San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-21
STATE NEWS


| pounds.
San Marcos guards have dOnned their
| new uniforms.
Cool nights and dry weather are dam
aging cotton in BraZOs county.
The Bryan telephone exchange will be
in working order In two weeks.
Henry Davis, of Houston, dealer in
millinery goods, has failed FOR 1900.
Dewitt and Washington county sher-
ifs are offering rewards for stolen horses.
Payment OF teachers certificates for
salaries drew $75 900 from the state treas
ury yesterday.
The big hotel man of New York,
Charles +. Leland, is in Austin trying to
lease the Drskill.
The Ell Paso shipping rates will be
very materially increased over present
rates after this week.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Is
irOned to within about IL miles OF New
Town, on the Colorado river.
Three valuable young horses were
stolen from Purcel's farm In Taylor
county on Wednesday night.
Judge Terrell denies that he is the au-
thor OF the bill giving 5000, 600 acres OF
land to the capitol syndicate.
The Rio Grande is out of banks from
Las Cruces to Ell Paso, and great dam
age is feared in the lower valley.
The Galveston Light guards have de-
cided to attend the Lampasas drill, and
will new uniform for that occasion.
Bolton is much encouraged over her
railroad prospects, as the result OF con-
ference with the Santa Fe officials.
The average school term in 60 cities
and towns, as reported by Superinten-
dent Baker, has been S.2-5 months.
The Matthew mill troubles, near Tex
arkana, have been settled. The differ
ences will be adjusted by arbitration.
DenisOn has received the material for
her l20 foot open iron bridge over Iron
Ore creek on the Houston and Texas
Central.
Wichita court has been doing business
on the indictments of grand jury one
of the members of which is legally dis
qualified.
Dallas wOIkingmen, to the number OF
700, refuse TO work more than hours
day after June l, wages to remain I'M
changed.
Leonard Mueller, of New Orleans, was
arrested at TeXarkana yesterday, for
forgery and obtaining money under false
pretenses.
Every report that comes from other
sections of Texas shows that the crops
in this vicinity are more promising than
anywhere else.
Abeline business men have subscribed
for a car of cotton seed to be distributed
gratis among the cotton growers of
Taylor county.
A gang of cOnvicts working on the
liberty last evening. Two escaped; one
was shot and has since died.
Charles Smith, (colored) charge d with
grand larceny, was acquitted at Ell PasO
yesterday, by the third jury that sat on
court.
Coleman will have a complete system
of water-wOrks owned by the city. Pub
lie schools will close their nine months
session June |. Crops are drying up for
lack of rain.
McKinnon, of Galveston, ex-chief Of
police. charged with bribery In connec-
ton with the city election one year ago.
has had his trial, and the jury failed to
agree. The case was not continued.
Fort Worth council, after very
stormy session tabled a resolution calling
for an Investigation into the charges OF
corruption made in connection with the
purchase OF the waterwOrks by the city.
The excessive drouth in the panhandle
has made the grass as dry as finder, and
destructive prairie fires are sweeping
over that country. A swath 20 miles
wide has been burned right through the
heart of that section.
A positive denial comes from Fort
Davis that any cattle have been stolen
by the Mexicans. Some cattle stray
across the river for want OF proper herd
ing, but are always promptly released
on proper representation OF the facts.
Five prisoners in Jail at Seymour,
sawed their way out of the iron cage
last Wednesday night, and confiscating
two horses tethered In the suburbs, es-
capped. They were all cattle or horse
thieves. one OF whom had been SEN
fenced for 10 years.
The members of Ross, Ector's and
Grandbury's brigades, the Douglas bat
terry and the Eleventh Texas cavalry,
living in Smith county, invite the mem
bers of those bodies living over the State
to meet them at Tyler June 5,fOr the pur-
pose Of inaugurating and perfecting
plans for the success of the reunion of
the old soldiers, to occur at Tyler in
August.
Judgment has been rendered as fol-
lows In the Lampasas street railway
Fort Worth; James FL. Raymond & Co.,
of Austin, and Malone & Co., of Lam
pasas, first lien on personality; st. Louis
Rolf and Iron cOunapv nf ST T0uia