San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-03
STATE NEWS.


Sixteen thousand pounds of wool
were sold at Colorado, August l, at II
cents.
The cotton crop of Breckenridge will
be simply immense with one more
good rain.
George Sigler, who was stabbed by
Sam Tinney, of Corpus Christi, is out
of danger.
The canning factory at Overton is in
full operation with a capital of 200
bushels a day.
came to Tyler from Shreveport, sui
cides by morphine.
Two colored women in Galve ston
have fight and one bit a piece of a
finger from the other.
1t is fearfully hot at Terrell, gras
beginning to burn. The canning fac
tory there is in full blast.
Christina Salas is tried at Eagle
Pass for assault on child, having
whipped it almost to death.
Yesterday the eX-confederate union
commenced at Bonham. Such crowd
has never before visited Bonham.
DIR. F. Ward White, the Evangelist
of the Presbytery of Eastern Texas,
has made Carthage his headquar-
tiers.
Laredo circulates a petition to the
city council to have some of the
streets leading to the city park opened
up.
Two large derricks fell from the
Fannin courthouse, BOnham, which is
in course of construction. Fortunately
no one was hurt.
The citizens of Piedras Negras are
going to build new opera house soon.
Eagle Pass is still without any build
ing of the kind.
The reception of Prof. Bickler, now
of Galveston, and reunion of his for
mer Austin students, at Austin, was
quite an ovation.
The contract for building the CEN
trail university addition at Austin, is
given to Mr.. John Mcdonald, of Aus
tin, for $50, 244.20.
There have been several shipments
of hogs from Crockett to Weatherford,
Taylor and other points. The price is
2 and 1-2 cents gross.
J. P. Wailing, of Comanche, has
bought fifty head of range bulls from
John Powell, of Fort Worth, for his
Comanche county ranch.
James Campbell an old and respect
ed darkey of Weimar drops dead
while splitting wood. 1t is thought
sunstroke was the cause.
J. w. Taylor, secretary, calls for
meeting of the Texas Alumni associa-
ton of the Washington and Lee uni
versity, to take place on the Goth at
Lampasas.
Mrs. ID. F. Jenkins, living near Fl.
Worth, was so badly burned while
trying to light the fire with kerosene,
that she died. Her residence was
also consumed.
In the Mexican Ore Company's
Sampling works in Laredo, Mr.. Yer
den, the manager of the works, was
seriously burnt by the bursting of a
gasoline stove.
A guest at the Driskill hotel, Aus
tin, accidentally set his mosquito bar
on fire. 1t and pillow were con-
sumed. There was great excitement
for few moments.
d. Waggoner & Son, of Henrietta,
have made a sale of 1000 beef cattle to
John H. Belcher, of Gainesville. They
are probably the largest and finest
lot of beef cattle sold this year.
A burglar attempting to enter the
residence of NJ. G. Mcnamara, of Dali
las, is seen by Mr.. McKehney, who Or
dered him to halt, and as he would
not do so, shot and wounded him.
A. McGinn, one of Pinkerton's de-
tectives, has arrived at Texarkana
with w. l.. Brock in charge, one of
the participants in the celebrated
Cotton Belt train robbery of last Janu-
ary.
Mr.. ]. H. Reynolds of Willis Point,
while out driving with his wife, baby
and sister-in-law, were all thrown
from the carriage and injured, by the
two horses becoming frightened and
running away.
In the presence of the directors,
officers and stockholders of the Fort
Worth board of trade, and many
ladies and gentlemen, at $50 last
evening, Miss Ruby Bail laid the first
brick of the board of trade building.
In view of the fact that there are
four regular wife heaters in Waco,
whose wives will not prosecute them,
lodge of white caps has been organ
lied. The order is presided over by
an ex-policeman, who has the title of
grand worthy owl. Warnings are
written on letter headed paper printed
in red ink, with picture of an owl,
and the legend II protect"
P. G. Barnes, citizen of Waco and