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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1885
Page
4
A Sunday Institute will be held at St Paul M E Church at 3 p m this afternoon and at 7 30 p m conducted by Rev W F Mallalieu D D and Rev A H Gillett and Mrs Black of Indiana.
A church bazaar opens today at noon at St. Mark's Church San Antonio to run four days. Lunch will be served daily from 12 to 3 and 8 to 10 p.m. with a bazaar attached to support the church.
The Local Temperance lodge I O G T held an open meeting last night at their hall in the Dulling building with many friends invited. The program included singing and music and refreshments of ice cream and lemonade.
The Mission Garden on South Alamo Street will open formally next Saturday night. A band of music will perform, polite waiters will be present, and Mine Host Mahncke will ensure convenient arrangements for guests.
Fr B Sawyer a young man accused of vagrancy after five months of little work and much loafing. He was arrested by Officer Mar tin following a suspicious act and throwing keys into a water-closet behind Dumpsky's carpenter shop on Acequia street. He appeared in court with a $10 bond or 30 days in jail.
A miscellaneous San Antonio notes column reports Captain Joe Shely visiting from Austin, Miss Emelie Caen moving to New York City, a 5 PM Travis park concert, and various local incidents from a dog attack to a saddle theft. It mentions the Knights of Pythias events, a gold watch raffle, and assorted minor legal fines.
Memphis annuals: W C McGhee of Memphis and Asa Kellogg of St Louis arrive at the Menger. Cattle raiser C Crosby of Mason Texas, Major John A Steinberger of San Francisco, and guests J P Haynes with family from Eureka California join others. Trade representative W Battell of Aust & iberg ink and a long list of travelers from multiple cities register, including J S Battle and J W Snyder. The Telmer road is promised Victoria to Goliad.
City residents complained of gunfire near Lone Star Brewery and River Avenue. Officer Cavanaugh arrested H. C. Hockett for discharging firearms within city limits while using a target rifle. Two others shooting at birds with shotguns fired near a passerby. Hockett was discharged after pleading ignorance of the ordinance.
The ladies art loan exhibition and lunch opened this morning in the building on the corner of Losoyo and Houston streets. It is being very successfully conducted and attracts a great many visitors. The exhibitions of art are creditable, while the museum on peer ass department is well supplied with the curious and the beautiful.
Captain Richard King of Nueces County dies at the Menger hotel after a long battle with stomach cancer. Born July 10, 1825 in Orange County New York, his career spanned steamboats on the Alabama and Chattahoochee rivers and the Rio Grande, with Kenedy & Co. He leaves four children and a legacy of frontier enterprise and service. The funeral at the Menger church includes a Belknap Rifles musket salute.
City ordinance defines and punishes gaming within San Antonio. It lists games such as Faro Monte Vingt et Un Rouge et Noir Roulette and Keno and covers keeping exhibiting or betting at gaming tables with fines from 10 to 100 dollars and jail up to 30 days. It repeals conflicting ordinances and clarifies prosecution standards.
The funeral of the late Zoroaster Fisk was held yesterday afternoon at 3:30 from his mother's Presa Street residence. A large gathering of sorrowing friends joined the procession with the Eighth Cavalry Band and the Belknap Rifles, moving to the Episcopal cathedral.
In the first ward yesterday morning Carolina Herrera, a Mexican worker, accused Ben Pulliam of stopping her on the street and threatening her with a pistol to compel her to accompany him. The officer arrested Pulliam and the case was dismissed in the recorder's court due to only a bare suspicion of identity. Herrera vowed to defend herself in the future.
Barnum's show advertised for two sober reliable calliope players capable of running a boiler and playing the piano but failed to attract applicants. One man applied but would not be considered due to being married. Two skilled men were secured yesterday to operate the boiler and perform the steam roaring music of the calliope.
Brooklyn Eagle reports a claim that John Wilkes Booth was drawn to Mary McVicar after an earlier remark by Charles A. Dana about a magnetic young American woman in Chicago. The piece notes Booth’s past engagements and later marriage upheavals before his brother killed Lincoln, then returning to Miss McVicar.
Joseph Arthur, manager for Nat Goodwin, hired six sandwich men to carry advertisements. Clowns with wigs and bald heads shouted skating rink as a crowd followed. Police chased them from Swan Street to the theater while Arthur sought mayoral permission, planning to parade regardless.
An old theater tale recounts Kate Girard’s secret marriage to actor George Fawcett after retiring from the stage. The union sparked controversy among admirers and was revealed amid a dramatic backstage incident at Goths theater. A separate notice states the dissolution of the Freeman & Myers partnership with Freeman retiring and Kelley & Myers continuing at the same address.
A flood of notices from F Sheets promoting low prices on clothing hats suits and linens. John H Copeland relocates to No 16 Soledad with office renumbered from Prescott. Various items include a $350 piano, blood purifier, hats, shirts and trunks, plus advertisements for lineaments and remedies, a photographer and a dress maker. Business openings and local notices from Morley Bros and others conclude with mail-order style requests and prices for spring goods.
A historical notice praises the Art Gallery of C. H. Mueller at 205 Commerce Street as a premier local establishment offering artists materials draughtsman supplies frames mouldings fresco and sign painting materials decorative wall coverings and wax flower supplies. It notes direct factory shipments of paints oils and related goods and highlights window glass and decorative papers. The ad also promotes Oniponto toothpaste for teeth cleaning and beautification at 50 cents a box available from druggists.
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