San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-02


$4,000 per day, and turns out
superior brick. They have speci
men, OF the st. Louis best pressed
brick which are no better in an!
respect than those made by thi
plant.
While here they were taken t
every place of interest in the city
including a trip to the mines il
the adjacent mountains over tn,
Mineral Belt railroad by Mr.. Rob
ertson. The party enjoyed theil
trip to Monterey very much.
At $3.50 p. m. yesterday as the
Topo Chico street car was going in
to the Mexican National depot, an
aged Mexican woman stepped in
front OF the mules and was thrown
on the track, and before the driver
could stop the car the forward
truck ran over her left arm, tear
ing the flesh from the bone. She
died in a few minutes from the
shock. The driver was put under
arrest and marched to jail.
The entertainment last Sunday
at the Athletic Club park was a
grand success. There were between
600 and 700 of the most prominent
American and Mexican citizens
present. There were bicycle racing,
foot racing, running and high
jumping, pitching the hammers,
throwing the ball, sword exercises,
splitting the lemon. sword against
bayonet, etc. AS this was the first
entertainment of the kind that was
ever presented here, it took well,
and more Of the same kind will be
given in that pax during the
winter and coming year.
Died on the 24th, at the Hotel
Topo Chico, Virginia May Suttler,
the daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. SUIT
Ter, of Austin, r. xas, and was
buried in the Mont, rey cemetery
the same day.
The Rev. Brigido \. Sepulveda,
Presbyterian minis +, died in this
city on the 10Th. ITO was a native
Of this state and as so years of
age.
Mr.. J. l.. Walker. editor Of the
Times, VIII has been con-
fined to his bed ty sickness the
past month, is CO. valescent and
will soon be up and out.
When Mr.. A. Casanovas, man.
ager OF the Marble hotel, left for
San Antonio on the 18th, Mrs. E.
r. Glass sent one OF her parrots
with him to give to a friend of
hers. AS soon as the other parrot,
.Pablo," missed it's mate, it CON-
menced to call for her and kept it
up for two days. On Thurs
day last it commenced early
in the morning to call for
Josie" and just before dark it
called "Josife, josie why don't you
come to your Pablo, "and as she did
not come he commenced to cry and
soon after pitched head foremost
On the hard pavement and killed
himself. Mrs. Glass thinks that
his heart broke when he. found
that josie was taken from him
and that he com mitted suicide.
The guests of the hotel miss him
very much, and so does Mrs. Glass
for she would not take fifty dol
lars for him.
Hon. J. A. Breaux, one OF the as
sociate justices OF the supreme
court Of louisiana, passed through
here few days ago on his way
home from the city of Mexico, and
spent a day at the Hotel Topo Chico,
the guest of S. NJ. Hoffnig.
On account OF the death of Mr..
A. Leonard Meyers, the editor and
manager OF the Monterey Mercury.
Mr.. Meyers interest has been trans
ferred to IProf. Wesley Bradley
and he has taken full charge of the
paper.
Prof. Bradley has been editing
the paper for some time and has
shown considerable ability as a
writer. He has associated with
him DR.. w. d. Haight, who is an
able writer. The two men intend
to make the Mercury a "red hot"
newsy paper. 1t will be to Monte.
rey and the border states what the
LIGHT is to San Antonio-a live,
newsy paper.
Miss Emma and Miss Emily
Giddings arrived from San An
tonic this morning, and registered
at the Marble hotel.
EDMOND.