San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-03

day Tor hoTSetneit, DuG sdu 10 re-
late, the prisoner escaped. He
struck the officer when the latter
wasn't looking and broke away.
We have just unpacked
sample carload of the well known
Troy Carriage Co.'S. work, all late
'96 styles, and are offering them at
greater bargains than ever offered
before. We offer this work as equal
to what competitors call the finest
on the market, though we make
prices considerable lower through
the fact chat we CAN and DO pur.
chase at lower prices and YOU GET
THE BENEFIT. We sell on EASY
TERMS. STAACRE BROS.
337t.
There were fifteen cords OF
wood and two OF kindling deliv-
cred by the city to the schools and
other city institutions last week,
beside $3.50 pounds of coal to the
city hospital.
Ninety per cent of all the PEG.
pie need to take course Of Hoods
Sarsaparilla at this season to pre-
vent that rundown condition Of
the system which invites disease.
The death was reported today
at the city health office OF Diony-
sius Rodriguez, Feb. 22nd, at the
county poor house, at the age Of "a
years.
ED. Underwood was dismissed
by the recorder today ofthe charge
Of being suspicious character.
Hoods Pills are purely veget.
able and do not purge, pain or
grippe. All druggists. 25s.
Consulting Engineer Gray leaves
this evening for his return home
to Providence, r. 1.
City Marshal Druse was on
duty all of last night, at the city
hall.
James Beaumont and wife and
Miss Ida Beaumont, of Victoria,
are at the Southern.
William Barrowman died at
No. 80 South street last night
about 7 80 o'clock. Deceased was
80 years of age and a native of
Monroe, Mich. The remains will be
shipped to Des Moines, Ia, to-
night.
The Atlas Bowling club will
have their weekly bowl at Mission
garden alley tonight.
There were only eight fire
alarms in this city during Febru-
airy, all for small fires.
-Messrs. Jas. S. Rodgers, Peoria,
III. G. F. Meyer, ST. Louis; w. E.
Jones, San Francisco; and j. d.
Vivian, Kalamazoo, Mich, we're
registered as guests of the San An
tonic club yesterday.
The resignation OF City Detec-
tive McNeel, to take effect March
1st, has been handed the mayor.
Mr.. McNeel intends to re-engsge in
the cattle business.
The city auditor has began
work on the last quarterly report,
embracing December, January and
February.
The tail end of the northern
blizzard reached San Antonio al
1880 p. m. today.
| -Ygnacio Gortari, aged 40 years,
formerly a well-known barkeepel
Of this city, died Feb. Goth, at No
34S Santos street, Ward Z, from
cerebral meningitis.
| Will. Robb was fined $40 by
the recorder today as suspicious
character.
| The sum Of $2.205.50 was ex
pended on city street work las
lweek.
| During February 81, 490.5S il
occupation taxes and 1918 TO
wagon numbers, total $l,497.33
were collected by the city collector
Miss Minnie Schulz, who ha
been visiting at the home of MI
and Mrs. p. MagadIeu, on Yves
Nueva street, for the past tw
weeks, returned to her home a
Stumberg station today.
II For rent Of city cemetery lot
the sum Of $3.50 was collected b
e the city during February.
II Chapel Car "Good WILL" sid
tracked at the Southern Pacif
= depot, was pushed off the switc
this morning and the wheel
6 buried to the hubs in the dirt o
Duval street.
Madam Elisa Devriant, age
81 years, died last night at No. z
Avenue G. She came here abol
! three years ago from England an