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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-07
sTOCKDALE HAPPENINGS,
Budget or Fresh Local Gossip From
ThereabOut.
FLORETTE.

StOckdale, Tex, Feb. 6.--Light Spe-
cia.-This little town has about recov-
cred from the cold spell which she ex-
perienced in such a severe form last
week and part of this. 1t was the
coolest weather Stockdale has had for
a number of years and the first snow
for two years, but Notwithstanding the
intense cold 1t was thorough ly enjoyed
by the young folks If by no one else,
as sight of the beautiful white man.
tel of snow enveloping Mother Earth
always sets them in ecstacies of de-
light and this was no exception to the
rule. They enjoyed sleighing and
snow balling to it's fullest extent
while it lasted. The cold did not do
any material damage and the commu-
nifty is none the worse off-in. fact is
is better off as the cold weather was
the main factor in driving off the la
grippe which previously had this town
in its clutches.
The Stockdale Enterprise is a new
addition to this city's literary circle.
1t is we'll edited and well printed
five column, eight page journal, brim
full of local happenings as we'll as 9TH
er news matter,an will make the old
mossbacks get up and hustle to keep
up with it. 1t is an ideal country town
paper and is far ahead of the average
sheet of its kind. Mr.. c. H. Hanson
is the editor and proprietor. The soci-
ETY. news and all the doings of the
young folks of the place are looked
after by it's society editress, Miss Leah
Moody. a charming young society la
dy of this place, formerly of San An
tonic.
Mr.. Human Stroud has recovered
from an attack Of the la grippe.
Mr.. J. A. Mcintyre is erecting a
new building to be used as meat
market.
The Gulf Shore extension, and the
probable location of the depot is all
the talk here now. When it reaches
here the town win certainly begin to
boom as several projected enterprises
are only waiting for the arrival Of the
railroad when they win begin opera
lions.
The young society people are havins
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some great times just at present. A
social affair is on the tapis every
night and sometimes two or three on
the same night.
The public school honorary roll for
January is quite lengthy, showing up
excellently for the scholars.
Mr.. Dupree, who has been iii at the
residence of DIR. Merrill, is recovering
rapidly.
A real estate office is to be among
some of Stockdale's enterprises in the
near future.
The upper story of the handsome new
store of Mr.. T. M. Turner & Son is to
be fitted up for an opera and concert
hall, which will certainly be boon to
this place, as entertainments are now
all compelled to be given in the vrious
churches, there being no hall suitable
for the purpose.
The Gulf Shore bridge across the CT
bolo river is almost completed. AS
soon as it Is finished thus enabling the
construction train to cross, the work
work on this side of the river will be
rapidly pushed to completion, =
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ton. other jackets more like those
lately worn may indeed continue to be
the style for the coming season, but
the one described is in the line of the
coming changes.
Empire Jackets were so pretty that
they were at once overdone, and it will
be wise to avoid the cut except for a
very handsome garment. They are
becoming to almost all figures, except
the very stocky,if we'll hung and made,
but are of all garments the most diff
cult to make well, though the first to
attract the home dress maker. The
very boXy jacket has never been pop
ular, and that means that it will be
fashionably exclusive and ugly for at
least another season. The Jacket of
the season is likely to be smooth cloth
tight fitting, close to the hips, and much
frogged and braided. This jacket is
the despair of the woman who gets
hers ready made, for upon it's exact
adaptation to the figure upon which il
is put depends the symmetry of the
figure.
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the same shade sprinkled with chenille
dots. Below this the satin was tucked
three times. The belt was of corn
flower velvet with large buckle in the
centre, the sleeves combined chiffon
and satin, and the skirt was covered
with chiffon on which were three rows
of black velvet ribbon near the hem.
Coming fashions are making them
selves felt. Bolero jackets are in for
another season of popularity. Every
effort is to be made to suggest length
of arm and of neck. All gowns are
supposed to be silk lined, and lining
to match the outer material is rarely
to be used. Black gowns will be lined
with black and white check or stripe,
or with scarlet, green, heliotrope or
bright blue. Plaids will have another
run of popularity. Paradise feathers
will be worn wherever they can be put
this season. Stripes and solid color
will be conspicuous in the summer ma
terials. Cashmere and berages are
two old materials in for a revival. The
spring jacket will be short, tight fit
ting, tailor as to finish, and in covert
coIors. Pompadour in all Celebrations
and notifications will be popular hair
dressing for the next two seasons at
least, and may be made becoming to
all faces. Paradise feather headdres-
ses will be much worn with dress eff
fects in pompadour combing.
FLORETTE.
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LocKHART LOCALS.
Brief Bits of Late Happenings From
That Locality.

Brief Bits of Late Happenings From
That Locality.
Lockhart, Texas, Feb. 5.--Light Spe-
cial.-The cold snap last week caught
Lockhart people mapping and in conse-
quence everything was frozen up with
nothing to thaw it out with, wood be-
ing very scarce. If the cold had not
let up as soon as il did a wood fam
inc would likely have resulted. But
as 1t was nothing suffered, except
some of the very poor cattle out on the
range unprotected. The hydrants were
all frozen up but as almost everyone
has well, Lockhart being situated
over strong veins of water, the loss by
this was hardly felt. The beautiful
willow fringed lake from which this
place receives its water supply through
the Waterworks company's pipes was
frozen over and presented a very pic
turesque sight, but it was not thick
enough for skating. The young
folks enjoyed the cold very much as
snow, or rather sleet, covered the
ground for the greater part of the time
which of course was taken advantage
of for sleighing. This is predicted to
be the last cold spell Of the winter and
the farmers will soon be planting corn
and breaking up cotton ground.
The grip has entirely played out in
this place, after lengthy hold-on.
Several weddings are to occur In this
place soon.
The Register last week contains quite
lengthy write-up of Caldwell county.
which is very correctly given in every
respect.
Trade was rather light last week. ow-
ing to the cold weather.
The "niggers' continue to shoot
craps and someone is caught almost
nightly and lodged in the county
boarding house, only TO serve his time
out or pay his fine and go back 10 ''rol-
lin de bones" again.
Lockhart's business boom is still on
the go and the new houses are going
up right along all the time.
Information received here is TO the
effect that lobe Baker was accidental
ly shot last week while handling tar
get gun which resulted fatally, near
Lytton Springs.
Miss Cordelia Murphy,of Little Rock,
Ark. is here arranging for an art class.
Lockhart has homeopathic physi-
clan in the person Of DR.. Shocky who
has recently taken up his abode here.
Justice of the Peace Ciark's court
has closed its session.
The Register came out IN a new dress
today and looks as pretty as the pro-
verbal COLLEGE girl
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-07

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-07

Theatre bonnets are rather elabor-
ate and do not remedy the big-hat null
sance for whoever sits behind the the
atre-bonneted woman. At the same
time, some of the women whose depar-
lures from accepted styles ordina-
rily followed by other women, are
wearing simple but rich head dresses
for the theatre. One beautiful affair
had eight chains of pearls spread at
the back of the head and seeming to
hold the high built couture in place.
A pair of beautiful jeweled buckets
gathered the strings together at the
sides of the head and a single strand
of pearls cIasped the brow, the hair
being drawn below it. A pair of
sweeping paradise plumes mounted
from the side buckles in a low curve
and dropped gracefully to the back of
the head. Carried out as this partic-
ualr headdress was, in pearls and 9TH
err jewels, it was luxurious in fact
though simple in effect, but there is
no reason in the world why the same
simplicity of effect with the same fit
ness and becomingness might not be
secured with simpler materials. Sure
ly the grand dame upon whose brow
the described headdress was, would
serve as ample precedent.
Plumes are so generally included in
the trimming of theatre bonnets, that
though the bonnet is usually small, it
presents a sizable mass of trimming
in rear view, and the unlucky person
behind must stretch her neck or view
the play as through a sieve of feath-
ers. This pictured theatre hat avoids
this fault in good degree, and at the
same time suggests the desired trim
ming outlines. 1t was made of braid
ed MORE ribbon and was trimmed
with wide MORE that gave three up
right loops and two fiat ones, all held
by a large jet buckle. On either side
was a narrow band of black velvet
embroidered with jet, and in back the
MORE ribbon formed a large four
looped bow. Two tiny ostrich tips
lay on each side above the embroider-
ed border.
With dressy hats over-elaboration
does not seem to be considered a fault.
Here is an example: A crown made en-
tirely of closely laid violets, the brim
overlaid with gray green leaves. A
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fronts, that extended to the skirts hem,
each one trimmed with a large blue
satin bow where ii met the lace. Blue
satin gave belt and stock and collar.
The princess cut prevails widely in
boudoir dresses, and a handsome mod
ell of this sort swathes the figure from
throat almost to the knees. Over it
is swung from the shoulders a breadth
of almost transparent material, materi-
al which falls to the hem of the dress
in front, a corresponding panel being
at the back. A jeweled belt clasps the
figure we'll down on the hips, and the
princess line of the undergOwn shows
at the sides from under the arm to the
hem as the front and back panels
swing apart. The lines of the figure
are also suggested by the fall Of the
panels and their semi-transparency
Let intending cOpiers remember that
it is essential that the materials of this
model should be lustreless, the under
gown being of some soft wool weave
and the over panels of loose mesh
grenadine. The neck must be built
high and close, and the wrists must be
finished by long frills. Among the
many lovely adaptations of the prin-
cess idea is a boudoir gown that is
princess and trained in back, and open
at the throat in front. the sides flowing
free and lose from a beautiful jeweled
buckle. An undergown is bagged at
the waist line and falls full and soft
about the feet. This design is hardly
new, but it is always graceful and its
revival is to be welcomed.
All sorts of jacket affairs are made
features of boudoir dresses. jacket
jauntily short and belted in at the
back falls free from the throat in front
in long panels that sweep to the hem
in scarf like ends, the figure being fit
ted in princess fashion underneath by
a gown that may or may not be separ-
ate from the jacket. Some deliciously
jaunty jackets present an unbroken
box front and fasten at the back under
a beautiful buckle at the back of the
neck. From this fastening the jack
ct falls open and lose displaying the
princess fit under the gown.
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WEDDING DRESSES.

This winter pearls are the favorite
jewels for bridal use, though as dia-
monds represent wealth, diamonds will
be worn and admired. But it is voted
bad taste to wear too many jewels
though this does not bother most
brides. An accessory adopted by fash
ionable January brides was a chate-
laine crusted in pearls and made of
white enameled gold. From this hung
a scent bottle, clasp to hold the hand
kerchief, a tiny mirror of old venetian,
pattern, a wee box in which whisper!
there is an ''understudy' ring. You
know, the most awful things do hap
pen sometimes and the intended ring
falls or the groom, who is usually such
an awkward accessory to a wedding
really it's a pity he is not dispensed
with entirely-cannOt find the ring in
any of which cases the understudy ring
saves a lot of confusion.
But the gown is the main thing, and
it can be believed that the brides who
have accepted such expensive notions
have worn artistic dresses at the altar
Nothing could be much more artistic
than the dress pictured today. 1t
was of heavy white bengaline, its
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linery have gone about in tiny capes
and though chilled to the bone have
been content because of the exceeding
daintiness of their refrigerator wrap.
Now that we may talk of styles that
will prevail in spring, the highly
wrought cape makes a new bid for at
tention. Here is new one, sketched
in wife cloth, its yoke ornamented with
black cord embroidery. Around the
edge, across the shoulders and about
the neck were shirrings of white lace,
each rose ruche held down with tiny
sable tail. The muff was of the same
white cloth, but had no tails, only full
ruffles of lace at the openings. Both
cape and muff were lined with a deli
cate shade of rose pink brocade.
Among the jackets labelled style OF
the coming season. the trained eye will
select one barely reaching the hips,
double breasted, close fitting at the
hack, slightly boxed in front This
seiH fasten invisibly well under the
min. have moderate sleeves and tai
H. finish of turned over collar, and
ID be lined with a taneta in bright
seIid color. The material viii be a
aixed Light tweed or a whipcord mel
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-07

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EXTRAVAGANZA IN CUTTING.


The extravagant and reckless cutting
of furs that began several seasons ago
and still holds today. has extended to
fine velvets, and the swagger dresser
gets into her velvet gown and wickedly
reioices in the fact that the skirt of
it is cut in two deep frills, Think of
cutting up velvet in that way! These
frills are set on silk or satin foundation
exactly matching the velvet in color,
but they themselves are lined with a
contrasting taffeta, A stunning blue
velvet gown turned out for February
receptions is made in double skirt, its
two frills over blue satin foundation.
The friIls are lined with heavy white
satin and edged on the outside with
sable tail trimming. The bodice al
ways makes body cry with envy that
any one should be able to cut velvet
into strips like that and not go to the
poorhouse at once as result. The
entire bodice is of white satin and
round and round on it are set tucks of
velvet, that is, double folds of velvet
fastened down at one edge. These
tucks just miss meeting each other,
and the white of the satin shows in
tiny thread lines along the spiral and
the round-and-round the tucks form.
Besides all this. the bodice is split,
spirals and all, down the front to al
low the escape of a white satin vest
that is a wonder of tails, lace and jet
spangIes. Think of planning gown
like that for the last month Of the
winter!
Though Russian sable trimmed the
fronts Of the pretty house dress pic
tured here, it was not highly expensive
in its other details. The dress goods
was violet cashmere, and it was cut
princess for the back. The front from
neck to skirt hem was pleated with
white china silk Of the same shade as
the dress goods, and the fronts were
with very novel revers.
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DON'T MIX BLUE AND GREEN.

Blue and green as combination of
color is all gone by; you absolutely
must not do it. Bright green is still
used for the lining of skirts of any col
or, especially black, but heliotrope is
a great deal less common and there
fore much prettier.. Blue by itself, is
much used, especially in dancing and
party dresses, and it was very pretty
as we'll as stylish in the ball dress Of
the accompanying illustration,in whose
original it had delicate cornfiower
shade. The bodice was simply gath
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moderate train bordered at the hem
with a frilling of white chiffon dotted
with small punches of orange blossoms.
The simple blouse waist worked at the
side and along the shoulder, and was
profusely trimmed with oragne bios
SONS. The sleeves had chiffon and
flower trimming at the wrists. The
veil was an oblong piece Of illusion
puffed on the head and fastened with
orange blossoms.
Beside this picture there is a taste
full dress for the brides mother. Made
from heavy nave MORE, it's skirt had
a slight train and was bordered at the
edge with three rows of velvet ribbon.
The bodice was entirely yelled with
brussels net, the fronts showing sever
al frills of the tulle held down with
ribbon straps. Its sleeves were fitted
and had small net puffs, and the belt
was ornamented with a large chiffon
puff at the back.
Some of the weddings of the present
month are made regal with fur not on
ly for the elegant wrap worn between
carriage and church, but the wedding
dress itself is weighted with effects in
white fur. 1t takes a bride of splend-
id dignity to carry this sort of a rig,
however, and the usual effort is to sug
gest girlishness simplicity, no matter
how elegant the equipment may be.
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is tied in a great soft bow at the back.
over one side of the brim hangs rich
bunch of black plumes, the underside
of the brim shows shirred ivory lace,
and the hat is set on an underband
of ermine. How is that for COM
bination and for variety of color?
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PRETTY BoUDOIR GOWN.

There is shown below a very pretty
boudoir gown of pale blue surah, the
skirt gathered to the band and trim
med on the front breadth with two
deep ruffies of cream lace, and the
blouse waist simply gathered at neck
and waist. The narrow yoke and the
handsome collarette were lace. and
starting from the latter were separate
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-07

Printed silks are very pretty and
surprisingly cheap. The light ones
are as dainty as can be for the little
piazza gowns you will need next sum-
mer and are of use now as informal at
home afternoon gowns. These same
silks are going so cheap just now at
all the stores that it is to be guessed
that something newer is to be advanc-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-10
vIReINIA,s HISTORY SCANDAL.

Commander stubbs or the Confederate Vet
ernnn Got Chccks from . Book Concern.
RICHMOND, Dec. 9.-The sensation predicted
as the result of tho investigation to-day by a
committee appointed by the Grand Camp of
Confederate Veterans Of Virginia, Of its His.
tory Committee, was as profound as could DO
expected. Testimony was adduced to sub
s~tantiate the charge that some Of the members
Of the History Committee were in the employ Of
a book trust, and that the efforts Of the COM
mittee to secure a history suited to the South.
ern schools were blocked by obstructive
methods in favor Of the books Of one publish
ing company.
Two checks were placed in evidence paid to
J. n. Stubs, now the Grand Commander Of
Virginia, and then Chairman OF the History
COMMITTEES. They we're drawn by ]. w. -Wo-
mack, well known here as the agent Of q book
concern. MIR Stubbs Indignantly denied that
he had ever received such checks or had any
transactions with Womack. His name on the
checks he pronounced Il forgery. Later he
acknowledged that it was his signature, but
said he could not recolleot for what the money
was paid. The committee adjourned till to.
morrow to give Mr.. Stubs time to refresh
his memory. He has been prominent In poll
tics in Virginia for thirty years, and his failure
to make any defence to the charge against him
has astounded those who know his ability and
past record.
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SHOT rWo, SET 4 BOZ ON FIRE.
Tucco's Mad Rage Over n Reprimand-Tw'
or His Victims May Die.

Tucco's Mad Rage Over u Reprimand-TwO
OF Hia Victims May Die.
HuADELPHIA Dec. 9.-Imbued with murder
GUS rage because of q reprimand for insulting
the little daughter of John Tamponi. with
whom he lived at 702 Christian street,
Antoni Tucco this afternoon fred three bullets
into the father while the latter was in the
yard In the rear of the house. Tucco then ran
into the dwelling. seized an oil can. and was
about to set the house on fire, when Tamponi's
young son, who had witnessed the shooting, dis
covered him.
Tucco threw n quantity of oil on tho land and
threw o match at him. iRniting his clothes.
Covered with flames. tho boy ran from tho
house into the street. Policeman Simpson saw
him and extinguished the fire.
Looking up to tho house, the officer discov
cred fire and smoke Issuing from tho windows
and turned In an alarm. The fremen were
quickly on the scene.
No sooner had they entered the house than
they were met by a volley Of bullets from Tucco,
who stood at the head of the stairs in front Of
his room armed with two revolvers.
Policemen Carey and Simpson. with drawn
weapons, ordered Tucco to surrender. and were
answered by another volley Of shots, one Of
which took effect in Simpson shoulder.
Carey then fired twice. but neither shot struck
the mark. The 1remen made a rush for Tucco
Tamponi was found by the police unconscious
and was sent to the hospital. where no hope is
entertained Of his recovery. His little son 10
also in q critical condition.
Tucco had lived with the Tamponis for sew
eral months. Yesterday the father learned that
he had insulted his child and took him to task
for IL.