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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1884
Page
4
Captain Green and Lieutenant Cresson of the Belknap Rifles announce a hop next Friday night at their East Commerce street armory. A sword presentation will accompany the event.
Mr Kelly on Soledad street slipped on sleet on his front gallery and exclaimed about soapsuds. Bells rang to mark St John’s Day and Bishop Neraz led a high mass at San Fernando cathedral with a quiet dinner at his residence.
Four Arabs, named Febris Yusef Jeruza and their elder Yleeper, stayed overnight at the station after leaving Jerusalem two months ago. Marshal Shardein hosted them with a large fire as they planned to dig for gold in New Mexico.
Sergeant fined five dollars for drunk and disorderly conduct. John Bailey a colored man fined ten dollars after buying a stove for his landlady to liquidate a board bill then drunken disturbance. Rachel a colored woman fined five dollars for insulting language. Wallace Harris charged with striking his wife in Texas was mulated seven dollars. Joe Howard fined five dollars for drunk and disorderly. Charles Young drunk and disorderly case dismissed and four continued.
A December notice records multiple deaths in city wards. Anna Behrens, 4, and J. F. Benjamin, 9 months, died of diarrhea and pneumonia in the Fourth ward. Mrs Rocha’s stillborn infant and Samuel White, 6 months, died of pneumonia in the Second ward. R Hernandez, 33, died of laryngeal phthisis in the First ward. Kesiah Mead, 8 days, died unknown causes in the Fourth ward. I mens, 8 months, malnutrition in another ward.
A compilation of local items lists court delays and upcoming meetings. Topics include the District court session rescheduling, the Committee of One Hundred gathering, nominating committee in the court, a bar association meeting, and the Endowment Bank K P annual meeting. Also noted are community concerns about firewood shortages, transit time changes, and charity actions.
Local items include John E. Ochse announcing for City Recorder and Marie Upton’s Art Studio opening January 5 for six weeks. Voter primaries tonight in four wards, Endowment meeting, policy holders urged to attend, and factory and railway timetables plus theatrical ads for Morton & Bell's Our Strategists at Turner opera house.
Local notice lists a December 31 New Year ball at the Turner association hall for members only. Also recounted are endorsements for Brown's Iron Bitters from multiple Galveston and Dallas residents along with various advertisements and political candidate notices for city offices.
Notice declares intent to seek changes to the San Antonio charter via the Nineteenth Legislature. Proposed provisions cover city bounds by a three mile radius from the cathedral cupola, ward divisions, elected officers, borrowing power up to 50000 dollars, tax and debt rules, regulation of intoxicants and theaters, Recorder duties, street widening procedures, and eminent domain with just compensation.
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