San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-06-11
STATE NEWS

Dellyale, seven miles from Austin, was
the scene of big barbecue, with
speeches, refreshments and dancing for
accomplishments.
Corpus Christi reports good grass, fine
rains. little success with the Plato par
don petition, and very warm weather.
Babb, of Lincoln county, New Mexico,
surrendered himself to the FL PasO
sheriff, claiming to have killed man In
self defence. lie was released on 500
recOgnisAnce.
Galveston finds the weather Iultry,
but does not find n proper pace Tor the
Interstate drill.
The commissioners court OF Wheeler
county have agreed to the organization
of Green county, and the order for cleo
ton of county officers will Issue in few
days.
Corsicana council will comply with
the request of the underwriters to bring
the city to II ilrst-class insurance basis.
Cleburne has let contract for new
Sl2,S5O school building; she Is also put
ting in the machinery for her new ar
tesian well.
Sheriff McLain has placed a lunatic in
the Austin asylum who imagines him.
self to be Jesus Christ.
The Orange County Driving Park as
ISOLATION has organized with $1,000 capt.
tai; they build half mile track.
"Fisherman" Brown, of Harris county,
killed cougar at the mouth Of Cedar
bayou, which measured six feet from tip
to tip.
The head quarters OF the Texas and
puciuc are IN he remOved from New
Orleans TO FL PasO.
The life saving station, on Mustang
Island, was struck by lightning Satur-
day and badly wrecked. No lives lost
or persons injured.
The Benson Printing company, of Fort
Worth, have organized, and will here
after publish the Mail.
Fisher county protests against the sur
veys being made by the railroad and the
state surveyors.
Attorney General TempletOn cautions
all parties against attempting to locate
land certificates in Greer county, as
there is no authority existing for such
location.
The Interstate lumber convention Is
in session at TeXarkana. Texas, Ar
kansas. Louisiana, Missouri, Alabama
and Kansas are well represented.
Fort Worth maintains her rowdy rep
utatiOn by another shooting scrape in
bagniO.
Tom Taley, colored, Of Denison, shot
his step-father in the back yesterday.
The old mans shots went wide of the
mark.
William 4. Address, mayor Of Hemp
stead, died very Unexpectedly yester-
day, after an illness of only two days.
Fort Worth council closes certain
streets IN order that the Santa Fe road
may occupy them with spur tracks.
Colorado lives in hopes of securing
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad
this fall.
II. Ii. Harding has the contract for all
the bridge work on the Missouri Pacific
railroad, between Dallas and Greenvllle.
The Red River Valley lands will make
a full crop of corn this season.
lesley, of Pinkerton's detective force
is vainly waiting In Galveston for La
cOuse. who is wanted at Worcester,
Mass. LaCOuse has prior engagement
before the Texas courts, which he pre-
fers 10 keep.
The graders have sixty carts at work
between Elgin and BastrOp and good
progress is made.
Lockhart joins the innumerable cara
van OF applicants that moves towards
railroad connections and water works.
Hagey arrested for completely in the
Hancock murder of Austin is out on $500
bale. The state must have slim case.
The examination of Hancock, of Aus
tin. arrested for the murder Of his wife
in Austin, December "a, 1885, is set for
the 18th inst.
A petition is befose the district court
in session at aredo for the suspension
of the sheriff OF Webb county, DariO
Sanches, for official misconduct on April
9TH, the date OF the Laredo riot and
slsHght'r
Laredo Bar has paid the compliment
of very ilattering resolutions to the
memory of the late Senator Z. L. Hall.
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