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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1885

Page

6

Territorial Row and Global News From February 12

Reports from the Illinois Legislature and Mexico note political shifts in San Luis Potosi and a forthcoming change of governor Pedro Diaz Guitierras by Pedro E. Ortiz. Seismic shocks hit Tequisixtlan and Niltepre in Oaxaca. A deadly dance affray occurs in the Chickasaw Nation. Quequechan mill contemplates relocating to Mexico and manufacturing there. Congress in Springfield debated Senatorial voting amid party tensions. London dispatches report uncertain fate of General Gordon and describe Brackenbury's confirmed English victory near Merawi with Earle and Eyre killed.

City Mexico Pedro Diaz Guitierras San Luis Potosi Pedro E. Ortiz City of Mexico Tequisixtlan Oxaca Niltepre Fort Smrth Ark Indian Territory Ned Boonds Chicksaw Nation E. F. Craig Fall River Mass Quequechan Mill Corporation Curiaco Springfield Illinois Senate London General Gordon Lord Wolseley Korti Col. Wilson Nile Khartoum Wolseley Dongola Wilson Gordon Brackenbury Dalka Island Merawi Earle Berber Black Watch Stafford Regiment Eyre Nineteenth Hussars Coventry

Railroad chiefs travel in special coaches to New Orleans Exposition

General Manager Robinson of the Mexican Central railway and the Superintendent of the Atlantic and Pacific railway, each with their families in a special coach, passed through the city this morning via the Sunset route en route to the New Orleans exposition.

Robinson Mexican Central Railway Atlantic and Pacific Railway New Orleans Exposition D. Peck San Antonio Gonzales J. L. Bliss Adrian Michigan Lee Earnest Mr. Earnest Vance Hotel New Orleans W. H. Pender Murphysville Aaron Frank G. B. Moore Orange Lumber Lutcher & Moore J. R. Blocker Austin C. B. Collins Luling J. A. Pitt St. Leonard W. L. Crawford Mrs. Barbour Louisville Mr. Barbour Monterey, Mexico

Notable Visitors at Maverick and Menger Hotels

A roundup notes numerous guests in San Antonio staying at the Maverick and Menger hotels including John R. Swain J. B. Bushnell B Badger R F Hendricks D Call J J Haynes W D Wheeler Leon Friedman Walter D Osborne R M Allen Colonel J J Ligon Charles G Wright Dr John E English J Henry Zitt L C Bignall B F Beach J B Marvin and others. It mentions travel to New Orleans via Sunset route with Mr Chew and a tentative marriage rumor, plus local society notes and a postponed children’s mask ball due to weather. It ends with a health anecdote about diarrhea and a sales notice for a Boerne property and a public social notice.

John R. Swain J. B. Bushnell St. Louis Maverick B. Badger Gonzales R. F. Hendricks Galveston D. Call Orange J.J., Haynes Dallas W. D. Wheeler Palestine Leon Friedman Boston Walter D. Osborne Menger L. C. Bignall Chicago B. F. Beach New York J. B. Marvin Washington, D. C J.J. Chew International Railway New Orleans Exposition Mr. Archer G. Falck Inman Steamship Line San Antonio New Orleans Parker Gaines Austin A.J. Fry W. J. Young Mallory Steamship Line

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