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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1885
Page
4
Weather and transit woes sweep Western Texas with heavy rains from San Antonio to Uvalde. Bridges wash away and roads flood threatening travel as city notes report barometer falling and markets affected while residents cope with outages and a sizzingly hot Fourth.
Colonel E. Lane, Lee the city marshal, J. M. Thornton, Brendon of Lynchburg, and John H. Rowell visit the Southern. Others include Thomes Rabb from Riddleville, J. Elsberry the traveler, James Ould and wife from Washington PA, J. C. Gibbs Sunset agent, Lt. Hampon of New Orleans, Lucius Polk assisting Gibbs, Abert Neban of Laredo, W. Young bound for New York, Dr. P Ornela Mexican Consul returns, N. Kight may move headquarters to San Antonio, and Rh M Davie and many named guests at the Menger hotel.
Mr Jonn Brady entertained numerous friends last Friday night with a fine midnight lunch in honor of the Fourth of July. A series of toasts was proposed and the gathering enjoyed high spirits and merriment throughout the evening.
At most hotels the Fourth was marked by lavish menus. The Maverick stood out with an array of elegant delicacies offered by proprietor Max Herrmann who invited the rich to partake in the feast.
Ed Steves & Sons agree to furnish all lumber for the Mission c lose company tower, while Holmgren & Sons of Alamo Iron Works promise to supply iron work. Both commitments noted as significant donations for the project.
Thomas O Murphy of Tom Green county will marry Miss Mary Fannie Newton, daughter of BF Newton, tomorrow at 7 am at First Presbyterian Church on North Flores. Rev W J Neil will officiate. Oswald Stendgel wed Miss Katie Biedeger last Saturday at St Josephs Catholic Church, with a banquet at No 24 Lutille street.
The San Antonio Cricket club plans its inaugural meeting tonight at A. E. St. Claire's saloon 10 Blum street opposite the Menger hotel. The club has forty members enrolled and aims to secure suitable ground and issue challenges to Houston Galveston and Fort Worth elevens once the club is organized on a business basis.
Fresh affidavits have been filed against Taylor Miller and Neho in the gumbirg saloon safe robbery case from Main plaza after their acquittal due to indictment flaws. The defense reportedly relies on the alleged passing of a Mexican queer marked and denied at Struve's bar by Allerson, a city confidence man. Castreville dispatches report Medina river running high. An assortment of local ads follow, including men’s goods at A M Cohen Main plaza, new neckwear at J C Freets, and window shades at R H Russell Houston street. Adolf Seifert to be tried for disturbing a Louis Kraft related incident. Griffin discharged after Sunset train incident. Druggist J Hedenburg endorses Mischler’s Herb Bitters as a leading patent medicine.
A Sunset road freight train heading east was engulfed by a water spout near Wilden, lifting the locomotive and 14 cars from the rails and washing away track. The engine and crew fled to mesquite trees as floodwaters rose eight feet, with repairs planned once waters recede.
In a letter from the First Ward, a resident laments perpetual rain and lacks of sidewalks and sewer, complaining about aldermen and city spending. The writer jokes about taxes, infrastructure, and politics while urging readers to stay engaged rather than leave.
A cocking main at the Cockpit yesterday afternoon drew about 300 dollars in stakes between Bob Marx and J Coy. Coy won in the second round. Marx's bird weighed 5 lb 6 oz and Coy's 5 lb 9 oz, with Marx's bird imported from New York.
A dealer on 22 Alamo Street invites readers to call for a complete stock of Seaside, Owell's, Munroe's, and all Liberties with July issues of Century and Harper's, plus late New York, New Orleans, and St. Louis papers including Puck Judge Harper's and Leslie's Illustrated.
A group including L Salten Scall Geo Nobles Joseph Robinson and Miss Julie his niece Miss Laura Austin Tom Speed and several Speed sisters plus Clara Zelweger Katie Mitchel Mrs I C Tutte and E G Tuttle left for Pearsall this morning for a pleasure trip to the Tuttle ranch in Fio county. They will attend a ball there next Friday and stay several days.
A man in Travis Park Sunday evening faced a public rebuke for harassing a woman from Avenue D. The peppery attacker used a cane as the weapon, breaking it over the offender’s back in a swift, decisive chastisement.
A convict guard was killed yesterday evening between Manon and Liling on the Sunset railway. He fell from the top of a construction train when a bridge railing struck him as the train passed, and a following passenger train found his body. The guard’s name was not learned.
At No. 8 West Houston Street a restaurant is offered for private sale today with auction possible tomorrow at 10 a.m. on July 4 1885. The ad proclaims bargains, urges buyers to call on A M Cohen for new clothes at cost, and promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for travelers and mariners to prevent indigestion and related ailments.
Tonight at the Fashion theatre a fresh programme debuts with new arrivals including Miss Zitta In Forne and Mr. Jas McDonald. The show features Harrison and Berkeley, Larry Dooley, Billy Wolf for comedy, with Miss Nola Forrest Aggie Wells Lizzie Wilson and Minnie May Thompson in the juvenile section. A revival of Forrests sketch Something New will showcase an acrobatic dance by Miss Forrest in a cape and short skirt.
Readable item notes a fisherwoman in a catboat aiding her husband, a murderer, in Venice Illinois. The page spans several ads and notices from local merchants including Miss O Keeff, V Lorra, Pancoast & Son, Madame Farrell, and the Riverside restaurant.
A local retailer promotes a fresh stock of percale shirts in white and blue, offers 74 dozen unfinished shirts at popular prices, and highlights a new line of straw hats for gents youths boys and women children including ladies and misses.
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