The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-07-26
TELEaRAPH1C NEWS BOILED DOWN


THE Costly murder trial commences at
Austin to-day.
BILL THOMPSON, the brother Of Ben, has
has been admitted to bail in the sum Of 5000,
at Cuero, Texas.
THE striking operators at Houston have
run short in cash and the Knights Of Labor
are to raise a subscription for them.
LyNcHBURG, Va, July a5.-The Demo-
cratic State convention had meeting at the
opera house, at noon to-day. M. Reynolds
was elected temporary Chairman. Every
county was represented.
LAMPAsAs, July 2s.-T. J. Duret, Of this
city, was shot, at Kempner, station IL miles
from here, at o'clock to-day, by M. B.
Broduss of that place. Whisky and cows was
the cause of the dispute.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., July 2s.--The will Of
Henry l.. Kendall leaves to the American |
Unitarian association, OF Boston, $1,000 to
the Hampton Normal and Agricultural insti-
tute, of Virginia, SI5oo; to the Providence
library, residuary legatee, upwards of $4,000
and the various local charitable institutions
received about 5000, 600.
LAREDO, Texas, July z5.-Pat Foster, one
of the violators Of the sunday law, had a
hearing to-day, and the jury returned a YER
dict of not guilty. There are several more
cases on the docket, which will probably
come up tomorrow, and will possibly .termi-
nate as did this one to-day. The law is a
dead letter on the statute books.
BRACKET, July 2s.-Our people are great
ly reioiced over the prospect of the telephone
communication with San Antonio. The
creates profound sensation here, where he
was so universally respected. United States
Marshal Hal Costing spent the day with us.
.Heis great favorite with Kinney county.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, July IS "A desperate
prize fight. for $500 a side, was fought near
Nantcocke last evening. The principals were
Paddy o Brien, saloon keeper, and Matt
Breeze, a miner. Eleven rounds we're fought,
when a crowd of women broke into the ring,
brandishing knives and pistols, and stopping
the fight. Both pugilsts we're badly pun
| shed.
New ORLEANS, July s.-Cotton-Spots
dull all around; futures off to 10 points here,
3 to S at New York, and little changed al
Liverpool. The little summer business at this
time OF the year is flanked by the telegraph
operators strike. Business men generally
are wild with rage at the loss OF time and
money. No specials from st. Louis oil
Chicago.
KANSAS CITY, July a5.-The jury in the
case against Arthur Stein, aged 90 late city
editor of the Evening Star, who killed George
r Fredericks, the proprietor of the Comiqut
theatre, in this city, on June 9, came out thi'
, morning and rendered a verdict OF murder II
the second degree and fixed the penalty at &c
years in the penitentiary the full penalty Of tn,
2 law for the second degree OF murder.
!. ST.. LOUIS, July 25.-The Police Commits
I soners have adopted a resolution instructinI
5, the Chief of Police to procure information o
all violations of the Sunday law, and repor
the same to the prosecuting attorney. Thes
=, laws cover all kinds of Sabbath breaking
1, The police will commence and report mex
d Sunday, and from this time on the Sunda
N laws of the State will be in full force in thi
d city.
u BALTIMORE, Md, July 25.-The funeral
s. of many OF those who persisted in the dsaste
at North Point Tivol on Monday night too
place to-day. They were in every section {
the city, and one which attracted special after
u ton and sympathy was that of the Crouc
/ family. -Four hearses were in that funer
n procession. Scarcely Catholic parish of II
city escaped and in those of the northei
- and northwest sections the burials were n,
merous.
of PALESTINE, July asa special ca He'd NEE
ne ing of drummers and commercial travele
n from all parts of the State met here to-day f
he the purpose of organizing State associate
q, for mutual protection. 1t was resolved
call State convention of drummers to me
of here on August IS, to take into considerable
ly all matters which interest travelling CONNIE
a cial men. A call for the convention was issu,
xxe and signed by about so of the leading drur
mers of the State.
FORT WORTH, July rs "A terrific win