San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-04-27
STATE NEWS.

The State Medical Association con-
venes at Dallas to-day.
Chappell Hill complains that the re-
cent rains materially Interfere with farm
work.
Nacogdoches bankers after local OPP
ton, and an election will soon be Or
dered.
The Texas State Fair Association, of
Dallas, capital, $4,000, has filed Its
charter.
A burglar claiming to be a Christian
preacher was arrested In the act at Tex
arkana.
Rev. Poindexter. of Austin, retires
from divinity and goes to dairying on
Onion Creek.
George II. Law, OF Cuero, took high
est rank In the examination at Galveston
for naval cadetship.
The Rio Grande is rising rapidly be-
low Las Vegas, and great damage to the
railway track Is feared.
Laredo reports fine rains, ranges good,
and wool arriving freely. Some low
grades bring only II cents pound.
The mill Of the Brown County Milling
Company at Brentwood, was burned
Sunday; loss, $4,000; insurance, Sl7,ocO.
Senator Hall, OF Laredo, fell through
plank lie the gallery Of his house on Sun
day night, and broke his right leg above
the ankle.
The 9th anniversary Of the founding
of American Odd Fellowship was very
generally celebrated throughout Texas
yesterday.
The Philips murder trial comes up be-
fore the District court on May "a, just
five months to a day after the murder
was committed.
Eastern capitalists will back the Rio
Grande and Fort Worth railroad con-
struction, and the line will be put under
contract at once.
The great wash-out on the Atohlson,
Topeka 4 Santa Fe, near Las Vegas, has
not been repaired and the company re-
fuse passengers beyond that point.
Kelleen was visited with cyclone
Sunday night. Two houses were blown
down and several persons Injured. Han
as large as hens eggs fell and the water
came down in floods.
Russia has ordered several carloads OF
Texas cotton seed, which will be shipped
in Russian vessel from Galveston. The
latest cotton machinery and SEINE cotton
growers will accompany the seed.
Two brothers, Burke, Of Galveston,
ouarrelled on Sunday night Edward
stabbed John and then blew his own
brains out with pistol. The trouble
grew out OF an old property difficulty
and q new drunk.
The four Deputy Sheriffs. who took
complete possession OF the Missouri Pa
cific passenger and mail train last Janu-
ary, have been found guilty OF obstruct-
ing the mails and will probably get SlOO
line each and costs.
Seguin will put in water-works plant
costing $4,000. The capacity OF the
pumps will be ,OOO, 600 gallons day, and
for the present there will be four miles
of mains laid. Work will begin rs soon
AS bids are received.
The corner stone OF the widows and
Orphans home Of the Odd Fellows OF
Texas was laid at Corsicana yesterday
with imposing ceremonies in the pres
ence OF 1000 visiting members OF the
order. and large cOncourse OF citizens.
The Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany, of New York, has filed bill OF
foreclosure at Galveston against the
Houston and Texas Central. The mort
gage called IOr Slo,OVV,oV, VI "o
S4 $40 900 is outstanding with interest
unpaid from 1881.
Abner Tibbetts, an old Minnesota
politician and warm personal friend OF
ex-Secretary Window. died on Pull
man car, yesterday, en- route from III
Paso to the City OF Mexico. He was 81
years Of age, and had been a resident OF
FL Paso since 1890, at which time he be-
came Collector of the Passo del Norte
District.