The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-23
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
State Specials.

BEATEN wItH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THE BRIDGE.
Laredo, August 22.-Last night, at the resi-
dence Of the brides father, Capt. Sam M.
Jarvis, Miss Chlotilde Jarvis and Mr.. J. Wit
hof were united in marriage. Quite number
Of invited guests. composing the elite OF the
city, witnessed the happy event. The bride,
dressed in an elegant trousseau, never looked
loveler. Mr.. Without is one of Laredo's
young. but prominent merchants, and is TO be
congratulated in winning such prize for a
companion through life. After the ceremony,
which was quite impressive, the happy couple,
with their friends, repaired to the special room
set apart for dancing, and whiled away the
happy hours keeping time to the sweetest OF
Strauss waltzes. The bridal party left on this
afternoons train for San Antonio, Galveston,
New Orleans and the watering resorts.
A Mexican by the name of Rodriguez, was
arrested here yesterday for stealing horse in
Guerrero, Mexico. He had a hearing before
Justice liver, and was placed in Jail in de-
fault of bond, to await the action of the grand
jury.
A contractor on the International in Mexico
was found murdered to-day about ten miles
In fight between two Mexicans to-day, one
VI uCW WAS UCdtCu SCHSCtCsS Will SlA-
shooter. The party that did the beating es-
capped.
There are seventy men at work to day on the
few days.
THE NEW STREET CAR LINE in HOUSTON
REPUBLICAN DELEGATRS-TOO SWEEPING
QUARANTINE INSPECTORS ON DUTY.
Houston, August 22.--Major G. A. Burton
has been made president and general manager
of the new street railroad.
Judge Crosby to-day said to reporter that
the rails had already been ordered and work
would be begun in very few days. The
capital stock is limited to 20, 900 shares of $Io
each. Books of subscription open this week.
There is considerable complaint to-day
among citizens about the sweeping grant made
by the city council in giving the right-ofw way
to the Santa Fe road through the city.
Delegates to the Austin republican con-
vention left tonight. Prominent among them
IS J. e. Tracy aud Dick Allen.
The quarantine inspectors 90 on duty to- day
on the Central, Sunset and International
roads. ., ....-,.s
DAILY FEVER REPORTS FROM BROWNSVILLE
AND MArAMORAS - CAPTAIN KENNEDY
CHARrTY--DEsPONDENT BOY.
Brownsville, August 22.-For the twenty
tour hours ending at 9 a. m. to-day, there
were from twenty to twenty-five new cases,
and ten deaths reported in Matamoras.
The relief committees official report in this
city for the twen,y-four hours ending at 10
o'clock to-day, shows ff,y-four new cases and
four deaths.
Capt hIftlin Kennedy gave the relief COM
mit,ee five hundred dollars to-day. The COM
mittee would have exhausted their subscrip-
| ton now, had it not been for this timely aid.
A boy in Matamoras, aged ten, attempted to
commit suicide by stabbng himself in the
heart with a knife, but was discovered by his
father just as the weapon was entering his
side. The reason he gave was that his mother
and two sisters had died Of the fever, and he
wished to die, too.
THE NEW DAM NEARING COMPLETION AT NEW
HRAUNFELS-ABOUr COTTON.
New Braunfels, August 2s-Work is pro-
crossing on the new dam. This evening the
runs through the finished portion. Work will
begin at once on the unfinished part, and it is
expected the whole structure will be completed
in nine or ten days. The removal of the cof-
ferdam was witnessed by large number Of
people.
I. Efron, of your city, was in town to-day.
He expects to do large cotton business here
this fall. He says the crop of this section is
unusually fine this season.
Miscellaneous Telegraphic News.
SHELLY RENOMlNATED.
Selma, August 22.-In the democratic con-
vention Of the fourth district, held here to-day,
Hon. c. M. Shelly was nominated for bis
vacant seat
NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS.
Macon, August ~. Judge Charles F.
Church was nominated to-day on the first bal.
lot for congress, for the third congressional
district.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEATHS.
Washington August 22.-The surgeon gen.
eral received a telegram from acting collector
Goodrich, at Brownsville, Texas, this evening,
stating that there were 54 new cases and 4
deaths from yellow fever since the last report
AN ASSIGNMENT MADE.
Memphis, August AL. Doush, dealer in
general merchandise, m ,de an assignment this
morning. Liabilities, $2I.ooo; assets, about
$I2,ooo. w. l.. Clapp is the assignee.
FATAL RAILROAD COLLISION.
Easton, August aa An engine on the
Hampton branch OF the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western railway collided with coal
train on the main line of said road at a cross
ing over the track at Washington, n. J., last
night, obstruc,ng all the tracks and delaying
trains for several hours. A conductor known
as Daddy" Shepard and hoy named Ed
ward Christine were instantly killed. Frank
Frost, engineer OF the coal train, had both
legs broken, and another boy named Chris