San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-15

cupies less than a column, includ,
ing a fullsome eulogy. The same
page shows that the pOetical
mania was then rampant for there
is I poem son the death of Wash
ingtOn," mOdestly ascribed TO "a
young lady," 1t shows also that
two Spanish frigates, bound for
Havana, having on board over
s3,5OO,OOO in gold, had been taken
by four Engligh frigates and CARR.
ed to Plymouth, England, and that
the British frigate "Lutine," hav-
100000 on board, INSURED, and
en- route 10 Holland to pay troops
was wrecked on the outer Fly
Island passage, and the ship and
the entire crew, save two, were
lost. The rest of the page is fill .
ed up with legal notices, one OF
which refers to Jacob ElmendOrf,
of Marbletown, Ulster County,
New York. Was he in any way
related to ElmendOrfs of San An.
tonic! There's pOetical adver'
tisement of Luther Andres, a mer.
chant of Warsink, and this, with
advertised letters, signed 81. @,
Elmendorf, P. NJ" fills the page.
The last page is filed with miscel'
laneOus advertisements showing
that in those days even, mer'
chants realised that golden truth;
advertising pays" Among these
is a man who wants to sell the
half interest in a saw mill at
Rochester and IA fine stout,
healthy, active negro wench."
The sad" is rather vague but that
is his fault. Another man, OF
Saugertiesi, cautions the pub
lie a second time from harbOring
or trusting his wife as he will not
pay her obligations: And thus
ends the interesting record OF
the issue.
On comparing the dates of these
dispatches with the date of publ.
cation of the paper it will be seen
that from seven days to three
months elapsed between the date
of the reports and the issue of the
paper but this was excusable.
News in those days was limited
and came slow; the railroad eX'
press was unknown; the American
"fast liners" not thought of and
electricity had not girdled the
earth and placed nations in
prompt and constant communlca
ton one with the other.
Contrast the Gazette with the
LIGHT and we find that the as
ISOLATED press gives our read
ers the happenings of the world
ON the same day. Here we see
the growth of cotton in Odessa;the
interC option of pilgrims at Cairo;
Egypt; the presidents attack of
rheumatIcs at BuzZard's Bay;
Mass, the state of the cotton mar
ket in New Orleans; news from
Paris; official acts from Washing
ton; the suicide of Banker Words
in Buffalo; the killing of a base
ball crank in JeffersOnville, Indi
ana; the celebration of the Home
stead riot anniversary in Pa; the
marriage of the Duke of York il
London. the engagement of tn,
Khedive; of Egypt, to the daught
er of the Sultan, of Turkey; anC
other telegraphic news from al
parts of the world, and there are
several columns of local news o.
which the Gazette is entirely des
titute.
Strange to say, to illustrate mat,
tiers more forcibIy, Kingston, N.
Y, where the Gazette was pub
lished in 1850, was visited last
night by most severe thunder.
storm, accompanied by vivid light
ming. During that stormthe pow
der mills of Van Duzen Bros. at
DEVILS lake, on the outskirts OF
the city, were ignited and cOnsid
cradle powder exploded, blow
ing the brick mills to atoms, des
troying several buildings and in
Juring nine persons. This news