San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 276, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 8, 1891 Page: 4 of 8
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The Jaihj gight
TUESDAY DECEMBER 8 1891
WEST TEXAS
Abstract and Guarantee
COMPANY.
H. M. AUBREY Secretary and Mgr
OFFICE:
421 E. HOUSTON ST.
Will furnish reliame aostractsof title
to lands in Bexar County either city
ar country property upon short
notice and reasonable terms.
TELEPHONE NO. 406
ALDERMEN MEET.
She City Bridges to Ite Attended to
—Fire Chief Recommends—
Other General Routine
Work.
After the usual roll call and reading of
the. minutes of last meeting the council
yesterday afternoon got down to work
and heard and disposed of the following
petitions:
Mollie Foster to remit a fine; citizens
for electric light on Hidalgo street; citi-
zens that Mill street be fixed so people
can walk on it; Annie Samson for assis-
tance; A Marken to repair awning; A.F.
Stevens to change bed of ditch on South
Flores street; D. Maskell to remove meat
stall; A. Steinhardt to open a meat mar-
ket; N Mackey to use bls own made tiles
for sidewalk; S. A. & A. P. railway re-
ceivers to construct track over to the
Union stockyards were referred.
Committee reports were as follows:
Favorably on opening a street near the
Southern Pacific railway; unfavorably on
reduction of Keystone Park assessment;
favorably on correction of Alf Ash’s as-
sessment; Parma Fisk for reduction of
assessment favorably; unfavorable on re-
duction of taxes for L. Kunkel; favorably
on correction of A. Zauttier’s assessment;
favorably on building a bridge at Castro
street on the Martinez creek.
The report of the board of appraise-
ment on the damages to the Tendick es-
tate for widening of Crockett street was
reconsidered and a correct appraisement
was ordered.
Chief of fire department recommended
purcha-e of two new engines two hor-es
and other improvements. The fire de-
pariment was not able to cope with a five
or six-story house afire. His report was
publish* din yesterday’s Light. It was
referred
City Engineer Pretzer a c ked that the
city bridges be repaired tightened gener
ally and made safe. He was directed to
go ahead with the work. Some of our
city bridges are very costly. Even the
grand jury says so.
Market master recommended a change
in the rents of meat stalls. Adopted.
Butchers.opposing Dr. Graves’ proposed
slaughter yaids handed in a petition
which was referred. Dr. Graves’ petition
to be allowed to proceed was not signed
and was not acted upon.
A derman Gregory introduced a resolu-
tion which provided that the mayor
should annually issue a pamphlet sbow-
ing every warrant drawn on the treasury
and the purpose for whi h drawn; that it
should be the sense of the council that
every book paper and account pertaining
to the business of the city should be open
to the inspection of any individual.
This passed under suspension of the
rules.
The mayor pro tern salary ordinance
introduced at the special meeting ai.o
passed.
George Wilson was elected as policeman
ani Alderman Anderson was appointed
on the regular committees on which a
vacancy existed and the council ad-
journed.
MILITARY NOTUS
During this month five men of F com-
pany. sth infantry will be. granted fur-
loughs. Their names are as follows:
Private Spencer who has been company
cook for some time went out on a month’s
furlough thi'morning at the expiration
of which he will take his discharge.
Musician De Mont goes out on three
months’ furlough Friday the 11th ins'.
At its expiration he will be discharged.
Private A C. Uranga goes out on a
three months’ furlough Saturday the 12lh
inst. He will be discharged at its expire
tion Corporal Vorger.com pany clerk for F
company. sth infantry will be discharged
at the expiration of a three months fur-
lough which he will take in a few days.
Private Ringdahl wil> rec> ive his dis-
charge from the service oc the last day of
the year December 31st
The two cavalry men who were run in
the city jail Sun lay for fast riding on
Houston street paid a $5 nue each to the
city yesterday morning.
Three cscor* wagons left Fort Sam
Houston for Millett’s ranch yesterday.
They contain the stores of General Stan-
ley’s hunting party who will leave for
Millett today or tomorrow on a hunting
excursion.
The 23rd infantry band gave a concert
at the military post last night. Avery
fine programme was rendered by them.
They will give another concert tomorrow
night In front of the officers’ club rooms
at Fort Sam Houston.
The D. S. Stanley ex-regulars had their
drill Yesterday evening on the lower pa-
rade grounds at Fort Sam Houston.
Tomorrow evening is ladies’ evening at
the officers’ club at Fort Sam Houston.
A retieption will be tendered them at the
clubrooms. Music will be furnished by
the 23rd infantry band.
Drill will be given at the military post
this evening.
Tiie Iron Mills.
The report of the sub-committee on the
iron mill proposition was presented to a
poorly attended meeting of the executive
committee yesterday aiternoon late. .Wo
action was taken and the matter was
ppstpmed until another meeting. The
reportisveryfavorable.it is understood
though ft. is withheld from publication for
the present by the committee.
—Bill/ Emerson’s minstrels who
were booked at the Grand opera house
for Dee. 9 and 10 have disbandet.
Billy Emerson ha» joined the Prim-
rose & West organized in.
Written for the Light. |
MOTHER’S LOVE IS BEST.
As out upon life’s journey
You start with hope and joy
Recollect whate'er befalls yo t
Mother loves you best my boy.
You may have many friends
Whom you will think are true
But you’ll find in the end
She thinks the most of you
if temptations oft assail you
Muny trials and troubles come
Your mother will never fail you
There is a loving welcome at home.
Remember how she loves you
Wherever you may go
There is no one like your mother
And you will find it so.
Then treat the dear one kindly
Yon are. her loving care
And never forget my boy.
How dear to her you aie.
Ida. Gregory
San Antonio Texas.
FIRES.
Three Blazes Were Given the Fire- i
men Since Yesterday. I
Last night about 8 o’clock the first fire 1
alarm of the night was turned in from ’
box 36 and was caused by a blaze being
discovered in a shanty on upper Soledad (
street occupied by Rachel Wheeler col- ।
ored and was owned by Mrs. Paschal.
Some street car passengers saw it stopped
the car and extinguished the flames.
Fire No 2 was discovered about mid- 1
night in the kitchen of Mr. Ed. Glaze’s 1
residence. 531 Oakland street. Fire was (
all extinguished it is said at about six .
o’clock in the kitchen stove but theen- ।
tire apartment was found to be ablaze at
12 o’clock and was a complete wreck.
The remainder of the residence was saved ’
by the good work of the fire depat tment.
The building and contents were valued at i
$6000. insured for $4000. <
Fire No. 2 began some time early this
morning before six o'clock. This was (
located at the junction of Romana and
North Flores and Beitel streets. The
Little Red Groc-ry two stories owned *
by Mr. Matthews the Probandt building ।
two stories owned by Mrs Probandt ami I
occupied on the first floor by Geo. Pear- ।
son’s mattress manufactory and second ।
floor by Mrs. Probandt and son. Charles
as a residence; were destroyed with their ’
contents while the two story frame resi-
dence adjoining owned and occupied by 1
the Carothers family was so badly des- ।
troyed that It will have to be rebuilt. I
Several valuable shade trees in front of ।
these buildings were destroyed and part ]
of Mr. C. G. Arut’s f-nce across
the street was burned. Second
Ward Hose Company had three sections
of hose burned up between the Proband-
and Carothers buildings where the firet <
men abandoned the hose on account of the
great heat.
How the fire started is not known. The
first intimation of it was some ladies of a
neighboring house seeing a negro man who
worked for Mr. Pearson and slept In the
lower pait of the building drawing his
burning bed mattrass out of the building.
One young lady Miss Artzt ran up to ihe _
second ward hose station on San Pedro
avenue and gave the alarm. A district
alarm was sounded and also an alarm
from box 34 we-tof the San Pedro. The
horse of the hose truck at the second
ward station had been sent down
to Main plaza a little before
the alarm and a delay of this
the nearest aid was thus made
until the horse was returned. A general
alarm was next sent In and when the en-
gines arrived they first bad io get up
steam before water could be thrown. The
Probandt building was then burned to the
ground and the Red Grocery which h id
not caught fire when the first alarm was
given was then burning. The firemen
could only try to save the Carothers
building and this they partially
succeeded in doing. The furniture
of Mrs. Carothers and a portion
of Mr. Matthews’ stock was saved.
Mrs. Probandt and her son saved them-
selves. partially dressed when the fire
was discovered but had no time to save
any clothing valuables or furniture all
of whi -h was a total loss.
The 10-s on the Matthews building and
stock will be about $t500; insured fur
$lOOO. The Probandt bulldtW $3500.
furniture and fixtures $lOOO more and
Mr. Pearson's loss about SI.UUO. The
Carothers buildins $3500 and damages to
furniture etc. $lOOO more making in all
a total loss of about $15500 only about
one-third insured.
The Old Schoolmaster Dead.
Prof. Christopher Plagge a well known
German school teacher and music pro
fessor. died suddenly at his home No. 405
Alamo street last night from heart dis-
ease. His age wa< 8) years. He D tavor-
ablv known by many of onr old amt
middle aged as well as young gentlemen
and ladies as their instructor in the
San Antonio school days of “auld lang
syne ”
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New Meat Market.
Messrs. Steinhardt and Weil have open-
ed a first class meat market on VlHita
street near the mill bridge. Having an
extra larg* refrigerator they are prepar-
ed to supply their patrons with choic
meats at ail hours of the day. They have
the best equipped market in the citv and
solicit a share of the trade. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
Marr ate Licenees.
Chas. Spohn and Louise Linke.
Lazaro Lopez and Ysabel Ortegon.
Teod >ro Arispe and Ygnacio Reyes.
L. F. Passaualgue and Grace Went-
worth.
George Watson and Emma Burton.
R. W Staacke and Adele Sartor.
Joaquin Martinez and Ygnaciade Leon
Rodriguez.
DRPRICES
nealßßaking
IL-Jd Powder
Used in Millions of Homes— ao Years the Standard.
ECHOES FROM WEST END.
West End Sunday Dec. 6 1891.
Tnis beit g Bunday a day for good
reflection* and because of late paid or
unpaid writers have sought to cast
reflee loti upon the intentions and t
ac ions of twelve men sworn to per-
•orm a public duty from which they
sought to be released when interfer-
ence after interference interrupted
their proceedings I have thought it
proper to state my views of our last J
grand jury.
Au editorial in yesterday’s Express -
at d a correspondence today compare -
the grand Jury and our mayor to a
mountain and a mouse Much com-
parisons are odious and do not hurt
the grand jury if any one will read
their full report They referred 10
cases dismissed 60 and presented 212
indicimeuts. Bet-ides the small
number known to have been present-
ed tor trifling mglects in the city
surveyors office or against the mayor
and ex-mayo* pro tern it presented
some for * conspiracy against trade”
where according to a published state-
ment 350 per cent were sought to be
made out of our taxpayers above
actual value on bridge works. If for
about $l4 000 about $49 000 are made
to answer or even if it turns out
not to ce so tiad as these published
figures would Indicate then the
“new and dormant” statute was
lucky to have its short sleep broken.
Count all known indictments those
now published about 40 and over
170 remain against other parties; a
good showing tor the grand jury’s 1
work and a bad one for Bexar county
for which it was organized and not
as some would have it solely vs. the ।
city administration.
If it Is granted that neither the
mayor mayor pro tem or surveyor
did any wilful wrong and that they
made only a mistake in law in their
cases then it not right to get
after a conspiracy against tr»de and
other crimes where no mistake in the
law will be pleaded. If as is alleged
the grand jury was an inimical
political body against Mayor Callag-
han the results must have been most i
gratifying to him Instead of other- i
wise for do we not read this morning
about prominent republicans and
that the popula ity of our mayor has
been largely Increased -Ince the pre ।
sentmeut of an indictment against
him.
Ignorance may be b’iss and two
drawing pay for one service may be
perfectly lawful particularly when
offers are made to pay back or make
corrections (generally offer
ed now at least was by the attorneys
for Mr. Martin* z in their plea to
the p tit jury that ousted him) bur.
can the murderer of Mr Fatton bring
back to life his v’cthn and thus vin-
dicate himself and did not the grand
jury (with aid of the c’ty authorities)
tiring lorth a good mouse from the
same mountain that under their
oath they were bound to explore
if it is found in Bexar county.
When onr indicted officers have been
acquitted by a p«tir jury as we knew
mayor would be. and has been by
the council when “not guilty” has
been pronounced and if ''guilty"
would only fasten upon the murderer
of poor Patton who without warning
was hastened to an untimely end by
the assassin's hand when nearly ev-
ery other charge is nullifi-d wnen all
of the 212 indic'mente are di-missed
I would not belong to those who now
most persistently call our la'e grand
jury a malicious political body; In
ihe language of one of the commis-
sioners that selected them they had
no intention to get a jury to frighten
any people. If even •'tie or more per-
sons may have forgotten their oath
and allowed malice to creep into tie
signs instead of duty they could do
nothing for it takes 9 to agree before
the outside world is presumed to ever
learn whose case th *y are acting on;
anv four could prevent an
indictment and to say that
there were not four honest
names free from prejudiceon that list
and is an insult to the community
from which ttiey were selected. They
are in contempt of one judge and
silently bear the attacks of the ene-
mies they thev have made they need
not my defence and Judge Noonan
has sustained them; poisoned date of
anonymous bows will never hit their
aim If I considered them a politi-
cal body I would ask the seven
democrats why they failed to see a
republ'can chef d’oeuvre and did
not prevent the five republicans from
j adding popularity and strength to
i our mayor as the Express now tells
• us I don’t think the morning paper
will get many thanks for that staie-
’ men! nor for the comparison ot the
1 grand Jury and its results to a mouu-
' tain and mouse. West End is O K.
at all events it had one man on that
jury and tor the wrong it is charged
to have done please credit 1-9 to 1-12
to our suburbs only. 8.
■ ■ ■ ♦ ♦ ♦
—The celebrated E. Howard watch-
es for ladies and gentlemen also the
highest grade of imported watches to
j be found only at L. Rouvaut’s 250
( ommerce street. 12 8 16t
J. S. THORNTON W. B. WRIGHT
THORNTON WRIGHT & CO.
Bankers - San Antonio Texas.
COR. HOUSTON AND NAVARRO STS.
Accounts of Rinks B inkers and Individuals solicit® I. General Banking Business
transacted
THOS. B. WREN
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Hardware Agricultural Implements Tinware
Stoves II >lloware Cu’lary R >rn and Wood’nware P unts and Oil Bolting and Machin-
ery Sun »Ihs Iron Smsl a id W w > i M itdrial £r >n Pipe and Fittings. Blacksmiths and
T niters’ Toi's Feuca Wire of all kinds Ammunition Builders’ Hardware etc.
0-13 Eist Houston Street near Alamo Plaza San Antonio Texas.
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310 EAST SAN ANTONIH.
HOUSTON ST* TEXAS. »
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CENTRAL - MEAT - MARKET
STEINHABDT& WEIL Proprietors.
Keep on hand a good supply of Refrigerated Meats of the best quality only. Parties
wishing meat delivered to any part of the city will please notify us. All orders
promptly attended to. Open day and night.
North Si eof Villita Street. Telephone 697
CREAT|SIS SUIT-SALE.
To close nut some small lots of $lB
120 and $22 suits we have marked
hem down to only $l5 They are the
best value we have ever offered. A.
Pancoast & Son. 1119 1m
CHEAP FUEL.
Ring up Alam» Wood and ’Coat
yard telephone 444 for the best coa[
and wood Io the uitrket at lowesl
prices. Im G. H. Luedde Mgr.
Olsen A Walke.
Always "ready to move pack and
store your furniture. 11-9-lm.
BIG DRIVE ON PANTS
At A Pancoast & Son. 11 19 Im
THS OHSAPSSTITEAS.
Holland’s “Happy Thought” 50c per lb.
Holland’s “I know” 60c per lb.
DR. W. NETTER'S OFFICE
Is now at his residence 259 Garden
st. Hours 10 to 12 a m. 2 tos p. ni
NOTICE.
Now that the cold weather Is ac-
tually here the place to buy a good
heating stove is at Thomas B. Wren.
No. 413 Etst Houston st. who also
keeps cooking stoves hardware etc.;
and if you want your old stove quick
ly and carefully put up he is the man
to have it done for you. 11-23 tf
SALE OF UNCLAIMED FREIGHTS.
One hors® branded B. one bug.’y and
harness consigned to Win. Sing will be
sold a' public auction on .Saturday Dec.
12. at 0 a m. at N 0.9 North Flore-street.
Geo. Pearson auctioneer in accordance
with the law for payment of fright and
charges. N. W. Grisamobk.
12 75t Vr • i'. I. & G. N K. R.
V. LORRa. Trie TAILOR.
Announces to his friends and customers
that he has received a shipment of 500
patterns of pants goods and 300 pi t • rn-
suitings. Fino pants will be sold for $8 to
$l2. Fine dress suitsand black diagonals
a specialty. Satisfaction andfitgnaran
teed beyond question. 8-25 tf
A SHOhT TIME.
Overcoats suits pants dress goods
shoes ha's etc . going tar below cost
at John K Beieita & Co’s. Thev
will be in busine-s only a few days
longer and will sell the remaining
stock regardless of value to get the
cash out of it. 12:7 tf
Millinery.
Have you seen Wolfson's late novel
ties in trimmed hais and bonnets?
Have you examined their prices? Tnen
do so without delay. Delays are dan-
gerous and you may save money by
giving the matter your immediate at-
tention. _
The Belknap Rifles
Held a business meeting and an election
of officers at their armory last night
Captain Green stated at the ooening of
the nv-eting that h* reafter at the regular
Mondav night meetings there would be
nodrilling hut all would be expected to
r- cite in the new tuctics. He th-refore
1 l oped all members old as well as new
would attend He thougni they would
he expected to drill the new tactics at the
Omaha drill and if the company wanted
to '• victorious ’here they would have
I i hard work.
• I > l. i Bee was then called to the
. j* o the election of officers was
lie . d* iared to be in order.
. Aft* • i good many ballots and speeches
. tie * e o.ving officers were declared
’ elected: Captain. R. B. (Belknap Rifle)
? Green; First Lieutenant. H. L. Howard:
’ Second Lleutenun Ed. Richirdson;
t Secretary. Ed. W. Riel.a d-on; Treas-
urer Claud Wright: t n.tplain. Dean
: Richardson.
A motion was made and ca r i i>d that in-
stead of a business meeting on the first
Monday in January a piume drill and
hop would take place. The p ume drill
to consist of the new exercises.
WOLFSON S
Grant! Clearance Sale of Fall and
Winter Clothing.
Twenty-seven dollar suits go for
$19.75
F Ighteen dollar suits go for $13.75.
Twelve dollar suits go for $9 75.
Ten dollar suits go tor $6 75.
Overcoats in same proportion.
L. Wolfson
White Elephant Clothing House.
Furniture Packed and Shipped
By Olsen & alke near Houston
street bridge. U-9 Im.
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PILES Great di tcovery. A cure guaran-
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