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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1885
Page
1
The nation moves toward the inauguration with Cabinet resignations and security in Washington. Crowds gather for the event while President-elect Cleveland travels from Baltimore to the capital. Anarchist tensions flare in Pittsburg and Allegheny with violent incidents among drivers.
The painting titled El Jarabe measures seven by ten feet and shows a Mexican girl dancing in national garb with a guitarist and castanets. The scene includes seven other figures in a jacal interior with light, still life, and culinary shelves. Grenet displays skill in light and color hoping for genre painting recognition.
Harris brothers and W L Haskall unveil a San Antonio brick yard after a 150000 brick kiln marks early success. Builders including Alvord and Quirk praise the brick as superior to Laredo and Eagle Pass bricks, with plans to add two more 200000 kilns and expand machinery to lower costs and expand market reach.
Bill Jones of Houston faced Recorder for threats toward Officer Martinez after a noisy round with friends. He was searched. no pistol found and fined $5. Dorothea Rodriguez and several others faced $5 fines for drunken disorderly conduct. Albert Bryant fined $10 after an assault threat at the Fashion theatre saloon. Gaines, a boy, fined for trespass with another youth.
A benefit performance for the family of the late Hal Gosling is held at Turner Hall tonight. The Rose Eytinge company presents Leah the Forsaken with Miss Eytinge in the lead. San Antonio Rifles Belknap Rifles and Knights of Pythias will attend in full uniform. a final air with Marshal Gosling will close. Tickets available at Rische's opposite the post office.
This evening Fred M. Hagner will marry Lizzie H. Dillard at the First Presbyterian church. After the ceremony they depart for the City of Mexico via New Orleans and Vera Cruz. Hagner, manager at Singer company's Casino Street office, has served two years as Monterey manager and now moves to a senior post in Mexico City.
The commanding officer at San Antonio forwards recruits Bryant Gordon and Thomas E K Gardiner to Fort Davis and Fort Concho respectively. Lieutenant J M Cunningham remains on duty with Seminole Negro Indian scouts from Dec 20 1884 to Jan 20 1885. Prisoners from Tenth Cavalry cases to Kansas for execution duties, with papers turned to the warden. Recruits Hill Weldon Gideon Williams and others are assigned to Fort Clark Fort Concho and Fort McIntosh with transportation by the Quartermaster. Shelter tents valued at $25 are shipped to Fort Davis for the Tenth Cavalry. Ladies approve of your smoking Little Loker tobacco.
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