Evening Light, The (Newspaper) - March 24, 1882, San Antonio, Texas Vol II No SAN ANTONIO TEXAS FRIDA V MARCH 24 1882 Gents a Week X Dills parties are becoming yuile lar Olio Hilgers it is said will be ried about the of May Alderman Lockwood a convert to wooden block pavements macadam road for a business street is a relic of barbarism i filthy streets of our city should be abated by next winter and have sold about three hundred tickets for their gift concert giving your order for job printing ust call in at the LIGHT office and gel bids whine of our evening over the cily printing is contemptible Y M B A have not yel decided lo take part in the celebration irrigating ditches cost more than they come to by two or three thousand dollars on Commerce street should be the first improvement in order than make the crook in the walk on Alamo plaza city should pay for sidewalk a newspaper resorts to the low method of personal abuse especially when unprovoked it is even beneath contempt state and county delinquent tax list be advertised two months earlier yeai than ditch leak in the city treasury is one of the mosl inexcusable but there is not an alderman lhal dares put his thumb on it new holel has we are cured services of Peler the fines steward and caterer in Texas devil hath power to assume r pleasing what caps climax h to see an old bum tramp editing a paper remains of Mrs George T Ganes o Kentucky dietl Dr Moore's will be shipped to Kentucky to-morrow the superintendence of Phil Dei letter from Phil Dei who is now in New Orleans describes everything as bein very dull on account of high thn prevails were four cases before mayo this two one language and one as they are term ed in official vernacular will be a race for at Pedro springs to-morrow at o'clock between same horses that run Wednesday Tlie horses are to carry eve weights Lively belling already going on cow pounders have been Ihn las Iwo without making n haul and ther has been a remarkable absence of stray on our streets This shows what good a action cnn effect committee of this cit might do well to pattern after Houston a sociation The prizes offered to military con panics amount to fire companies 1 best decorated wagons and fo the best singing club On Sunday the 2nd prox popi lar opera comique cil will be produced at Turner hall fr the lime in cily by Mm ame Rosetti and Messrs Chas Gerhard Henry Laager Schiebel and others debiting the question whether coi science was an principle or a of education Mr Muckle urged lhal all me had n conscience but it was mighty hard woi finding it in a lawyer There were sever lawyers present but this seemed to be an nc fact Manning hns had himself in in the San Antonio an from which interview we infer thai unless ll P O department comes to his rescue soon he will be compelled to resign as he can afford lo stand the expense of running ll office from his private means seems impossible for our present ci administration to do straight the e of a new line on west side c Alamo to straighten it ns an in property owners were several feet of ground hut it now turns o that to accommodate Mr Kampmann and ll Vance estate n crook is made in the line ji to save a foot or two of sidewalk says when his new buildin is finished he will put in finest barb shop in town There is twelve chairs six bath rooms hot anil cold balh rooms for ladies the is to be ca peted and the walls of the ronm to bo sol mirrors nnd all the modern ni pessary fur A first-class The enforcement of cow ordinance has of course greatly interfered with limits and the petition from the ward asking a reduction of the limits is the first move towards breaking down nance Like petitions will be gotten up in wards and weak-kneed will to demand of Now musl be a lime when our city ill cease to be a cow pasture Thousands dollars are yearly invested in shrubbery ml trees to adorn private premises and the ungry herds of cattle turned loose to roam will through streets are continually tie shrubbery end trees besides ring up the walks and premises of our ens Now have a right to protection but they have no turn their cattle loose in If keep cows let them keep them ther in enclosures and feed them or in or under herd There is ml a tie of sense in repealing ordinance there is still another view of the matter lat should not be lefl out and that is a that are turned t to roam streets are generally ill a condition and il is cruelty to allow to pick up a living brousing bout sidewalks A sense of pride anil cleanliness should be to maintain a ordinance all our city limits A In view of facl of establishment of a club in our city the following n draw poker may be useful to the iated DRAW AS A DISEASE Draw poker is a must fascinating yet ng game One of peculiarities of game s that the beginner as soon as he finds one certain kind of a hand beats another lhat a if successful bents any band he can play game better than any nan If he holds a hand and bets ig on it anil scares out an old veteran when e in the money he cocks hip hal on one side and thinks how he might have lave been if he hud learned to play poker be- ure lie wonders why everybody docs not up business and poker and get rich As he counts over the chips he has won so easily by a simple display of nerve he says to This game is good for yours truly Henceforth hard work and me will dis- e partnership lie keeps on playing When he wins his hat is cocked on one side ind when he loses he wears it straight At first il is on one side most of the lime then le gets to it straight un- til he loses every dollar he has got nnd goes and clubs himself who think they can play a pretty good of puker id themselves ia large cities and they are not contented till get into a eame and nine times often they get so everlastingly scooped that they cant tell their own names lill they at it on inside of their hats However good a man there is always some one lhal plays better and they are always laying for a fellow lhat play as well as they ran while the countryman is always laying for some one that can betr ler There is no game better calculated lake the conceit of a man than poker We have had it taken out of us seventy-five lars by a cuss that didn't seem to know half as much as we did A man lias lo have the conceit out of him aboul eleven times before it will slay bul after he has once got it eradicated from system he never 1 le live right amongst it where all around him are down with it and he will not take if he knows himself Il is as though he had vaccinated and very likely he has you have an idea you are a good poker play r here is no hope you till you gel con- ceit worked out of yon and the sooner you get it out belter Some can gel it out by loosing others have lo lose a farm or a and lot In some cases it takes years to get it and in cases il can be got in one evening Do nol delay having it taken out as long as your system is in the condition In relain the seed of the disease bul hunt for games thai you can gel into till you loose enough then call yourself a mental colossal enigmatical ass and jump the game Vou will never think as much of yourself after it is over as you did before but you will be worth mure to society Ity Telephone your honor club room you be down to play a game of billiards this If lie down as soon as I get my hair crimped J Chester England is now at hotel Mr T C Frost has returned from New York General King and Captain Caldwell have here on a tour of inspection Capt A Caldwell of the frontier is quartered al tlie Menger Mrs Goodwin wife of Goodwin and family are at the Menger N H Kicker contractor of is again in the city A W Tabers wagon and plough agent of Dallas is in the cily Mr John M of Detroit who hi s beeri spending n few days in our city returns home to-morrow morning N P Dodge and son and Carrie Dodge have arrived at the Menger from cil Bluffs Rowan Green nnd family now nt I lord's holel expects lo for Henrietta row Arrivals at Vancto Hotel R Walker Jos McDonald N O R Caudela A nnd Mrs M Villareal Dr Monterey J D Mayes Cotulla Mrs Weir Uvalde J A Kile II File Henderson W C I W J Seguin II Houston J Wilson W II Jennings jr Prairie Lea at the Hold J C Davidson Ala J W Atkinson Jack- son J II Thompson Hoerne E Abbott dcrt Jno Jakin Salina J Hunt C Moser D II Tooney Laredo Sam Kemp Kinney W Morrison Wheeling H M Ramsey San go G II Harris Houston Williams Lacoste Miss M L McKean Kingshury Jno W II Chulow Blanco Mrs Downey Corpus Christi J Hamilton Hico S A ery Bexar J Jordan Belton G Golem Austin D B Peay Cuero il from view The special car was all slars and add made a very handsome ance The young ladies Misses Sherman Teal and 1 with considerable pluck had laken seals in the engine cab and when Henon gave tlie word Miss Teal blew the whistle Miss Hughitt rang bell and Miss Sherman pulled the throttle She also held il until the end of the track was reached When Miss Sherman first seized the throttle it resisted her strength and the en- gineer offered lo lend a helping hand the young lady make it and suiting the action lo the word she braced her feel the cab and with a steady pull finally had pleasure of hearing lever give and seeing move towards bridge There didn't I tell you I could start the she exclaimed to the engineer and er companions her eyes almost speaking out le satisfaction she fell over her success The which had thronged about the were eagerly watching the young lady's and when she conquered the monster leer after cheer went up which she zed by waving a bunch of Mexican flags and le slars and stripes The train had now reached the bridge and s it was crossing SALUTES WERE KANG id the banks of both sides of the river were lack with people On the Mexican side the band of the Mexican ruck up liehold Conquering Hero which was changed as touched Mexican soil lo Hail Miss Teal now sounded the whistle or down brakes and Miss Sherman brought train to n dead slop General Sherman was standing on the platform watching ic young ladies was instantly recognized nd before lie could descend a hundred hands ere extended to help him down His first ct upon selling foot in Mexico was to grasp ic Mexican officer and staff by the hand owed by the officers who had accompanied im and also by ladies After having Rowan Green Dixie Green Rowan II Green Miss Krie Green Miss Myrtle Green J A Denison H SToin Mrs Mullins San Marcos J R C li Porter Salinas P Jones New Vork A Robert J L I toward Oakland R McMordie Rock T K and Mrs Berry W and Mrs Mesner Corpus SJ Phillip Texas J N Jones ler John I1 Lewis C A W Warner Laredo FM Odena Detroit Mrs and J Turner J A New Orleans C Elliott Austin J son A Harry Taylor Philadelphia G H Martin and Mrs Tuck J P and send M New P II Chancy Houston W N I1 Dodge and son Miss Carrie Dodge cil Bluffs B Cincinnati W I King Austin A Caldwell Frontier Battalion Mrs Goodwin Palestine N II Ricker Gal veston C N Granger Eagle Pass A C Hart W Laredo Mrs McAllen Corina Halle A Brownsville A N Pratt liryan J G Knowlton Laredo J I Parker 11 J Hardy Houston U B F Giles Missis sippi S V D J Blair Dodge W li and Mrs Dick Louisville i M Austin J Faust New K W Tabers Dallas K i Campbell lie ton I1 H Poland Cincinnati T R Denser York C M Mason are sixty-four prisoners at in the county jail and sickness is retained in our mud streets than in nil tlie sinks of the Shields will with cases to-morrow Twenty-one indictments are before him the infant child of August aged five days died in ward from munition nl Son's How tlie the Hiver we give from a correspondence i1 the St Louis an account c the crossing of the International railway int Mexico nnd General Sherman's visit and hi RAILROAD The extension of ths International and Grea Northern railroad has made Laredo a prom nent and ir the company builds tli many shops spoken of il will become a larg place This is the only thing which will i any way assure her prosperity It a remains with railroad company and th people anxiously hope for the best The gth day of March 1882 will long u remembered by the both of New an Old Never in the eithe lown was such a grand celebration and never did one come lo a more successfu and pleasant ending The cause for all ih joy was he crossing ol the first train from tlie States into Mexico j was indeed a memorable event and we worthy recognition il received For son days people had been preparing lo eel brale the day and when they learned tha Jen T Sherman had promised to I present the became still more by Gen Poe Co Morrow Misses Sherm ictl by Gi an Teal an others arrived in Laredo in the morning a anxious to board the first train which passe over the Uio Grande bridge who had been on the ground sever days giving the track-laying and the testin of new bridge his personal announced to the distinguished parly lhat al track would he complete to 0 Mexican shore At the time set the which was attached to Gen Sherman's car Was WITH MEXICO respects to the Mexican dignitaries a jeneral handshaking was indulged in between lie railway officials the city fathers and the cople in general General ng the right hand of fellowship to the officers f Mexican Republic and they grasping it with an honest grip Such a as these swarthy brave and daring soldiers ave to the of he Republic can never It meant a real harmony between the two republics as lie soldiers were there to represent the people ind speak sentiment Having exchanged congratulations and wished the Mexican Republic greater success ind hoping that the lime was not fat hen all leading cilies of Mexico would be in communication by the iron horse with the of the United States the general and returned ail having most opinion of Mexico and the people While coming over this bridge tlie General attentively to his daughter who told lim all about her experience on the ive The correspondent her story to an end joined the ieneral who looked up and extending his and began the conversation ON MEXICO This has been a most eventful day and AND THE LINCOLNSHIRE RACKS London March spring meeting race for Lincolnshire handicap one mile was won by Granger's nut horse W S Crawford's old chestnut horse Master Waller second and the same owner's grey horse third DR CASE London March Edward Nathan Gantz who was recently committed for trial with a view to his extradition to the lands where he is charged fraud in ob- money under false pretenses has ob- a rule nisi for a writ of habeas corpus claiming thai he is a naturalized American WHAT SAYS Berlin March Bismarck con- versing with several members of the Prussian Diet slated thai he was prepared for re- of tobacco monopoly by Reichstag He snid that he did not to dissolve the Reichstag in the event of its re- the bul would leave the to time hoping that the tobacco factors selves would ask for a slate A DESPERADO Louis March en route from Wichita Kansas to Fort Worth Texas campek aboul thirty miles From Forl Reno One named Stevens was sick other named John Morgan drove Iwo re- maining men away murdered Stevens ami caped witn slock and equipments of the parly going in of Kansas THE RUINS OF THE Paris March the chamber of ties yesterday a appropriating francs for demolition of the ruins of the Tuileries was by a vote of 376 to lO London March from Moscow slate Soo persons who were expelled from lhat place some time since for not ing passports were Jews HOUSE OK COMMONS London March debate in house of commons last evening on Mr Ar- motion declaring in favor of tion of borough and counly franchise Mr Goschen voled with majority although Mr Gladstone intimated a division would be taken as indicative of opinion of house on main tion The majority numbered 192 and the minority 137 The lalter consisted of and seventeen Irish members Mr has hitherto opposed county chise The debate was ultimately adjourned by consent It is considered lhat the above division will settle the question that the tion of county franchise is within mission of the present parliament one as important to United Stales as to VIRGIN he said The building of In- railroad inlo he very heart of he of the will advance her general prosperity beyond calculation Her mines will be opened on an extensive scale capitalists will invest their maney in various enterprises commercial relations will be between all leading firms and the country will build up as if by magic Do you think Mexico is in re- gard to her of gold silver and in fact all precious was No not at all I have had numerous con- with leading who have spent years in Mexico for the mere purpose satisfying themselves in regard to her re- sources and all seemed to be of one opinion Mexico would yet the world with her mines of gold and silver How were you impressed with Well I must acknowledge that the Lone Star State has SURPRISED ME EXPRESSION It has taken a wonderful stride and is bound to make one of the grandest and most stales in Union 1 was more than pleased to see her massive business blocks her handsome educational institutions and many church spires which are so numerous in all her cilies and towns Then your opinion of Texas is not so vere as Gen who is accused of saying that if he owned Texas and hell he would rent Texas anil live in Yes this has always been pul down to Sheridan bul he never said it A few weeks before I left for my trip south he said to me Deny that slory in and say to the people the truth Do nol heed a very good girl Then again it a delusion he snid It was nol in of Texas that I tion never made such an the of country almost The train now reached and the general and parly alighted for a hours before taking their departure for San Antonio From that point he will visit all the important ry posts in the south nnd upon his home a report to secretary of war L They had a good deal of trouble in a treal court the day to swear in a Chinaman He said he believed in thing that he no at and he didn't swear on a saucer When asked if he was a he answered Me no what you say What you In reply lo What do you belong He Stale of nnd was finally sworn by crossing his hands on his Sunday School Gazelle are no indications yet of the of n marshal A Chilli Snw It llor Spectacle Seon in Troy March 6 Rev Peter mans is pastor of St Mary's church which is the richest Roman Catholic gation in his city He was in the priesthood over half a ngo A pondent of the Sun called upon the gyman this evening to his opinion of the alleged apparition of the Virgin Mary at the Jones domicile in this city Father said that yesterday Annie Maloney aged fourteen years who lives in the Jones house called on him ami asked what she ought lo people told her not loi them my replied the priest tell truth at all times That is what I answered the child and I will tell you what I saw I know father thai I saw Blessed Virgin at house where 1 live in the rear of 300 First s reel I saw it first and told tlie others I began to tell about it outside and I was told lhal I must not do so Father did not wish to give an of the alleged apparition of the Virgin ul Mr Jones house but said il was possible lhat what the Maloney girl had said true She svas might be his parish and he had not made any gation I he added a miracle is ns liable to happen here as elsewhere I am not a skeptic but I remember an apparition which was witnessed by thousands besides myself It was while I was a student at Poitiers -in France on the jubilee of Leo XII in 1824 When the services were about to commence at midday a cross apparently two hundred leet high waved over the edifice and ed for nearly an hour This wonderful tacle was discussed by the press and the name ol the structure was changed lo the Church of the Holy Cross On the occasion of my recent visit to I saw a man who had been a paralytic who was instantly cured by a visit to Knock Chapel in Ireland The church is very reluctant move in these mailers and in fact discountenances them and up lo this time the alleged miracles at not received the approval of the church Whether anything will be done in this case I ilo not know but i is the province of the bishop of diocese appoint a committee of investigation The excitement alleged does nol diminish At live this afternoon U is estimated lhat there were over five hundred persons in the neighborhood of the Jones dence but only a favored few were admitted York Sun When Farmer Budge read that a bull ed by Horn sold for he re- marked lo his wife he didn't see how a coat of paint could so greatly advance the value of the animal but if wouldn't charge lhan would get her to paint his bull in And his economical wife replied tlint she lit he might do il f and save his The are now the bull e
