San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-06-10
STATE NEWS.

Wharton Branch, the Williamson
county attorney, arrested Tuesday in
Galveston, charged with having made
false certificates, denies the charge. and
attributes his arrest TO bad feeling grow
ing out Of land transactions.
The Chautaqua guards, of San Mar
cos, will enter the lists at the Galveston
drill.
The public schools Of San Marcos are
closing remarkably successful school
year. The regular attendance has been
about 400.
The coming reunion of the Thirty
second Texas cavalry, at San Marcos,
on the 3lst prox., will be we'll attended.
Kennedy is coming into being as live
town. The 200 acres OF land being laid
of by the railroad company were dona-
ted by Mrs. Eden and son.
e. B. Martin, one of the arrested Big
springs strikers, has been discharged by
the court.
A Mexican, name unknown, WAS as
ssulted Saturday evening near Coma les
by four young men going home from
town, probably drunk. He resisted the
assault and was shot and killed. cor
oners inquest was held and on yesterday
the young men were bound over IN the
sum Of 5 500 each.
Gonzales was left out In the drouth
when the late rain fell. Work on the
new jail is being pushed.
Two Paris negroes, John and Sam
Irwin, were jailed last night for raping
a negro woman.
NacogdOches votes against prohibition
under local option 525 to l26.
JEFF Bennett, q popular young man of
Paris, who has been suffering from a
surgical operation, left his room yester-
day morning while his nurse was sleep
Ing, taking with him bottle of poison,
and has not been seen since.
There are seven murder cases on the
Kaufman county docket. Another
will be AIDED, as Tom Bowles shot Dock
Pembleton yesterday and killed him.
The dispute was over woman.
Henry Anderson, of Fort Worth, shot
his father-in-lsw, Wills Alexander, in
the thigh yesterday, after the old man
had emptied two barrels Of revolver at
him. No arrests were made.
The Sealy Rifles, of Galveston, are
drilling nightly in hopes to capture the
big prize at the Interstate drill, for
which they have entered.
Cactus station, Webb county, rejoices
in the blessed rain. and denies the soft
impeachment made by an Encinal re-
porter, that 200 Encinal people drove
two Cactus station people away from
their baliwiok.
The late rains have swollen streams
so as to interfere with the Arkansas Pass
construction work near Beeville.
Trains will be running early next week.
The recent theft of 30 head of horses
from J. b. Beal. Of FL Paso. led to the
pursuit and capture of one of the
thieves, and the killing of the other at
Ford's ranch, about 40 miles from Blanco
station.
Prairie View normal school closed it's
commencement exercises Tuesday.
New buildings for the school will be
erected.
VIII Jones, boot black of Columbus,
accidentally shot and killed himself
while fooling with pistol Tuesday.
The Denison fire tower is to be taken
down and new one constructed. new
hose purchased, and the department put
into complete order.
Terrell has had q regular shoel Of a
time with her cOlored people. The city
marshal had to take hand In order to
restore quiet, and Orange Terrell, the
rough who caused the row, is In bed
with his boots on.