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THE SAN ANTONIOEAGLE PASS GLEANINGS.TRAINMEN'S Hrl IC1 WOK IN THEstsrisn. riKi1 oiiLio.An Acclilout Near Torreon — Ilio FJcclnjr Locomotive Kfrcd Ou-Conduetor mu! BrAk-eman Cniiturcil—Qratnl MMrtmu* iiin) fr'efii Lvj tlnn, Klu.Eaisj/f: September 7.—Nowareadied here yosierday of a Mexican having been icn over and killed by the switch engine nt Turreua. lUs uid also that tho police, iu endeavoring tu acreal tho engineer and fireman, fixed several ahotB aL the locomotive bill failed to capture the moo, wlio ma.du their escape and aro now aafc on lUls Mdo, The so ruen cnnnul be Limned for running away from tho fate of over5* American who Iirb tho misfortune 10 bo concerned £n fin accident of tbf sort in Mexico*Later particulars to tho affair at Torre on are to tlie effect that the train in backing out of the yards ran over the iobo. Tho conductor and brakcznao were immediately aTre6led, but tho engineer and fireman cut loose tlie cnjjiuu and pulled out. Aa they raised the depot ihe guards fired gome fifly abuts at them but the two men laid down in the cab and oscipcd uuburl. After running somo 1GG miles Ibcy had to ahpndon tho engine and wore picked up by a freight train and brought In. They camo ovex llio bridge on fool last night about 10 o'clock ami arrived nl tho Maverick liotol tired and fool sore but tho mnBt rcllevod And happy men you ever eaw In liBTing escaped a Mexican jail.A double wedding too* place horc Wednesday and vas a very preLty and Inierceting Bight. About? o'clock a long line of biiggleB and hacka rolled up to the Catholic church anti the beautiful Mile Santas Pen’s, leaning on llio arui of tho groom, Mr. Hugh McCailick, walked up the aihks followed by their tmmy friends, and the henijLiful mar ring d acr vice of the Catholic church was read in Spanish by llio nrieel, who pronounced them man and wife and gave thcmliiR LU Being,From there the entire party adjourned to tho Tcatlt;knco of the prieet, where the aamo ceremony was gone through with Jjylvnnue M. lloberlsuu, Ekj., and his lovely bride, Mies Theresa McCalllck, the only difference bcicg thal the timid was read in Kaglitli, and on account of Mr. Roberlaon being r Protestant could Dot bu fierf-uxmud iu a church. Tho uu-lire party. Including msny friends from Hnbinaa, San Antonio opd Del ILtri, then roiurxied lo the Maverick liolel, whero I hoy BRt down to a oumptuous and libera! supper, WiLli overflowing goblets the Loallba of tho two young couples were druuk with bcnrticll wishes Fur llicir lifelong prof-pcriiy and »6 much bRppiaesi as usually falls lu the lot of mau.jWhen iho entire population of that precinct bad cateu and drank na much of tho delicacies as tboy could conveniently carry aw*y with them the tables wore cleared away, utiil through tho kiaduois vi ibu urbanu host of the Mnvorick hotel the diuiug hall wns fur Ihe noncoturned into a ball room, and some twenty' couples, 1 deluding: tbo hr Ida! party, enlivened in tho mavy dance till 1 o'clock in tho morning.Amongst iho Ylaitora at the wedding.ndworo Mr, and Alia. McCaHlck. Mr, ai Mrs, Marlin und Mr. F. Urain, of Del; llio; Miss Filzmaurko, of Drzickcll;! Mias Fn any Darn oil, of San Antonio; W. T. UotiCrtsun, yf SahiHR^, and a whole hoal of others loo many to ho enumerated.Mr. and fctra. Hugh McCatlick lofiycs-lertlny for Dot R*o, and Mr. and M13, S. M, lfuhcrt6on took their doparture for San Antuuiu to mako a short visit.Mr. klartin, editor of tk-o Del Rio Record, accompanied hy hU wife, were honored guesu at tho double wedding.There were two other weddings on the anno day. Nalban lt;1. King, q very popular young sbeepraieer of this county, lupplly married 10 Miss Addie Muifiravo, a uic.co of Djd JLna grave of thia cily; nml m riedras ^egraa the houao of Alvino Dias woe tho scune of fcsliviiy on account of the marriogo of hia cldaBt aon, which luok place at the Catholic church on lb at evening,Mr. Owon, the principal protnotnr of llio Irrigating Dilch. comp any, will leave in a fow daya for the puT|i05e of obtaining tho ilght-of'Way for iho ditch. Work will commcaco actively dciI muath, aad lliDro is no reHSuu to doubt that next apdhg will mo tho bread aad fertile 'valley Gi tho Rio Graado Lumed iato a waving cornfield,Ucoiga Jonei, Iho active juperlnien-dcut of Frank Fox'a brick yards, Is a very happy looktag man. 'Airs. Jonea presented him wllh a One llllle glit and Oeorgc bbjb that ia exactly whst he wiahad for-Dr. LaviBBta, one of the foreinoBt physicians of ihe City of Mexico, pissed through hero yesterday wllh a party of five on their way lo jNew Orleans.Arthur Lip par, Daa, sod To mil y, hive returned from New York.Sir. Schneider, a jovial drummer from Galveston, has Leem epawling a couple of daya here.Paucho Logrange U fencing in his property on Moaroe alrcet, which street ia dow entirely fenced and built qq from Main street almost to the convent, but adU it u not fltto drive ft wagon over, much le«?3 a buggy.Robert SleicMfe. son of Mr, Joseph Metcalfe, of the Guide, had the misfortune to getono of tho angers of bis rightband naught ih'lho heavy press and thetip of il nearly taken all. Ho will be diBBblcd for EDVeral weekB.It may be of internal to Btate that the vote of this couniy at IhD last election was 376 democral 10. find 183 republican■, total vote, 5o9.Jerry AlcCftTtby. the popular Tailrnad mac, h«B returned here, and will pull a pasecnger on the Mexican jnieraatioaal.A Kicknpoo Indian mod hii were in town ycaienlay selling buckskins. The old liuck maichcd along in front with a hardbolled hat and a cane, vfhilo th-o Bt|uaw Iroited along behindwith an immense pnckigo of fifty-eight dccrekins slung on. hy a band around heT forehead, aad carrying a papoose in her arm. The old roan was ovidently the boas in that family if he did not wear breeches.
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San Antonio Daily Express
San Antonio, Texas, US
Sat, Sep 08, 1888
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