San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-06
AUSTIN LETTER.
AUSTIN, Tex, March )

To the Daily LIGHT:
At the third annual recital Of the
University Glee club three well
known San Antonio boys carried
off honors. These were w. F. Nc
Caleb, formerly professor of Span
ish in the San Antonio academy;
Eugene p. Schoch and Tom New
ton. Mr.. Schoch's violin solo was
mastery rendered and brought
him we'll deserved encore, while
Mr.. Newton's topical songs COM
pletely captivated the audience.
The recital was success and re-
Elected much credit on the UniVer.
sity Glee club, of which Mr.. Schoch
is president. An audience of near
ly 1000 people attended the enter
tainment.
The pumps and machinery at
the dam are to be put in operation
this week. Meanwhile the power
house is visited daily by hundreds
OF people, curious to see the heavy
machinery, which is expected to
grind out, in the near future, pros
perity for Austin in general, and
the real estate dealers, who have
staked out building lots for thirty
miles around, in particular.
The grand jury for the present
term of court has been empaneled,
and the usual rich harvest of in
dictments against gamblers and
sporting women will no doubt be
reaped. Just about indicting time
Mayor Mcdonald will make an
other bid for eXoneration at the
hands Of the grand jury by closing
the houses Ind temporarily purg-
ing the town of the unfortunates.
The Austin Whist club has been
endeavoring to arrange with the
San Antonio Whist club for a
whist tournament, but so far moth
ing has come of the matter. The
Austin club wants the San Anto-
MO club to meet them in AnStin,
and they in return to play the San
Antonio club in the Alamo city.
The San Antonio club pleads bust
ness engagements, but arrange
ments will probably be made to
play in the. rooms Of the Austin
Chess and Whist club Thursday
night. Each team will have TO
meet the four teams of the OF
position side, making each
team to play four games, an aggre-
gate Of sixteen games Of seventy
five points each. The players re-
presenting the city are: S. J. Won
Koennerity and Walter Bremond !;
John King and Walter G. Boswell !;
H. NJ. Little and David Harrell !;
H. p. Haldeman and Joe Smith.
The players for the club ara Chas.
S. Bell and Geo. S. Smith; jeff
Brown and T. Hughes; r. A.
Thompson and Robert COnnerly !;
DR.. w. H. Way and Henry Hutch
ings.
District Clerk Nat Lewis and ex-
Fire Chief KehOe, of San Antonio,
werein the city yesterday in con-
sultation with the Big Six repre-
sentatives in the legislature on a
political mission whereof they de-
clined to be interviewed.
Col. \. w. Houston, of San An
tonic, has been in the city since
Sunday.
The Texas Academy of Science
will hold its regular monthly meet
ing in the University lecture room
Friday, March Sth. Major Clar-
ence Dutton, OF San Antonio, will
deliver an address on "The relat.
ion of the Scientific Man to Modern
Civilization, 'and other papers will
be read, after which Major buttons
address will be discussed. OTTO.
"A treat is being offered to the
public, Of San Antonio by the
manufacturers Of the noted Bear
Brand, California Breakfast Food.
To hear one Of Edison's Famous
Photographs, which they have
brought all the way from
Chicago and placed in Joske
Bros dry goods house on Alamo
plaza. To each purchaser of a
package of this DELICIOUS food, your
grocer will give you a ticket and
when accompanied with the top
cover of package you will be en-
titled to hear selections from the
phonoCraph. 362t