San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-20
Ube Daily Light.
wEDsDAY, NOVEMBER 20, '95
DALLAS LETTER.

DAIsIASy lSAsg INV. III, lCJOs
The directors of the fair claim
that while the fair was an emil
nent success, so far as an exhibit
ton, it was, in a financial sense,
a losing investment. 1t ia said
that the receipts lacked $4,000 of
covering the expenses.
Your correspondent wonders at
this. We were told that the sa-
loon man under the grand stand
paid $4,000 for the privilege, and
that one day he took in $1,000.
Every church and charity booth,
and any and all concerns doing
business within the gates pay for
the privileges. 1t cost single indi-
vidual so cents TO get admit
ted to the grand stand. 1t seemed
to be we'll patronized. One day
while looking over the sea OF peo-
pie that were taking ia the races,
we thought the grand stand money
would almost keep the fair 60
fng.
1t is said that Dallas people do
not patronize the fair as literally
as they should. Maybe they did
not turn out this year as hereto
fore, for there was so much
money invested in that physical cul.
tufe exercise, that was to be, PEG.
pie thought of the pile OF lum Der
partly unpaid for with creditors
bringing suit for the balance due.
This perhaps cut short the gate
receipts.
The friends of Mrs. Charles
Eddy, who saw her at church Sun
day, apparently in the best OF
health, we're grievously shocked
to read an account of her death in
Monday afternoons paper. Mrs.
Eddy's mother had just visited
her and returned to her home in
Indianapolis, Indiana, to be fol-
lowed by the remains of her
daughter, who had a few short
months ago left the parental roof
a bride.
1t lie definitely settled fact now
that there is never a probability of
the puolic schools closing, not
withdrawing a member of the
school board made such a state.
ment to the newspapers: He says
it was "Only bluff"
At recent meeting of the city
council Mr.. Adams wanted the
chief OF the fire department in
structed to give married mon the
places OF unmarried men on the
force, the question of efficiency be-
ing considered. The motion was
lost.
The case OF Maggie Shin VS.. the
Oriental Hotel Company was
given to the jury. A verdict was
returned which gave the plaintiff
$4,000. She sued the company
for S52 600 for injuries she received
in an elevator accident over a year
ago while she was q chamber
maid there. Judge Burke an
nounced that the suits of the other
two women, who were hurt at the
same time, would not be tried du-
ing the present term OF the
court.
In the Maggie Shin case the
defendant has given notice Of
appeal.
j. w. Lash, of Ashburn, Ne
braska, has filed suit against the
fair association for $20,450 for
damage alleged to have been done
his horse Pat l.. in a race at the
fair grounds. The plaintiff sets
forth in his bill that he was driv-
ing his horse in a 2:I1 class race,
three heats in five; from loss OF
position he saw he could not win
the race without injury to his
horse. The judge took his horse,
away from him and permitted
one Martin to handle the horse
whereupon the animal was injured
to the extent Of the above named
sum.
Mr.. w. R. James, the pioneer
bicyclist of Dallas, died at the
home OF his mother in Oak Lawn
few day ago.
Mr.. James was arrested MANY
times for perambulating on his
wheel in early days OF cycling, but
as there was no law under which
he could be fined he was always
discharged by the court.
News OF the death, In st. Louis
OF Lee Shelly Hughes is received
Mr.. Hughes was a printer anc
poet, took to morphine, then CO
came. The fiend took hold OF the
victim. There was no release
He lectured in Dallas for money
to attend Kelly Cure Institut,
when,as he said, to his audience, hi
was so under the influence OF tn,
drug that he could not stand
He died a vagabond in st. Loui.
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