San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 287, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1889 Page: 6 of 8
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The gaily Sight.
THURSDAY. JANUARY 17 1889.
tUraay. nut rbr trial 1 sHoura nave ended It
Jjst night. I would give my right arm t
hear the sound of a human voice. We art
drifting to the east very fast.”
“Thirty-first Day—Rescued this morning
by the whaler Lucy and Jane of the Unitec
States after a drift of a full month during
which time as computed by the captain of
the whaler the bulk has drifted 1500 miles.
Only one sail sighted in the whole time."—
New York Sun.
Imbedded BuU.
A living bat imbedded in solid rocky was
found on the premises of W. V. Harriott
near Romney W. Va. by Mr. Herriott and
Charles Corbin who were quarrying the
rock. There were several other witnesses to
this remarkable discovery. Tbe hole in the
stone which was in the center was quite
small and the bat’s body just filled it. The
bat subsequently died by being kept too near
a warm stove. Something similar to this
happened in the mine of the Swanton com-
pany at Barton Md. several years ago.
Anthony Rehs. a miner while driving his
pick into the solid breast of coal dislodged
from a little pocket a live bat. He took it
home with him and it died in a few days. It
was afterward stuffed and is now in Mr.
Rehs’ possession. Archibald McDonald at
that time superintendent of the mine had a
plaster cast taken at the cavity in the coal
and it corresponded exactly to the shape of a
bat. The place where the bat was lound was
about a mile from the mouth of the mine
and was vertically about 31'0 feet from the
surface of the ground.—Baltimore Sun.
THE FIRST LOVE AND THE LAST.
Heigh-ho! ’Twas years ago; yet by my chair
To-night there stands a maid surpassing fair—
The self same maid with waving nut brown hair.
Who rent my boyish breast my heart laid bare.
And stamped a never dying impress there—
Sweet maid she's there.
Heigh-ho! Oh. life! Withall your toil and care;
With all your hopes your trials hard to bear.
Days of bright triumphs nights of grim despair
Your somber shades your noontime's brazer
glare—
I do not forget all now for she is there—
Sweet maid she's there.
Heigh-ho! No no; 'tis but a vision there.
The maid has gone but now a woman rare
Stands in her place. There's silver in her hair
And on her loving face are lines of care.
Yet sweeter far to-night than maiden fair
Is this dear one who smiles beside my chair—-
* My wife—my wife!
—Chicago Times.
THE DRUMMER BOY.
That night Dec. 25 1788 the weather was
abominable. It rained in torrents the wind
blew furiously hissing as though in anger
breaking branches from the trees which fell
with sharp cracklings that seemed almost
like cries of pain ft was about 1 o'clock in
the morning. A carriage was rolling along
the road leading from the little village of
Croix Daurade some two or three miles from
Toulouse to the Palificat castle the wind and
the rain prevented the horses from making
any headway; at a favorable moment a
powerful gust extinguished the lights in the
lanterns.
“Stop Jean!” cried a voice.
Jean the coachman obeyed; he got down
from bis seat held the bridle of the terrified
horses talking to them familiarly to prevent
them from running away.
“Do you not see any light Jean?” asked
the same voice.
“Yes” replied the servant; “near by at
Margaridetto’s but the house is very mean
and Marguerite is very poor.”
“What matters it?” said tbe man who was
speaking in the carriage “we would be bet-
ter off anywhere than in the midst of this
tempest with a wind strong enough to blow
the horns off an ox."
At the same moment the door of the car-
riage opened and a tall man stepped down
with a burden in his arms. The man went
to the house pointed out by the coachman
from which light was seen streaming through
the rabbets of the badly joined door; be
knocked and in a few minutes a young man
or rather a youth of 13 or 14 years opened
the door.
“You marquis here at our house!” cried
the astonished lad.
“Yes” said the other laying on a wretched
straw chair his precious burden—a young
girl apparently of the same age as the lad
who had opened the door. The two young
people were of the same age but what a dif-
ference there was between them! The girl
was wrapped in a rich fur beneath which
could be seen a gown of garnet satin; her
pretty blonde head with its two great black
eyes was hidden under a large lace necker-
chief. The young man wan thin emaci-
ated had a timid and unhappy look which
was painful to see. The dwelling into which
the marquis and his daughter had just made
their way was wretched cold and bare; a
chest of drawers an old cuckoo clock which
ticked slowly in the middle of the room
and an old table constituted the entire
furnishing of the hut the floor of which
was the bare ground. At the back
in an alcove on a mean bed lay a
sick woman the Margaridetto os she was
called in the place. A candlestick of three
branches lighted with its flickering and
smoky flames this miserable home. Tbe mar-
quis threw a surprised glance over this misery
which surrounded him; the young man per-
ceiving this astonishment anticipated the
gentleman’s thought:
“Oh! it is not at all fine here but you
know mother is a widow and it is now two
years since she was taken ill and as for my-
self 1 hardly earn enough tending flocks to
keep her from starving.”
The young girl began to shiver from the
cold. The lad threw into the fireplace a
fagot of twigs which blazed up with a cheer-
ful crackle throwing into the room a great
dancing light. This sudden flash awoke tbe
woman who was sleeping on the bed and
whose wan emaciated face looked like that
of a corpse. The young man ran close to
his mother’s bed and notified the sick
woman of th. visit with which thev wue>
nt in usd on Next Page
WILSON MARSHALL
JAMES
Who First Found Gold
in California.
The Man
January 14th was the anniversary
of the discovery of gold in California.
To the late James Wilson Marshall of
whom we give a portrait the world is
indebted for a discovery which start-
ed the astonishing prosperity of Cali-
fornia and made an epoch in modern
history. The foundation of Califor-
nia’s wealth was laid by his intelli-
gence and sagacity. In less than
three years after the time at which he
discovered gold what had been pre-
viously to his finding of the precious
metal a wilderness country was re-
ceived into the sisterhood of the
states.
Marshall was a New Jersey man
born in Hope township that state in
the year 1812. After residing in Kan-
sas for some years on the Ist of May.
1844 he joined a train of wagons bound
for California. In August 1847 he be-
6 an work in a lumber mill at
bloma Amador county. On the 14th
of January following as he was su-
perintending the building of the mill
race his eye caught the glitter of
something that lodged in a crevice on
a piece of sift granite and which
proved to be gold. The news of his
discovery flew like wildfire and those
whites who were then in California
went into the quest for gold with
great ardor and energy. Then came
the mad rush from tne east and the
old world. In 1849 every sailing ves-
sel and steamer landing at San Fran-
cisco was crowded with adventurers.
They knew that gold had first been
found at Coloma and many went
thither. Without inquiry or negocia-
tion they squatted upon Marshall’s
land about the mill seized his oxen
for food confiscated his horses and
marked the land off into town lots
and distributed them among them-
selves. Thus robbed of his property
he perforce became a prospector but
never succeded in finding much gold
and he died a few years ago in pover-
ty. which was hardly relieved by a
scant allowance from the state.
Hicrh License In New York.
From the New York Press.
The commission to revise the ex-
cise laws has completed its work of
preparing a bill which is not satisfac-
tory to the great mass of the people
who are not in the saloon business
and has adjourned. High license re-
publicans have been giving the saloon
keepers fair warning and notice for
years—too many years—that high li-
cense was coming. They have known
what was ahead. They have had am-
ple time to sell out and let themselves
down easy if they didn’t like it. High
license laws have gone into effect in
other states and worked so well as to
make it even more certain that high
license must come to New York. Un-
der the circumstances high licenses
would be “reasonable” licenses and
the only reason the revision commis-
sion’s licenses are not reasonable is be-
cause they are not high.
TOMS DICKS AND HARRYS.
The shah of Persia is looking for-
ward to a great time in Europe.
Rev. Dr. Broadus of Louisville is
delivering a course of lectures at
Yale.
Robert Bonner has just sold his
four-year-old mare Majolica for §25-
000.
Sir Robert Morier has nearly com-
pleted a volume of diplomatic remin-
iscences.
Prince Henry of Battenberg has
been appointed governor of the Isle of
Wight.
Pierre Lorillard and his party have
started south on a two month’s sport-
ing tour.
A bust of Louisa M. Alcott has
been cut in marble by Walton Ricket-
son of Boston.
Jules Simon declares French to be
the most difficult language in which
to talk nonsense.
Lew Wallace has a number of copies
of “Ben Hur” with raised letters for
the use of the blind.
President Carnot is a first-class car-
penter and can handle the saw and
plane as well as any mechanic.
A memorial of the late Sir Henry
Maine in white marble has been
erected in Christ's Hospital London.
The seventh annual meeting of the
Citizens’ Law and Order League of
the United States will be held in Tre-
mont Temple Boston on Monday and
Tuesday February 18 and 19 1889.
If You Have
Ko appetite. Indigestion Flatnlenco
Nick Headache **all ruu down" los-
ing flenb you will find
Tutt’s Pills
the remedy you need. They lone up
the weak Htoinach and build unthe
flagging energieN. Nufferer. from
mental or phyHlcal overwook will find
relief from them. Nicely sugar coated.
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
NOW IS YOUR TIME
TO BE WELL SHOD
For a Little Money.
THE CRESCENT CITY
Boot and Shoe Store
Offer for the Next
30 } DAYS i 30
Their entire Stock of Fine Hand-Made Boots
and Shoes at actual Cost of Manufacture.
Goods Warranted First-class.
Call at once and make your selection while
the Stock is Full as these goods are sure to
be sold.
CRESCEKT CITY BOW & SHOB STORE
J. H. MARQUART Manager.
OPPOSITE TH E COURT HOUSE. 1-5 tf
San Antonio
EYE - EAR - AND - THROAT
INFIRMARY.
Dr. N. S. BURNHAM Proprietor
and’Surgeon in Charge.
Cor. St. Mat y’s and Houston Streets
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS.
Consultation Free—Office hours from
9 to 12 and 3to 5 Week days and on Sunday
from 10 to 12. 9-10-lf
MRS. CHAS. DEVITS.
Ladies Hair Dresser
AND
Wig Maker.
Ladies and Gentlemen’s Wigs a specialty.
Ladies' Bangs Curls Switches Etc.
LADIES’ HAIR DRESSING PARLOR
209 Commerce Street.
6-ly SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
Paul Grona Sr Co.
MATTRESS MANUFACTURERS
No. 26 Military Plaza
THE BEST OF SHUCK HAIR LINT
FEATHER OB COTTON MATTRESSES
MADE TO ORDER.
Also Pillows Bolsters. Cushions or anything
in our line of business.
Give us a call. See our work and get prices
We guarantee all work first-class.
MILITARY PLAZA.
3m Under Southern Hotel.
E. I. BCWSKY
Bath.'. andShaving.'.Parlor
9 and 11 SOLEDAD ST.
TURKO-RUSSIAN VAPOR & MEDICATED
BATHS
AT ALL HOURS. Also HOT AND COLD
SHOWER BATHS
Cupping Leeching—Corns Bunions and lx
growing Nails Treated on Scientific principles
Manufacturer of the celebrated
Oriental Sage Tonic
LlO-17-V A sure cure for Dandruff.
ARANSAS BAR.
Cor. Houston & St. Mary’s Sts.
—THE FINEST —
Wines Liquors & Cigars
On Hand.
Fresh Oysters
rooms attached.
Fine Lunch Counter under the man-
agement of a first-class cook.
FREE LUNCH
From 10 to 12 a. m. Hot and cold lunch at all
hours.
M. H. SOKGATZ - Proprietor
JOHN H. BOLTON
Auctioneer Commission Merchant
24 • and 8 Went Houston Street.
DKALXB IN
Fnrniinre and General Hosehonid Goods
Particular attention given to outside sales. Correspondence aaC
consignments solicited. Storage clean and dry. Handles new and
second-hand household goods of every description.
SAN ANTONIO TEX.
TELEPHONE S2S. 110-tf
PIPER & SCHULTHESS
33 & 35 WEST COMMERCE STREET.
Dealers in: Metals Nails. Fence Wires
Barbed and Smooth Annealed Painted and Galvanized; Fence Staple*
Patent Fence Stays Roller Blocks and Guides Stretchers etc. etc.
Roofing and Bright Tin Sheet Iron Galvanized Iron Steel. Zinc Copper
Brass eto. Pig Lead. Solder etc. Tinners’Supplies Tinners’Tools and
Machinery Steel Baling Ties Improved for Hay Baling Pr.wes.
agbwts roa
CAMBRIDGE ROOFING COMPANY'S
Iron and Steel Roofing and Siding Iron Ore Paints etc. Union Metallic Cartridge
Co.’s Cartridges all kinds and calibres Shells. Wads etc. National Sheet
Metal Roofing Ca.’s Walters Patent Tin Sningles Siding Plaies.
garwe make Low Prices on Car Lou. dAw-12-My Correspondence Solicited
MARTIN & SCHRYVER
LUMBER]
J
A large assortment of Ornamental Goods always in stock. We keep constantly on baad
large quantities of the aerer yet surpassed J. HAISCH’B RABB AND FENCB WIRE. We
are suooessful competitor* la price and good*. Come and be convinced.
OFFICE :
SOUTH OF SUNSET DEPOT SAN ANTONIO TEXAS.
BDWARB DWYBR I JOSEPH B. DWYER
Attorney and Coub-| Real Estate Agent &
sellorat-Law. | Live Stock Broker.
DWYER BROS.
LAW AND LAND OFFICE
—AND —
Live Stock Exchange
DWYER BUILDING MAIN PLAZA
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS.
PATENTS - -
Caveats and Trade Marks obtained and al
Patent business eoedueied tor
MODERATE FEES.
Our Omen is Oppohitk U. S. Paten
Ofticb. We have no sub-ageucies all bu»l
ness direct hence can transact patent bu«i-
ncss in less time and and at lkss coer than
those remote from Washington.
Send model drawing or photo with des-'
cripHoa. We advise if patentable or not 1
free ef charge. Our fee not due till patent 1
secured.
A book “How co Obtan Patents." with
references to actual client* in your state
county or town sent free. Address
C. A. SNOW & CO.
Opp. Patent Office Washington D. C.
Riverside: Restaurant
1 SCHULTZ & GEISE Proprs.
♦
Thoroughly Overhauled and Cleaned Up and
Supplied with Good Cooks and
Polite Waiters.
Corner osoyo and Commerce Streets.
■ ♦ ♦
The Table Supplied withcthe.best in the
' MARKET.
OYSTERS AND GAME IN SEASON.
11-7-tf tay“CALL AND BE
F. PASCHE
SHOPS AT AVENUE B
First-Class CARRIAGE Painline
A SPECIALTY.
NONE BUT THE BEST WORK TURNED
OUT. CHARGES REASONABLE. 7 lit
JIS .JU! _
BUCKLEN’SIARNICA SALVE.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises Sores Ulcers Salt Rheum Fever
Sores Tetter Chapped Hands Chilblains
Coms and all Skin Eruptions and positive-
ly cures Piles or no pay required. It is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by all druggists Dreiss and
Thompson & Co’s. wholesale. (l)-9-13-ly
Of all Sorts Kinds
and Qualities.
Building Material
Of all kinds shapes and sized.
BANKS AND BANKERS.
J. 8. Albxandbb A. AJAlbxakdeb
President. Cashier.
TEXAS NATIONAL BANK.
253 Commerce Street
fVA general banking business trar tacteA
Drafts on Europe. Mexican dollars and otbe>
foreign meney purchased.
id" Visitors’ register kept in our
room where strangers in the city are Invit'd
to call
J. S. THORNTON JAMES P. EARL
President. Cashier
Traders' National Bank
OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS.
264 Commerce St.
Capital f 100060.01
Surplus and Undivided Profits >102000.
Transacts a General Banking Business.
’ M HERWEOK
SUCCESSOR TO
E. A. SEFFEL & CO.
PRACTICAL
Housß&Sign Painter
AND DEALER IN
PAINTERS’ SUPPLIES
No. 12 North Alamo St
Opposite A. Scholtz’s Saloon.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS.
Saloon and Billiard Parlor.
WM. RBUTBR 080. RBUTZB
TWO BROTHERS
SALOON.
The Finest Resort In the
City.
tar Only the best qualities ef Be.r Win.*
Liquors and Cigars kept.
cater te the best oustew and ae
I ummers or loafers wanted. Polito treatm.at
at all times.
HOT FREE LUNCH EVERY DAY
From 19 to 11.
Dyspepsia Despair Death.
These are the actual steps which
follow indigestion Acker’s English
Dyspepsia Tablets will both che<±
and cure this most fearful of disease
For«ale by Ragland & Co
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San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 287, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1889, newspaper, January 17, 1889; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1592232/m1/6/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .