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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-06
NEWS OF THE COURTS.
COMMISSIONERS COURT,

II
The county commissioners this
morning approved report of
Sheriff Campbell OF fines assessed
in the Thirty-seventh District
court for the quarter ending July
81, 1896. The amount Of fines col
lected was 1886 and the number of
defendants that served out their
fines in the county jail was nine
teen. ....-. ..., a.
An expense account of District
Clerk Lewis, dating from April l
to July l, amounting to $12, 80, was
approved. s..s
A bill of costs of Justice J. A.
Pons, of Precinct Z for inquest held
over the body of Francisco Barri-
entas on August l, at the Juana
Trevino ranch, on the Goliad road,
amounting to So, was approved.
PROBATE COURT.
Estate of Joseph Haak, deceased;
temporary letters of administration
granted to Joseph Wesp. Bond,
$50.
Estate of Msrgaretta Erben, de-
ceased Frank Erben qualified as
administrator, with will annexed.
Estate of Chas. w. Seymour, de-
ceased Chris. Mueller qualified as
administrator.
NEW SUITS FILED.
John H. Cox va. J. p. Devine ct
al, two promissory notes, $3.50 and
$500.
Reagan Houston, assignee, VS..
R. G. Houston, promissory note,
800.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
D. F. Sspp and w. F. Southern
to j. Il. Newberry, tract out Of o. C.
]. 80, range 3, district 8, Of the old
city grant: $3.50.
Mrs. f. Head to VIC. Kroeger,
part of lots IL and II, block IA, o.
C. |. Gil, on Pine and Wyoming
streets; $2,250.
Leopold Hurst and wife to Her
mann Pauke and wife, part of the
Hypolits Mendoza survey 30S, be-
ing about 121.S3 acres; $1,000.
A. and n. Varga to A. r. Varga,
lot known as No. 625 North Laredo
street; $500.
JIG. Manus by sheriff, to Mary
Warner, lot 2, block l, on Duval
street; $25.
Adam and NJ. Maurer to San
Antonio Real Estate Building and
Loan association, part Of lot 81,
block %, on Cherry street; l,SS5.9O.
COURT NOTES.
The county clerk issued a mar
riage license to Francisco Cutter.
rez and Romano Huranga yester-
day.
Andres Rojas Padilla will be
tried before Justice Jones this af-
ternoon charged with threatening
to kill Marta Barrera on July 81.
Seth Testard was fined S. and
costs by jury in Justice Devine's
court this morning for striking P.
II. Pond over the head with an ink
stand while the latter was trying
to collect bill.
George Fennel, stockman, liv-
ing on the Somerset road, was
fined $40 by Justice Jones yester-
day for beating and striking an
old negro, named Wash Fennel,
who is in the employ Of Fennel.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-06
WEATHER BULLETIN.

Forecast for San Antonio and
vicinity for the "a hours ending at
8 p. m. August Z, 1896:
Generally fair tonight and
Friday.
WEATHER NOTES.
Cloudy weather prevails over
Nebraska, East Kansas and along
the middle gulf coast and light
showers have been general over
these sections during the past "a
hours. .
Temperatures continue high
over the lower Mississippi valley
but over Kansas, Nebraska, and
Colorado, falls ranging from 6 to
8 degrees have occurred.
The high barometer remains
over the middle gulf states.
.. ~ LOCAL RECORD. ~
Maximum temperature yester.
day, 81 degrees.
Minimum temperature in past "a
hours, 70 degrees.
Mean temperature, S. degrees
normal, SO. .u.
Temperature at a. M, this
date, II degrees.
Relative humidity, 50 per cent
| Weather clear, and wind blow
ing 6 miles per hour from tn,
lsoutheast.
| s. B. PFANNER, Observer.
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SHEPHERD g. SAUER
3O6 West Commerce Street.
LIGHT FLASHES
IS. d. SCUDDER, Fire Insurance.

Feed the nerves upon pure,
rich blood and you will not be
nervous. Pure blood comes by
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla which
is thus the greatest and best never
tonic.
Hoods pills cure nausea, sick
headache, indigestion, biliousness.
All druggists. 25c.
"A game of baseball between
colored clubs is being played at
Riverside park this afternoon. A
dance follows the ball game to-
night.
Seven squirrels were killed
yesterday by VIM. Pratt, in Riv-
erside park.
John Boubel yesterday caught
an eel feet long near the head of
the river.
The Alamo Baptist church on
Avenue d is being repaired.
George Keefe, pitcher Of the
Fort Worth team, has been signed
for the Bronchos and will be here
tomorrow.
The remains of the late Miss
Alvine Dohmen arrived over the
Southern Pacific from California
last night and were shipped to
New Braunfels this morning. A
party of friends and relations Of
deceased accompanied the remains.
During the month of July the
sale Of postal cards, stamps and
stamped envelopes of the local
postofflce amounted to $5,143.
Frank Hofauer has made COM
plant before the recorder that
John Schulz has been taking water
out OF the Upper Labor ditch dur
ing his, Hofauer's, hours.
There was a hard fought bad.
ger fight on Blum street last night
Mr.. E. E. Lindsey, of New York
pulling out the badger.
The police are on the lookout
for a 2-year-old lost boy, Jose
Amestics, from 208 South Pecos
Street.
Eighteen cases were before the
recorder today. One case, that O
Flora Radio, charged with va
grancy, occupying court and jury
until after IL o'clock.
Wanted, girl for general hous
work; no washing. Praeger house
South Heights. IT.
JAS. Barnes, Bob Alexander
Geo, Gittinger, Chas. Miller ant
Jack Harrington, young men VIII
IL Is alleged were disorderly In tn
southern part Of the city Angus
4th have been notified to answe
such charges tomorrow before th
recorder.
MIR. George and a friend, Fran
Smith, were asleep in the hous
when the fire broke out last nigh
in West End. Neighbors arouse
them. Mr.. Georges family is al
sent from the city.
The ditch running past Son
mer's garden between Avenue
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a
VERY
SPECIAL
SALE.

Boys and Girls Shoes.
We bought them to sell; 81
a pair, either kind, and we
sold a great many, Bought
too largely; that's the cause
of their being priced down.
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$3.50

For any pair.
Slippers for Girls, Tan or
Black.
Shoes for Boys, Tan.
Toes and coloes new.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-06

DERFEcT and permanent are the
U cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla, be-
cause it makes pure, rich, healthy,
life and health-giving BLOOD.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-09
Phil. Del Was Not Killed.

Mr.. Phil. Del, who many years
ago kept livery stable on Blum
street in this city, and was we'll
known to everybody in San An
tonic, had a narrow escape from
death In the st. Louis cyclone. He
is located in that city and on the
fatal afternoon was driving his fine
team Of horses along Park avenue.
The tornado struck this quarter
OF the city hardest. When at the
corner Of Jefferson street and Park
avenue, a large tree was blown
across the street In front Of the
horses and as they stopped tele-
phone pole was blown down upon
them, crushing and killing both
horses. Mr.. Die, though but
scarcely six feet away, was not
injured.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-09
THE BEST ROUTE.

The Young Peoples Societies of
Christian Endeavor will hold their
Fifteenth International convention in
the city Of Washington, ID. c., July
Sth to 18th, 1896.
Delegates and others attending
from the West and Southwest will
find the Baltimore &Ohio Southwest
ern Railway, in connection with the
Baltimore &Ohio Railroad, the short
est and quickest route to Washing
ton, as well as the most desirable.
The passenger equipment of this line
is second to none, affOrding every
possible convenience for comfort; two
splendid through trains daily, desig-
mated as the New York Express"
and Royal Blue Flyer" run direct to
Washington. Arrangements have
been perfected for cheap side trips
from Washington to many historic
places in the near vicinity, namely:
Mount Vernon, Harper's Ferry, the
battlefield of GETTYSBURG, Norfolk,
Hampton Roads, Fortress Monroe
and other points made prominent
through their connection with the
stirring events in our nations histO,
ry.
C. p. Fegan, travelling passenger
agent, with headquarters at Dallas
Texas, and G. Il. Warfel, assistant
general passenger agent, st. Louis
Mo-, will gladly communicate with OF
call upon you, with full information
covering rates, limits, time of trains
etc. 6-S-tf
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A VALUABLE ACQUISITION.
Rare Books and Pamphlets from South
America for Cornell University. r

Rare Books and Pamphlets from South
America for Cornell University.
Cornell university library has just re-
ceived another extensive collection of
books, this time on South America. 1t
was gathered mainly during an eight
years residence in Brazil by former
Cornell student, Herb II. Smith, well
known in the scientific world as an ex-
plorer and an chronological collector
and the author of one of the best mod
ern works on the natural and sociolog-
ical features of Brazil.
The collection numbers about 700 vol
umes and 500 pamphlets. Works Of
travel, both early and recent, are fully
represented, and, though the majority
of the books deal more especially with
Brazil, there are not few relating to
Guiana and Venezuela.
The collection is especially valuable
because it contains SO many books and
pamphlets published in South America
which very seldom appear in the mar
kets of this country or Europe. 1t is
stated by competent judge that three
fourths of the South American pamph-
lets in this collection are not to be found
in any library. Cornells general Ii
brary now contains over 100000 vol
umes. This latest acquisition was pur-
chased from the Henry w. Sage endow-
ment fund,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-09

Der deal ever negotiated has just been
consummated in st. Louis. The Chi
cago Coal G. Lumber company, a
concern which has been recently
moved here from Atchison, Kan,
bought from the st. Louis Refrigerator
g. Wooden Gutter company 1O0,Oo0,o00
feet of yellow pine lumber. The ma
terial is being cut at Lumberton, Miss,
and will be delivered at the rate of 25,-
100000 feet a year. 1t will require the
use of 10000 freight cars to transport it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-09
TO CHANGE MEMORIAL DAY.
Soldiers Object to Making May 80 the
Occasion for Sport.

Soldiers OBJECT TO making may oO the
Occasion for Sport.
The Women's Relief Corps, of Blue
Ridge, Kan, has taken up the question
which they say has filed old soldiers
from one of the union to the other with
indignation, and has decided that if
Decoration day is to be desecrated by
horse races, baseball games, cock fights
and fishing picnics, they will abandon
the day to the unfeeling and sporting
element and will decorate graves on
May 30 instead of May 30. They will
thus be able to mourn their dead with
out the brawls of baseball rioters ring
ing in their ears or the yawps of the tin
horn sports with bloodshot eyes who
attend the memorial horse races. Dec
grafton day, which was originally in
tended for solemn day of mourning.
they charge, has become wild and
awful period of shrieking brass bands,
beer jamborees, prize fights, excursions,
noise, explosions, drunkenness and de-
bauch. In their appeal to the old SOL
diers the Blue Ridge women say:
why not abandon the Goth of May to the
horse racers, the bicycle scorchers. the fish
ing picnics and the railroad excursions; let
the clerks and mechanics have their holiday
(they get few enough of them), but let the
Grand Army Of the Republic cover the
graves of their comrades with flowers on
the 18th of May; let them show their right
full Indignation by simply Withdrawing from
the day that is annually desecrated and
give their parade on the day before the one
now made festive by the public at large
Without sentiment or good taste"
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For Sale by All Druggists
Notes From Seguin.

SEGUIN, Tex, June 9.-[Special]
Little David Mcknight, the two
year-old baby boy Of Mr.. and Mrs.
P. j. Burgess, died Saturday night
and was buried at the Riverside
cemetery yesterday. There have
been so many sad deaths in our
town this year and this adds an
other sorrowing family to the be-
reaved list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Suchart enter
tanned a number of friends Satur-
day night. Dancing was the fea-
ture of the evening.
Rain is very badly needed here.
There will be serious injury to the
corn crop unless we get rain with
in q week.
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Acting was 100 lseaL

During some private theatricals at the
Saxon court recently, Crown Princess
Frederick took the part of maid serv-
ant The extreme realistic way in
which she portrayed vulgar young
woman moistening and polishing a
leather shoe brought her a reproof from
the king himself. who said: "We are
among ourselves, it is true; but even
then a royal princess ought not to play
70 exactly the manners of a maid"
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How They Eat.

The following is the daily ration of
the animals at the Jardin des Plantes in
Paris: Ten pounds Of flesh for each
lion, tiger and bear; seven pounds for
the panther, three pounds to six pounds
for the hyena, one pound for the wild
cat. and two pounds for the eagle.
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Accommodating.

The following is told of an old lady
who had her hair cut off in severe
illness, and wore wig in its place She
was staying in continental hotel, and
one day noticed a gentleman looking
curiopsly at her hair. Soon after, on
some excuse, he crossed the room to
behind where she sat. She calmly got
up, turned around, and, lifting her hair
from her bead. said: "Yes, sir; it is
q wig"
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Berlin.s Fire Brigade.

Before fire brigade in Berlin starts
for fire the members are drawn, up in
line, and in military fashion salute their
captain; then off they run, having lost
more than minute by this foolery.
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rssla Able to See Moving Plate Benin
Three Men.

THROUGH FLESH AND BONE.
Yssla Able to See q Moving Plate Behind
Three Men.
Nicola Tesla has finally accomplished
successfully with Roentgen rays what
other scientists have not yet succeeded
in doing, although the field is not en-
tirely new. He has looked through
the trunk of the human body. He has
even gone further and has seen through
the bodies of three of his assistants
standing in row.
Edison believed he had solved this
problem when he discovered the
fourescent screen.
In this he used tungstate of calcium,
which he believed to be six times more
auorescent than the platino-bario-
cyanide which Roentgen and most Of
his successors used.
Tesla, on the contrary, has persevered
in using the platino-bario-cyandide for
his fuorescent screen after testing al
most every known substance and some
few that were not recognized previous
ly. Where other experimenters have
voltage reckoned in thousands or even
hundreds of thousands Tesla has used
millions.
His great object was to secure vast
power in the vacuum tubes, and at last
he has succeeded.
The skeleton of one of his assistants
who stood at a distance of five or six
feet from the tube which was giving
Off the rays was seen plainly.
But that was not all.
Tesla has finally perfected the X-ray
tube to such an extent that he saw COM
pletely through skeleton as well as
flesh. One of his assistants held q
brass plate in front of his chest, NOV
ing It up and down. The X-ray had
penetrated the body and through the
fiuorescent screen Tesla could distinct
ly see the brass plate as it moved.
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Minneapolis.

Minneapolis has population of 21o,
900 people, debt of Sc, 637, 572 an6 a val
uation OF S135,661.324.
THROUGH FLESH AND BONE.
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EMANCIPATION DAY RATES.
For Emancipation Day celebrations
June 10Th, the l. and G. n. r. r. will
place in effect reduced rates between
all local stations. ID. j. PRICE,
6-S-10t Asst Gen. Pass. Agt.
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BIG LUMBER DEAL.

Contract Closed for 400. 100000 Feet of
Yellow Pine from Mississippi
What is. said to be the largest lum-
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Guns for the Africans.

There is one firm in Birmingham put
ting out a thousand flint guns every
week for the African trade.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-13

On the Cambrian line it appears that
all the passenger traffic, except 2.3 per
cent-that is, 97.7 per CENTS by third
class c;srriages, and on the Hull and
Barnsley ac,ually 90 per cent of the whole
traffic is third class, leaving only one III
every hundred travellers who goes first class
In fact, the company supplies first class ac-
commodations by every train, and on an
average carries only one first class passen-
ger by every other train. Clearly ON such
line as that it cannot pay to have first
class carriages at all, yet there are very
curious varieties in the local taste for diff
ferences OF grade in various parts of the
country.
In Scotland, where there are no second
class carriages, a great number of people
dislike travelling third. And as q result
1000, 600 in every so, 900, 000 or in every
20 passengers, travel first class, and very
often numbers of the lowest section of the
trading class are found travelling first. In
Ireland again where there is very wide
preference for distinctions of grade, no
less than about IA quarter of the whole
passenger traffic is either first or second
class, and only about three-quartars go
third, the exact proportion being that out
of "a, 500, 000 passengers !, 900, 900 go first
and +, 225, GOO second. Again, on "a purely
urban line like the North London only 60
per cent go third class and the remaining
40 per cent go either first or second-Lon.
don Spectator.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-13

There are about 100 horses at work haul
ing spool stock, bars and spools in Will
mantle and vicinity
The North Dexter woolen mill is doing
an excellent business. The operatives are
working three hours over time each day.
Several thousand dozens of shovel
blocks have been made in Industry and
vicinity recently. The regular price OBJ
tained is so cents per dozen.
The Lisbon Falls Cooperative Associa-
tion held it's semi-annual meeting this
week. Treasurer j. H. Brewster reports
over s26, 900 worth of business done the
past six months. A nine per cent dividend
was declared.
Gorden Bros of Weeks Mills, have cut
out so, 900 barrel heads besides 100, 900
slaves this winter This, with the stock
carried over from last year, will make
$4,000 apple barrels. They have given
employment to five men most of the time
The lumber mills at Milltown are bein G
put in thorough repair to begin the spring
saving as soon as the ice leaves the upper
part OF the st. Croix. On account of the
long spell of dry weather last summer and
fall but little work was done in the saw
mills so that long and Busy season is
being looked forward to by the lumber
men in that vicinity.
A correspondent of the Union Times
claims that South Liberty does more bus
iness to the square inch than any other
place in Maine of its size, and says that
most any kind of a job can be done
there After enumerating the local in
dustries. which include three blacksmitbs,
a wagon builder and steam mill, the
writer concludes as follows: We have no
lawyer as yet as there is not much need of
one. as the people are law abiding; no
settled minister, but rs salvation is free
it don't take as much to satisfy the peo-
pie here as in some places.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-13
A DOG WITH A FUTURE.

Such cunning little, foolish little. clumsy
little thing!
Would you name him for the president or sim
ply call him King,
Or Prince or Duke or Hero
Julius sCasar-Pompey-Nerof
he will surely feel his duty is to live up to his
name,
And not to have noble one would be per-
feet shame.
He shall learn to fetch and carry and to play
that he is dead,
To beg upon his hind legs and to stand upon
his head.
He shall guard the house at night, too,
Put robber bands to fight, too,
And this summer at the seaside he II let no
body be drowned;
Isuppose there'll be u hundred lives saved by
my gallant hound.
And next winter shall tell him-if a blizzard
comes, you know,
He must rescue all the travellers who might
perish in the snow.
Oh, if you only knew. sir,
The plans She has for you, sir
You soft and warm and limp and helpless, good
for nothing pup
Though the prospects very glorious-I believe
you'd not grow up!
Ladies' Home Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-13

City and County.
A SILVER RECEPTION.
First Baptist Church Gives Bright Entertain.
ment-Lots. .of Children.

There was large crowd assembled in
the First Baptist church, Thursday even
ing, tc attend the entertainment given by
the little girls and boys of the society. 1t
was pretty and bright affair, all through,
and the young people acquitted them
selves greatly to their credit.
Especially bright was the recitation
given by Masters johnson and Wyman,
"A Receipt for Racket" The two lit
tie men were very cunning and did their
parts well. The recitation by Miss Annie
Weston was also very pretty.
After the entertainment all assembled
to the vestry, where number of little
girls, dressed in white and very small boys,
with very large white collars on, received
the guests.
Silver and white was pretty much every
where silver stars being interlaced in
every place where they could find resting
place.
Chocolate and other light refeshements
were served.
The following is a programme of the
entertainment:
Song, Chorus of children
Welcome, Seven young misses
Song-"Tbe Gypsey Boy Chorus
Song and Recitation,
Misses Welman, Philbrook, Bicknell, Craig
Recitation-"Receipt for Racket"
Masters Johnson and Wyman
Recitation-"The Gingerbread jar.
Alice Weston
Chatterbox, Marion Wyman
Dialogue,
Misses Bicknell, Bascomb. Weston, Well
man. Knowles.
Recitation, Annie Weston
Recitation (in costume) Eva Wyman
Song, Ola Weliman
Giving the Dearest, Margaret Philbrook
Recitation-"John Sleepyhead,"
Winfield Small
Offertory Service,
Harold Craig and Harold Johnson
March and opening Of mite boxes, when each
child answered the question, How ]
Earned My Pennies"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-03-13

Everybody knows that the earth makes
ono complete revolution on its axis once in
each "A hours. But few, however, have
any idea of the high rate Of speed at which
such an immense ball must turn in order
to accomplish the feat of making one revo
luton in a day and night. a graphic
idea of the terrific pace which the old earth
keeps up year after year may be had by
comparing its speed to that of a cannon
ball fred from modern high pressure
gun. The highest velocity ever attained
by such a missile has been estimated at
1856 feet per second, which is equal to a
mile in 3 $40 seconds. The earth, in
making one complete revolution in the
short space of "a hours, must turn with q
velocity almost exactly equal to that Of
the cannon ball. In short, its rate Of
speed at the equator is exactly 1,507 feet
per second. This is equal to II miles q
minute