San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-29

The Phillips case was given to the jury
last night.
MoLennan county has four legislative
candidates in the field.
The Texas lawyers have not COM
menoed wire pulling for judge.
Ross postpOnes his visit to Tyler to
meet Swain at Cameron, June D.
The Mexican Central shops at Corpus
Christi will probably go to Laredo.
The farmers and workingmen's con-
vsntion is being held at Mckinney to-
day.
An endowment rank of the order OF
PythIas was organized Thursday night
at Abilene.
Phillips acquittal is regarded as GER
tain, and the murder as much a mystery
as ever.
Hon. A. w. Terrell is enlightening
the citizens of Collin on the personal
issues of politics.
East Waco has fire company of its
own; sub. to the old department with
a subVentiOn from it,
Cactus, Webb Co., despairs OF good
crops this season, the drOwth has been
too much for vegetation.
Robert Finley, who lives near Wolfe
City, Hunt county, was drowned Friday
in Red river while bathing.
Marion Martin announces himself as
candidate for governor, and outlines his
political creed in long letter.
Fifty of the Palestine strikers, who
were not re-employed by the company.
have gone to work on the Narrow Gauge
road.
The proposed inter state drill at Gal
weston is assured. The subscriptions,
mostly cash or cheeks, have material
lied.
StockdaIe Texas has a Farmers ALI
anCe Just formed, which will probably
number 100 as soon as it gets into good
working order
Superintendent Baker is out in card
denying Mrs. TObin's statement so far AS
1t concerns himself, and prOnounces it an
Infamous Islander.
The sheriff of Montague county has
in custody horse thief belonging to the
Morley gang, who cOnfesses to the theft
Of over 100 animals.
The section men at Burke, on the Fort
Worth and Denver road. have struck for
u raise. but there was no raise granted,
and work has stopped.
Grading on the Arkansas Pass is COM
pleted % miles below Beeville and the
work of driving piles across lEarbOr
Island has commenced.
Waco removes all fancy houses now
within the city limits, and will have no
more of the evil. If the change be made
efleCtual she wont know herself.
The streams in San Saba county are
lower than ever before known; crops
are all burning up large quantities Of
wool are going through to market.
The denial is made strong and en-
phatic that the Farmers Alliances are
being manipulated by the greenbackers
and republicans for political pur-
poses.
McGregor was swept by fire early yes
terday morning and % business houses
burned. Total loss, SAC, 900; total insur-
ance, $4,000; cause of fire supposed to
be incendiary.
Latham, farmer residing u miles
from Canton, is suspected OF having
poisoned his wife, who died under very
peculiar circumstances last week. The
post norton revealed morphine.
United States consul has demanded OF
the municipal authorities of Del NOrte,
who unnecessarily beat an American
whom he had arrested for trilling cause.
The Pacific express cashier at Calves
ton, James Young, native Canadian,
took unceremOnious leave for the north,
with a shortage Of 500 in his accounts.
He was nabbed before crossing the
border.
Joseph Jacob Frederick Moore, a
Swiss. man of culture, and one who,
from letters in his possession, evidently
moved in the higher walks OF life, sui
cided at Fort Worth last night; morphine
route.
Albert Sessions, a colOred preacher of
Anderson county, is in Jail. charged with
rape and kidnapping, having carried of
young girl of 10, the daughter of a
brother minister, and compelled her to
live with him as his wife.
The grand jury of Galveston county re-
port that they have received no material
assistance from the city police of Calves
ton in performing their unpleasant
duties, and insinuate that If the police
commissioner was appointed by the gov
ernor instead of the mayor, it might
mend matters.
FOR STREET COMMISSIONER