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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1885

Page

4

San Antonio Classified Notices and Local Ads

A composite San Antonio page lists servant ads, clothing and fur goods, piano sales, and house building notices. It notes job calls at Mrs. Dr. Joseph Jones and Heefling’s meat market, a Tyrolean Singers concert, Joske Brothers sales, Goggan & Brother sheet music, and a two story concrete house on Avenue B and Ninth. Local jitters include crime notes, a verdict in the Max Neuendorff case, a Chinese birth claim, a photography operator’s inquest, and affadavits involving Ellen Stevens and Mrs. Kitty Miller.

F. Sheets Commerce Street Joseph Jones Joshin & Bros Fourth Street Avenue C Heefling Ave. C Mission Garden Licar Carrico Avenue B Ninth Street Joske Brothers Tyrolean Singers Commerce Goggan & Brother John A. Fraser Acequia Street Tobin’s Hill

City Council Excursion to Salado Gravel Pits

Tomorrow at 10 o'clock a special train will carry the City Council members on a first excursion along the San Antonio and Aransas Pass road to Salado to view the gravel pits. The event marks the rail line's inaugural excursion.

Salado San Antonio and Aransas Pass

Sunset Lodge K of H Notice of Funeral for Brother Thomas

Members of Sunset Lodge No 1136 K of H are requested to attend the funeral of their late brother 8 P Thomas at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning October 17. Members meet at hall at 9 30 a m sharp by order of Tos H Anporr Dictator

Sunset Lodge K. of H P. Thomas Hall Tos. H. Anporr

Turner Hall to Host Sol Smith Russell for Three Nights

Sol Smith Russell the eccentric comedian will appear at Turner Hall for three nights starting October 18. He stars in Felix McKusick written for him by J. E. Brown of Boston. Russell is hailed as a leading light in light comedy on the American stage today.

Sol Smith Russell Turner Hall Mr. Russell Felix McKusick J. E. Brown Boston Sol Smith Rungell Russell

Personal notes from travelers and visitors

Natzi Meyer returns from Cak et and reports a good time. Samuel S. Field of Sunny Slope Vineyards San Gabriel California is at the Menger. Ben F. Cable Rock Island Illinois J. W Ault Washington DC R. W. Mc Ferran Columbus Ohio D R Bagley and wife Martindale Texas R H Dockrill c F Forsyth H H Beers New York Sam P Field San Gabriel California J T Frezevant Dallas KE Alley Houston are at the Menger.

Natzi Meyer Samuel S. Field Sunny Slope San Gabriel Cal Menger Ben F. Cable Rock Island Ils J. W Ault Washington, D. C R. W. McFerran Columbus D. R. Bagley Martindale Texas R. H. Dockrill C. F. Forsyth H. H. Beers

Beer Plant Fight Leaves Germans Beaten and Black Workers Sought

A morning brawl at Lone Star Brewery injures three Germans and three black workers. Jesse Evans is captured after hiding on a boiler. Oswald escapes. The clash stems from drink access disputes and escalates into an assault at the brewery. Police, including Captain Cardenas, pursue the suspects. Charges expected in State courts.

Lone Star Johnson George Rea Jesse Evans Cramer Oswald Kutzman Henry Cramer Katzman Hadra Simon Schorr Captain Cardenas Mockert Coy Cardenas W. B. Martin van Alstyne Baxter Evans

Arrest of John Robb in Abduction Case of 14-Year-Old Mana Valenzuela

John Robb was arrested after an alleged abduction of Mana Valenzuela a 14 year old Mexican girl. The affidavit was filed by Mana’s mother who sells chile con carne at the gate of San Pedro Springs. Robb posted bond for his appearance.

John Robb Mana Valenzuela San Pedro Springs Robb

Boy Masch Injured In Fall Near Guenther Mills

Last evening a boy named Masch living on Lafitte street was gathering nuts near Guenther's mills. He fell about 20 feet from a tree breaking his right wrist. He reached home in great pain and his parents called for surgical help. He is progressing favorably.

Masch Lafitte Street Guenther’s Mills

Real Estate Transfers Involving Owens Stevenson Giraud and Lower

Samuel Owens and Smora Jane Owens transfer block 1 in Paschal & Lewis addition on Tren ton Avenue to James Duryee Stevenson for 300 dollars. Leon J Giraud transfers all interest in the estate of Maria Ap pollinaria Giraud, deceased, to Eugene A Giraud for 1000 dollars. Charles Lower transfers lots 14 and 15, block unknown, bounded on the north by Hood street, to John Banger for 300 dollars.

Samuel Owens Smora Jane Owens James Duryee Stevenson Paschal & Lewis Trenton Avenue Leon J. Giraud Eugene A. Giraud Maria Appollinaria Giraud Charles Lower John Bangrante Hood Street

Almost Poisoned Child Recovers After Bean Ingestion

A two year old son of Mr Hess who tends the Sunset stock pens nearly poisoned himself by eating wild red beans growing in mesquite chaparral. He suffered vomiting and gastric pains but a doctor was called and the child is progressing favorably today.

Hess

Markets Report From New York and Liverpool Trading Hubs

Market notes show ligur quotes for October with futures steady and spot activity dull. Cotton in New Orleans and Liverpool mid-dling amid steady futures. stock market reports list Norton, Delaware and Lackawanna, Saint Paul gains. Wheat and corn in Chicago move cautiously as receipts and shipments appear in the day’s figures.

Floyd & Co Soledad Street New York Deceimber Seta Oe Teobeuary Oren Apel Hune Liverpool Orleans Norton Seieres Delaware and Lackawanna Saint Pau Chicago Decem Park Lusbates Coens

Endowment Certificates Transfer Deadline Notice

Expires October 24th notice to K P S Endowment Section 632 members that transfer certificates to fourth class must be completed and all assessments paid by October 24 or certificates will be cancelled and reported to the Supreme Secretary. T B Johnson secretary treasurer Sec 632 San Francisco October 15. T J Howts U S customs inspector reports Deputy U S Marshal Mellus offered a bribe. Mellus dismissed. Opera Pats cigarettes advertised.

Supreme Secretary T. B. Johnson Sec Treas San Francisco T. J. Howts United States Inspector of Customs United States Mellus China

City Council Considers Fire Districts and Street Works

An adjourned city council session reviewed petitions for water mains on San Saba Willita Olive and King William streets, approved street and bridge work, and debated forming fire districts with an estimated cost of 5000. Other actions included building permits, fence and ditch projects, jail repairs, and sidewalk specifications.

San Saba Street Mission Hose Company Ruppersberg Gardens Willita Olive Streets William Hebgen W. A. Sellers Lockwood Olive Street Hambleton Sherman Street International and Great Northern Railroad Medina Street Crockett Square H. Praeger J. Huth L. Wolff Alazan Creek Fredericksburg Road Garza Street Dolorosa Street Main Plaza French Milam Square Belknap Maverick Square Barry & Fortassin Smye Degener Schreiner Gallagher South Concho Durango Morales Street P. Engelmann Water Works Company King William and Mill Streets Pauly San Antonio Fertilizing Company Camden Street

Local notices and ads feature Dr Phelan and merchants

Household remedies and promotions include Dr R A Phelan offering homeopathic consultations in the Sam Maverick building at Alamo plaza and Houston street with specific hours. A variety of sales follow including carpets, Brussels mats, and tonics like Morley’s T X S8AGUE TONIC. Aldermanic candidacy, shoe store arrivals, and seasonal excursions to Galveston are advertised along with coffee and oysters at Harnisch Baer and a Liver tonic claim for Hepatozone.

R. A. Phelan St. Louis Sam Maverick Alamo Plaza Houston Street Garden Street Messrs Harnisch & Baer Commerce Street San Antonio Texas J. J. Tobin Austin A.W. Houston

The Bastile Tale Of Prison And Decay

An 1789 release from the Bastile recounts a chemmed prisoner who lingered 62 years in a dim cell. His discovery by a mob reveals bloodstained walls and vermin while they read cryptic marks about Emerson and a San Antonio shop. An unrelated ad promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and cheap loans at Emerson’s.

Charles V Mannette Emerson San Antonio

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