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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1885
Page
4
San Antonio reports on San Jacinto day observances and busy streets with shootings on Avenue C. ADJourned district court, local legal notices, real estate transfers, and social events fill the page along with a flood of small notices about health, crime, and local commerce.
A Venetian tale recounts Tebaldo, a skilled yet dangerous inventor who crafts a large key with a hidden needle. He murders a bridegroom at a church and later tries to kill the bride at her convent. The instrument is found, Tebaldo is executed, and the bride survives after removal of the needle.
The Order of Railway Conductors No 76 holds a convention at Odd Fellows hall starting Wednesday April 22. Grand Chief Conductor C S Wheaton of the United States will attend and deliver an address.
A trench in Rue Lalande, Paris uncovered a late antique burial ground with stone and plaster coffins dated to seventh to ninth centuries. Coffins faced east, bore crosses in a circular emblem of eternity, and other Christian symbols. Covers had collapsed and coffins filled with dirt.
County Judge Wurzbach urged Attorney General Templeton to consider the new gambling law with fines from 25 to 100 dollars and 10 to 30 days imprisonment. The Attorney General says imprisonment can be served using the usual hire system. The Mallory Line steamship Lempasas, Isaac Crowell commanding, left New York for Galveston, arriving Friday night and docked by 7 am Saturday, with the Alamo to follow on the 20th.
A police officer thought he captured a rich haul when detaining a stranger for a small gold mounted pistol. At the Recorder’s court the man, a deaf mute from the States, was found to be misinformed about Texas dangers and was dismissed after being instructed in writing that such items are unsafe in Texas.
The Belknap Rifles of Armory Breknar Ames report the death of Comrade Sargeant Zoroaster K Fisk. They mourn his soldierly hearing energy and friendship and note 30 days of mourning with a certified copy to his family and city press. KE Richardson, R B Green, Secretary, Captain.
New York style shop offers wholesale and retail goods at Nichols & Co. 238 West Commerce Street. Items include pins, brooches, coral jewelry, lamp material, ribbons, gloves, hats, lace scarves, stockings, carpets, linens, coats, and more with promise to deliver free of charge. Also contains unrelated notes on ivy walls and letters requesting repeated musical entertainments in San Antonio in April.
City council amends Section 3 of the Waterworks regulation prohibiting use or turning on water from any fire hydrant or standpipe except in a fire or with mayoral authorization. Passed April 13, 1885. Attest: Bryan Callaghan, City Clerk. 4-17-10. A remarkable cure at Hot Springs Arkansas. Dr. John Tripp. February 19, 1885. Dear Doctor, I want to tell you what your medicine has done for me. I came to the Hot Springs over one week ago. I had syphilis two years. I had 14 ulcers on my limbs and body. I was in agony and money was gone. Major Bell offered treatment for the worst case of Blood Poison. After months of healing I am well, gained weight, and would urge others to try your medicine. Gratefully yours, Joan McGix, D. P. Barr, Agent for State of Texas. F. Pasche, a San Antonio painter, opened a paint shop at Avenue E and Houston street. 2-5-6m-Artistic. The Art Gallery of C. H. Mueller at 205 Commerce Street features paints, framed art, and decorative materials. 12-13-12.
A collage of small advertisements and notices includes a piano for sale at 350, liniments and blood purifiers marketed by local agents, teeth cleanser offered at 50 cents, a photographer boasting superior likeness, Wonprrful Ergur demand, Mischler's Herb Bitters testimonial, low-price groceries, and local services from Barr the photographer and J. P. Condon on Nacogdoches street offering handmade carriages and buggies.
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