San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-17
RAILROAD RUMBLINGs.
A Popular Railroader Becomes a
Benedict-Other News.

Benedict-other News.
J. II. Hoffman, the popular en-
gineer of the Southern Pacific, run
| ming west, stole a match on hi
{ friends and was married last nigh
at the residence of DR.. Eustace L
King, the pastor Of the First Bap
fist church, to Miss l.. Elliott. TIL
couple is well known in this city
Mr.. Hoffman, has been on tn
Southern Pacific for the past fiv,
years and previous to that he ha
been on the West Shore and Buffa
10 road, at Albany, n. ", for min
years. They will make their fu
ture home in San Antonio. TIL,
Rumbler wishes them a successful
and happy life.
DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
The wreck that occurred on tn,
Southern Pacific, near HARDWOOD
cost the life of a well known rail.
road man, in the person of Homer
GambOld. He was seriously in
iured, and the injuries have, proved
fatal. He died yesterday morning
at $40 o'clock, at his sisters resi-
dence, on Austin street. Death re-
suited from hemOrrhage of the left
lung, his collar bone being broken
and forced through that vessel
Up to a few minutes before
death Gambold was CHI 9erful and
expected to recover. His remains
were shipped today to IndianapO-
lis, Ind, for burial. The fatal
wreck is said to have been more
serious to the road than previously
reported. From private sources it
is learned that one mile of track is
damaged, which will have to be
repaired,
BETWEEN STATIONS.
Burt Shangle, the brakeman,
running between here and Hous-
ton, has taxed a leave of absence
and will spent the time visiting
the Worlds Fair, with his wife.
He will be relieved by G.. Ellis.
B. b. Sornbury, has been re-
lieved by Conductor Martin of the
Houston division, who has returned
from Chicago and resumed his old
run.
George F. Lupton has returned
from Fort Worth and says it has
been agreed to make a One-fare
round trip to Chicago every Mon
day.
E. j. Martin, general freight and
passenger agent of the Sap, has re-
turned from ROckport and Corpus
Christi.
The International and Great
Northern will today inaugurate a
new reclining chair coach service
from here to st. Louis and continue
it through the summer season.
The l. & G.. N. boys were paid off
last Saturday.
NJ. D. Monseratte, of the Sap, has
returned from Victoria, where he
spent Sunday.
The Wabash has issued very
handsome folders, giving reliable
references of railroad stations,
theatres, hotels, ETC., at the Worlds
Fair. They can be had in this city
from Captain Knight at the Sunset
ticket office.
j. Mcmillan, commercial agent
for the Southern Pacific, accOmpa-
MED by f. f. O'Brien, his able as
sistant, has left for Uvalde on bus
mess, to be gone few days. G. w.
Gazlin, of the freight office is act
ing for Mr.. Mcmillan until his re-
turn next Wednesday.
Homer Eads and H. w. Ham
mond, of the Iron Mountain, ar
rived in the city yesterday. The
latter has LETT again for a business
visit to north Texas.
Major w. C. Lewis returned from
an extensive trip over the road
this morning, where he has been
shipping cattle for the Santa Fe.
John NJ. Knight is in receipt OF
a circular announcing One-fare
round trip tickets to Chicago over
the Southern Pacific, to be sold
every Monday and good for return
leaving Chicago on the eleventh
day after sale.
w. F. Jones, contracting freight
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