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VillagelBlacksmith
Cigar, the lint and Cheapest
smoke tor all smoker, now
flro years before tho public.
Vol. I. No. 116.
San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday, August 14. 1883.
Ten Cents a Week
4-FOUn SOLID FACTS-
At Sim Maris :
"Tho Linjest Slock I" ' ' I
The only eicluilvo tobacconist! '
Small profits! Quick mica 1 j
Prices defy competition!
Antonio
ED STEVES & SONS,
V mil at liitoriMllmiil und droit Northern I'uilroitd Depot, mid Uahi-atmi. Ilarrlnburir and
Halt Antonio rollrniid trm k,Kmt CnmnieriT ytni't.
Tilt; best grades always on hand. Also, Doors, Sash, Blinds,
Mouldings, Shingles, Fencing, Barbed Wire, Fence Posts,
Newels, Stair Rails and Ballusters. Our lumber is of the finest
quality and unexcelled. We would invite the public to ex
amine before purchasing elsewhere. En Steves & Sons.
Sweeping lteductioiis !
217 ALAMO PLAZA.
tJtSOur surplus summer stock must go. Call and be con
vinced. Have everything in the way of gents' furnishings.
CITY DRUG STORE.
ELLIOTT & 3R..O-I.-A.nsriD,
No. 8, Kast Commerce Street, Snu Antonio, Texas.
Are constantly recemng Fresh Drugi, and have In ilocle a large tiMOrtment of Tooth find Kail Itriulies
Pe Com fry, 1'oilet Soaps, Spongci.TriMiei, Shoulder HracM, f'tc. At loweit prices,
PKLSCRU'I'IONS A SH.CIALTY.-CI 7-a8-tpti
ESTATE OF
(D3LOISASTGD.)
Daily Auction Sales at 9 a. m. and
5 p. m., up Stairs, in Dry '
Goods Department.
' GROCERY DEPARTMENT
kept at full stand inl. Heat of Liquors, Frvni-li and CallforiilaWlnra. l'luc.t "Old llc
servo Whiskey." Valimblejltcnl l'-state for 8 ilo. Apply tn
JOSEPH E. DWYER, Executor.
Metalic Slates or Shingles
FOR ROOFING OR SIDING.
TIIE ANGLO AMERICAN HOOFING COMPANY
Hsve titsUUhcd an Agency In San Anlonlo, for their Mttalic Stales or Shingles for
HOOFING AND SIDING, also
OOEEOGrATBD SI-TJEET IRON"
For Building Purposes.
CJ-Iletter than Tin orShlngtei. Does not Shilnk or Rot, art Fire Proof and ill lave Iniurance.
' C. M. KINGSLEY, Agent,
OFFICE AT CENTRAL HOTEL.
Also on hand all kinds of Building Material, .im
Complete Itovolution !
H. GKENET,
THE CITY'S SICK.
The Light Commissioner Accompanies the
City Physician When He Visits
the City Patients.
Mliut Hint Olllrlnl Hues,
e Tliat tlifi Otllce Is bj mi
Mrum n Nliircurr.
The Limit commlsiioner on Sunday last
had his eye upon the City Physician, Dr.
llraunnagel, and though the wonM see at least
some part of what Ihe official did in the dis
charge of his duties. He found that from 8
until to a. m., Dr. nraunnagel was at Kail
eyer'adrug store and there he prescribed for
16 city patients. He alio saw several appli
cants who did not really require medical at
tention. At to o'clock the commissioner
entered Ihe doctor's buggy and accompanied
him upon his rounds. The
first call
they made was upon an Irishman, who
has charge of a house on avenue C,
and who is In the last stage ol consump
tion. Entering the house and ascending the
stsirs they lound the patient in Ihe upper
room, surrounded by his wife and children.
The patient was evidently in a bid way, and
the doctor then conversed with him in English
and prescribed for him. Then they left. It
was a sad sight to see this happy family and
to know that the angel of death hovered
ahead, watting to snalch the husband and
father from that family circle, to know that it
was merely a matter of time ere the affliction
would assuredly fall.
From this house they drove to Welzslcin's
drug store, where Dr. llraunnagel keeps an
order slate for the
BENEFIT OK RESI0EN1S
near the Sunset depot, and where he calls
daily. The slate was blank and they then
proceeded to the residence of a German fam
ily on Austin street. Entctlng the small ten
ement house they found an sged man whose
ankle had been fractured while working at the
rock quarry. The leg was examined acd pro
nounced satisfactory. They then went Into
another small, close room. On the bed therein
lay the wife of the injured man, a pretty young
woman with a two day old babe. Misfortune
tn this case had certainly. not come single. A
presctiptlon was made to ease the young
mother's pains, and they left. "This family,"
said the doctor, "are from I'russla; they have
not been here long. They hardly know a
word of English, therefore I have had to
SPEAK THE GERMAN LANGUAGE,
so you must excuse me." The next visit was
paid to a Frenchman, living on Laredo street.
He Is an eld citizen and at one time was a
wealthy man, but he has hard work to make
both ends meet. The poor old man is 5?
years of age, and had heart disease, which has
engendered brain trouble. At one lime he
was a fine man, weighing about 200 pounds,
to-day he does not weigh much more than
half that weight, but he Is gaining flesh fast,
and there are hopes of his restoration to
health. Here the doctor spoke the French
tongue fluently and made the necessary obser
vations upon the patient's cue. Next they
drove to the
SANTA ROSA HOSPITAL
where the doctor visited the cily
patients. The first patient was af
fected with abscess of the I'.ver and a
tendency to dropsy. The patie'nt had been
under treatment for some time, suffered much,
and was In a very critical condition. The
second had been afflicted with inflamation cf
the liver, and had so far recovered as to be
ready lor discharge. The third man was con
fined to his bed with a fractured leg, which
was occasioned by a fall when unloading lum
ber. The fourth had fractured his leg near
the ankle and was. doing welt. Two female
patients were then visited. The first was a
chronic sufferer from Inflamatory rheumatism,
and was decidedly In a fair way to early re
covery. The second lay In a darkened room
and was affected with
THAT PAINI'UL DISEASE,
Inflamation of the relina. When first under
treatment she could not see; now she Is be
ginning to discern things vaguely and there
are hopes of her recovering her sight. At
around the hospital was scrupulously clean,
airy and comfortable, and the sisters were
very attentive to the wants of the patients.
Having visited the hospital patients they drove
to a Mexican patient on Milam square. Enter
ing a rude shanty they found the patient, a
picturesque Mexican, reclining upon the
ground floor, for there was no other flooring,
propped up by pillows. The place was poor,
the light bad, the air close, and the whole
surroundings unfavorable to health. The
man had suffered from abscess of the
stomach and was fast recovering. The Doc
tor spoke Ihe Mexican language with the pa
tient and with
TWO VOLUBLE SENORITAS,
instructing them what to do. Here, also,
was seen a pretty half breed boy who
had been paralyzed, and who was recov
ering the use of his limbs. The next visit was
paid to a Mexican living on the other side of
the international depot, la what might be
called a huge packing case. The "house"
was built In the brush, was about lo8, and
was made of old packing cases. In this min
iature house lived a Mexican, Ms wile, his
child and a friend, In the corner was a bed
which almost occupied the whole of the
"house." The patient here was a Mexican
wood cutter. In chopping wood he had put
his foot on the tog to steady It. Iiy some
means he chopped his foot instead of Ihe log,
Cut through the toe bones, and nearly severed
them from the foot. Dr. llraunnagel was
called and the Meiican wanted
ills toss cur olf,
but the Doctor decided to make an at
tempt lo save the toes, he stuck them to
gether ami liandtged them. The flesh has
adhered and the man is already able to move
nearly all his toes at will. He wilt recover
the use of all his toes except one, which will
probably be stiff. When asked if he now
warned his toes cut off he smilingly answered,
"No, think you."
An old Mexican on Laredo street was next
visited. On the bed lay a woman nged about
40, withered, shrunken and worn. This pa
tient was affected with a peculiar female
disease, and suffered much, lly her bedside
sat a pretty scnorlta, who tenderly waited
upon the poor old woman.
There were several other cases, but these
were diseases pcculiir to women, which can
not well be recorded here.
The commissioner returned hrmc
VELL SA1ISFIKI)
with what he had seen In conjpany with ihe
Polyglot doctor. There can be no doubt that
Dr. llraunnagel Is an able, efficient and cour
teous official, oire to whom the city's sick
may safely be entrusted. The deserving poor
will at all times find a friend in him, but he
will not encourage any chronic loalers who
seek to Impose upon the city and monopolire
the funds that can be belter employed.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Oniclul lteporta Show That tho l'oiir llulien
unit .lull urn Well l'lllcd.
The County Commissioners met ) ester Jay
tn their court room and all members were
present except the County Judge, who Is
absent at Castroville. Sheriff McCall's report
for July was presented and showed that 73
prisoners had been confined in the county
jail, at a coitof $S; $382 14 being charge
able to Bexar counly and $Sl 06 to other
counties, who had sent prisoners there for
safely. The rcp:rt was approved. The poor
house superintendent's monthly report showed
that there were now at Ihe poor bouse 27 sick
patients, 21 paupen, and seven convicts, who
were maintained at a per capita cost ot 47
cents per day. The report was adopted.
The quarterly reports of the Sheriff, Justices
and Constable were recclyed and approved.
Several bills were examined and ordered to be
paid.
The salary of the poor house laundry
woman was Increased to $20 per month.
The bids for fire wood were examined and
the following offers made:
l'er cord.
J. H. Coker. $5 50
H. McDonald 3 0j
Beck & Nicolson 0 00
Philip Monier 7 00
Mrs. Charles de Gonal 7 00
S. A. Fuet Co 7 23
C. Villemiin 7 49
J. II. McLcary 7 50
Mr. Cokcr's bid was accepted for 75 cords, It
being understood that an additional 20 cords
more could be had at Ihe same rate if re
quired. The Waterworks company applied for pay
ment of three months water rate in advance,
and the request was complied with, but It was
understood that as soon as the cisterns were
put in order the Commissioners would decline
taking water from the company.
Sheriff McCall was Instructed by resolution
that for the future In furnishing incidental ex
penditure accounts, he must specify who
telegrams were sent to and Ihe tenor ol their
contents.
The court then adjourned until Wednesday.
ANOTHER FAILURE.
iTiirm Hlmt nt, 111 Horns Killed, lint Ho
Mtlimgos to Hftcnpe,
Agother attempt was made to capture Men
cho Flores. It appears that the Sheriff had
Information that Florcs would start for Scguin
on Saturday, and would cross the Abat cross
ing bridge. Deputy Sheriff! Alexander and
Van Riper laid In wait for him, and at 8
o'clock a horseman crossed the bridge. The
officers, In the dim light, were not certain
whether it was Florcs or not, and they ordered
him to halt. Instead of this Florcs for it
was he set spurs to his horse and went
ahead. The officers fired on him, but ap
parently to no effect, and he was soon lost In
the brush. This made them very despondent
but subsequently, however, Flores' horse was
found dead in the brush, and the saddle was
bloody, from which the officers believe that
Flores was wounded. They are, therefore, of
opinion that he will have to seek assistance,
and thus be captured. Constable Bader ti
confident that he also wounded Flores on Sat
urday morning.
A Lengthy lllspute.
This morning at Decker's saloon, the
Decker Iron-clad building on Houston street
was to have been accepted by the owner, Mr.
Decker, who at the meeting was represented
by his attorney, John E. Ochse. Mr. Me
Genu, the contractor, was also present, and
represented by his attorney, B. J, Boone, and
hit sureties, Martin & Schryver. In set
tling up the affair, which commenced early
this morning, at first peacefully, the parties
became a little excited, and the question as to
the cost of extra woik was furiously contested.
Every novv and then the respective ora
tors retired to the bar close at hand and wet
the contest with fuming jugs of beer. The
business commenced at 9 o'clock this morn
ing, and when the Light reporter left the
scene of action they were no nearer settlement.
TliIJ'GRAPHlC.
Laborers' Strike at Fort Worth-PostofJice
Inspectors at DallasThe Sunday
Law Fight in St. Louis.
Uiti OrniKl Jury Indict Tho City DMveri
of lbiltlniure Senator AllUnii'e
Wife Suicide. --Nlrlkf..
Cairo, August IJ. Eleven deaths from
cholera occurred here on yesterday.
London, Auguit 13. The friends of Count
de Chambord have abandoned all hope of his
recovery.
Vienna, Acguil 13. Adtlces from Frohs
dorf state that the condition of Count Cham
bord is worse.
J.A Haoue, August 13. The Dutch Gov
ernment has received telegrams from Atchten
announcing the cholera is epidemic there.
Paris, August 13. The returns thus far re
ceived ol the election yesterday for members ol
the Council General show a net Kepubllcan
gain of 63.
London, Auguit 13 The commander of
the British troops In Egypt telegraphs that two
soldiers died at Suez yesterday and there was
alio one death among the troops at Itamlch.
New York, August 13. Manager Sirk, of
the Western Union, says that 12 men returned
to work to-day. The wires, he said, hive all
been repaired and everythlcg ! in good wotk
Ing order.
Lisbon, Auguit 13. The I'orlugueie police,
at the request of the Spanish authorities, have
arrested Salovechea, formerly a member of the
Spanish Chamber of Deputies. The leaders
in the revolt at Iladaslg, who look refuge in
Portugal, have been placed on board of the
Portuguese transport Africa and sent to Cher
bourg, France.
Dallas, Tex., August 13. The Federal
postal service chiefs have been In Dallas to
day to Investigate th: anonymous letter about
Postmaster Whlisen. Brock, colored, is hav
ing an examination trial, charged with ob
structing the United States mail by placing
logs and other obstacles on the Missouri
Pacific track In Denlon county,
Philadelphia, August 13. The conven
tion of the AmaLjamated Asioclatlon of Iron
and Steel Workers resumed its deliberations
this morning. The reports of the committees
were not yet ready for diicusslon, and the
convention adjourned until 9 to-morrow morn
ing. A resolution was passed this morning
authorizing the Treasurer lo draw a sum ot
money tn support of the striking telegraph
operators.
Dubuque, Auguit I3.-The wife of United
Slates Senator Allison committed suicide by
drowning herself In the Mlsitisippl river, some
lime during the night. She walked deliberate
ly into the river, about 35 feet from the bank,
laid down and was'drowned where the water
was only two and a half feet deep. Mrs. Alli
son was of a high, nervous temperament, and
during the past two or Ihree years has suffered
from and been treated for a mental dlsesse.
While at the water cure establishment In
Western New York, In 1881, under medical
treatment, she attempted suicide in much the
same manner, but she was rescued. She was
a niece and the adopted daughter of the tale
Senator Gribble, of Iowa, and has been mar
ried for 10 years. She has had no children.
Baltimore, August 13. The grand jury
have presented all members of the late com
mission of the fire department for malfeasance
In office. The board consisted ot Mayor
Whyte, ex-offieio President, and Samuel W.
Register, Thomas W. Campbell, J. Frank
Morrison, Samuel Manna, Bartholomew
Soallhand II. B. Stringluff. The bail was
fixed at $3,000 each. The presentments
caused great excitement and astonishment
about the cily hall and the court house. The
late board was superseded recently by an ap
pointment of a Fire Marshal and the present
ments grear out of the charges made by the
present Fire Marshal against several members
of the board, charging them with furnishing
various supplies to the department and charg
ing more than the market rates therefor, in
violation of the city ordinance,
St. Louis, August 13. The confidence of
the saloon keepers In their fight against the
Sunday law does not seem lo be so well
grounded as the more active ol them sup
posed. The number of new violations of the
law reported by the police to-day is compara
tively few. The first newspaper cases against
Carl Daenzer, editor ot the Anzleger des
Western, and Emit Prctonlui, editor of the
Westliche-Post, were called in Ihe Court for
Criminal Correction this morning. Although
both editors had given bond, they were not
present, neither were they represented by at
torneys. The court gave the defendants the
benefit of the doubt, and Instead of forlciting
the bonds, continued the cases until Septem
ber 4. Judge Noonan, of the Court of Crim
inal Correction, before whom the Sunday law
violation cues are being tried, decided this
afternoon that the Stale must prove that street
cars arc not a necenl'y, In order to convict
the officers of the companies, who are on trial
for violating the liw by running their cars on
Sunday, All cases Instituted against the
street railroad companies under the' Sunday
law will, therefore, be dismissed.
Austin, August 13. The extreme heat and
the scarcity of laborers causes work to pro
gress slowly on the foundation of the new
capitol. The following charters were filed
to-dayi Add Hall Co-operative association,
Patrons of Husbandry, of Cameron; capital
stock, $25,000. Democratic Farmer Printing
asioclatlon; capital stock, $10,000, of Centre
ville. I.eon county. Cotton Haulers' Benevo
lent association, of Galveston. The directors
of the Capital Fair association held a meeting
llils morning and arranged for opening Ihe
fair on October tO. The Comptroller to-dsy,
under act of the Legislature, to pay the debts
of doubtful validity, instructed the Treasurer
to transler on his books from the land sales
account, the following sums to the permanent
university fund, $211,168,350; available uni
versity fund, $15,401 22; permanent achool
fund, $320,367 13; available school fund,
$11,41445. Total, $688,054 15, leaving due
Ihe school fund $150,292 35, for the payment
ot which there is In the treasury about $140,
000. When the law was passed there was
more than enough to pay the entire debt, but
large sums have been paid out under the act
authorizing the refundinc; of money to parties
.who paid la error, because of the conflicting
and erroneous surveys, and there now exists a
deficiency. Under the last act the Treasurer
paid out last month $15,000.
SAVED FOR THE HEIR.
The IlrltUli Association Tninerer the
i:nct' of the Liite Thomas
lloddy.
Some time since a young Englishman
named Thomas Boddy was taken sick al the
railroad works on the Klo Grande and was
brought to Santa Kosa hospital by a fellow
workman. He died soon after, and his
effects, consisting of a watch, chain, Maltese
prctcntation cross of the Youcg Men's Chris
tian association, Betmingham, Inscribed and
dated 1879, a pocket book, containing several
papers, among which was a document not lo
be opened until August, SS3, a box of cloth
ing, a cun and $54 in currency, were placed
in the hands of the San Antonio British asso
ciation tn truit for his heirs. From the de
ceased's papers It appeared that his father
was Mr. John Boddy, 21 Monument retreat,
Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, and the
mournful details of his son's death was com
municated to his by the Secretary of the
asioclatlon. He was then requested to send
particulars of the name and addreis of the
heirs of the deceased. Mr. John Boddy has
furnished the association with documents
proving that he Is the fahcr and heir of the
late Thomas Boddy, who was unmsrtled,
claimed the deceaicd's property, and given
the power of attorney to Mr. II. Ryder-Taylor,
Recording Secretary of the association, to
act for him in this matter. These papers,
authenticated by the signature and seal of the
United States Consul in Birmingham, were
sent through Messrs. Alfred Field & Co , of
Birmingham, England, to their branch house
In New York, and transmitted by the latter to
their correspondent!, Meisrs. Charles Hummel
& Son, ot this city, with the request that they
should receive Ihe property from Mr. Ryder
Taylor and convey it to them. Yesterday
Mr. W. Holland, representing the Brlllsh
association, Mr. Charles Hummel, for Alfred
Field & Co., and Mr. Ryder-Taylor, rcpre
tenting the deccascd'a fathcr,met and made a
transfer of the deceased's effects, which have
been forwarded to England for Ihe heir of the
deceased.
This Is one of the many uses of Ihe British
association. It has stepped in and taken
possession of the deceased's effects and relics
that are valuable to the relatives and friends
of the deceased, that otherwise would have,
as in many other cases, fallen Into the hands
of persons who would have appropriated them
to their own use, thus depriving the friends of
mementoes of th: dead that they would
gladly possess.
WEEKLY REPORT.
Drutht Occurring In Sun Antonio or the
Weolc KuUInc Monday, August 13.
Lorcston, seven months, chronic diarrheca,
Second ward; Maria Castro, II months, un
known caurcs, First ward; Caroline Huyer,
45 years, cerebral meningitis, stranger, Third
ward; Caroline Farrcll, 30 years, congestion
of the brain, stranger, buried by the city,
Third ward; Agnes Brownson, five months,
cholera Infantum, stranger, Second ward;
Agatha Hutzler, 82 years, senile decay, First
ward; Lucto Ocoiea, five years, tabes mesen
teries, stranger, buried by the city, Second
ward; child of Mrs. Messick, nine months,
chronic diarrheca, stranger, Third ward; child
of Mrs. Wagner, eight months, congestion of
thebowcli, Third ward; Emilio Valdcz, un
known cause, Second ward; Hal Williams,
two years, dysentery, stranger, Second ward;
Agnes Ewing, 17 years, strychnia poisoning,
inquest, Second ward; E. II. Price, gun-shot
woundi; Infant Ross, five days, unknown
cause, First ward; Felix SlrodrowikI,42 years,
dropsy, stranger, Fourth ward; Patrick Wha
len, 30 years, relapsing fever, Second ward;
Mr. J. E. Garcia, 24 years, consumption,
First ward; E. Ridgley, three days, unknown
cause, Fourth ward; Jacob Schneider, 35
years, peritonitis, buried by the city, First
ward; Otto Pczggode, suicide by razor, in
queit. THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
A General Indifference nt to the Itesult
Kalitlnc In the City,
Compara'lvely no Interest Is being taken in
the vole to day upon the constitutional amend
ments. At noon to-day only 25 votes had
been recorded at the Recorder's court, 34 at
the Counly court and 25 at the Alamo, and a
comparatively small number ol votes were re
corded at the other polling places. Few per
sons seem to understand the questions at lisue,
and even those who do understand the im
portance of Ihe vote seen to be Indifferent as
to the result.
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