San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-21
ghe 1ai1y Eight.
THURSDAY, JUNE, II,
STATE NEWS.

| MIR. Victor Goldman, OF Victoria,
owns a chicken with four legs.
Victoria street railway directors
elect officers, and invite bids for con-
struction of track.
The artesian well of O'Connor Bros,
Refugio county, is down 900 feet; no
sign Of water.
Jacksboro is the birthplace of a
kitten not born according to rule,
with six legs, and only one eye.
Some of the new brick sidewalks in
Houston are called "ankle spatter-
ers."
A little son of Mr.. Bill Clark's of
Lockhart, has had very bad arm
from spider bite.
Galveston elects delegates to repre-
sent her deep water convention at Fort
| Worth.
Rain fell in Brantley for As hours.
| The whole ground is covered with
| water.
A cowboy attempting to swim lake
| about II miles from Big Springs,
which is mile wide, was drowned.
The Mexia silver cornet band and
| fire department. will jointly give a
grand picnic July 18th.
The directors of the Fort Worth and
Rio Grande have decided to extend
| their route to Brentwood.
Fort Worth city council had big
| ger monkey and parrot time last Tues
| day night, than their San Antonio
| rivals had the night before.
Houston is still full of waterbound
| IRE inc :,
| opened with New Orleans via Shreve-
port.
Bunscombe county, N. c., is over
run with mad dogs. Hundreds of
cows, sheep and hogs have been
| bitten.
The bankers in Galveston hung up
| purse for an impromptu yacht race
to be sailed for today. The prizes are
$50, $40, and SO.
The rains of the past four days have
flooded the country around Orange,
| and threaten an inundation as great
| as that of 1888.
Young George Urquhart charged
| with the murder of a Galveston News
! route boy, is sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary.
L
down at Greenville, and will be re-
placed with beautiful two-stOry brick
building.
Bids for constructing the centre and
| east wing of the state university, at
| Austin, are opened. None of the bids
were accepted.
The Western Union telegraph office
has rendered the members of the
Bankers association, free service over
their wires, while in session at Gal
weston.
The grand jury cases against the
Sherman druggists for selling liquor
| on prescriptions without license, have
| been decided against the sellers.
Alderman DeGress, of Austin, wins
his suit, entered to prevent his hold
ing office as alderman, he being Uni
ted States officer. The attorney gen.
eral will appeal.
Masonry work on the federal build
ing at Jefferson was commenced Tues
day morning. Mrs. Kate Woods laid
| the first brick. 1t was she who dona-
ted the lot on which the building is
being built.
Colonel Culberson has secured the
passage in the house O. the senate bill
providing for the construction of a
bridge across Red River, at Harris
Ferry.
The Fort Worth Granite Roofing
| company, whose buildings were de-
stroyed by fire last Friday, have adj
justed all losses, cleared away all de-
bris, and in ten days will be making
goods again.
The closing exercises of the public
schools at Mark ct hall, Corpus Christi
took place last Monday night. A gold
scholarship medal was awarded to
Miss Minnie Gordon.
In the ighborhood of Rural Shade,
Navarro county, colored man, Mike
| Hawthorne, struck another negro,
| Paris Brown, with a club and killed
| him, Browns daughter and Haw-
| thorne's sister being in fight at the
| time, was the cause.
The Lumber Dealers association in
| session at Waco, appointed delegates
to the general convention, which
meets in Galveston next month. The
capital stock Of its insurance company
was fixed at $250,000.
The Episcopal church at Eagle Pass
will witness the ordination of it's new
rector, Rev. Arthur H. Noll, at the
hands of Bishop. Johnston, next Sun
day.
Mr.. Roy Townsend of Doublin, was
bitten by small spider. In an hour
| he was Writhinp i'm aUOny Tt aDpears