San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-30
STATE NEWS.

The Greenville Herald is to be print
ed by steam power.
Cotton has come out wonderfully at
Edna in the last ten days.
A lot of burglars are work ing Waco;
every night some house is robbed.
The residence of Mrs. M J. Manld-
ing at Marshall is destroyed by fire.
The Southern Pacific extension from
Victoria to Beeville has been located.
The Waco and Brazos Valley r. r.,
is at a stand still, and may fall
| through.
Artssian water is found at ). Il.
Moore's place in Waco, at depth of
11S0 feet.
Since the dry weather has set in at
Lovelady the cotton has wonderfully
| improved.
The health of Black Jack Grove is
very good, and the town is gradually
improving.
Three carloads of fat cattle are
shipped from Hillsboro over the Mis-
souri, Pacific.
II. E. Kilgore, of LadOnia, commit
ted to Jail for the killing of Sanders, is
free on "a 600 bond.
At the election of the removal of the
county seat, MeXia stands 1876, GrOes-
beck 12l, Thornton 5.
The foundation work on the new
bank building of the Greenville Ma
tional is we'll under way.
The Capital syndicate are making
large cattle shipments; the range is
splendid and the cattle fat.
Mrs. Stinnott, of Sherman, died last
Saturday, from IAN overdose of NOR
| phine taken to relieve tOothache.
Prof. Jacob Hill, of Fort Worth, will
be principal of the school at Midland
for the ensuing term of ten months.
A new lumber yard is just opened at
Strawn and a handsome new three
story school is nearly completed there.
Mr.. w. H. Mclaughlin, a promi
nent young business man of Waco, is
arrested on the charge of embezzling
S575.
Mrs. William Rise, of Giddings,
while bathing, took u fit, fell head
| first in tub of water, and was dead
when found.
1t is estimated that 400 tons of hay
will be shipped from Claude, saved
off the prairies, which will be sur
plus product.
| The Rio Grande stockholders are
perfecting arrangements to complete
the line to Eagle Pass, 100 miles
above Laredo.
Young, who killed Chris. Rogers, was
| hold Of Do LOT
was allowed bail for $1,000.
The Hill county convention in
structed delegates to the congress
sional convention to vote for Congress
man Abbott first, last and all the
time.
The Corpus Christi grand jury re-
ported four felony and one misde-
meanOr case on Saturday. This
makes Is bills found by them this
season.
There was q wreck on the Santa Fe
at Justine 40 miles south of Gaines
vile last Thursday night. Ten cars
rolled in the ditch. Mr.. J. Knox was
killed.
The stone church at Baird was not
large enough to accommodate the vast
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revival meeting which has been going
on for ten weeks.
Duck Lawrence and Joe Robinson,
of Giddings, had a difficulty over a
billiard saloon, and the latter stabbed
Lawrence under the shoulder blade,
and it is thought he will die.
A quarantine station has been es-
tablished by the state board of health
at Waskom, Is miles east of Marshall.
All west bound trains from Louisiana
will be inspected at that point
A young man named Morgan, living
on Mr.. Mills place, two miles east of
Whitesboro died of quick consump-
ton. Before he died he had tried to
! commit suicide by cutting his throat.