San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-04
STATE NEWS.

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The Bayland Orphan home may posi-
bly, be removed to Austin.
Mesquite has freak OF nature IN the
shape Of a four-legged duck.
Cuero Is offered the Austin road con-
nection for bonus Of $1,000 mile.
Throckmorton will not accept n re-
nomination as Congressman, so says he.
The imported contract labsrers have
landed at Burnet to do work on the
capitol.
The FL PasO real estate boom has not
yet subsidized and property is changing
hands rapidly.
b. Swarthout, the Sherman postmas-
ter, suicided last night with a pistol.
Death was Instantaneous.
Two schooner loads Of bridge material
have recently arrived at Corpus Christi
for the Arkansas Pass road.
Paget, Of CorsIcana. has been ap-
pointed signal service officer at that
station by General HaZen.
Mckinney politicians are on the
anxious seat awaiting the action OF the
farmers convention, May %.
Robertson and Gonzales counties are
advertising stolen horses and the thieves
appear to be quite numerous.
Scarlet Fever is quite prevalent in
Austin, and isolation Is advocated by the
physicians to present Its spreading.
Magnanimous Austin seek to divert
the bonus offered by Bastrop for rail-
way to Taylor into Austin channels.
Tyler gives Sunday afternoon sacred
concerts" in the park, the Rifles brass
band furnishing the sacred music"
John Dow, Houston negro, shot and
killed cOlOred brother, named Jackson,
for being too promiscOus with Mrs.
Dow.
Lancaster has the railway fever and
INDUCES hopes, but will not build road
and pay any one for taking IL of their
hands.
"ChInaman George" a tough Chris
tian Of Corpus, is in durance vile on
charge of assault with intent to do
worse.
Two Mexican typos, armed with
shears adjusted their love differences in
FL Paso Sunday, and to-day they Ian
guish in Jail.
May 80 will be observed as decoration
day in Austin by Union and Confed-
crates. The blue and gray will meet on
that day in peace.
The Corsicans signal flags will be dis
played from staff on the top OF the
electric tower, which will be placed in
position next week.
Sherman has some bad darkies. A
cutting atfray on Sunday, between two
boys, Sidney Ross and Pete Dorchester,
let out little of Ross bad blood.
The anxious ones are trying to hurry
up the Democratic State Committee,
but the returns don't come in and the
place OF meeting is net announced.
Cuero rejoices in a fine rain, splendid
prospects for crops, largely-increased
acreage over previous years, real estate
advance, railway prospects and general
prosperity.
An attempt to rob the postoffice at
Hunter station, COmal county, was made
on Sunday night. 1t was frustrated by
the arrival Of the mail clerk who made
target for the burglars pistol, but was
not hit.
Austin has passed an ordinance re-
quiring physicians to isolate all malig-
nate diseases, mark the locality with
yellow flags and quarantine them under
penalty of from So to 500 fine for
violation.
n. C. Barnard, bridge carpenter of
Denison, ia under arrest for misapprO-
priating funds. The paymaster gave
him, by mistake, a check for $500 in
stead of 81, l75. Barnard did not return
the difference.
The total state receipts Of all funds for
April were SS00,Sl272; disbursements,
$Gl3.T56.G &C; balance revenue Oh account
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