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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1885

Page

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Sunday Pleasures and City Garden Delights

A nostalgic survey of Sunday leisure across Mission gardens and resorts. Readers recall crowds at Vienna Garden Jonass Garden Summers Garden Livve’s Garden Joe Morris’s Garden Festo’s Garden and Pierioni’s Garden with dances races and beer. The piece notes cleanliness issues at SAN PEDRO SPRINGS and highlights entertainment by the Texas Parlor Quartette and Eighth Cavalry band.

Vienna Garden N. Wise Eighth Cavalry

Mexican independence monument planned for Oaxaca

Reports outline a proposed monument to independence heroes in Oaxaca while Durango rail work stalls and Mazatlan to Rosario remains only on paper. Mexico debates universal male taxation and reflects on Gonza les administration with public backing.

Oaxaca Durango Mazatlan Rosario Gonzales

Texas Briefs Chronicle Local Happenings

State and regional items include Austin buckle club and Waco fire engine purchase. Cotulla plans Nueces bridge. Reno and Evans accused of jail escape. Dan Rice to lecture in Fort Worth. First alfalfa cut in El Paso county. Palestine to add steel cage at city calaboose costing $1100. Rocket seeks fruit canning plant. Uvalde re-survey reveals discrepancies. Ed Bean sentenced to death in Marshall for killing Charles Stephens. Tyler reports boom in cotton compress. MacLennan Prohibitionists discuss local option. Pan-Electric Telephone Co in Dallas to cut private house tariff to $1. Jones county wheat and crops praised. Tom Johnson leaves Austin saloon, wife left with children. Wesley Danforth stabbed by Berry. jealousy cited. Mr S D Reaves’s buggy accident injures Mrs Reaves. Dallas poker trial continues. Sixty whites indicted for poker, many roped in by a green country man. Dallas poor farm crops and yields noted. Howard Montrasser convicted in Dallas for outraging Emma Klapp, 9, with wife present. Hearne mob frees Henry Lumpkin and hangs him at stock yards. mob likely all-black.

Austin Waco Cotulla Nueces Reno Evans Uvalde Dan Rice Fort Worth Ed. Bean Marshall Charles Stephens Tyler MacLennan County Pan-Electric Telephone Company Dallas Howard Montrasser Emma Klapp Montrasser Emma Hearne Henry Lumpkin

Seventh Day Gospel Services Across City Sanctuaries

Yesterday marked the first Sunday after Trinity with strong turnout at city churches. San Fernando Cathedral held a 9 am procession and 10 am pontifical mass with a Saint statue benediction and choir, while other churches reported varied attendance and activities.

San Ferrnando Neraz Barbour Cumberland Presbyterian Church Soledad Street W. B. Preston New Orleans

Woman Arrests Disturbance At Gas Factory Scene

Sarah Jefferson, described as the young colored wife of Franklin Jefferson, caused a scene near the gas factory Saturday afternoon while intoxicated. A crowd gathered as Officer Bummers tried to arrest her. she resisted fiercely, breaking his watch guard, tearing his uniform, and striking him in the eye. She was subdued and fined $10 by the Recorder this morning.

Sarah Jefferson Franklin Jefferson Bummers Recorder

Sunset Hose Company No. 1 Organized in City

A Saturday evening meeting formed Sunset Hose Company No. 1 and elected officers including Phil Manger as foreman and John Cavanaugh as assistant foreman. The group has 24 active members and aims to be fully equipped by the 1st proximo to participate in the Fourth of July celebration.

Sunset Hose Company No. 1 Phil Manger John Cavanaugh W. H. Bitters Otto Nentwick G. Haub W.M. Smick Wm. Margraf Louis Seidel Mike Courtney A. Roose J. Stanb G. Stanb Wm. Jacobs 1St Proximo Comany

Colored man Henry Jones Arrested for Local Home Break-ins

Henry Jones, described as the suspect in break ins at Frank Radaz's and Mr. Lytle's houses in the same neighborhood, was identified by Radaz to Detective Hughes and arrested. He faces trial tomorrow with strong expectation of conviction.

Henry Jones Frank Radaz Mr. Lytle

Officers for the Sociedad Mutualista Mexicana Elected

The ensuing year officers named include President Juan Cardenas and Vice Presidents Jesus Hernandez and Joaquin Guerrero. Jose Cassiano serves as Treasurer with Dr. P. Rodriguez as Secretary and Ignacio Cassiano as Assistant Secretary. Antonio Rivas is Collector and F. N. Sanchez chairs the Finance Committee with Antonio Lopez as assistant and Thad Smith and E. Guilbeau as assistants.

Sociedad Mutualista Mexicana Juan Cardenas Jesus Hernandez Joaquin Guerrero Jose Cassiano Dr. P. Rodriguez Ignacio Cassiano Antonio Rivas F. N. Sanchez Antonio Lopez Thad, Smith E. Guilbeau

Large Assortment of New and Second Hand Goods

A sales notice invites buyers to inspect a broad selection of household furniture and imported items. The sale includes parlor sets, bedroom and dining furniture, crockery, lamps, clocks, safes, bar fixtures, pianos, and more. Also offered are vehicles, harness, saddles, and blankets, all priced affordably.

Real Estate Listings Include Multiple City Lots and Homes

Our House and Estate Agency offers numerous properties including lots in block KB and block 20 near River Avenue and Elizabeth street. Dwellings range from 4 to 11 rooms with features like galleries, verandas, hydrant water, modern kitchens, and fenced grounds. Prices and terms vary, with several bargains and options for rental arrangements.

Corner River Avenue Elizabeth Street Government Hill Cameron Street San Marcos Street Avenue B Sixth Street Concho Street Nolan Hackberry Streets West Commerce Street San Antonio West Texas City Houston Street Commerce Street North Flores Street

Restaurant Outfit For Sale In Bulk Bargain

An 8 room dining outfit built of lumber includes a cook range counters show cases tables and chairs plus plano. The seller offers the entire furniture and fittings at a bargain price for quick sale.

Vehicles for Sale at Bargain Prices

A double seated family gigan leather top bids low. Also a single chaise and shaft a one horse spring wagon good as new for pulling or express use. A jump seat buggy offered cheaply.

Land near San Antonio River Near City Limits Described

Twenty acres of land on the San Antonio river within a short distance of the city limits is described in the notice. The passage notes proximity of four to six miles, indicating a potential conveyance or sale nearby.

San Antonio River City

Real Estate Securities Highlight Loan Negotiations

A late item notes the best real estate securities with loans negotiated to suit borrowers. The report cites targeted sums and approval paths for financing, emphasizing flexible terms and security structure aligned with borrower needs.

General Purchasing and Commission Business Promises Low Prices

Purchasing agency offers distant customers a general purchasing service to fill orders for dress goods clothing hats millinery crockery hardware and more with wholesale connections paying commissions and freight details provided on request.

Outside Sales Notice for Consignments at West Texas Auction House

Consignments solicited by the largest auction house in West Texas. Fine display rooms available with sales every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.

West Texas

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