San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-04
STATE NEWS.

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The Guadanpe river at Victoria has
risen ten feet in the last few days.
Cotton shipments to date at Victoria
are 800 bales.
A railroad is rumored for Coleman
and the town is elated.
The demand for real estate in La
| redo continues brisk.
The Rio Bravo is receding after lit
| tie boom.
A young man named Fowler is ar
raigned in Waco for fence cutting.
Arthur Scott fell down the opera
house steps at Fort Worth and broke
both arms above the wrist.
Judge J. H. McLeary, candidate for
presidential electOr, has opened the
campaign at Ballinger.
Citizens of Whitewright are anxious
to lynch Jim Smith who is charged
with assaulting a ten-year-old girl.
Nocona receives her first bale of
cotton and a premium of $50 was made
up and given to the seller.
The work of completing the water
works at Weatherford is being
pushed.
H. Meyers, of Dallas, who was shot
by Bradley, the base ball catcher, is
badly hurt.
The Grange picnic at Terrell was a
great success, bringing several thOus-
and people to the place.
The Union Labor party gave bar
becue at Huntsville on the first of
the month.
Jose Calvin, deserter from the
Mexican army is drowned near
Brownsville.
The International railway associa-
ton which met in Galveston has adj
journed.
One hundred and fOrty-twO bales of
cotton have been shipped from Wael-
der up to date.
The public schools of Eagle Pass
have re-opened with an excellent
corps of teachers.
Henry MertZ, the new postmaster
of Uvalde, is now formally in COM
mand with H. l.. StrattOn, first as
sistant.
O'Conner Bros artisan well in Re-
fugio county is flowing at the rate OF
10000 gallons per day. They are
sinking another in the same pasture.
A north bound extra freight is de-
rallied two miles north of Valley View.
Several cars were overturned; no one
was hurt.
The Santa Fe extension to San An
cello is completed and the company
will run trains regularly, beginning
September 5th.
The governor has offered reward
of 5000 for the capture of the murderer
of Harrison Spencer, of Gregory
county.
Work on the new machinery hall of
the Dallas fair is progressing rapidly.
Everything will be ready and in shape
for exhibits by the Goth of this month.
The first oyster shipment was made
from Corpus Christi yesterday. The
town has had light norther for the
past2: hours.
It. b. Southgate, the recently APP
pointed postmaster, took charge of the
Corpus Christi postoffice Monday
night.
Hunt county ginners and farmers
will use domestic cotton bagging, re-
solved at their late convention at
Greenville.
Work commenced ON the Kansas
City, Ell PasO and Mexican railway,
commonly called the White Oaks, at
FL Paso yesterday morning.
1t is the opinion of a great many
Wacoites, that Col. E. Jones, of Waco,
will be an independent candidate in
that district for congress in the next
election against Mills.
The Laredo Improvement company
offers ten city blocks to any one who
will sink an artesian well, and secure
a good flow of water on that COM
pany's ground.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the early commencement of
work on the extension of the South
ern Pacific line from Victoria to Bee
Vile.
A big ball will be given on the 10th
at Eagle Pass by the employees of the
transportation department of the Mex
lean International, as a farewell to
Mr.. Nj. B. Mann, the train dis
patcher.
The assessor of Webb county states
that the population of that county has
increased over 5000 within the last five
years.
1t is said that the Dallas delegation
at Denver comes home with PROPOSE
tons from the FIT. Worth and Denver
railroad and the Galveston Air Line to
come to Dallas.
Joe Graham, who lies in South Bon
ham, attacked his wife with broom
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