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

The Texas Dental Association ia in
session at Austin.
Many ofthe Galveston merchants close
business at O'Clock p. III.
Dallas ia trying double up on her dou-
BILE fair and make it a single affair.
Lampasas wants a military encamp-
ment next month If she can compass it.
Brazos county is not unit for either
Stewart or Boone as Congressional can
dIdate.
Frank Bowley, of Hitchcock, tired Of
life, aged 76, SUCCEEDED Monday by
drowning.
Sheriff Brito shot and killed Eusebio
Aballaca, a horsethief near Brownsville,
yesterday.
Emory organizes a knight Of Labor
assembly with 10 members, and more
ready to join.
Dallas is now reported by her jour
mails as the city Of two fairs and innu-
meraDle smells.
DR.. Samples, OF San Saba, stricken
with appoplexy on Monday is not ex-
pected to recover.
The Santa Fe road is building a new
depot at Temple, and Temple Is build
ing 1000 hotel.
The city school bonds of Hampstead,
running % years and drawing eight per
cent, are sold at par.
Sheep shearing in Uvalde county is
about over. The crop is largely mar
keted in San Antonio.
Santa Anna town lots were sold yes
terday to the amount of 81, $50; prices
ranged from $50 to $500.
Corn, cotton and Congressional candi-
dates are coming forward promisingly at
Millican, Brazos County.
McDade will hold a general picnic
May II. Speaking, sports and shooting
match will fill the programme.
Proctor & Smiths store, at Thornton.
was broken into on Monday night, but
only a small amount was stolen.
Henry johnson leaves the chair OF city
editor on the staff of the Houston Post
and Hamp Cook takes the faber.
Fort Worth has secured the location
and formed q company for a 500. 900
wagon mandatory, to employ 200 men.
Prof. Dabney, of the State University.
who has been absent for treatment of
his eyes, has returned and resumed
work.
The Voice of Education, semi
weekly publication in the interest of
San Saba college, is out with its first
number.
Two poor old people, aged 62 and 70,
respectively, man and wife, committed
suicide on the island, nine miles below
Galveston last night.
Palestine reports crop prospect gen.
orally favorable and the fruit that was
injured by frost is likely to so far re-
cover as to give fair yield.
Hoosier Butler, convicted Of attempted
outrage upon a beautiful country girl at
Van Alstyne, was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary. Mt Fort Worth
yesterday.
Uvalde, Zavalla and Edwards coun-
ties are anxiously waiting for cattle
buyers. Uyalde has 30C0 head of one,
two and three-year-Old steers in fine
condition.
Kerrville grand jury after five days
session have returned five true bills.
Frank A. Douglas convicted of forgery
at Kerrville has received his sentences
three years In the Penitentiary.
Texarkana was swept by a $50, 600 fire
last evening, caused by defective fiue.
The principal losers were, Mrs. K. Max,
$4,000; DR.. Harmon, $1,000 Mrs. C. M.
Block, $1,000 J. Il. Smith, $1,000.
Miss Carrie Williams, Of Sulphur
Springs, who died while in attendance
at Baylor Institution, Waco, was buried
at her home yesterday, amid unusual
expressions Of sincere mourning.
Mllano is very much excited over mad
dogs, several Of them having been re-
Gently killed. Two children and sew
eral cattle have been bitten, and the
people are shooting all dogs in sight.
Joe Bradford, q Mississippi murderer,
wanted at Senatobia, Tate county, in
that State, was captured at Texsrkana,
yesterday, by Sheriff Miller. of Arkansas,
There was reward of $3.50 offered for
his capture.
A stage robbery, with pistol accom-
paniments, occurred between George
town and Silver City, COL, recently.
The case as reported at FL Paso, shows
ST 600 stolen and the driver seriously, If
not fatally wounded.
Ed. Bell and viii Williams two col
ored boys of McDade, Bastrop Co.. quar-
relied over a game Of ball, and Williams
who Is only IA years old in warding off
Bells blows hit him on the neck with n