San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-06
STATE NEWS

COrsicana.entertains the Knights Tenn
| plsr on the 18th inst.
Bastrop stands by her pledges to Tay-
Tor in the matter Of railway extension.
The IOO-barrel mill Of San Angelo is
under contract and dirt will soon begin
to fly.
DR.. Graves, Austin's city physician,
reports 10 cases of scarlet fever in the
Capital.
West Texas is getting her much
needed rain showers, and grass men are
jubilant.
Comanche has had big Baptist re-
vival and l03 were recently immersed in
Wright's lake.
The Texas State Geological and Scien-
titic association had reunion at Hous-
ton this week.
Weatherford had a case of illegal cat
amicably settled.
The grand jury found indictments
against 80 Palestine strikers, II of whom
are under arrest.
Doughty, the acquitted at Big Springs
yesterday is prospective here to half
million of money.
Ed. lsham is on trial at Fort Worth
for the murder of Dick Townsend killed
on the coal train during the late strike.
The stand of cotton in Austin county
is very good and farmers are busy keep
ing down the grass in the growing
crops.
ChristOval Benavides, of Laredo. fell
down the river bank, his pistol was
discharged, and Christoval was fatally
shot.
The Palestine master mechanic and
some of the shop hands have gone to
DenisOn to testify before the Cairns
committee.
The first station west of Greenville
on the Dallas and Greenville road is
Caddo Mills, the mills paying $1,000 for
the location.
HOuston's $500, 900 bank has been duly
organized and the papers forwarded to
the Comptroller of the Currency at
Washington.
c. NJ. McDermott, of Houston, is APP
pointed manager of the Ohio and Balti-
more Telegraph COmpany's business at
the Bayou city.
Captain Reichart, of the Houston Light
Guards, has gone to Savannah, Ca, to at
tend the Interstate drill and get points
concerning drill.
Lampasss announces all in readiness
for the big July enoampment and invita-
tions extended to every military COM
pany In the State.
Some children, playing on the ruins of
burned dwelling at Abilene, discovered
charred bag, and, on opening it,
counted out $40 in coin.
Mineola tarred and feathered young
white man because he sold train lunches
for colored woman and would not
leave town when ordered.
San Angelo reports the first heavy
rain for months as falling on last Tues
day and making all hearts glad. Wool
clip rapidly coming into market.
Comanche has whiskey trial with
John Carnes as defendant, under y in
dictments for selling whiskey contrary
to local option vote of the county in 1885.
The preparations for opening cam
paign between Ross and Swain, at the
Springs on Saturday, are going on vigor-
ously. Ross has the call in that section.
Elgin has caught on to the rumble Of
the rails and will take a slice of the &C.
commodations enjoyed by those who re-
side along the line of the new road from
Taylor to BastrOp.
lobe Turner charged with killing a
negro cowboy named Frank BOland
was found guilty after fifteen DAYS
trial in Fort Worth court and sentenced
to the penitentiary for life.
Yesterday was celebrated across the
border as the anniversary of the victory
OF BenitO Juares over the French forces,
which led to the capture and execution
of Macmillan one month later.
Grand Recorder Cole, Of the A. o. u.
w., of Hampstead, has gone to Rhode
Island to attend the session of the Su-
preme Lodge of that body as representa-
tive of the Texas Grand Lodge.
}. H. Farr, editor of the Hampstead
Chronicle, was shot and killed on yes
terday by James Cloud, justice of the
peace. They were brothers-in-law. and
the shooting grew out of an old family
fued.
Greenville has hot legal fight on
hand over the validity of the conveyance
of j. W. Hawkins to his bondsmen of
certain property claimed by Adler, Tell
man & Co., as the outcome of Hawkins
failure in 1881.
A Bremond mule sought refuge in the
depths of GO foot well while his rider
was consulting the wisdom of the oracles
of the "four kings" The consulter
went home on foot and the mule
next day by the aid of wind
lass, little worse for the tumble.
Howard FL. Doughty, some time since
convicted and sentenced to term in
the penitentiary for the murder of po-
liceman Mode in Ell PasO in 1884, was
yesterday acquitted in the District
Court of Big Springs, new trial
having been granted.
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