San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-17
STATE NEWS.

uc AustiH lchku6 CiuU plays III Jdl-
weston today and tomorrow.
Gonzales says that they will and must
have the Arkansas branch.
A serious cutting ARRAY occurred in
Monticello, Wedne day evening.
Houston talks Of turning the BRACES
into Buffalo bayou by means of a canal.
The change In the daily mail route
from Kyle to Lockhart takes place after
today.
The Grand Lodge of the Knights Of
Pythias will be In session at Fort Worth
April IL, Is and 10.
Laredo wants to boom and $4,000
proposition il made to the city fathers to
stir 1t up.
Mr.. Stephen Minot, of Cuero, is dead.
He had been resident Of Texas for 80
years.
A spotted white and black child is at
tracing attention at Tyler. Its parents
are coal black.
The Galveston lodges Of Chosen
Friends have decided to hold q grand
Mayfest on May lst and End.
Live STOCK, except in a few isolated
cases, are healthy and thriving In Hays.
Sheep are also IN fair condition.
The mayor and marshal and five al
dermen will be elected in Commerce on
April End.
Many citizens who left Hays county
during the drOuth have come back, hav-
ing found no better place.
The board Of Galveston water commits
sioners have fixed the location OF two of
the ten artesisn wells to be bored.
District court is still in session and
citizens from all over Hays county are
there in attendance.
The Texas Bee Keepers association
will meet In Greenyille May End and
3rd at the apiary of w. B. Graham.
The recent rise of the Sabine river at
Longview was the highest within two
inches, on record.
An election will be held on the 22nd
to determine whether the town of Mil
ford shall be incorporated.
About 1000 people in Fort Worth wit
Dessed on Thursday, the game Of base
ball between the Fort Worth nine, and
the Cincinnati club.
The people of Mountain require that
5000 or 500 be expended by Kyle on the
road between them, If the latter expect
their trade.
p. FL. Oldham, of ShackelfOrd county,
against the T. p. railroad, and the M. z.
for damages to the amount Of $l222. 0S.
A horse thief entered the farm house
Of Mr.. Rich. Pearson, in PottsbOro, last
captured and lodged in Jail.
John w. Matthews was arrested in
San Angelo Thurssay morning on the
charge OF murder committed in Ken
lucky several years ago.
The Texas State Fair and Dallas Ex-
position propose Offering three hand
some cash premiums for the best county
exhibit this year.
The second conference of the commit
tee from Gonzales, Guadalupe and CO.
NAL counties, will be held at Seguin TO-
day, regarding the Arkansas Pass extern
sion.
A Fort Worth gentleman interested in
the cattle industry, says the cactus fed
cattle of Southern Texas are bringing q
better price in the market than the corn
fed stock OF the northern part of the
state.
On Thursday afternoon a shower of
hail OF unususl size occurred at Hondo
City. A sudden and terrible flash of
lightning instantly killed u negro woman
at work in q field near that place, and
considerably shocked man who wss
blowing near her.
The Henrietta public free schools
came to close the last OF The proceed
ing week on account of the exhaus-
ton of school funds, but the
school principal, Mr.. Glenn, has made
arrangements to carry on pay school
for six or eight weeks.