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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01
THE ATTACK WITH THE POLE.

strength. The saurian snapped at it
and tried to bite it off, but being small
and round and hard wood he could not
secure good hold OF it.
Her arms were firing and she be-
gan calling for help. Her 12-year-old
son soon responded and came running
down the bank with light AK in his
hand. Creeping up close to the alligator
quietly he dealt him blow on the back
with a sharp blade that nearly severed
some three feet of the reptiles tail.
The old alligator roared and, with p
violent effort, bit through the pole in
his mouth and endeavored to retreat
to the water. But this Mrs. Minnick
was determined he shouldn't do. Catch
ing the AK from her boys hands she
rushed up and, with one effective
stroke, cut off one of the alligator's
front paws. He fell over on his side,
roaring and believing with rage. His
ugly jaws closed together with a
vicious snap and his half-severed tail
still thrashed around in an ugly man
ner. Watching her chance the plucly
woman cut off the tail entirely. Shortly
after two heavy whacks were delivered
on the head of the ugly saurian and the
victory was Won The head was cut
off and buried and Mrs. Minnick says
she intends to have a set of jewelry
made from its teeth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01
THOUGHT OF TRIPLETs.

PhYsIcIa2's Absent Mindedness
Leads to Funny Complications.
He is the last one of the old school OF
doctors, very bland and polite, but also
very absent-minded, except where his
medical practice is concerned, and he
was called one morning recently to a
Prairie avenue home, says the Chicago
Times-Herald, where there is already
one small son in the family, to intro
duce another. Going to the house tele-
phone he called up the head of the house
at his place of business.
Hello! Hello! Is this Mr.. Dream? p
eyes. What is wanted?"
This is DR.. Blank. Iwish to inform
you that you have another fine son,
Congratulations"
Then he rang of the telephone with
out waiting 10 iroos what Mr.. Dream
had to say, and busted himself in pro
fessional duties until ten minutes later,
when he again stood before the tele-
phone trying to remember who he
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01
AN ORDINANCE.
HAN,
Mayor
9-29-1Ot

An ordinance to amend section s. chap
ter 1, part 2, of the revised Civil Or
dinances of the City of San Antonio,
passed and approved November 90
1893.
Be it ordained by the City Council
Of the City of San Antonio:
That so much Of section 5, chapter
1, part 2, of the revised ordinances of
the City of San Antonio as relates to
affixing a penalty to the owner, agent
or person having in charge any animal
to allow any such animal to run at
large or to be kept in what is known
as the two mile circle with a bell or
other noisy instrument to such animal,
shall be extended in it's application to
what is known as the three mile circle
Passed and approved this 9th day of
September, 1897.
BRYAN CALLAGHAN,
Attest Mayor.
THEO. VINKE,
City Clerk. 9-2S-10t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01
AT FORT SAM HOUSTON.

This post, the second largest in the
country,is also the headquarters Of the
Military Department Of Texas, Brig
adler General W. NJ. Graham, COM
handing.
The upper parade g-oc-.5 Is Fort
Sam Houston proper and where the
Flagstaff is located. The lower GROUND
Is the one nearest the city and IL
the Department headquarters.
The upper post is the headquarters
of the Fifth regiment of United States
cavalry, Lieut.. Col. Whitside COM
handing. Besides the field staff and
band and troops D, E, F, and K, Of
the Fifth cavalry, there are also sta
toned here companies A, 3, c, z, +
and G, Of the Eighteenth infantry and
Light battery K, of the First artillery.
The troops at the post number 1888 men
altogether.
Guard mounting on upper parade
ground daily at $50 a. m. Open air
concerts daily after guard mounting
by Fifth cavalry band in band stand
on upper parade grounds.
Cavalry dress parade, Gull dress),
on the lower parade grounds every
Tuesday and Thursday at $50 p. m.
Infantry dress parades Gull dress),
Monday, Wednesday and Fridays on
the upper parade ground at $50 p. m.
Infantry drill on upper parade
grounds Tuesday and Thursday morn
ings from 1880 to $3.50 o'clock.
Battery drill every morning, except
Saturday and Sunday, on lower parade
ground at o'clock.
Cavalry drill every Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday mornings in riding
hall, back of lower parade, or at target
range from 1880 to o'clock.
Brigade review and inspection on the
last day Of each month on lower par
ade ground between and 10 a. m.
Public invited to view all these ex-
ercises.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01

denser, the waste from which, after
being condensed and suitably trapped
may enter the sewer. Subsoil drains
from cellars may be connected with the
sewer, but the connection must be
made with the approval and under the
supervision of the city engineer. Ev-
cry such connection must be provided
with a trap; also with a good metal
strainer, with perforations not more
than one-fourth of an inch in dame
ter and exposed to plain view.
Sec. 8. No butchers offal or garbage,
dead animals, wood, stone, straw, rags
or other articles or distractions of any
kind, whatever, of tougher or harder
texture than newspaper or closet paper
shall be placed or thrown or deposited
in any catch basin, manhole, sewer,
ditch or drain in the city, and any per-
son so offending or causing any OBJ
struction to be placed so as to be car
ried into such sewer or basin, shall be
subject to the penalty hereinafter pre-
scribed for such an offense, also any
person breaking, injuring or removing
any portion of any catch basin, man
hole, or lamphole, cover or any part
of any sewer or appurtenances thereto
or obstructing in any manner the inlet
or outlet of any sewer or drain.
Sec. 9. Roof water, overflows from
cisterns, ETC., shall not be connected
with the sewers. The waste water
which shall enter the sewer shall COM
prise:
1. Waste water from kitchen sinks.
.. Waste water from water closets.
g. Waste water from washtubs and
bath tubs.
4. Waste water from urinals.
5. Waste water from slop hoppers.
6. Such vast water from factories,
launderies, restaurants and other
buildings as the engineer may consid-
er admissible without detriment to the
sewer.
Sec. 10. No connection shall be
made to a public sewer except as here
in specified and provided, unless per-
mitted and directed by the city council
and under the direct supervision of the
city engineer and in accordance with
a design approved by said engineer.
Sec. II. Whoever shall violate or
fail to comply with any of the provis-
ions of this ordinance, shall upon con-
viction thereof, be fined in any sum
not less than SO nor more than $50.
Passed and approved, this 10Th day
of September, 1897.
BRYAN CALLAGHAN,
Attest: Mayor
THEO. VINKE
City Clerk. 9-29-1Ot
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01
DISTANCE MERCURY REACHES.
The Thermometer Bulb Contains
Enough to stretch Miles.

While almost anyone knows about
the principles on which ordinary Their
mometers operate, there are number
of things about the little instrument
which are not generally known, and
which are of a great deal of interest,
says the Boston Transcript. One of the
most peculiar of these is the question
of the length of tube which the mercury
in the bulb of an ordinary thermometer
would fill if it were stretched out in a
single column the size of that in the
tube.
Most people, when asked how long
this would be, would probably say from
FIVE to fifteen feet, while.as matter of
fact this column of mercury would in
an extremely delicate instrument be
miles in length. The reason of this is
that the column of mercury, while it
appears quite Target is really of almost
infnitesimal size. If the tube Of Their
mometer is broken, one is at first at a
loss to see where the mercury goes in,
but a close examination will disclose
fine line, much thinner than hair,
running across the end of the tube,
and this is one end of a little slit in
which the mercury rises. AS it has its
fiat side toward the eye, it appears to
be quite large, and the convexity of the
outside of the tube, through which it
is seen, magnifies it, and gives it that
rounded appearance which is so decep-
tive. The reason why the slit is made
so small is to give the greatest ratio of
result for the expansion of the mercury
IN the bulb.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01
Composition on Lynching.

a Georgia schoolboy who reads the
newspapers submits the following
unique composition on the lynching
evil: "Lynching is wrong. 1t hurts
the limbs of the beautiful trees where
the birds sing. 1t also hurts the people
what's lynched. They should have a
regular hanging and sell peanuts and
lemonade. People what's hung regu-
lar, by law, always go to Heaven. I
don't want to go to Heaven that way"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01

The finest gentleman's resort is tire
SILVER KING.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01
KILLED AN ALLIGATOR.
Florida Woman's Lively Encounter
with n Huge Rentile.

Mrs. P. ]. Minnick, living on the
Hillsborough river, in Florida, has just
had contest with big alligator, in
which the reptile was dispatched. The
saurian was chasing ducks when Mrs.
Alinnick interfered with his fun by a
blow on the head with long pole.
Whirling around, with a loud Whit of
anger, he charged his plucky antag-
onist. AS the gator charged down
with wide-open jaws and shrilly hiss
ing, she braced herself for the fray,
and, with a quick and sudden move
ment, she rammed the pole down the
rsptile's throat. Mrs. Minnick kept
pushing on the pole with all her
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01
WILD HORSES A NUISANCE.

Animals Commit Considerable DAM
age to Fences in Search of water.
Many Indian horses are being killed
On the reservation by barbed wire
fences, says the Spokane Spokesman
Review. The degenerate horses, aban-
doned by their Indian owners, have be-
come an acknowledged nuisance upon
the public ranges. They roam about in
large herds and are as wild as antelopes.
Their watering places have been fenced
up, and it is hard to divert them from
the runways of lifetime. Each herd
is led by a patriarch stallion, whoholds
his command with a discipline that
would be a credit to military tactics.
These herds range on the hills, far
from water, seeking the springs only
once or twice q week. Their runs are
sometimes as far as ten miles. The stall
lion drives the herd to water, following
in their flying wake and driving every
struggling beast with hoof and teeth,
pushing them at high rate of speed,
much after the manner of buffaloes.
Mad with thirst and blinded with dust,
they rush into the wire fences that cross
the old trails, the leaders being driven
with such force that threats are cut
and legs are severed, but the fences go
down and the herd proceeds over
plowed fields and growing crops. AS
q result the reservation is covered with
dead and dying horses, every section re
porting the same scene and allowing
the victims to fare as best they may.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01

Mr.. James E. Farrell, of Brunt
House, w. Va, has discarded all 9TH
er diarrhoea medicines and now han
dies only Chamberlain's Cd1ic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. He has used
it in his family and sold it to his Gus
toners for years, and has no hesita-
ton in saying that 1t is the best rem
edy for collie and diarrhoea, he has
ever known. 1t not only gives relief,
but effects a permanent cure. 1t is
also pleasant and safe to take, making
it an ideal remedy for bowel COM
plant. For sale by all druggists.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.


Fifty-seven instructors, 751 stu
dents. Women admitted to all de-
partments. Tuition free. Total ex-
penses, $3.50 to $3.50.
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS SEES
sion begins Sept. 20; entrance examin-
alton Sept. %; matriculation fee $40;
116 courses of study; University sys-
TEN of instruction and discipline; well
equipped scientific laboratories, libra
ry of $4,000 volumes; Y. NJ. G. A., Y.
W. G. A.. gymnasium, athletic field.
TEACHERS COURSES lead to per-
manent state teachers certificates.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
Confers degree of Civil Engineer.
LAW DEPARTMENTS be-
gins Sept. %; entrance examination
Sept. %; matriculation fee, payable
only once, $50. A two years course
leads to degree of Bachelor of Laws
and entities holder to practice in any
court in Texas. Law students may
pursue academic courses without fur
Their charge.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
ted at Galveston.) -Four years course.
Faculty, 20 trained specialists; school
of pharmacy, school of nursing flor
woman), matriculation fee, payable
once, $50. Complete equipment in all
school. Session begins Oct. 1. En-
trance examinations the preceding
week.
For catalogue of any department, or
for information, address President
Winston, Austin, Texas. 9-19-10e
a.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01

wanted and what he had to communi-
cate. Then he rang up Mr.. Dream
again.
Hello! Hello! Is this Mr.. Dream ~
"Yes- Is this you DIR. Blank?"
at is, and 1 wish to say that you have
another fine son." This time the doc
tor was not in such a hurry and he
waited to hear what Mr.. Dream had to
say. After a long silence there came
from the other end of the telephonewirs
feeble wall.
Another Good Heavens, doctzr,
don't cali me M again. IL win come
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01

home and face the music like man.
And great was his relief when he
found that the doctor had merely COM
picated matters by repeating his first
message.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01
Physical Power of Niagara.

1t has been calculated that a very
strong man exerting himself very vio-
lently can for few minutes work at a
rate of one-ffth horse power, but the
average combined output of so strong
laborfng men working for ten hours
day would not probably exceed one
horse power. With this in view, it is no
exaggeration to say that the power of
Niagara exceeds the physical power
which the whole human race is capable
of exerting continuously.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-01
The strongest Chain.

The greatest and strongest chain ever
made has but recently left the Upton
Green iron works, England. 1t is in
tended for crane work at Chatham
wharf, and consists of oval links forged
severally of 311s-inch rods, each link be-
ing 20 inches long and 10 wide. Since
there was no machinery available for
testing chain of such dimensions, the
test was made by actual suspension of
a weight of $4,000 pounds from each
link.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Judge Gilbert Dupre and Dis
trict Attorney Lee Garland of Ope-
lousas passed through Lafayette
Tuesday on their way to Crowley to
hold a term Of court there. Messrs.
Dupre and Garland have one of the
largest districts in the State, but
being Woodworking and painstaking
officials, they succeed in preventing
an accumulation of their docket.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04
Tableau.
Succession of Pierre Dugas-No.
2oo5-I7th Judicial District
Court, Parish of Lafayette,
Louisiana.

Notice is hereby given that Isaac A.
Broussari, administration of the succession
of Pierre Dugas. has filed q tableau of debts
and distribution in said estate; and the cred
tors and heirs of said succession must file
their opposition. If any they have, within
ten days from this date, otherwise said
tableau shall be homo1ogated.
yette, La. this sd day of September, 1897.
ED G. VOORHEES,, Clerk of Court.
Sept. 4, 1897
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

We are requested by the manager
of the Lafayette Bakery to state
that owing to unavoidable circum-
stances he was unable to begin bust
ness on the 1st of September as had
been announced, but that in the
near future all would be arranged
satisfactorily.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

L. E. Wallis, publisher of tie
Terrebonne Times, paid The Ca
zette a pleasant visit Wednesday.
Mr.. Wallis has been on a visit at
the home of Mrs. S. r. Wallis,
near Lafayette.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Mr. Mistrot Bros, on account of
increased stock and business, have
found it necessary to put several
extra long counters running the
length of the s.ore.-Daily Iberian.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04
Notice to Cotton Sellers.

Having made arrangements with
ono of the best firms in the State,
1 am prepared to pay the highest
market prices for cotton. solicit
the patronage of all those who have
cotton to sell. ]. c. CouvILLON.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Laurent Dupre, Esq, of the
Opelousas bar, passed through La
fayette Wednesday. Mr.. Dupre
was returning from Sour Lake,
Texas, where he spent couple OF
weeks for the benefit of his health,
which, we are pleased to say, is un'
usually good.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

We employ the best of watch
makers and you can rest assured
your watches will give you perfect
satisfaction. T. M. Biossat, jew
eler.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Tomorrow on the Carencro dia-
mond will be played a game of
baseball between two picked mines
from that place and Pilette. Ad-
mission, IS cents.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Judge Felix VOORHEES,, of New
Iberia, was in Lafayette Wednesday
and Thursday, the guest of his sons,
Felix E.. and Ed C. Voorhies.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

The Crescent Excursion Club
will give an excursion from Lafa-
yette to New Orleans on Sept. 26.
The fare from here will be $2.5o.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

XHyANTED-TRUSTW AND AC-
" TIVE gentlemen or ladies to travel
for responsible, established house in Louis-
ana. Monthly 5000 and expenses. Posi-
ton steady. Reference. Enclose self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope. The Dominion
Company, Dept. w. Chicago.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04
Notice !!

Notice
Notice is hereby given that 1 have COM
pleted the listing of assessable property OF
Lafayette parish and said lists are now on
file in my Office in the courthouse, subject
to public inspection for a period of 20 days
from date A. NJ. MARTIN,
Assessor Lafayette Parish.
June 5, 1897.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

The Daily Iberian has made its
appearance. 1t is morning
paper, well edited, spicy and newsy
and shows evidences of ability and
push. May it succeed.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Constable Leblanc, of Broussard,
brought niger to town Monday
to be incarcerated in the parish Jail
for having stolen a woman's hat.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

DR.. H. E. Martin, of Acadia par
ish, was in Lafayette Thursday,
shaking hands with his numerous
friends who are always pleased to
meet him.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04
Notice..

Notice.
The tax rolls of 1897 are now on file in
my Office and the taxpayers of this parish
are notified that am ready to receive the
payments of the taxes for the year 1897.
I. A. BRoUssARD, Sheriff
and Tax-Collector Lafayette Parish.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Miss Ethel Perkins, who has been
the guest of Mrs. A. G. Young
the past few weeks, will leave to-
morrow for her home in New Or
leans.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Louis Pellerin, of New Iberia,
has been appointed night ticket
agent at this place by the Southern
Pacific Company.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

If you want any insurance on
YOUR life or property call on Felix
Mouton at the bank.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Felix Mouton will write your in
surance for you. He represents
all the best companies.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Born and died At $500 O'Clock,
Friday morning, Aug. II, 1897,
infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
A. Veazey.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Miss Matte Wall, of Cheneyville,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Al
bert Doucet.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

IF you want to see hot game of
baseball go to the Oak Avenue
Park tomorrow afternoon.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Mrs. Kennedy is visiting relatives
at Tyler, Texas.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

If you need any insurance tell
Felix Mouton and he'll write it for
you.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Judge Debaillon visited Abbevills
this week.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Lee Begnaud, of the Breaux
Bridge Valley of the Teche, was in
Lafayette Thursday on business.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Edward Boutte, the well-known
cotton man from Opelousas, was in
Lafayette this week.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

All aboard for the Alaska of La
fayette parish. A solid mine OF
golden opportunities to enjoy and
amuse yourself. We mean the
Great Scott Fair and Worlds Ex-
position, Oct. and 10.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

The ladies of Lafayette will be
pleased to know that Moss Bros. &
Co. have lately filed their shoe
parlor anew with1!latest style shoes
that have lasting qualities as we'll as
good looks to recommend them.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Harry burke visited Washington
Monday.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Watches repaired at Biossat's.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Prof. Grcig will open a night
school to afford opportunity to
boys unable to attend day school.
All DESTROYS of joining the class are
invited to meet at Prof. Greig's
school house at 8 o'clock, Monday
evening.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Try pound of Moss Bros. &
Cos parched coffee at IS cents a
pound. It's so good you will want
more. They grind it for you whilst
you wait and save you all the
trouble.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Miss Sara Brown, of Carencro, was
the guest of Miss Mercedes Brous-
sard this week.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Fresh Paris Green of guaranteed
purity, at the Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Bids. ~.,
Bids for repairing and making plank
walks and bridg cs will be received by the
street committee until Saturday Sept. 6,
1897. Bids must stipulate amounts per
month. STREET COMMITTEE.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Mark Lazaro and l.. Deleglise,
of Carencro, were in Lafayette
Thursday.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

The bar Of this parish was not
represented at the lawyers conven-
ton held at Alexandria. What's
the matter with our attorneys
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Watches repaired At Biossat's.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-09-04

Pacific Company.