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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1885
Page
4
In district court this morning the well known W. F. Morrison faced trial on two indictments for forgery and swindling related to the Traders' National Bank. He is tried on the forgery count first. The case particulars are deemed lengthy and need no re-publication.
The patents granted to Texas citizens dated January 3 1885 include car coupling by J K Bywater Paris regenerators for combustion engines by mas Burne Galveston door check by Fos Niggli San Antonio and a note on Wielph Schuster Waldeck in the record.
The White Elephant saloon owners began on Monday afternoon to raise 150 for the Relief association. By 7 pm they had collected 120 from proprietors and staff and pledged to subscribe the remaining amount, praising the gentlemen and urging others to follow their noble example.
Captain Phil Shardein remains confined to his home as telegraph service restores along the International road. Weather hurts cattle, while the San Antonio Rifles await full dress fatigues by February 10. Telegraphed lines still down between San Antonio and Houston on Sunset road. Marshal Gosling returns with five prisoners from Fort Davis and the Rio Grande. Boerne stage arrives late. Tuesday night no stage. Roads are poor. The Mechanics and Workingmen's Union ball is postponed due to bad weather. Western Union may open a Sunset ticket-office wire on Commerce Street. Miss Lillie Polk fractures her wrist skating on Commerce Street. Applications pour in for city police positions. An order bans smoking and drinking on duty for International Railway employees. Rumor swirls that Fritz Russi will challenge Peter Nelson for Street Commissioner citizenship. Solomon Lewenstein's will probed. H. Beach named administrator with $6500 bond. One real estate transfer: Castangen to Brochette for 2400. Sunset railroad circuit to Lincoln, Nebraska, notes a 2000 mile reach. A passerby on Commerce Street reports a bizarre footwear incident at 4 a.m. Catholic college neighbors complain of tramp nuisance and beggars on streets at night.
A long list of notable arrivals and guests in the city include Captain Lee Hall at the Vance, Mr F M Maddox en route to Austin, Captain Richard Jordan and wife from Cotulla, H M Hineman of San Francisco at the Maverick, Major Ira H Evans of the New York and Texas Land Co, and many others from states and Mexico. Guests occupy rooms at the St Leonard and Maverick while some travel from Eagle Pass, Morriston Alabama, Austin, Jackson Mississippi, and beyond. The crowd includes business figures like R H Matthews of New York, A M Finlay of Waters-Pierce Oil, and Major Evans, with several clergy and professionals among the visitors.
Colonel Thomas G. Williams an old San Antonio resident died at 4 a.m. after brain disease and paralysis at his Soledad Street home. Born April 29 1828 in Richmond Virginia he attended West Point class of 1849 and served in the Twenty first Infantry with notable officers. Funeral services are set for 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral.
A Civil War veteran and prominent San Antonio figure, Colonel Williams served as Captain in the Confederate subsistence department, later as Assistant Commissary General and Commissary General for Virginia. After the war he joined John Withers & Co., then Steele & Williams, and became Secretary of the San Antonio Gas company. He contributed to Kickapoo removal efforts and helped establish U S Army headquarters in the city. He is survived by Mary Curtis Williams, his wife, one son, and four daughters.
Three men ran a con in the city over several days. A slick planter used a $10 bill and staged silver trades to drain $5 from shopkeepers including Frost Deutsch Blum & Koenigsberger Wolff & Marx G B Frank Sheets Young & Arnold. One victim, Mr. Young, tracked $5 loss and pursued the suspect. others faced threats of arrest. Hotel Lagleder and other ward deaths noted.
United States Deputy Marshal Tom O. Bailes of Austin brought Tom Smart from Williamson County to the city. Smart is charged with robbing the United States mails at Kendalia in June. He was found hiding at his father's residence and will face United States Commissioner Stevenson for preliminary examination tomorrow morning.
A man asks if a left handed barber exists and the boss confirms with a show of shaving. The left handed barber supposedly steers beard growth right, while roots grow left, preventing a lopsided look. Two blacksmiths discuss helpers who must strike with both hands at a forge. left handed accuracy matters for both trades.
The Philadelphia Times notes Jay Gould at Tearle's reappearance in The Silver King with attention to audience emotion. It mentions Joe Howard in the Philadelphia Times and Art Turner Opera House performances on January 23 and 24. An exchange reports a commercial traveler arrested for embezzlement and a confession of guilt.
Granville H. Martin denounces the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad in a satirical poem set in San Antonio on January 21 1885. The piece mocks speculative finance and stalled progress as a rusting charter, urging the public to fund the project and hear the engine bell finally ring.
Mrs F Rimbold advertises a boarding house at 411 West Houston with reasonable rates. Pancoast & SONS promote made to order clothing and cheap winter goods. I B Johnson offers a new piano for 350. Hosack & Newton announce a 5000 auction for Marks & Co at 238 West Commerce Street on Monday January 26 at 10 am. Mishler's Herb Bitters touted as a liver regulator and purifier with a physician’s endorsement from Rowand & Co druggists in Barry Illinois.
Dr Weathers earns high praise from W H Ware of 24 Acequia Street for his recovery after a serious decline. Ware credits the doctor’s skill and cites renewed strength and appetite. I M L Cureton confirms Ware’s statement and location. Also notices about theatre, music lessons, holiday goods, and local businesses appear.
A well known stock man from Tilden Texas praises Dr L V Weathers for curing rheumatic heart disease and severe swelling. He reports marked relief and urges patronage. Local witnesses Ames Warait Annie Warait Catherine Dies Grana s Stumborg M H Hancock sign. Also notices removal of a saddlery to 222 Dolorosa street and dissolution of Sessions Ryan firm with H H Sessions and Harry Ryan continuing business.
Fine tract of 1 100 acres in Harris county six miles from Houston on Buffalo Bayou with railroad nearby. Plenty of water grass and timber some improvements and part under cultivation. Four hundred tons of hay cut last season. Sold cheap on terms. Contact I B Johnson or J W Bradley. Also multiple city properties including a five room cottage on McKinney Street and a fronting on Avenue C listing with modern conveniences and special bargains. Also large block of sixty five thousand acres ranch near Rio Grande with stock and equipment. Brokers Floyd & Co. No 9 Soledad Street Galveston with branches in San Antonio Houston Fort Worth. 10-17 tf
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