The Evening Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 28, 1883 Page: 2 of 4
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Evening Light.
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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28 1883.
Indiana’s loss by the flood foots up $4 -
848000.
Dorsey begins to despair but orator Bob
displays the couiage of a Spartan.
The New York elevated railroads have had
their elevated price of 10 cents legislated
down to 5 cents. San Antonio furnishes
longer and pleasanter rides for that sum.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat and the St.
Louis Republican still run the Cockerlil-Slay-
back homicide. There must be something
the matter with St. Louis when one second or
third-class sensation has to do journalistic
duty so long.
The long-suffering but constant wife has
refused to make complaint against her hus-
band of any character whatever. —[San An-
tonio Morning Straddler.
What a very peculiar husband this partic-
ular husband must be.
Judge Dickson ot Patterson N. J. has
decided that breaking into a canal boat to
steal is not burglary because"a canal boat is
not a dwelling in the meaning of the statute.
Yet people eat and sleep and have their per-
manent homes on canal boats. It is thus
judicial authority splits hairs in the interest of
thieves. Under this decision four notorious
burglars went scot free. A little less learning
and a little more common sense would help
immensely judicial affairs in New Jersey.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Dorsheimer
of New York who some years ago narrowly
escaped becoming famous through entangling
alliances with Schwab the agrarian beer
salesman whose establishment was the head-
quarters of the mysterious party then occupied
in bringing politics under commurfist control
is at present straddling Niagara Falls. The
ex-Lieutenant Governor who has a large
leaven of the Teuton in his original dough
is a dogged Niagara Falls man; he is for
cleaning out the mills and other buildings that
disfigure and disgrace the neighborhood of
the Falls and for converting the brink of the
cataract and the rapids into a public park to
be adorned and ornamented for the free use
of the world. These are our sentiments
whether of communistic or any other politics.
There is no doubt that Rerdell in the Star
route case who swears that he was employed
to make false affidavits in the interest of the
conspirators is not entitled to the slightest
credence and that what he states can only be
received as evidence when it is impossible it
should be untrue. There can be no convic-
tion therefore upon Rerdell’s statements un-
supported by proof but many things which he
has said are valuable as explanations and will
open the minds of the court and jury to the
bearing and importance of facts concerning
which there can be no dispute. The very best
help that the defense could re'eive in the case
at this time would be an attempt of prosecut-
ing counsel to put this mendacious culprit
upon the jury as a creditable witness. It is to
be hoped no such blunder will be made.
THE NATIONAL LIBRARY.
Mr. Spofford the intelligent and diligent
librarian of Congress makes a plaintive appeal
in his recent report for a new library building.
Mr. Spofford informs the country that “ up-
wards* of 130000 volumes are now stored in
heaps in various rooms or placed in double
rows so as to render access to them difficult or
impossible.’* We learn further that the
aggregate collection in the library now number
480076 volumes_besides 160000 pamphlets.
By all means give Mr. Spofford a new
library building. But theie is something in
these disclosures more deserving of the atten-
tion of Congress than is the prayer of the
librarian. The first thing for Congress to do
is to cause to be extracted from the vast con-
glomeration of books technically called a
library such as deserve shelf-room such as
are worth the leather or board in which they
are bound such as curious bookworms at
least would be likely to read more of than the
title. Then cart the vast stock of rubbish
that will remain to the nearest auctioneer
for vendue. After the registers and
records of Congress and the Departments
which must necessarily be assigned a place
there are not 25.000 works in existence en-
ti led to a place in the National library. And
if there are 100 pamphlets among its i6c000
that are worth a binding which although
doubtful is possible let Mr. Spofford be
authorized to have them bound and to pay
what expense may be incurred in having the
rest carted away.
There is not a book of value in this National
library the worth of which is not abridged just
to the extent to which it is covered out of
reach by books of no value: there is no such
book but appeals with all its eloquence and
ability of whatever kind to have the rubbish
taken out of its way —an appeal in the interest
of Congress and the Nation. It might as well
lie at the bottom of the sea as be buried in
this necropolis of dead literature. The need
is imperative of excluding from the shelves of
the National library every book that
is not one of decided merit and every
book that is not of some historical or national
interest. We are informed by Mr. Spofford
that “the additions to the collections during
1882 are 59984 volumes and 27310 pamph-
lets.” Taking this annual increase as our
guide we shall have at the end of 5 0 years
a national library of 3000000 volumes and
nearly half that number of pamphlets. Yet 56
years are but as a day in the life of a nation.
Let Congress salary a commission of three or
more Librarians who are scholarly compe-
tent men whose duty it shall be to purge this
mass of its trash and of books not appropri-
ate to the national library. Its accumulations
will make such work impracticable in a few
years. And when that labor shall have been
performed and the national library reduced to
10000 or 20c00 volumes in place of 480000
let a portion of such commission be constitu-
ted a permanence in order to exclude every
worthless work in future.
SENSATIONAL WRITING.
Sensationalism has a fast hold on one of the
writers for the Express. Here is an extract
from his latest effusion gotten oft on the pre-
tence of imparting information of the doings
of the man who defied the police force night
before last: “ He was as bold as a den of
African lionesses defending their cub% and
defied the police force the whole world and
the rest of mankind. Ye Gods but he was a
terror! Ensconsed in his den or castle if
you prefer disheveled hair sleeves rolled up
to keep the blood from spoiling his immacu-
late white shirt wild eyes gleaming like a
caged hyena no mortal dared approach him
without furnishing a fresh subject for the un-
dertaker. Rohmer drew a line struck an
attitude no doubt mentally exclaiming ‘Thus
far shalt thou come and no further’ ‘ lay on
McDuff and damned be he who first c’ies
hold enough!’ ” That paragraph is really
too funny to be thrown away on the few read-
ers of the Express.
A GREAT INVENTION.
By Which Going Out Between Acts is Ren-
dered Unnecessary.
The St. Louis Evening Chronicle tells of an
invention by which a rush for the door be-
tween acts at a theatre is rendered unneces-
sary. To a reporter of that paper a flat glass
bottle nearly circular a shape with a short
neck and a closely-fitting cork was shown.
Through this cork ran a rubber tube perhaps
three-sixteenth of an inch in thickness. It
was a long tube snowy white [and wound
about the little bottle gracefully. The boitle
was full af some liquid but the sinuosities and
convolutions of the rubber tube prevented
any of the contents from escaping until the
tube was straightened out. The liquid was of
a beautiful reddish color and from the end of
the tube as it was raised to the nostrils
emenated a subtle fascinating perfume. In
another similar bottle the liquid had more of
an amber hue and the perfume was slightly
different though not less seductive. The
bottle contained about three drinks of the
quantity usually taken by men who drink at
all. The contents of the bottles were said to
be in some cases of a certain beverage
known as a “cocktail” while those of lighter
hue were designated as “punch.” Tho«e
who buy the invention get whatever liquid
they desire. Upon one side of the little bot-
tle was a little label neatly printed describ-
ing the contents as “opera and theater
drinks/’ On the reverse blown into the
glass of the bottle was a representation of the
face of a watch and a little legend to the ef-
fect that it was an “early hour in the morn-
ing.” The bottle itself had very much the
shape of a watch and was not much larger
than a big watch of an old English pattern.
Miscellaneous.
Is. N. WALTHAL BRYAN CALLAOHAM.
WALTHAL & CALLAGHAN
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
San Antonio Texas.
Office: Dwyer building southeast corner
Main plaza.
T. I Duvinu. W. S. Smith.
DEVINE &SMITH
jAttorneys-at-Law.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
jW-Oflice ■ Rooms 7 and 3 Devine
Building Soledad
Will attend to all business in the state and Fed ral
Cocrts s-e S-t.
Ed. Buckley
COTTON AND WOOL
MERCHANT
I beg leave to inform the public that it H to their
interest to call on me before disputing of in ipro
dace as I represent first-class mills; and xill Lt
forma at the office of my agent. A. I. T. Renate
gar 4 Losoyo street. ED. BUCKLEY 813
F. Groos & Co.
BANK K KS:
and Dealers in Exchange
SAN ANTONIO. -
J. S. Lockwood
Lockwood & Kampmann
(Successors to Thornton & Lockwood).
BANKERS
Deal in Mexican dollars and bullion. Tel-
egraphic transfers made. Bills on an} part of
Europe and Mexico.
. CAEN’S
Fiwli. Dyeing anil Scouring
ESTABLISHMENT
NO. 11 CASINO ST.
SAN ANTONIO.TEX.
Work received from all parts of Texas and
antisfaction vmiranteed 10-14
S. A. Sanitary and Fertilizing Co.
Xo 11 Casino Street G. Caen Manager.
n Hvy vaults sinks cess pools cleaned by the
odorless apparatus required by law. (Irderß by
mail or left at the office promptly attendedjo.
Walirenberger & Co.
ARCHITECTS
NO. 19 FHRRI STREET.
SAN ANTONIO
NARCISO LEAL
LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE
And General Commission Dealer.
San Antonio Texas.
EDWARD J. GALLAGHER
Mason & Builder
631 HOLSTON STREET.
Estimates for dams bridges boilers cisterns
tanks furnaces ovens grates and buildings of
all kinds. Will guarantee satisfaction. Job-
bing utrtctlv attended tn 11-T5-1v
HENRY 11. HUNT & CO
Manufacturers ot
BUICK i MH STOKE
NO. 223 CROCKETT ST.
Office No. 2 Devine Building Soledad Street.
Dealer in Portland and Rosendale cements
lime plaster paris plaster hair lath and lath
nails. Cistern building a specialty. All work
promptly attended to. 9-15-tf
Anton Sonka
Manufacturer of
Pressed Prick
AND
ARTIFICIAL STONE.
The Very Best Building Material.
Will make contracts for delivery by car-load
or otherwise.
Office and manufactory at Seguin Guadalupe
county.
San Antonio Agency
U-14-8 rn
SAM C. BENNETT
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Staple and Fancy Groceries
FINE WINES IJQIORS
Cigars and Tobacco Particular attention
given to receiving and selling Wool for my
customers. Store on corner of Main plaza and
Market street.
BAN ANTONIO TEXAS
- TEXAS
J. H. Kampmann.
TEXAS.
T H KAMPMAN.
SAUSAGE MANUFACTORY.
The undersigned have opened a First-class Establishment for the Manufacture of
ALL KINDS OF SAUSAGES.
Orders from City or Country promptly attended to. Manufactory—62B Oakland Street.
Salesroom —No. 419 East Houston Street next to Maverick’s Land Office. *
KURTZ & KTJHIST Prop’s.
SOULE & WILLIAMS
PAINTS OILS GLASS ETC.
Sole Agents for the Celebrated Averill Ready-Mixed Paint.
Paper Hanging’s in Every Variety.
272 Commerce Street San Antonio Texas.
by mail promptly attended to.
M iscel laneous.
PHIL. DEI
Liv e r v Stab] e.
Blum St. opp. Menger Hotel
SAN ANTONIO : : : : TEXAS
Horses fed by the <iay week or month Saddh
horses carriages and buggies can be ordered at al
Aouri
PHIL. DHI
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
No. 237 Commerce Street
Will furnish Wooden and Metallic Burial Case* and
Caskets. Heapses and Carriages at all times Offic*
open day and night Telephone connections witl
wealth offices
Helotes Ranche.
STANDARD STALLIONS.
MAMBRINO HOWARD.(trotter) see No. 47
B. J. Treacy’s catalogue Lexington Kv. lb
is a blooded bay. 10 hands high weighs 1200
pounds. Service $25
KNIGHT OF ST. LOUIS (thoroughbred)
sired by Glendower data by E|>silon see Bruce’s
American Stud Book x olume s page 352. Ib-
is adark chestnut sorrel. Sort ice. $25.
DICK (Kentucky Jack) 15 hands high weighs
(KM) pounds Will cover mares or jennets
Service $l5.
Short-horn thoroughbred cattle. Red Bulls
by twenty-eighth Umdon Duke L< x big (on
Ky. Services $lO.
Spring season February I. Termscash Ser-
vices paid when mares taken away ami if not
with foal have the privilege to return Ilie next
season free of charge. Stock delivered at Al-
fred Reaves' Main Plaza will tie taken ami
brought back without cost.
F. GUILBEAI
1 28 ly Helotes Tex.
PROCLAMATION I
SPECIAL ELECTION.
Whereas a vacancy existsin the office of the
City Councilman from the Third ward caused
by the resignation ot Alderman Minter and
said vacancy having occurred more than nine
months prior to an election section 27 of the
city charter provides that th< • Mayor shall order
an election in said ward to fill such vacancy.
Now. therefore I J. H French Mayor of the
city of San Antonio by virtue of the power
conferred on me by the charterand ordinances
of the city do herein- order ami direct that an
election be held iii the Third ward o this
city on
Saturday March ID Proximo
for the election of an Alderman to till the un-
expired term of Alderman Minter resigned
The polls will be open from 8 o’clock a. m. to
6o’clock p. in. at the Alamo building in said
ward. Presiding officer. Sani Maverick.
The election will be held ami returns made in
accordance with “An Ordinance Governing
Elections.”
In testimony whereof I hereunto
. —sign my name ami have caused the
’ 1.. s. 1 »al of the city to be affixed this
’—. — ’ 15th day of February 18*3.
J. H. Fkknch Mayor
By E. P. Claudon City Clerk
HIRE ME A HALL!
I want to tell about the Boss I’aper
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235 Commerce St.. - Sun Antonio Texas.
Tine Job Printing’ a Specialty.
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Our Tents are for Sale by HUGO & SCHMELTZEK.
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THE DIRECT
San lutorio. WcNtcrn Texas and
Mexico
—TO AU POINTS IN THI-
Wh Esst lest aod Sostast.
—IS VIA. THi-
taiationahGreat
an Take Their Choice of Routes
Either via Taylor and the new
LINE
Or via the St Louis Ison Mountain 81 Southbkn
Ra.lwav. Close connccl-ons at Little Rock for all
Principal 4 Hies in the Southeast.
In the Union Depot at St. Louis with Expres.
trains in all directions.
Pulkuaii Palace Sleeping Cars
between SAN ANTONIO AUSTIN HOUSTON
and GALVESTON and elegp.nt Hotel Cars between
SAN AN TONIO and ST LOUIS Without Change.
I 1 or Tickets Rates &c apply to any of the
Ticket Agents or to
H. F. HUGHES Pass Agent Houston.
B. W.MeCULLOUUH
Ass’t Gen Pass. Agt. MarshallT exas
If. CHANDLER Gen. Pass. Agt. St. Louis Mo.
M M HOXIR View Pr« St Louis. Mo
L. FRANK
Manulacturer and wholesale and retail
dealer in
Buggies Wagons
Saddles Harness.
All kinds of Saddles and harness manufac-
tured to order. The largest stock o
WHIPS ROBES
And all kinds of supplies
kept in Western Texas.
Will Not be Undersold !
Call and see me.
12 Main Plaza San Antonio.
Prices
Tl AIL.W A V.
passenger:
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The Evening Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 28, 1883, newspaper, February 28, 1883; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1591763/m1/2/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .