San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 194, Ed. 1 Monday, August 12, 1895 Page: 4 of 8
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Jhc gaily gijjht.
M ONDAY AUGUST 12 1895
Shepherd & Sauer stamped on a Shoe
means Merit.
IT
TAKES
MORE
TIME
To give each customer a perfect fitting
Shoe. How manj' Shce stores are there
that are careful about fitting their
customers? This is one of the little
things which we pride ourselves on.
No trifles in system of Shoe selling;
almost perfect you’ll say after you
are our customer.
TO-OAY IND EVERY DAY
this week we will make the littlest
prices on Tan Shoes in this town.
LADIES’TAN SHOES
£2.95 buys a #4 Tan Oxford.
$3 35 buys a #4 Dongola Oxford.
$ 1.50 buys a $2 Tan Oxford.
MEN’S TAN SHOES
$3.95 buys a f 6 Tan Shoe.
#3.50 buys a J 5 Tan Shoe.
$3.00 buys a f | Tan Shoe.
f 2.00 buys a boy’s $3 Tan Shoe.
One price only—that cash.
Shoes exchanged delivered free.
Mail orders solicited.
Open evenings 'til 8 p. m.
Your money back if you want it.
Products of Bexar County.
According to statistics there
were 1167 farms in Bexar county
last year 459 laborers and 437 rent-
ers. The value of farm implements
was $36273. There were 12546
sheep sheared and 68348 pounds of
wool clipped the value of which
was $7043. The farmers bought
81965 pounds of bacon last year
28095 pounds of lard 14671 bushels
of corn and 3808 gallons of molas-
ses.
Fifty-one pounds of tobacco were
raised in this county last year
valued at $11; 151 bushels of pe-
cans $285; 112 acres of peaches
$665; 44 acres of plums $340; 406
acres of melons $5925; 385 acres of
garden truck $26318; 8985 grape
vines $323; 1247 bee-stands yield-
ing 33781 pounds of honey $2267.
There were 22580 acres of cotton
7485 bales. $188659; 20930 acres of
corn 72795 bushels $44707; nine
acres of wheat 194 bushels $100;
1092 acres of oats 14955 bushels
$5644; seven acres of barley 60
bushels $25; 29 acres of rye 521
bushels $268; 140 acres of sweet
potatoes 10047 bushels $5599; 52
acres of Irish potatoes 1202 bush-
els $1049 ; 26 acres of peas 276
bushels $288; 59 acres of beans
460 bushels $744; 923 acres of cul-
tivated hay 1006 tons $8200; 9666
acres of prairie hay 5525 tons;
$40050; 74 acres of millet 86 tons
$1714; 93 acres of sorghum cane
for molasses 124 barrels $2425;
1320 acres of sorghum cane for
feed 2257 tons $14704; 585550
bundles of cor n-fodder $6200.
TO CLRANSE THE SYSTEM
Effectually yet gently when cos-
tive or bilious or when the blood
is impure or sluggish to perma-
nently cure habitual constipation
to awaken the kidneys and liver to
a healthy activity without irritat-
ing or weakening them to dispel
headaches colds or fevers use
Syrup of Figs.
Ed. Rivas Hurt.
While returning from a moon-
light picnic at the third mission
early yesterday morning Ed.
Rivas met with an accident in
which he barely escaped with his
life. Young Rivas and Antonio
Flores who occupied a buggy were
racing against another party on
South Flores street when the
former buggy struck a post near
Connor’s grove and both were
thrown out. The horse ran away
and the buggy was smashed.
Rivas was picked up from the
ground and was found to be badly
hurt about the left shoulder. He
will belaid up a few days.
The engagement of Miss Sophie
Feldtmann to Mr. Alexander
Englehardt Is announced. The
young lady is one of San Antonio’s
favored pete and the prospective
groom is the chief manipulator of
“wheels” at Sartor’s jewelry estab-
lishment. The Light congratu-
lates.
—No special meeting of the city
oouncll will be held this afternoon.
DIAMOND DOTS.
17 to 6.
Amateurs outclassed.
The Missionaries had a walk.
Jack Phelan made a nice catch.
A picked nine is after the ama-
teurs for Sunday. »
The Sunset Blues want a game
with the Hoo-Hoos.
Blakey made four two-baggers at
Galveston yesterday.
“Brownie” Chamberlain pitched
his first game for Sherman yester-
day.
Fort Worth leads the Texas
league and Cleveland the big
league.
Galveston beat Dallas yesterday
13 to 7 and Fort Worth beat Sher-
man twice 7 to 1 and 8 to 3.
When Dewey plays his game he
will make any short stop in the
league hustle to stay with him.
Harry Wurzbach has the re-
quisites of a ball player. He has a
good arm and handles himself
nicely on the Held.
Abbott Graney Dolan and Mil-
ler have caught on with Cameron
and left last night. They play an
exhibition game with Dallas to-
day.
That long lanky individual who
chews gum is a natural ball player.
When ne plays ball regular there’s
none can beat him. “Gummy” is
all right.
Van Dressers left for Fort Worth
Worth last night to play short
for the leaders in place of Flana-
gan who is laid up with a broken
arm. Chamberlain did it when
the Missionaries were at the Fort
last.
Yesterday’s amateur games re-
sulted as follows: Joske Bros. 19
Wolff & Marx 13; Sunset Blues 13
Sports 11; West End Browns Jr.
12 Dlgnowity Hill Blues 8; Goliad
Street Blues 15 Figaros 13 (morn-
ing); Goliad Street Blues 13 Mis-
sion Grays 2 (afternoon); Trilbies
29 Hoo-Hoos 18.
Can Fight in Cuba.
From the Monterey Mercury.]
“The Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight
will not take place in Monterey in
spite of the sanguine expectations
entertained here during the last
week. The reason is simply this
that it is against the law and Gov-
ernor Reyes will not permit the
law to be violated. This settles the
question as far as Monterey is con-
cerned and it is equally sure that
the mill won’t be had anywhere
else on Mexican soil. Sat down
upon in Texas! Shut out of Mexi-
co ! Now for the island of Cuba
where fights are the order of the
day.”
Colonel Wright’s Funeral.
The remains of the late Colonel
W. B. Wright were taken to their
last resting place yesterday after-
noon at 6 o’clock from the family
residence corner of Travis and
Navarro streets. Services were con-
ducted by Dean Richardson of St.
Mark’s church and many friends
accompanied the funeral cortege to
the cemetery.
Hice WilllContest.
Mr. C. B. Hice informed a Light
reporter today that he had secured
sufficient evidence of fraud in last
Saturday’s special election in Ward
No. 3 to justify him in contesting
the legality of Mr. Fred. Kerble’s
election before the courts and says
he will do so.
He claims that money was freely
used by the opposition in bribing
voters and that he can prove more
than thirty of such cases.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
The following arrivals were reg-
istered at the various hotels this
morning:
MENGER.
H.S. De Wolfe Boston; W. F.
Patty Sherman; J. C. Cresson
Washington; F. L. Town U. 8. A.;
F. H. Roberts Chicago; Geo. A.
Waddill New York.
MAHNCKE.
George Turner Galveston ; F. E.
Miller St. Louis; L. Hagen Fred-
ericksburg; T. J. Pressly wife and
children Runge.
MAVERICK.
Jeff D. Bland Orange; J. M.
Means A. J. Cady Dallas; F. B.
Earnest Laredo.
SOUTHERN.
A. D. McGehee San Marcos; J.
M. Nance Kyle; Hugh Burns Tay-
lor; C. B. Robertson Waelder ;C. C.
Cox Stephenville; H. B. Holmes
Gonzales; M. A. Withers Lock-
hart ; J. K. Burr Eagle Pass.
—The new silk banner of the
Benito Juarez society was dedicat-
ed last night.
PECULIAR in combination pro-
portion and preparation of ingredi-
entsHood’s Sarsaparilla possesses great
curative value. You should TRY IT*
ARMY NEWS.
Kepjhtbd Specially Fob Thi Light.
Lieutenant Reed and Dodge have
returned from Kerrville where
they have been Inspecting a site
for a target range.
Sergeant Fagan troop B Sixth
cavalry having been tried and
found guilty by a general court
martial for violation of the twenty-
first article of war was sentenced
to dishonorable discharge and con-
finement at hard labor for three
years. It appears that one night
last June there appeared in front
of the Post surgeon’s quarters at
Fort Leavenworth a soldier who
boldly threatened the life of the
doctor if he did not speedily cure a
sick soldier then in hospital. The
doctor was taken by surprise but
thought he recognized the man
although he disappeared quickly.
It was afterward discovered that
the sick soldier was a step-son of
Sergeant Fagen and the latter ad-
mitted that he approached the
doctor the night in question.
Chief Musican R. Donovan Sec-
ond artillery has been placed upon
the retired list.
Sergeant Dugger company D
Nineteenth infantry has been ap-
pointed sergeaut major of his regi-
ment.
Captain Halils Fourth infantry
has been detailed as military in-
structor of the Alabama Agricultu-
ral and Mechanical college at
AuburnAla.
Lieutenant Colonel G. V. Harvy
Fifth cavalry has been granted a
month’s leave of atsmce[
An order is in force in one of the
companies in the garrison prohibit-
ing any of its members from ap-
pearing on the porch in front of
the quarters with their blouses un-
buttoned. If a member wishes to
have his blouse unbuttoned he has
to remain inside.
All of the quartermaster’s stores
in the quadrangle are to be again
transported to the west side where
they will be in charge of Mr. Pol-
lock.
Mr. Wolf is now filling a position
in the chief quartermaster’s office
during the absence of the regular
incumbent.
STREET TALK.
Cyclone Joe of the West End
line is taking a vacation.
Some of the colored troops who
worked last Saturday were paid to-
day.
There is something to admire in
an open enemy but a traitor is the
lowest order of skunks.
The public servant who falls into
the rut of “dont-care-a-dam” for
the public is a good subject for in-
vestigation.
The dog-catchers should be pro-
hibited from using trained bull
dogs in catching dogs instead of
roping them.
If you have too many employes
the only way to avoid a shortage
in your cash is to give some of
them a lay-off.
Beer and boodle was dished out
quite liberally on the same block
with the polls at the Third ward
election Saturday.
Our morning contemporary
promises to give the people a bet-
ter newspaper when they get into
their new building.
Let the good citizens invoke the
aid of the grand jury on the
methods practiced in the Third
ward election last Saturday.
There ought to be a commission
of three citizens appointed whose
duty it should be to look after our
sewers and other public works.
Our city administration is put-
ting on too much style in the num-
ber of extra servants who have
nothing to do but draw their sal-
ary.
Citizens living on Presa street
say that the men working on the
sewers quit work about 2 o’clock
Saturday and the most of them
went straight to the Third ward to
vote.
There was but little attention
paid to the ward boundaries in the
Third ward election Saturday. All
the sewer workmen as well as a
majority of the street commission-
er’s forces appeared to have be-
come residents of the Third ward
for this special occasion.
Death of Mr. John O’Brien.
The death of Mr. John O’Brien
the well known and wealthy stock-
man of Refugio county took place
Saturday afternoon at the Southern
hotel caused by a complication of
complaints. The remains were
shipped to Refugio by McCormick
& Co.
Deceased was a very wealthy
citizen bis estate being roughly
estimated at $500000.
Three daughters one son and the
widow survive.
—Typewriters rented.—Kypfer A
Seng. 8 10 3t
RAILROAD NOTES.
Major F. O. Becker general
agent of the International at Gal- |
veston is in the city accompanied'
by his wife and son.
Colonel J. N. Means of the
Southern Pacific railway is in
town.
Southern Pacific passenger train
No. 19 was five hours late yester-
day caused by a mishap to the en-
gine.
Colonel C. A. Waterman of the
Iron Mountain after spending Sun-
day in the good city of San Anto-
nio left for the east this afternoon.
The International will run an ex-
cursion to Calvert August 30 at
greatly reduced rates on account
of a celebration of the colored
lodges U. B. F. and S. M. F.
THE GENERAL’S TAFFY.
On last Friday night before the
election in the Thjrd ward while
the Committee was dispensing beer
and boodle among the Indians and
the Ellis refugees the great and
only General George Washington
Sewer - Pipe • Manufacturer - Russ
lately of the House of Thad volun-
teered with a speech. He
told the Aztecs and Sons of Ham
how he loved Mose Harris and
Tom Johnson (like a chicken does
hot soap) and spreading his benev-
olent wings over the dark assemb-
lege in the attitude of saying bene-
diction exclaimed: “Boy’s save
the sewers contractors; lets all take
a drink.”
The Light like Major Harris
has its cup of joy overflowing. The
Major says:
“CRUSHED WITH KINDLY CONDEB-
CENBION.”
“The editor of the News is
crushed annihilated ground into
the very atoms of dust from which
he sprang by the kindly condes-
cension the overshadowing great-
ness the transcendent honor heap-
ed upon him by no less distin-
guished and illustrious personage
than Indiana’s greatest son Gen-
eral George Washington Russ ! He
who makes and unmakes (local)
statesmen he who by the simple
wave of his hand and the nod of
his flowing locks holds the des-
tines of the West End street car
railway company In the hollow of
his well-developed palm has gra-
ciously condescended to ignore the
colossal interests which weight his
Herculean and well-rounded shoul-
ders sufficiently long to announce
to an eager and anxious multitude
that he “even likes the editor of
the News!” For this Allah be
praised ! Had he announced that
he disliked him.how dire might
have been the consequences!
The scene and the occasion were
worthy the orator. A baker’s dozen
of the illustrious warrior’s follow-
ers and dependents had gathered
in the rear room of an obscure beer
saloon at the command of the
sewer syndicate to receive their
last and final instructions before
setting forth to meet their Water-
loo on the morrow. With lordly
mien and eloquent gesture the
mighty commander of the Sewer
Hosts arose and in impassioned
tones and “silvery” argument ex-
horted them to stand by the Syn-
dicate and all would be well. Un-
der the inspiration of his own elo-
quence the soul of the General ex-
panded until “no pent>up Utica”
confined its powers and with broad
and comprehensive catholicity he
boldly and chivalrously announced
that he bore no feeling of enmity
toward any man; that be “loved
Tom Johnson of the Evening
Light and even liked Mose Har-
ris. of the News!”
The editor of the News need not
repeat that this overshadowing
condescension of Indiana’s great-
est son and most glorious military
chieftain fills his soul with joy
and taps the well-springs of his
heart. Words however rythmical-
ly rounded however beautifully
and artistically strong and inter-
woven fall to convey the deep
sense of honor measureless joy
and extravagant satisfaction which
fills the soul of the editor of the
News at this gracious considera-
tion from so lofty a source. He
can only bow his thanks and ex-
claim ! “Please don’t let it occur
again. The public might grow
suspicious and such soulful ebul-
litions work no good in this com-
munity to the beneficiary and serve
to deceive none save him who ut-
ters them.”
Amen !
Tug will please lead off in prayer.
Runaway Accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Holmgreen
were thrown from their buggy on
King William street yesterday
evening in a runaway and both
were somewhat injured Mr. H.
having his hand torn badly while
he received a wound on his head
and back. Mrs. H. was also se-
riously injured.
woLvUT need Mve Neuralgia. Get Dr. MTW
Nta rtU* troaj dm 9o*eeil»de»’
the Light by the West Texas
Brokerage Co. corner Market and Ylur-
ri streets.]
San Antonio Aug. 12 1595.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS.
September Wheat: Opened at 68;
closed at 65%.
September Corn: Opened at 38%; closed
at 36%.
September Oats: Opened at 20; closed
at 19%.
Mess Pork: September opened at
9.75; closed at 9.65.
Lard: September opened at 6.10;
closed at 6’07.
Receipts—Whea’ 93 cars; corn. 523
cars; oats 259 cars: hogs 21000 head; cat-
tle 17000 head.
NEW YORK MARKET.
Cotton: Firm; middling. 7%.
August 7.34; September 7.36; Qcto-
ber 7.41; November 7.45; December
7.49.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
Cotton: Firm; middling 6
August 7.12; September. 7.12; Octo-
ber. 7.18; November 7.21; December
7.23.
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Cotton: Demand fair 3 29-32; receipts
4000 bales; sales 12000 bales.
August-September 3 57; September-
October. 3.58; October-November 3.59;
November-December 3.60; December-
January 3.62.
POSTPONED INDEFINITELY.
No Bids For the Refunding Bonds.
Court Matters.
This was the day set in the
Commissioners’ court for receiving
bids for the sale of the $409950
Bexar county refunding bonds at
4j per cent interest. No bids were
received for same and the matter
was postponed indefinitely.
The court ordered that $BOOOO
courthouse bonds be issued at 10-40
years bearing 44 per cent interest
payable semi-annually.
The following taxes were ordered
levied and collected on all proper-
ty in Bexar county not exempted
by the state laws for the present
year for every $lOO valuation:
State ad valorem taxes 25 cents;
state school taxes 20 cents; county
ad valorem 18 cents; county road
15 cents; courthouse bond 104
cents; jail bond 1 cent; G. H. A
8. A. R. R. Co. subsidy 7 cents; 8.
A. & M. G. R. R. Co. compromise 4
cent; bridge bond 44 cents; Nat.
Mitchell and D. M. Poor 5 cents;
total state and county taxes for the
year 1895 $1124.
The court ordered that a poll tax.
of $1.50 be collected for the state
from every male person between
the ages of 21 and 60 years resid-
ing In Bexar county not exempted
by law and a poll tax of 25 cents
be collected for the use of Bexar
county from each person between
21 and 60 years of age not exempt-
ed by law.
District school taxes were order-
ed assessed levied and collected as
followes: In school districts 14
21 21415 cents on the $lOO worth
of property; in districts 17 and 35
18 cents on $lOO worth of property;
in districts 6811 20| and 34 20
cents on the $lOO worth of property.
The occupation taxes collected
for the state were ordered levied on
and collected from each and every
occupation doing business in Bex-
ar county.
A report of Sheriff Campbell for
fines assessed in the Thirty-sev-
enth District court for the quarter
ending July 31 was approved. The
fines amount to $225 and jury fees
$B9O.
County road matters will be
taken up next week.
A number of paupers were each
allowed $2.50 worth of groceries.
NEW SUITS FILED.
San Antonio National bauk vs.
B. A. Bates on promissory note
and foreclosure of lien.
F. Gross et al. vs. J. L. Bowman
trespass to try title and sequestra-
tion.
LICENSED TO WED.
George Hardy and Owney Brown.
Albert Fay and Rosa Sieveri.
It Was Election Week.
For the week ending August 3rd
the sewer contractors had an aver-
age force at work of 108 men all
told.
For the week ending Aug. 10th
they employed 127 men and 74
teams a total of 201 men nearly
double the number of the week
before.
This is one of the little pointers
that show how Buck Hice was
beaten for aiderman.
Official Returns.
The official returns for the spe-
cial aldermanic election held Sat-
urday last were opened in the
mayor’s office today and showed
the same result as published in
Sunday’s Light Robin having a
majority of 191 and Kerble a ma-
jority of 95.
Miss Lizzie Weinhold returned
yesterday from a four weeks visit
to friends in Kerrville.
Judge Green this morning In
vacation heard the injunction suit
of Marie Denecmap to restrain the
sheriff from levying on her home-
stead and withheld his decision
MARKET REPORTS.
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