The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-03
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

A man lies in Jail at Laredo, charged with
the murder of the agent at Webb station.
SToCKMEN at Fort Worth predict that 1000
or 5000 stockmen will be present at the Stock
mems convention next week
THE Empress Of Germany has given 1000
marks to the fund for the relief of the
sufferers by the floods in this country.
EDMUNDs has been selected in RepubIi-
can caucus to be Republican candidate for
PRESIDENT OF the Senate, pro tenn, to succeed
Davis.
A Chinese murderer who was to have been
executed at San Francisco yesterday, hanged
himself in his cell early in the morning during
the temporary absence of the guard.
AN iron smelling furnace is to be located at
Kelleysville, Texas, and the car foundry and
factory OF the Marshall Manufacturing COM
pany removed from Marshall to Jefferson.
THE State Senatorial Committee on Land
has favorably reported bill to provide for
the issuance OF patents to Confederate
soldiers and soldiers OF the Texas revolution.
A contest unprecedented in the history of
politics has been closed in Michigan by the
election Of Thomas w. Palmer, of Detroit.
for Senator. Eighty one ballots in all were
taken.
GOVERNOR IRELAND yesterday granted his
first pardon. 1t was to Mrs. Julia jain, who
eloped with one Bartellas, alias Muller. She
was convicted of adultery and fined $Ioo and
jailed for two months.
THE State Senate has adopted an amend-
ment by which provision is made for general
and district school system. the inhabitants
OF districts to have authority 10 levy a school
tax in addition to the State tax.
GENERAL MERANGE, one of Jay Gould's
confidential business men, arrived in Calves
ton yesterday on a special train, accompanied
by several other railway officials. They re-
fused to state the object Of their visit.
THIRTY people, all in the town, live in the
upper stories Of the dwellings at Shawnee
town, ILL.,, and watch eagerly for the food to
recede. Dysentery, pneumonia and ma
larial fever have attacked them and starvation
is imminent
Two young men, Charles Mcdonald and
William Mitchell, had prize fight near Phila-
ueiphla yesterday, during which the father of
Mcdonald acted as second and forced his
son to stay in the ring till the goth round al
though he could scarcely keep on his feet
JIM ELLIOTT, the well-known pugilist, and
Jere Dunn. one of Bruiser Sullivan's hackers
had fight at New York yesterday in the sa-
loon of appetite Bil'' Langdon, an ex.con-
hdence man and professional masher, because
OF a disagreement as TO the terms for a match
proposed some time ago for Slade and
Sullivan, and Elliott was killed, and Dunn
wounded in two places.
The Tombstone (Arizona) Epiiaph homes
the Legislature won't have an economical
spell and abolish the office of Chaplain. ..Tf
it does the Epitaph says, ''some of the
members will lose an opportunity OF hearing a
minister OF the gospel for the first time"
The uncertainty as to whether McNfillen
Herwig or Merchant will be the next POST
master at New Orleans is made the subject
OF Considerable speculation. The impression
that there will be quite number of changes
IN the Federal Offices in Louisiana is growing.