San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-09


Judge Green yesterday granted fin
| al naturalization papers to Charles
! Schumann, of Germany.
Next month is the first month of
! our southern spring. The time for
planting and transplanting trees and
flowers is slipping by.
-Lost-Gordon setter, diver and
white). Return to Kypfer & Seng. Re-
ward Answers to the name of Racket
1-9-2t*
One San Antonio firm has an up
to date calendar for 1896 with a gen.
uine rabbitt's-foot thereon, to bring
good luck to their customers.
All of next week will be taken up
at the opera house with a popular price
company of actors.
Remember the Hayseed mask ball
takes place Jan. 16. 1-6, 8, 10, Is, Is.
A man on Soledad street yesterday
attracted general attention by exhib-
iting a sack full of rattlesnakes and
with a couple of opossums in the bag
also. He got them from a Mexican
who caught them in the jungle around
the head of the river.
The installation of officers of the
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians will take place
Monday night in Chosen Friends
hall.
"A movement looking to the early
closing of the retail dry goods stores
is to be inaugurated by the salespeo-
pie of this city, and the firm of Wolff
& Marx has consented to close their
store tonight at s o'clock. If all the
other firms will agree to do likewise
this firm will close their store at Z
o'clock every Saturday night.
Street Commissioner Crowther told
the mayor this morning that if the
city prisoners were put in his depart
ment he could get some work out OF
them. They are doing very little per-
manent work at present.
County Clerk Smith issued mar
riage license this morning to Espirdon
r. Rivas and Marie Eugenia Villanue-
va. They will be married by Justice
Shook tonight at 54S Zavalla street.
Marion Mackey had preliminary
hearing before United States Com
LllSSlOlleE JlllS VII a
charge of cutting open United States
mail bag.
Conrad HubeTich has secured
permit to erect Il two-StOry dwelling
at No. 31S South Montana street
Ward Z. to cost 500.
Concert and ball, Berliner Verein,
Muths pavilion Sunday night. 19-2t.
Mr.. f. K. Kirchner is suffering
from a nasty case of blood poisoning.
in his hand, caused by the prick of a
needle eye recently.
The BijOu restaurant on Blum
street has gone out of business.
Judge E. Griff Jones will call his
civil docket, consisting of 100 cases,
Monday morning, and requests all at
torneys to be present.
The eastern line of fence of the
Marshall street public school will be
Strengthened next week.
Mr. Ed. Walker has returned to this
city from an extended absence.
Mr.. Chas. Robinson is seriously ill
at his residence on Laurel Heights.
The police have been notified to
look out from two runaway boys from
Ganahl station, on the north end of
the Arkansas Pass railway.
There were 40 city prisoners at
breakfast yesterday, 10 at dinner and
90 at supper.
A saddle was stolen from Thee.
Steubing recently.
Mrs Woods. living at the corner
of Vera Cruz and Frio streets, reports
the theft from her of some knives re-
Gently.
Street Commissioner Crowther says
he has completed over one mile of
new streets in this city since June last
This too, when it is only expected that
his department shall attend to repairs.
Fifty feet of garden hose were sto-
len yesterday from No. 2S1 Craig place.
j. B. MCGEE has been arrested by
officer Porter on the charge of theft
under $50.
Trinidad Gomez has been arrested
by Detective Shelley as a suspicious
character.
"A case of G. Graves against NJ. H.
OOI el' d., appear IIOll JuSllCe COuIli
is on trial by jury in the Thirty-sev-
enth District court.
Fourteen delinquents were before
the recorder today. Four were charg-
ed with vagrancy.
The total registration at o'clock
this afternoon was 2,069.
The following railroad men. ARE in
the city: Col. ]. c. Andrews, travelling
passenger agent, Southern Railroad,
headquarters at Houston; Major ]. c.
Lewis, travelling passenger agent, Iron
Mountain, headquarters at Austin; Col
Fred. Miller, travelling passenger agent
Illinois Central, headquarters at New
Orleans.
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