The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-06-05
STATE NEWS.
Gathered from Our Exchanges
over the State.

Austin raises y ounce figs.
A mi litary company is being formed at
Tyler.
There are no Notaries Public in Chcro-
kee county.
Peaches are selling at 50 u bushel at
Overton.
Wheat is in good condition about
Midlothian.
The small crops are reported badly
blown down in Hill county.
new military company has been or
ganiZed In Fort Worth.
Some OF the street railway lines of
Houston are to be extended.
j. McGhee was arrested near Caddo
Peak for stealing 10 yearlings.
Sea bathing at Galveston is again the
rage. A good rage to get into.
Terrell is making an effort to secure
the Kansas and Gulf short line.
A saloon man was fined S25 for vlolat-
ing the Sunday law in Marshall.
Antoine Reddick was arrested in Gal
weston for passing counterfeit $50 bill.
George Holland ana Andrew Hedges
were arrested for robbing tailor In
Waco.
During May the Houston pOstofce
delivered l3l ,S2G letters, and collected
lS4,3lS.
Work is being pushed on the extension
of the Santa Fe, from Lampasas to
Brownsville.
The water in the BraZos. near lIearne
recently, reached the highest point
since 1852.
Ninety-cight persons united with the
Methodist church at WeatherfOrd ON
Sunday, May 81.
In Palestine l0-year negro boy hit a
comrade over the head with II bottle,
and the wound IL considered dangerous.
The annual celebration of the Beau
mont fire department takes place on the
10th. The department from Orange will
take part.
The summer fights are commencing
among the citizens of Waco. Three oc-
CURED among prominent citizens on
June |.
The ost crop about Copperas Grove is
reported better than ever known, but
the wheat is somewhat damaged by TOO
much rain.
A fearful hail storm passed over Lang
try, on the Southern Pacific. One Of the
stone. Several horses were killed.
A negro boy was cut in two by II
freight train on the Western branch of
the Central, a few days ago. lie had
rope around his neck, and it is thought
that he had been previously Killed and
placed on the track.
The excessive rains have badly dam
aged crops near Chappell hill. Cotton
IL rp1 nd iaL In H..f.I
oyer-run with weeds and grass. The
bottom farms everywhere are under
water, and the crops mostly entirely
ruined.
While the negroes were celebrating
the hanging of Archie Gibson Mt Bre-
mond, on last Friday, Charley Philips
and Henry Stewart quarreled over n
woman, when Philips slashed Stewart
across the bowels in II irightful manner,
whereupon the mob rushed upon him,
and he was rescued and jailed with difll-
Guilty to await the result of Stewards
wound.
This new arrangement by which we
receive mail only three times week Is
worse than the old stage-coach system.
We don't like this specimen of Demo-
cratic simplicity, and in the name of
suffering humanity the Star appeals to
Congressman Grain to do something for
our relief. Assuredly some arrange
ment can be made by the department
Whereby daily mails can be received by
rall.-Cuero Star.
The case OF Il. g. Grover VS.. the Texas
and Pacific Railroad company. prayer
for damages growing out of the failure
OF the company to fulfill contract in safe
ly and in reasonable time to transport
said Growers wife and children from
Dallas to I'll Paso, on account of the
washouts in 1891, which has occupied
the attention Of the District court for
the last two days, was concluded this
evening, the jury returninga verdict for
plaintiff, and assessing damages at $500.