San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26

brate Meyers 21st birthday anniver
sary and the boys have arranged t.
make ii an AFFAIR not soon to be for
gotten.
There was dearth Of Christmas
turkeys for two or three days before
christmas and many families could
non obtain them at all. This was
caused by the roads being too bad Ia
allow farm wagons to bring the fowls
to the city.&
Last night about Z o'clock a man
named Kellar had his hand very bad
ly l4ceiated by holding cannon fire
cracker until it exploded He was
taken to DR.. McDaniels office and the
hand was amputated.
Il zone very economical man was dis
covered yesterday. Instead of buy
hgSa Christmas tree for his children,
he dug up one of the cedar trees in his
garden and putting it in tub, used
! that as the Yule tree for the little ones.
He win replant the tree after New
Years day.
The postoffice was closed yesterday
and the employees We're given full hol-
lday
The Lights mechanical department
was kindly remembered last night by
Mr.. Silva Herman, of the Edgewood
Distilling company and by Mr.. Monroe
Adler representing Mr.. Nat Sulzbach.
er's wholesale liquor business.
Superintendent Weber, of the coun-
ty hospital. gave his charges fine
dinner with wine in plenty, yesterday.
The Southwestern insane asylum
patients were given a splendid Christ
mas dinner yesterday by DR.. MacGreg-
or and mis- friends.
The city hall with the exception of
the police department and the Jail, was
quite deserted yesterday.
The orphans mt both the Catholic
and Protestant orphans homes were
quite well remembered by friends yes
terday.
"A delightful Christmas party was
given last Friday night ut the residence
of Mr.. Paul Stern, in the Meerscheidt
addition.
Very few sportmen spent yesterday
out in the country after quail. The
roads are too heavy.
The Mount Zion colored Baptist
church will have a masquerade enter
tainment New ears night in the
church.
Burglars broke a show window of
A. W. Kraus' shoe store, AL East
Commerce street Friday night, and
took several pairs of shoes.
City Collector Max Sutor has in
vented a new style of index pook for
occupation tax records.
The city public schools department,
it is estimated will receive from the
state this year as its pro rata, the SUN
of $40. 900 and from the city school tax
the sum of $4,000 total of 100000.
The prisoners of the county jail had
a turkey dinner yesterday.
Captain Nelson Mackey served an
excellent Christmas dinner for his
guests at the st. James hotel.
The condition of DR.. K. Menger Is
reported as being unchanged.
THE wedding of MIR. rudolph A.
Nenger. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Erich
Nltlger, ana MISS siueic DIM tooh pA"NS
yesterday morning at 111o o'clock at
the First Presbyterian church.
-,!The Christmas entertainment OF
the San Antonio Deutscher Maenner-
chor will be held tonight in Mission
garden hall.
Two partners of Il Commerce street
store will likely dissolve partnership on
account of one detecting the other Oh
taking too large a share of the receipts
from sales of goods.
Tomorrow will be the 59th birthday
anniversary of Rt. Rev. j. \. Forest
bishop of the Catholic diocese OF san
Antonio.
Ollie Homas was arrested last
night on a warrant charging him with
assault and battery. He is accused
of having beaten woman very sew
erely. He says she drew knlfe on
him before he struck her.