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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1885
Page
4
A city sewer committee met at the Mayor's parlor to discuss system options. Resolutions urged obtaining expert information and allowing river use as a temporary sewer, with amendments suspending river-use ordinances.
The murder trial of George P. Burkhart for Dora Burkhart's death drew a crowded courtroom. Juror selection occupied much of the day with seven jurors seated so far. Prosecutors are George Paschal and A J Evans. defense is Shields & Shields. Burkhart showed distress, sitting with his attorneys and crying quietly.
Sheriff J W Halm of Comal county is in the city. Many notable guests arrive at the Menger including ex governors, doctors, and business leaders from across Texas and beyond. Names listed include J B Polley Floresville, T S Evans Pearsall, Dudley Nichols Atlanta, H S Kellum New Orleans, G W Thompson Trinidad, A Hunt Laredo, I J Clay Tyler, Horace Chilton Tyler, and others visiting for sight seeing and meetings.
Local items include theater and park notes, a new German quartet formed with Professor Katzenberger as director, and various social events. Mentions of delays on a Missouri Pacific train, a postponed Turner picnic, and a fraud case dismissal in district court.
Charles Jones, a back driver, was driving his back along Concho street when he toppled during a sharp turn to avoid a hay wagon. He struck his hand on the wheel, breaking his arm near the wrist and driving the bones to overlap.
Cases listed for trial include Charles Clark against Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad John D Smith against John Eckford San Antonio National Bank against John Oothout et al State versus lomas Perez et al Peter Zigmund Louis Vidal et al Ed Sheehan et al Wesley Torrey et al Landa Bros against Hildeheimer Pena against Steagall Akers Trinidad de Herrera against Santiago Herrera N M Smith against Langdon Greenlay and Co.
A Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio traveler notes Langtry’s excitement over the Val Verde county election and a newly married couple tied to Judge Roy Bean. Mentions 6 couples connected to Colo nel Garcia Gallan and Maranna Garcia of San Antonio. Bean reportedly won by 36 votes. Rail workers from the line cast ballots for Roy Bean. one clerk’s benzine mishap altered county commissioner results.
State Rangers Captain Joe Shely and Lieutenant Scott arrested Napoleon Walker, an escaped convict from Brown County, as he tried to pawn a saddle at St. Franks saddlery. Walker, previously shot in the leg by Sheriff Magsey, was identified by the old bullet scar and placed in the county jail.
In San Antonio on Sunday a high profile shooting contest between Gwynne Price and Penrose is set to occur weather permitting. Price a famed marksman and author arrives with retriever Sancho while Penrose receives a Lefevre Arms gun from Syracuse for the match.
Judge Shields absent. Mayor Callaghan presided. Doves and several locals were fined for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, with additional contempt penalties. Notable incidents include a strike on a woman, a resisting drunk, and a team-leaving fine. Also mentions loans, bonds, and a life insurance claim settlement.
Auction tomorrow at 11 am offers fixtures, negatives, and effects from N Winther & Nelson at Maverick building Houston street. Wide range of goods from tinware to shoes and hats advertised below standard US prices. Nichols Co. 238 West Commerce St. 2-24-3m.
Warm water baths at Commerce and Alamo streets. Prominent ads tout Opera Omage to avoid injuries and 5 percent monthly savings on groceries from Pitt & Meek. Kay's Kentucky Kure powders for poultry and Liniment for rheumatism. Oriconto wealth and L. Huth & Son hardware advertise seeds and garden tools with new Leyland plows and Planet Jr. hoes.
San Antonio shops tout a vast stock of spring and summer gentlemen’s clothing at L Wolfson’s with large dress goods departments offering Sonora ginghams at 15 yards for 1 and soft finishing cambrics at 12 yards for 1. The Wolfson store also highlights a wide display of children’s carriages and a major Art Gallery at 205 Commerce Street offering artist supplies, engravings, frames, fresco materials, and wall coverings.
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