San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-06
STATE NEWS.

| Fort Worth owns a lawn tennis
club.
The Arkansas Pass is completed to
Rockport.
No attention was paid to Independ-
ence day at Pilot Point.
Weather has been moderately good
at Wayne for the past week.
The thermometer stood at 9S for
three days last week at Temple.
A seven-year-old child of Mr.. J.
Wood, of Temple, dies of tumor.
A great many cattlemen came in to
Fort Worth to participate in the 4th.
The 4th was celebrated at Uvalde
by barbecue, base ball and tourna-
ment.
Beeville is to have first class gin
and mill put up by st. Louis COM
pany.
The Bulletin, formerly published at
Socorro, Mex, has been moved to Ell
Paso.
The new bridge over the river at
Montopolis will be 1000 feet long, and
| Is feet wide.
Hon. Richard Maltbie, presiding
judge of the commission of appeals has
| died in Austin.
Wootan Wells, on the H. and II. c.,
is said to have an unusually large
crowd this summer.
The Fourth was better observed in
Waco than was ever the case before
in the history of the city.
An enthusiastic meeting was held
at Willis Point to elect delegates to
the deep water convention.
After one weeks dry, pleasant
weather, it is raining again at Con-
verse, and farmers are sorry to see it..
The new pastor of the Episcopal
church at Laredo, Rev. H. E. G.. Cos
tella of Portland, Oregon, has arrived.
Gov. Ross has appointed w. H.
Devine of Erath county, Judge of the
Goth judicial district in place of Judge
Nugent, resigned.
A committee of citizens represent
ing Montague, Bowie and Burlington,
will be in Fort Worth in the interest
of the proposed railway.
o. E. Haywood, of Cleveland, O., is
found dead in his room at the st.
George hotel, Dallas. Excessive drink
ing supposed to be the cause.
The son of Alderman Edwards, of
Dallas, while firing a salute with a
small cannon, exploded bag of gun
powder, burning himself horribly.
Hon. G. L. Dohoney wants another
prohibition convention to substitute
another name than that of Marion
Martin for governor on the prohibit
ton ticket.
The county commissioners of Bolton
have awarded the contract for the
erection of an iron bridge over the
Leon river to the Penn bridge COM
pany, for S., 300.
Representatives of the Texas Base
Ball league met in Galveston yester-
day to organize new schedule and
such other business as might come be-
fore the meeting.
The Philomathian Literary society,
of Mexia, gave a book reception last
night, at which every one attending
had to furnish a good book with. which
to start library for the public
school.
There are 2,2sO pensioners in Texas,
anu luey require SAoo,LUo per mOnUn.
Grayson has the largest number.
There are twenty-five counties which
have none at all.
Mr.. Frank Carothers, of Cotulla,
was insulted by county attorney
Bowen, which he resented by striking
Bowen with his fist. Bowen drew
his pistol, but it dropped from his
hand, and before he could pick it up
friends interfered and bloodshed was
saved.
A phenomenon was witnessed by
Mr.. VIM. Robertson on his ranch at
Beeville. He says the heavy rain
which fell on Sunday had the APP
pearance of being red, imparting the
same tint to the earth. The clouds APP
peared mass of red smoke or dust.
A Fight on Living. Not on Dead,
Issues.