San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-20
ghe Daily Eight.
TUESDAY, MARCH, 20, 1888.
STATE NEWS.

The neighborhood Of Uvalde is send
ing lots OF beef to New Orleans.
Texarkana has secured the republican
congressional convention.
Parties are writing to Van Alstyne
about establishing bank there.
A hard rain In Cleburne last Saturday
lasted one hour.
Torrents of rain have fallen in Bryan;
two and one. half inches on the level.
The Santa Fe people have put up large
and extensive stock pens at kopperl.
The mule Club" lie the latest acquisi-
ton to society orders In Victoria.
Mr.. Dilahnuty is in Blossom Prairie,
talking Of the Mount Pleasant and Bios
som Prairie railroad of the future.
Sheep buyers are hurrying to south
ern Texas to make the most OF the NUT
ton boom.
Mr.. Jerdon, an extensive cattle raiser
of Nocona, states that cattle are doing
better than for many years,
FIR. Roach, a stockman Of west Tex
as, says the stock prospects OF that Sec
tion are extremely bright.
The manufacturing and business in
terests OF Weatherford are rapidly IN
creasing.
Wscoites are trying to secure the To-
cation of the Grand Lodge Of the Knights
of Pytbias In their city.
In two weeks the citizens OF Fort
Worth will elect a mayor and nine al
dermen.
The street car and foot bridge between
the two Laredos will be completed by
the LIST Of November next.
A fine flowing artesian we'll has been
dug on Fsyette Vivian's rancho. in Nav
erick county.
A public mass meeting will be held in
the Lower Medina school house on
March 2Sth.
The farmers in Yoakum have gone to
work with renewed energies since the
rains have ceased.
Large quantities OF corn have been
shipped to western countries, and stock
to eastern markets. from YOakun.
A Mexican was run over and horribly
cut up by freight train on the Arkansas
road in Cuero, some days ago.
James P. Smith, city editor of the Dial.
las Times Herald, is seriously i'll and
grave fears are entertained for him.
The festive burglar, still hOvers
around Morgan. Saturday night the
post office was entered.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe,
have erected temporary blacksmith
shop where the round house was
burned.
A monstrosity was born in Parker
" foI 20 IoUs q q that q mad IN he
part pig. part elephant and part human.
1t only lived a few minutes, but is pre-
served in alcohol, and can be seen in
Weatherford.
Auson has walked up to the full i'm
portance of working the immigration
movement. and has elected president,
secretary, treasurer and committees TO
get up g. atistics.
Citizens OF Kerr county have petition
ed the county commissioners court TO
issue in future, scrip in denominations
of one dollar and less.
There has been a strike among the
Mexican laborers in Edgar. 1t WAS more
meat they struck for, instead OF higher
wages.
The meeting OF the delegates from
| Comal, Gonzales and Guadalupe counties
was held in Seguin last Saturday to talk
over the building Of a railroad from
Yoakum to New Braunfels.
Nj. Bonneville and his son Louis, made
several ineffective shots at Harry
Thompson on Sunday at the depot in
! Bryan.
The lucky star of Stephenville Is again
| in the ascendent; they are having de-
! liphtful weather and the outlook and
prospects are good for bountiful crop
and harvest, and the town is destined to
become a railroad center.