San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-04-28
STATE NEWS

FEDERAL Dullulng.
The Texas University has a landed
estate Of 2, 22l 900 acres.
Fort Worth is cracking jokes with her
self over her new cracker factory.
The capital stock, authorized, of the
Texas cattle syndicate is SCI, 000, 600.
The Dallas NEEDLES are having fine
time entertaining the State Medical As
ISOLATION.
Nscogdoches is pressing her claims to
rival San Antonio In the antiquity OF her
settlement.
Seguin has established telephone con-
neotion with the railway station, one
mile distant.
Lieutenant Grimes with a company OF
Schmidt's rangers has been permanently
stationed at Laredo.
Grasshoppers in the vicinity Of Chap
pell Hill are destroying considerable
portions Of the crops.
Brentwood has on foot 100000
wooden mill, $4,000 waterworks, cot
ton compress and an oil mill.
Charles Deere, the Moline pillow man,
will build "a cottages at FL Paso as
sanitarium for eastern invalids.
Miss Bremond, the mind reader, turned
political prophet at Austin Monday
night and predicted SWANS election.
Albert Roberts, a Tyler negro, shot
and killed his wife while she was sitting
in her house with her child in her arms.
San Saba is receiving her wool clip.
Cattle buyers offer S. and $ll for one
and two year cattle, but few are sold at
that figure.
Mineola Guards, organized April 8,
were duly sworn in yesterday as the
Reagan Guards, Captain ii. Ii. Cate,
commanding.
Fort Worth has broken ground for the
AtchisOn, Topeka and Santa Fe road;
the first shovelfull OF earth was thrown
this morning.
William Gerko, for the murder Of Ella
Evans, was found guilty at Houston
yesterday, and punishment assessed at
life imprisonment.
Tourist tickets, two cents a mile, good
for nine months will be put on sale next
October in every coupon ticket station
in the United States.
Malvin Collins, Justice OF the Peace,
WAS shot and killed about six miles from
Pulaski, on the 22nd, while returning
home from District Court at Carthage.
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the murder of Jack Goodwin has secured
a change Of venue to BOnham, Fannin
county, and trial set for August term OF
court.
Rockdale was visited with a severe
hail storm on Monday, which literally
stripped the trees Of vegetation, destroy
ing fruit and beating grain into the
ground.
Senator Hall dwhose accident was
mentioned in our State news column
yesterday Is not expected to live,
eryslpelas and blood poison having de-
veloped.
Two employees of the Agricultural and
Mechanical college at Bryan were snap
ping pistols at each other In sport when
one of them, Silias Mooring, was in
stantly killed.
l.. w. Hyde, formerly Of Brooklyn, n.
y, was arrested at Big Springs Monday,
charged with embezZling $1,000 by issu-
ing forged tax receipts. He went East
last night in charge of an officer.
The county seat election in Medina
county is so close that 1t will take the
official count to decide whether the seat
of government remains at Castroville or
is removed to Hondo City.
The body Of Abner Tibbetts, of Ell
Paso, who died en- route to the City Of
Mexico, has been returned to his home
for interment. His death will be serious
ly felt by the railway company, of which
he was President.
Deputy Sheriff Coy, of Collins Station.
NueCes county, has Incurred the enmity
of the MexiOans for his vigilance in run.
ming down horse thieves, and an unsuc-
cessful effort was made to capture him
Monday night by crowd OF armed des-
peradoes, who took the town, but not
Coy.
The Farmers Alliance and Knights Of
Labor at Palo Pinto have met in conven-
tion and nominated full set of county
officers: For Judge, +. NJ. Taylor; for
Clerk, Arthur Speer; for Treasurer, Will
liam Wynn; for assessor, Reuben Jeter;
for Sheriff, b. A. Hudgins; for Attorney,
E. X. Taylor; fer Surveyor, A. w. Car
penter; for Cattle and Hide Inspector,
Matt Bell.