The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-08-07
STATE NEWS.
Gathered from our Exchange
over the state.

Wholesale trade is picking up all over
the state.
The next ex-Confedcraie reunion will
be ut Waco.
Tyler has incorporated n $1,000 can
ming company.
Planters In the vicinity Of Calvert COM
plain Of boil worm.
To-day will be the great day OF the
Fort Worth reunion.
The Baptist State Sunday school con-
vention Is to meet Mt Brennan on the
10Th instant.
Corsicana subsoribes $4,000 to the
Fort Worth, Sabine Pass and New Or
leans narrow gauge.
A Laredo company will supply Texas
cotton planters with Mexican labOrers,
on application.
Emile Turner, the little Waco waif, Ia
dead. No clue to Its parcntnge was
ever received.
Crop reports from Troupe. Wharton,
Marlin, Rookdale and Wharton are ex-
ceedingly favorable.
The District court vt Austin will hold
no session Saturday, out OF respect to
General Grants memory.
The irrigation survey at Laredo
demonstrates the possibility of extern
sive irrigation at small cost
The maximum range Of temperature
throughout the State yesterday was
from 90 to 9S; minimum range % to 80.
Navasota is working up n waterworks
boom. A $4,000 plant is offered. and
the scheme will probably materialize.
FL Paso Is all alive over the municipal
election, with 10 candidates for aldermen
in the field, eight Of them independents.
only small per cent Of those attend
ing Summer Normal schools applied for
certificates, but OF these large per cent
passed.
The printers on the Fort Worth Stock
journal left their eases Wednesday and
Manager Hall supplied their places with
non-union mer.
Ten young Tylerltes who have just
reached their majority, have organ lied
newspaper company, and VIII ksue
their first sheet about the 10th Instant.
The Mexican government Is making
strenuous efforts to stop smuggling
across the Rio Grande below III Paso.
Extra guards have been stationed In the
passes.
The mysterious rafting OF certain
doors In Rockdale Mt unreasonable night
hours has startled the whole town, and
all attempts at solving the mystery have
so far failed.
The mail carrier between Brady City
and Camp San Ssla Is accused OF tainper-
Ing with the mails. His name Is DE
Morrow, and he will be brought to Aus
tin for examination.
Bryan, Brennan, Weimar, Seguin and
Navasota have received their first bales
of this years cotton crop. Prices ranged
from toto IL cents; weight from 40 TO
$50 pounds per bale.
The General Assembly of X. oil. II.
closed its sessions mt Houston last night.
Austin was selected M the next place of
meeting. George X. Dashieil, of this
city, was elected Grand Dictator.
The cattle men of Texas are interest
eddy awaiting the result of the Presi-
dents peremptory order to the herders
on the Indian lands to vacate. The ex.
tention Of time for removal was denied
at Washington.
Lynchburg will have II lynching bee
on hand II the negro, one John Jones,
who raped white girl IN that vicinity
yesterday can lie run down by the ex-
cited populaoe. His victim was found
In an unconscious condition.
A dsstardly attempt to burn Wills
| Point WAS made on last Wednesday
night. The lire was discovered before 1t
had made much progress. but was not
put out until several thousand dollars
worth OF damage had been done. Many
buildings were saturated with coal oil
and full preparations made 10 clean out
the business portion Of town.
Austin escaped general jail delivery
yesterday afternoon by one OF the esoap-
Ing prisoners locking the door behind
him as he passed out. Jailer Hornsly
was overpowered as he was pouring
water into the prisoners cells and his
pistol taken from him. Four prisoners
escaped. all OF whom were subsequently
recaptnred with the exception Of Thomas
Pearson, accused of numbering DR..
Stoyall, who is still ut large.