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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1885
Page
4
Revenue licenses due today and no real estate transfers. News notes on Mr. Maher’s death, school picnics, public meetings, and local incidents. Immigrants arrive, horses and opium concerns, High school excursion plans, Schofield inspection, and civic notices fill the day’s brief.
West merchant F A Preuffer and Gal linas dealer Sam Childress are in the city while Pearsall and Moore station merchants visit the St Leonard. Nashville Dr B F Manlove seeks a location. Various arrivals, a drill trip, theater lease, and a park picnic are reported along with a frightened Mrs Ziegler and a drunken buggy crash near San Pedro springs.
Advertisements list ice cream freezers water coolers hammocks base ball and croquet sets at Newton and Weller No 16 East Main plaza St Warm water baths corner Commerce and Alamo streets. Also notes promotions for Kay's Kentucky Kure liniment Barr the Photographer and L Wolfson clothing and goods. Includes a miscs notice about licenses at Sim Hart's and a testimonial about Mishler's Herb Bitters.
Mayor Bryan Callaghan orders a special election in San Antonio to decide issuance of fifty thousand dollars in twenty year bonds at seven percent for school buildings. Polls open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in four wards with specified presiding officers and voting for or against the proposition. Election governed by existing city ordinance and charter provisions. The date is May 1, 1885.
Rain and poor grounds delay the Misses Rossy school picnic to Tuesday May 5th. event rescheduled due to weather and field conditions.
The net receipts of the Art Loan exhibition organized by the ladies of St Mark's cathedral amounted to 35.30 dollars. The event is hailed as a worthy venture and the Licar congratulates the ladies on their admirable energy.
226, 228 and 230 Market street San Antonio Texas hardware paint and seed merchants headquarters for D Landreth s Sons garden and flower seeds received one carload of Brinley s Universal double shovel plows iron beam double shovels Dixon and solid sweeps cotton scrapers cultivators Planet Jr hollow steel standard horse hoe and cultivator combined garden and field tools agents for Harrison Bros Co s ready mixed paints dry colored calomined colors
Election for seven directors to serve the ensuing year will occur at the Brewery on Tuesday May 5 1885. Polls open 10 a m to 6 p m J H Kampmann President L S Benn Secretary. etc
The Ramsy and Ford store on Main plaza saw an active scene as several herding parties prepared for a major cattle drive. A. & W. S. Pugsley will drive three herds to Colorado totaling about 10,000 cattle. N. Dowling also plans a drive of roughly 3,500 head.
This morning at Dr H P Howard’s residence 27 Taylor street a quiet wedding joined Miss Mary Bell Howard and Mr R F Hendricks traveling adjuster for Leon Hl Blum of Galveston. Rev Dr J W Niell of First Presbyterian Church officiated and the couple departed for a bridal tour to New Orleans aboard the Sunset train.
The Labour News notes Britain faces low spirits with major coal strikes in Yorkshire 40 000 miners. Lancashire mills run four days weekly with expected 10 percent wage cut. iron trades depressed with wage and time reductions. shipbuilding trades active and prospects good. unskilled labor supply exceeds demand.
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