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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1885
Page
6
Courthouse cleaning and free employment ads fill the page. The San Antonio Rifles elect two new members. city offices suspend work tomorrow for events and funerals. General Grant honored with tolling bells. A variety of notices cover legal cases, temple services, local commerce, criminal matters, and social happenings around Navarro and Belvin streets.
Citizens discuss professor succession while two boys duel on Goliad street leaving one with a potential eye injury. Fourth ward hose company nears a new house and bell project at the market. Two boys report a ghost sighting near Powder House Hill cemetery, chased to Sunset railway, described as tall and white with a pronged staff.
A stream of guests checked into the Menger and Southern hotels, including Rudolph Dresel of Monterey, Baroque Zizcayo and family from Mier, Mexico, J. J. H. Patterson of Uvalde, George W. West of Sweet Home, Texas, Judge IT Blair and wife of Oakville, and many others from St. Louis, Nashville, Milwaukee, and across Texas. Public school superintendent J. K. Smith arrived after selection by the school board. Several travelers from New Orleans, Frie county, and Philadelphia registered, with business and stock movement noted among them.
Prof. C. E. Delafield of New York was initiated into Texas snipe hunting late last night by Messrs. Roberts, Baker and Robinson. He found it very different from hunting in York State, arriving by farmer’s wagon around 1 am after bagging birds for about two hours.
Justice Adams yesterday placed Pietro de Germo under a $500 peace bond and a $500 bond to appear before the District court on an indictment of the grand jury for brutality to his wife. Testimony suggests Germo is guilty of a revolting crime, with four Italian countrymen said to be implicated.
Fire Company No.1 designates Antonio Rivas William Henschel and John Rosenheimer to draft memorial resolutions honoring General Grant. The bell will toll at sunrise tomorrow from engine house with 13 strokes per hour until sunset and 38 strokes at noon.
Mary F Bennett transfers a parcel on Commerce street to Mrs Bettie Yoa kum for a nominal price. J A P Taylor transfers land about eight acres to Joseph Skwartz, bought from Ernst Hauer for $55. Thomas J Devine transfers 78.310 acres of Juana Martinez league survey 14 to Henry Keller for $313.
In Veramendi garden Gus Kampmann and Howell Rice clashed as Rice sustained damage after a beer spill dispute. Soon after Street Commissioner Nelson and Jose Cassiano argued and were ready to fight before friends intervened.
A husband defends tying his wife for alleged violence and insanity claiming he acted to prevent self harm. He admits tying her and describes extreme probed abuses including head shaving and forced labor in the field. The account notes the wife’s recent mental state was questioned.
Tomorrow the continent unites in sympathy for General Grant’s family as his remains are laid to rest. San Antonio observes with a 6 o’clock Government Hill parade and salute, a memorial service in Firemen’s Hall, and an oration by Hon. James P. Newcomb. City and county offices close. stores likely to follow.
Wholesale trade picks up statewide. Ex Confederate reunion planned for Waco and Fort Worth. Brenham hosts Baptist Sunday school convention on the 20th. Corsicana donates 50,000 to Fort Worth Sabine Pass and New Orleans narrow gauge. Laredo firm to hire Mexican laborers for Texas planters. Emile Turner, Waco waif, dead with no known parentage. Crop reports from multiple towns are favorable. Austin district court to observe Grant’s memory. Irrigation potential shown at Laredo. Texas temperatures reach 90 to 98 with lows 67 to 80. Navasota waterworks boom eyed. El Paso civic optimism about a 10 300 plant. El Paso election 15 candidates for aldermen. Summer Normal certificates show limited applicants but high pass rate. Fort Worth Stock Journal printers replace cases with non union workers. Ten young cyberites form a new newspaper venture. Mexican government boosts measures to curb Rio Grande smuggling. Rockdale door noises puzzle residents while mail tampering case emerges in Brady City. Cotton first bales arrive in several towns at 10 to 12 cents. R ef II assembly closes in Houston with Austin next meeting site and George R. Dashiell elected Grand Dictator. Texas cattlemen await federal order to vacate Indian lands. time extension denied. Lynchburg threatens lynching over assault case. Wills Point fire causes thousands in damage. Austin jail break ends with most recaptured. one suspect still at large.
Samuel Schramm fined 10 dollars for violating sanitary rules by keeping an unclean hide yard on Laredo street. Melilla Johnson and Mattie King, both colored women, fined 5 dollars each after a quarrel near Milam park. Wade Hampton accused of disorderly conduct toward Jesus Flores and wife. Flores also charged. Hampton case dismissed. Flores fined 5 dollars. Lillie Gibson charged with kicking Willie Horton. case dismissed after witness Norma Story said no kick occurred. Bruno Hernandez cited for leaving his team. dismissed. John Robinson arrested for vagrancy. fined 5 dollars or 10 days. Mike Hawkins and Joby Murphy found asleep on a lumber car. case dismissed after they waited for a train to Taylor. Perez fined 5 dollars for being drunk.
A vicious altercation on Austin Street near Rummel's warehouse saw two Black women, one a girl, battle in gaudy silk attire. Feathers, parasols, lace, and false hair flew as scratching and biting left one stripped of clothing and the other in tatters, with oaths filling the air. Firelight heat forces a closure of the garden and dance hall. a reopening will be announced.
A parade on Government hill at 6 a.m. will publish the President's orders in memory of General U S Grant. E O C Old Post No 3 invites all to attend memorial services at Firemen's Hall on Saturday August 8 at 9 a.m. Ladies are especially invited. Adjutant A Kuan signs the notice. Also promoting Texas Toilet Trifle with druggists selling for fifty cents per bottle. Manufactured by J A Selby & Co Galveston Texas. 8-5-1f
Several ads promote second hand clothing at Emerson's and smart suits by A M Cohen at Main Plaza. Other notices include legal loan offers, saloon and restaurant ownership changes, an Art Gallery trade, and real estate opportunities in Texas with figures on land and cattle. The pieces reference Morley’s patent remedy, Mothers’ soothing syrup, a paint shop opening, and an expanding garden with military band concerts.
A. M. Cohen, a major city clothing dealer, announces he will sell his entire ready-made stock at or below cost. The move presents a rare chance for shoppers to buy new suits at a reasonable figure.
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