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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1885
Page
1
County Judge Wurzbach revealed to a Lieut reporter how he uncovered waste in county funds. He described auditing pauper claims and noting apparent frauds by several residents, including pensioners and widows, with a plan for a board of inquiry to exam ine cases and require proofs of need.
Proponents tout early earnings from San Antonio to Elmendorf with 34 paying passengers, one car of lumber, and furniture shipments, plus wood, cotton seed, and sand arrivals. They claim the line will become the best paying small railroad in the Southwest and urge public support toward expansion to the coast and toward the Northwest. Passenger counts over four days run 30, 29, 34, and 28.
A boy named Ed Smith using alias B H Robinson tried pawning a gold brooch at Mr. Emerson’s store claiming it came from his aunt Mrs. Robinson. Emerson refused to pawn it, kept the item, and the boy vanished after promising to bring the aunt for identification. Fire alarms in two wards were later found to be false. River avenue fire and steamer details followed, noting horses and keeper James Riley.
Residents near San Pedro were awakened by loud yells misidentified as a Comanche raid. It turned out a single Mexican man, intoxicated by the strong beverage, caused the uproar with his booming shouts.
The Committee of Arrangements of the Jolly 12 Society has extended an invitation to attend a German event next Tuesday evening at Professor Whitehead's Academy. F Mayer L Staffel Emil Prank L Koenigsberg Fritz Koehler are listed as organizers.
The Swiss Association Helvetia staged an event at Krisch Hall last Sunday night raising $92 including a subscription list for the Seana family recently burned out. The write up notes Opera Putts cigarettes as the popular item.
Two young men on ponies with Winchesters robbed a Fredericksburg San Antonio stage nine miles north of Comfort on a Wednesday afternoon. They seized the driver’s overcoat and the passenger’s gold watch, cut mail bags, unhooked two horses, cut telegraph wires, and rode off toward Comfort after abandoning the stage locally. Local sheriff and posse pursue, but the robbers are described as well mounted, complicating capture.
A tall well dressed man of Hebrew appearance disrupted a principal hotel dining room by demanding butter in a loud voice. He consumed a large portion of butter from a phial and claimed the butter contained pork fat. He challenged the waiter and ordered a meal for two, then criticized the hotel’s butter supply.
The text questions whether the city administration favors large corporations over people as streets are torn up for monopolies, leaving travel dangerous and costly to repair, citing North Flores Street at Houston Street as proof. It argues authorities should balance public needs against corporate access.
Deputy United States Marshals under U.S. Marshal Jackman operate without salary and rely on arrest fees. This system fosters eagerness to arrest, sometimes pushing beyond reasonable bounds as seen in the case of ex-Deputy Fowler Gase, dismissed by Judge B lurner.
The item list includes marriages for Leopold Ximenes and Guadalupe Hernandez, deaths of Amstead Gatewood and Fisher, a public clock gift at Sunset Depot, a brass band forming under Barney Eberhardt, bond approval for E Hessier as executor, city building talk, Belknap Rifles officer elections, lumber supplier Martin and Schr yver, a Floresville road robbery suspect, Alamo Garden rolling club challenge at Mission Garden, and Opera Pull cigarettes claimed as non-stick.
A young wife left by a dating couple after a fake marriage hides a cruel boarding house racket. The man vanished toward Arkansas after promising repayment and an invasion of wealth, leaving the wife penniless and alone. The landlady could not shelter her, and the woman now faces life with strangers and hardship.
The Chanukah hop at Casino Hall drew praise for its arrangement and enjoyment. Notable attendees included Mrs. Oppenheimer and several others. Zot Carelli's string band provided music. The Licur predicts a superior holiday edition to showcase San Antonio as a commercial hub and health resort with 5000 copies in Austin and a total 15,000 copies printed on tinted paper.
Wells Fargo & Co adds an express money order service offering bearer or order payable notes at lower rates for large sums and the same rate for small sums. Money orders can be deposited in bank as cash. From one dollar up, the system offers many advantages, with J. M. Nixon, San Antonio agent, issuing and paying promptly.
Yesterday in Travis Park Misa Irene Cobb a new arrival with a bright five year old girl compared the park to Little Rock calling it a dirty old park and expressing a wish to go home. The child asked if this was the best park in San Antonio and noted greener grass flowers swings and seats in Little Rock. Her mother listened as the exchange highlighted simple city park standards and child perspective on public spaces.
Cleto Salinas fined for drank and disorderly conduct. Bob Smith dismissed for building a fence on a public street. John Jackson fined for drunk and disorderly behavior. Ignase Mase faced alias warrant for insulting language. John Hennese fined for quarreling and fighting. Enzo Radliff dismissed for quarreling and fighting. Hengerer and Schafer examined. Schafer bound for forgery theft and Hengerer for swindling. bonds set at 500. Parties allegedly obtained clothing on forged order signed by Nichols & Co. Gas costs for November reported at 1792.80. 52 new arc lamps installed costing 1200.24. Lumber shipments from San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway to Floresville via Mesers. Martin & Schreyer.
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