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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1885

Page

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San Antonio City Council Acts on Petitions and New Charter

The front page records a long council session with petitions and ordinances, committee appointments, street works, tax remissions, and plans for a new city hall and jail funded by bonds. It notes health board nominations, river dam report deferments, and city duties on hydrants and sidewalks.

William Jackson Second Ward Hose Company Acequia Camden Streets Frank Reiden Karber Bernadino Wells Electric Light Co Chas, Bell Noyes Madison Park Berry Lexington Medina Street Louisa Reimschissel V. Leitze M. Jesus Valdez A.G. de Navarro Hannah Nordhaus M. Menger Rosa Steele San Antonio Ice Company C. Roth J. M. Matthews Acequa Camden Belknap Bolton Lockwood French Gallagher Hambleton Muench French and Connor Lambeton Swye F. Herff Amos Graves Edward Bennett Board of Health Lehreiner Charlotte K. Ansel City Aciess Third Ward Third Ward and the Public Improvement Committee W. H. Maverick N. K. Duft Mary Henefee Electric Light Company Mathews Santa Clara Street San Antonio Waterworks Company Vera Cruz and Frio San Luis and Leona San Fernando Medina San Fernando Street Alazan Creek New Orleans Alamo San Antonio San Pedro Creek Kingsbury Street Flores Street Smye Live Oak Street Austin Alameda North Centre Street Live Oak Cherry Street Avenue B Fifth Street Avenue Bb Thoreey Alamo Milla Ninth Street

Married by telegram and marked as San Antonio's happy couple

A young college man sent $500 by telegraph to his mother for worries that proved unfounded. He returned with a blushing bride, and the telegram announcing marriage amused the family. The piece notes Cleveland’s popularity and promotes Opera Puff Cigarettes.

WM. C. Whitney William Collins Whitney Conway Massachusetts James 8. Whitney Boston Charleston Williston Seminary East Hampton William C. Whitney Yale College Harvard Law School New York City Abraham R. Lawrence Supreme Court Whitney Young Men’s Democratic Club Tilden New York College North San Antonio

Captain Oglesby for Western District of Texas Marshal

The piece argues Captain I P Oglesby sheriff of Maverick County should be appointed U S marshal in the Western District of Texas. It notes he is a proven officer, modest, and widely favored, with no self promotion and broad respect across the district. It also briefly mentions Westminster Abbey and Mishler's Herb Bitters in unrelated notes.

Augustus H. Garland Garland Tipton County Tennessee Arkansas Senate St. Mary’s College St. Joseph's College Kentucky Washington Provisional Confederate Congress Montgomery Allabama House Congress United States Senate Supreme Court of the United States Little Rock Powell Clayton Judiciary Committee William F. Vilas Vilas Chelsea Orange County Vermont Wisconsin University Albany N. Y Law School Supreme Court of New York Supreme Court Charles P. Wakeley Wisconsin Volunteers G. K. Bryant Permarasio E. >. Vilas Supreme Court of Chicago United States Texas Gosling P. Oglesby Averick County Oglesby Liam Westminister Abbey Mishler James N. Pearson York Pa

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