San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-25
SCENES IN WONDERLAND
Two American Newspapers for
Monterey - Three New Enter
prues-Will Have a Grand
Time on the Fourth of
July-on a Wedding

Tour.
MONTEREY, Mex, June 81, '95.
To the Daily LIGHT:
Monterey will have two Amesi-
can newspapers before the close OF
this month. On the 22nd the Mon
terey Mercury will make its ap.
pearance with Mr.. Leonard Meyer
as editor and publisher, and on
Saturday, the 29th, the Monterey
Times will be issued by Messers. j.
L. Walker and G. w. Plumby, of
Galveston. Mr.. Walker has been
for more than a dozen years one OF
the political editors of the Calves
ton News.
THE NEW ENTERPRISES.
Since the first of the month,
there have been three factories es-
tablished in the city. One is a
shirt factory which is backed up
with considerable capital.
Mr.. T. Ratio, late of Galveston,
has established a cracker and a
candy factory in the city and Mr..
Eli Cole, a prominent hide and
woolbuyer OF the Two Laredos, has
established hide house in this
city.
THE 4TH OF JULY.
The committee who have charge
OF the opening Of the Monterey
Athletic club park on the 4th Of
July are not sparing any expense
to make it grand success. AS all
the railroads leading to Monterey
will issue excursion tickets for that
occasion, they look for big crowd
from the north side OF the Rio
Grande.
ON A WEDDING TOUR.
Mr.. T.C. Mcfarland, publisher
OF the Victoria, (Texas), Daily
Times, and his bride, nee Miss
Ionic Collier, arrived here on
the 9th for the purpose of spending
their honeymoon in picturesque
Monterey. They are delighted
with the city, climate and scenery.
They expect to start for home to-
night via San Antonio, where they
will stay over for few days.
PERSONALS.
DIR. Andrew McMeans,wh took a
trip to Boston. United States OF Am
erica, about six weeks ago with a
sick man, returned this week. While
north he visited Toronto and his
old Canada, and had a good time.
But he found no place so attractive
as picturesque Monterey.
Mr.. A. Goldman, a prominent
merchant OF Victoria, Texas, who
came here with the drummers, left
for home Monday night. While
here he made the acquaintance Of
Senior Gonzalez and got his consent
to take his son, Master Juan G. Con.
Zales, with him so rs to teach him
English. Mr.. Goldman is going to
send over one Of his sons for the
purpose Of learning him Spanish.
Mr.. l.. g. Kreisle, also a promi.
nent hardware merchant Of Vic.
toria, who came here the same
time, left for home Monday night.
Last Saturday both Of them took a
trip over the Mineral Belt railway
to the San Pedro mines, which are
tuated in the adjacent mountains
south Of the city. They pronounced
the road the best they ever rode
over, and the scenery the most pic.
turesque they ever saw.
The city is full of strangers.
Hon. Joseph Fitzsimmons and
daughter, Miss Mary, of Corpus
Christi, have been here a few
weeks, the guests OF his son, Hon
Dudley G. Fitzsimmons, the Amer
lean consul.
The following prominent citi.
zens of Rockdale, Texas, are regis
tered at the Marble hotel. Topo
Chico: G.. A. Randle, wife and
three children; Hugh Walter and
wife, j. F. Coffield and wife, Jules
Coffield, Jr., Bryan Heard and wife,
R. II. Hicks and family, n. H.
Tracy and r. P. Boyce, A. r. Samp-
son, Austin s. j. Cleveland, Hous-
ton. R. o. Evans, n. w. Tutwill,
Chicago, and j. w. Sharpe, Linares,
are registered there also.
Col. S. NJ. Hoffing and Col. A. H.
Casteel and wife, of Galveston, are
registered at the Hotel Topo Chico.
Mr.. Paul Englemann, formerly
Of San Antonio, has opened a beer
hall fronting the Ridalgo plaza in
this city. He has named it the
"American Headquarters" and in
vites his San Antonio friends to
call and see him when they come
to Monterey.
Last Saturday grand ball was