San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-26
AROUND DREISS HILL,
NEWS OF THE WEEK FROM THIS
NEIGHBoRHo0D.
Usual Batch of Church Items, Birthday
n Celebration, Personals aud Other
Notes of Interest.


vicinity have taken place during the
past week, as it would be something
unusual to let q fair week slip by
without something of this kind, but
even these were not as successful as
is generally the case
An ice cream festival was given at
the residence of Mrs. Blank, in East
End, Monday night, which proved an
entire failure, hardly enough being
realized therefrom to cover expenses.
Scarcely anyone, except few men,
bers of the church, which the affair
was to benefit, attended.
IA musical and literary entertain
ment was given in the Nebraska
street Presbyterian mission, East End,
Wednesday night, which was a sue
( cess, the church being well filled, a
large contingent of East End and
Dreiss bill young folks especially be-
ing In attendance, as well as a num-
Der of the older people. This affair
was really meritorious one and the
actors deserve credit for it. An eX-
cellent program of music, songs, etc.,
was rendered, beside the recitations
and dialogues, which We're comical
and well rendered. Quite a sum was
realized. After the entertainment re-
freshments of lemonade and cake
were served.
Outside of the church entertain
ments affairs have been quite slow,
the only social attraction for the
young people of the hill being troll
" party, given Tuesday night by Mrs.
Jordan, on BurlesOn street, and which
was attended by almost the entire
population of Dreiss hill young folk.
Half dozen young ladies from the
hill spent the day on the river, near
the Sunset track, last Tuesday.
Mrs. Rose, living at JOG Cactus
street who became overheated last
Saturday and in consequence was
quite i'll, has recovered and is now
able to be out again.
The additional number of new
chairs recently placed in the South
Pine Street Presbyterian church are
not sufficient to accommodate the con-
gregation, as was demonstrated last
Sunday night, and another supply is
needed.
One night last week number of
AOA t1lC SAINT VI CACIN1SC toOh a
q Nm the corner of Cactus and
not BStreets to the East End
{ch. M: distance of mile and
half, and e>prn.
3 Miss Lizzie Met CLAIM of Lavernia,
who has been Hkre on visit to Miss
Louise Schroeder a her residence,
on Montana street, haA returned home
Z accompanied by Miss Schroeder.
TIE dust is beginning to make
things disagreeable in this part of the
city again.
Little Roy Martin will leave over
the Southern Pacific at IL o'clock
& this morning, in charge of the conduc-
tor, for Weimar, where he will spend
a month in the country with his aunt,
4 returning in time for school.
Policeman Reynolds children, Mary
and Charlie, are expected home soon,
from Lockhart, where they have been
spending vacation with relatives.
Last Sunday Miss Louise Schroeder
reached her eighteenth birthday
year, which was duly celebrated at
her home, on Montana street. Miss
->Schroeder presented her friends each
with neat little cards with the inscrip-
ton: Eighteen today, Miss Louise
Schroeder, Sunday, July 10, 1896"
The young lady was the recipient of
the hearty congratulations of her
many friends.
NJ W. T. Schumacher is now sport
IL ia handsome new buggy.
-~~r Mr.. and Mrs. Bickel have returned
from their mountain trip.
Otis Ward has gone to the country
to engineer a well drilling apparatus.
Luther Potter is again at home, at
40 Cactus street, having returned
from where he has been off at work.
Mrs. Carrie Dukes, wife of Station
Agent Dukes, of the Gulf Shore, at
Lavernia, who has been visiting her
mother, at 106 Cactus street, during
the past week, has returned home.
The Tuesday night meeting of the
Westminster league of the Pine street,
Presbyterian church was quite inter-
esting as well as having a very, good
attendance, Notwithstanding num-
Der of the young people were enticed
away by the frolly petty already
l1entioned. Tic devotional exercises
were led by Deacon ]. w. Burwell.
After the league meeting Rev.
Knight. father of the late Percy
Knight, the young artist, and one of
the founders of the Pine street
church, as well as its first pastor
made a short address to the audience
81 The members of this league met al
the church Friday evening at o.
clock and proceeded to the Westmin
" ster Presbyterian church, on Garder
street, where a Union Westminster
league meeting was held.
The choir of the church also me-
and practiced last night in the churcl
and the choir of the blackberry NJ. e
church held practice song service
Friday night.
The board sidewalk on South Hack
berry street, between East Commerce
and Dakota, is in a bad condition
the boards being broken loose ant
some even entirely gone. 1t is dan
yerous in muddy weather as well al
niOhf