San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-06-14
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.


New Orleans joins the ranks Of Sun
day observers, and orders all genera
business suspended on that day. News
papers, ice dealers, dairies, drug stores
and places Of amusements are alone ex'
empt.
Senior Sangare. a Carlist deputy to the
Spanish chambers, refused to take tn,
oath renouncing his Carlist opinions,
but was willing TO take the oath OF allie
glance.
Asbury Park, n. j., was SO shocked by
an earthquake Saturday, that the pic
lures on the walls Of dwellings were
swung to and fro.
Swain tickled the ears of his hearers at
Sulphur Springs Saturday. Ross was
not on hand.
c. G. Lindel. Boston dealer in
Swedish iron, failed for $4,000.
The crew of the schooner May Queen,
wrecked in mid-ocean May 3, were
brought to New Foundlsnd Saturday by
the steamer st. Joseph, from Liverpool.
Icebergs are very numerous off Grand
Banks, n. F., and are found rs low down
as 40 the Ale parallel.
McI.ennan county gives sc majority
for prohibition in the towns Of LOrenR,
MasterVille, Moody and Eddy.
A. Bruni. OF Laredo, appointed sheriff,
vice Sanchez, removed, has qualified.
A bogus lynching bee near Grand
Forks, OAK, resulted in the death of
Alex BeCknott, OF Minnesota. Aninves-
tigatiOn will be made.
Nelson Palmer, a respectable young
broker OF Baltimore, was In the tolls for
forgery Saturday and escaped by the
morphine route. His forgeries repre-
scented 100000.
Charles Bauer, one Of the Milwaukee
rioters, pleaded guilty, was fined $500,
and was released on payment.
The arbitration committee to adjust
the differences between the Atlantic and
Pacific and the Southern Pacific, owing
out of the transcOntinental railway war
have decided adversely to the Southern
Pacific. The value of the award 10 not
known, but ii amounts to the difference
between the cut and the old established
rates.
The conference on Texas sheep rates
to Chicago has about concluded an ar
rangement that will make rates from
Texas to Missouri river points $9S per
car. from thence to Chicago $l7 per car.
Corpus Christi will celebrate Emanci-
patton day and Fourth Of July in regal
style.
Corpus Christi has q daily line of
stages to Beeyille, the terminus Of the
Arkansas Pass road.
Laredo excurts to Corpus Christi on
July 4, and takes an innings on the dis-
mond field.
Galveston Ia still wrestling with the
location Of her drill grounds, but will
probably make q compromise between
the beach park and the fair grounds, and
pitch the tents near 10th street and Wool
hams lake.
John Dauphim, slick young crook,
WAS arrested at Sealy for passing two
bogus checks for $l20 each on Houston
parties.
A sensational report comes from Fort
Worth of an attempt, recently I'M
esrthed, on the part of the Farmers Al
lance and the Knights OF Labor, to cap
ture the state democracy.
Barney Gibbs and Henry Farman,
both of whom are ambitious to fill Con-
discussion at Meridian Saturday evening.
Mollie Merritt, of Bracket, mon
keyed with dynamite cap saturday to
the extent Of losing her right hand.
Major Joe Stewart, of Travis county,
has withdrawn from the canvass for
the state Legislature.
Secretary of State Bainss delivered
the annual address before the Sam Hous-
ton normal.
Miles Merriwather, civil engineer, Of
Memphis, Is in Austin inspecting the
bridge over the river before the county
and city accept II from the company, to
make 1t a free bridge.
The commencement exercises of Aus
tin High school took place Saturday.
There were Is graduates.
J.C. White, a young gentleman, sup
posed to hail from WOODBURY., KY. was
run over and killed by an engine In the
yard at DenisOn Saturday.
The Duval county county convention
meets June 30, instead Of July Is, as
heretofore announced.
Miss Farwall, of the Dallas Fair asso-
citation, is In Corpus Christi working up
silk culture exhibits.