San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-14
STATE NEWS.

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Much sickness prevails at Ran
dolph.
Fence cutters are again operating in
Hill county.
Rev. Dixon Williams is conducting
a protracted revival at Corsicana.
The Union Labor party held its con-
vention at Groesbeck last Saturday.
A good ain fell at Mesquite few
days ago.
Mr.. Millican, of Hillsboro, shipped
two car loads of cattle to Missouri a
few days ago.
The new Maverick bank of Eagle
Pass, is being fitted up in handsome
style.
Joe Shipley who killed his cousin in
Waxahachie, is found dead with a
| bullet through his head.
Dodd City is rapidly shaking off
| her old rut worm mode of enterprise,
and coming to the front with five new
brick business houses.
The Fort Worth & Denver last
week sold $50 land seekers tickets to
heads of families who have gone to
the Panhandle TO locate.
The st. L. A. d T., is improving its
| tracks and buildings all along the
line, and is now wanting bridge car
penters and mechanics at Tyler.
The Travellers Protective associa-
| ton met in Dallas to raise funds for
the relief of the widow of J. L. Wilson,
who was killed by Lane.
William Powell, living near Grand
view, killed his brother-in-law, John
Howard, last Sunday, and then came
in and gave himself up.
D. D. Dodd, imprisoned at Fort
Davis for the murder of ID. NJ. Hick-
man at Valentine, made a desperate
effort at escape, but was caught.
The corner stone of the new
| Methodist church at Paris, has been
laid with appropriate ceremonies.
A gasoline explosion at White
wright, at the house of Mrs. WOotan,
set fire to the furniture, and severely
burned the lady.
September 1st, will probably see the
work of extension begun, and the Rio
Grande road pushed rapidly through
to Brentwood.
The jury in the Woessner trial at
Corpus, failing to agree within three
days, were discharged by Judge Rus
sell. 1t is understood Woessner will
try to get out on bail.
Quite a number of people from the
| interior, and north Texas were in Cor
pus during the past week looking for
| investments.
A letter received at Eagle Pass from
the City of Mexico conveys the official
| intelligence that the new custom
house at Piedras Negras will be erect
ed on the railroad reservation.
A meeting of the employees of the
ST. Louis, Arkansas and Texas rail-
road is being held at Tyler to investi-
gate the reports of bad treatment, in
decent burials, etc., at that roads hos
pital in that city.
The Observator Fronteriza, a Span
ish paper formerly printed in Ell Paso
under the management of Don Pedro
G. Garcia, is to be moved to Las
Cruces.
A fire occurred at the steam press
works, mile and half from Gaines
vile on Saturday night, which de-
stroyed barn and shed and guam
tity of agricultural machinery stored
there.
James Claunch, residing in Johnson
county, is arrested while placing OBJ
structions on the railroad, having
committed the crime several times. as
he says to see how quick train
could be stopped.
Miss Lizzie Shipley, young lady
of Auburn near WaXahachie, while
on the road to church was met by her
cousin, Joe Shipley, who shot and
killed her. He is being hotly pur-
sued.
Miss Edna Damson, while eXplor-
ing one of the rooms of an ice cream
parlor, of which her aunt is proprie-
tress in Fort Worth, dropped lamp
and there was narrow escape of COM
plete contlagratiOn.
At Hiillsboro, burglar forced open
the front door of Mr.. w. w. MoOre's
bedroom, the gentleman awoke and
seized his pistol, but the thief es-
capped.
Col. VIM. H. Parvin, secretary of
the central committee of the Cattle
Trail road, has received another letter
from Kansas City, expressing will
ingness to cooperate with the Cattle
Trail people in the construction of
their road whenever they effect an or
ganizatiOn.
Free Dance.
There will be a full string band and
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