San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-11


stomach) to eat them, but after
eating them a few times he got to
liking them and now would give
more for a dish of them than he
would for fried chicken.
Mr.. Gibson took it all in, and as
soon as they reached Tampico he
hired fisherman to go across to
the lagoons, in the state of Vera
Cruz, and get him some cells,
shrimps and sand crabs and give
them to the cook of the hotel. Mr..
Gibson then called on the cook
and told him to have them ready
for supper as he was going to have
some friends dine with him. He
requested him to cook them so
tn at they would look like snakes,
centipedes, and tarantulas. He
then slipped an American dollar
into his hand, went out and invit-
ed few friends to join for supper
as he wanted to have good time.
He told them that he put up a
job on the Colonel, and that he
must not give it away until after
supper.
When the dishes were brought in
| they were set before Mr.. Gibson,
and he served them out. He first
waited on the Colonel, and when
he handed him the plate the Colo
mel looked at it and asked, "What
are those ?" Mr.. Gibson replied
"That is your favorite dish; the
kind that you told me about yes
terday; they are fried snakes, GEN.
tipede and :tarantulas." "Great
Scott, Glib, l had no idea that you
would believe what told you, |
was only jesting. I would not eat
one of them for $l,000,0O0. l ex-
| pect to start for New York City
next week and will meet Major
Thos. P. Ochiltree, and l made up
that story for the purpose of
showing his friends that 1 can
spin more yarns and tell bigger
lies than what he can. That is
all that there was in it," Just
as he got through the party |
broke out in roar of laughter. |
The Colonel saw that there was |
job put up on him, that he was
sold. He called for the |
champagne and Havanas; it was
his treat, and that he would pay |
for all. But he exacted a pledge |
from them that they would not |
say word about it to Edmond; if |
they did he would send it to the
LIGHT and all the railroad men in
Texas and Mexico read the LIGHT,
they would worry the life out of |
him whenever he met one of them.
They promised him that they |
would not, and they did not?
PAY DAY.
On the first of June the
San Pedro miners to the |
number of 500, came in and were
paid off at the office of Maiz Bros.
Those miners looked picturesque
in their mining suits. They were |
composed of both sexes, old and |
young. The Maiz Bros, have
erected school house at the mines
for the benefit OF the children, and
this month they will erect another.
On Saturday, the End, the
San Pablo miners came in and
were paid off at the Office of Messrs.
E. Gonzalez Trevino & Co., the
owners of the mines. They are
working 300 men.
E. Gonzales Trevino, the presi-
dent of the San Pablo mines, and |
j. A. Robertson, the general man.
ager of the Monterey and Mexican
Gulf railway, procured a charter |
and concession from Governor
Bernardo Reyes to build railroad |
from the Gulf depot to the mines, a
distance Of ten miles. The survey |
must be made and submitted to |
the governor within two months
for his approval, and they must |
commence work within six months,
and complete the road in two |
years. Mr.. Trevino informed me
that they would build it in about |
six months.
PROMOTED.
Mrs. Annie B. Wood, who has
been stenOgrapher and typewriter |
for the chief clerk in the traffic de- |
partment of the Monterey and
Mexican Gulf railway, has been
promoted to occupy the same po-
sition for Mr.. VIM. Mackenzie, the
traffic manager of the road, and
Miss Henderson, of San Antonio,
takes Mrs. Woods place.
On the first there was born at the
residence of Mr.. VIM. Mackenzie a
baby girl. Mother and child are