Pacific, and better known as
Jim O'TOole, is the happy father of
another baby girl, and is now busy
receiving congratulations from all
sides on the event.
George Sanders, formerly freight
conductor on the Southern Pacific
west end, and now conductor on
the Monterey and Mexican Gulf, is
in the city from Mexico, visiting
friends.
Dave T. Forbes, superintendent
of the San Antonio division of the
Southern Pacific, returned from a
trip over the entire San Antonio
division yesterday afternoon, on
No. 10.
Mrs. NJ. f. Montjoy, wife of the
freight conductor of the Southern
Pacific, running to Sanderson, has
left for Yoakum to spend a few
days with friends.
James A. Pryor, who has spent
a four days in the city, left fol-
| Eagle Pass yesterday to resume