The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-01
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
FURTHER FROM THE YELLOW FEVER SCARE
RAPID INCREASE.

FURTHER FROM THE YELLOW FEVER SCARE
RAPID INCREASE.
Brownsville. July 3I.-The fever in Mata-
moras is said to he on The decrease, but there
are still whole blocks in which in every house
there are one or more patients. A doc or has
been designated by the city authorities to at
tend to the poor who are unable to get medi-
cal aid. He goes about the city in carriage
displaying yellow flag. A number of STU
dents from Spring Hill College, who returned
! here by the last steamer, are almost all down
with the disease. The official register shows
that thirty two deaths occurred last week,
twenty three If which died with yellow fever,
or the prevailing fever, DIS it is tamiliarly
called.
DIR. Swearingen, the state health officer is
expected to arrive on the next steamer to in
ves,igate the disease himself. There is no
case in Brownsville which is said to resemble
the prevailing disease in Matamoras. Up to
ri o'c'ock this morning, three deaths were
reported in Matamoras.
NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS.
New Orleans, July 3I.-Carleton Hunt re-
ceived to-day the unanimous nomination Oh
the first ballot as the democratic candidate
for congress, from the first district of Iouisi-
ana, 10 succeed Gen. ID. T. Gibson, United
States senator elect.
Mr. Hunt is son of the late Thomas f.
Hunt, United States senator from Louisiana.
He is graduate of Harvard, a close student,
and of vafied requirements, and successful
attorney.
COLONIZATION ENTERPRISE.
Wichita, July 5l.-Captan Payne has re-
the result of his trip. He says the subject Of
the settlement OF ceded lands is not properly
understood by the Washington authorities. He
will cross the line at once into Indian terri
tory with large number of Colonists.
THE MEsQUI'E bush NOT TIMBER.
Washington, July 3I.-The secretary of the
interior has addressed a communication to the
commissioner of the general land office in
which he recites that the mesquite bush, or
hrub, is mol timber within the meaning of the
statute. The cause upon which this decision
is peredicated is one in which certain Mexican
Voc cutters, of Arizona, are alleged to have
unlawfully cut 500 cords of mesquite from Ger
tain unsurveyed mineral lands
MISS FRANKo's CONCRNT-=srRANGE ACTIONS
OF A LADY
Galveston July 81. Miss Jeanne Frankie,
an accomplished musician Of New Orleans,
assisted 10y Mrs Coleman Curtis, of this city,
VI uC mic E"dllSCllIlC COIuUluduOn,
gave select musical enterta inment at the
pavilion TO night, which was highly appreciat
ed by the large audience in attendance.
About one O'Clock to-day an English lady
about forty years old. neatly dies ed 10 black.
with costly rings set with ,wels rare, an ele-
CANT gold watch with a heavy col neck chain,
and other indications Of wealth, came into the
police station VIII interrogated she could
give no account of herself, where she was
from o. where she wan'ed to go She was
| detair d unit, was asceitained that she arrived
from AN Antonio in mpany with another
lad and that the lays name was Mrs
Mary Meyer, and she had resided in San An
tonic about year and a hall. Her baggage
has the Hord house card on it, showing tina,
she stopped in that house while in San Anto
MO. The chief Of police sent rer to Mrs.
Hills boarding house This evening she
left the house, saving sh- was going 10 meet
her daughter. Miss Katie Gibson, who was
coming on the v'ning train. About tel
o'clock TO night she was brought into the
police station by an officer, who found hel
wandering around on Genital wharf. When
interrogated. she said that her daughter was
to leave San Antonio Tuesday morning, and
that she was to meet her at the depot, and
she had gone to meet her. After being
assured that her daughter could not possibly
reach here before to- morrow night, she
seemed pac6ed, and returned in company
with the night sergeant to her boarding house
The woman is evidently slightly demented.