San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-28

destroyed by fire at Colorado.
An unprecedentedly large corn crop
is assured in Kendall county.
Quite an increase of visitors has
been noticed in Boerne during the
past week.
Dallas county has 95 Mexican war
veterans with an aggregate annual
pension roll of S9,6SS.
In the district court, Bolton, a d.
vOrce is granted Mrs. Amanda Page
from her husband John Page.
Another heavy rain, accompanied
by violent wind, has delayed the har-
vest at Bolton.
The Evening Day, of Waco, from
July LIST, will be published as a morn
ing paper.
The Farmers Alliance of Barnet,
will give grand celebration at Mar
BILE Falls, July II.
The Albany wool market opened
with rush yesterday. Over 100, 900
pounds were sold before noon.
Very fine rains have fallen at Min
eral Wells in the last four days, insur-
ing full crops.
Two little boys at Greenville are
caught in the shafting of a gin engine,
and badly injured; one will probably
die: - 20
The locating corps of the Waco and
Brazos Valley railroad are working
away southwark along the eastern
line as fast as the case permits.
A party from Fort Worth are max
ing a survey from Dallas to Harris
lake with view of making it water
supply for Dallas.
At special meeting of the board of
aldermen at Sherman, the improve
ment bond issue for S25, 900, running 10
years, was authorized.
Mat Bonner, the negro sentenced to
re hanged at Linden, has died of con-
sumption caused by close Jail confine-
ment.
In IAN encounter between Captain
Neil Burch and w. C.. Brice, the form
er received a wound of which he died,
Tuesday morning.
At the exercises of the cowboys
h-rbecue at Bruceville, Saturday,
Warwick Jenkins was one of the ora
5Ors, and little daughter of E. Tom
Cox recited poem.
District court has convened at ANA
rillo, with a very light civil docket,
and not single criminal case. This
shows what law-abiding folks are set
Ting the Panhandle.
During a thunderstorm at Nc
Gregor, Mr.. J. T. Chambers was
stunned and lay insensible for hours.
He is now out of danger.
McLennan county has been dam
aged several thousand dollars by the
| floods, and there is no prospect of fair
| weather.
The man who robbed the San An
gelo and Ballinger stage last Satur-
| day was recognized by the passengers
as gambler named Gray, who has
been in San Angelo some time.
r. G. Millikin, attorney, is shot by
Tom Kennedy at Thorpe Springs,
where both reside. Kennedy surren-
dered himself to the officers. Miliken
is doing well.
At ball at the Das Copas ranch,
Brownsville, Eugene Herndez tried
| to ride his horse into the ball room.
This was objected to by Damasi Her
nandez, thereupon a fight ensued; the
former was wounded.
| A special train has arrived in Gal
weston over the 1. and G. N. with q
number of officials of the Missouri
Pacific bondholders of the M. X. and
II. The recent complications of the
latter line are the occasion of this
torn of inspection.
Gov. Ross has no further advices
from the recent threatened disturb
ances in Hampstead. The ranger
force is still there to prevent any out
break.
Porter Williams, a colored boy of
about Is, is arrested in Victoria for as
saulting a negro woman. The woman
attacked him with a club and he
threw broken bottle at her, cutting
her fearfully. -
A white man entered the Waco
state bank ON Tuesday morning and
cashed a check. A colored man
standing behind him seized portion
of the money and struggle ensued.
Finally the colored man gave in and
the white man drove off, the latter ex-
claiming, use gwine to git my money
outer dat white man if 1 have to beat
him to death.n
Burglars enter the residence of
Mrs. Patrick g. Byrne, Houston, and
as the lady was aroused and got up to
see what was the matter one plunged
a knife into her breast. She fired on
him and was then knocked on the
head senseless by another. Her hus-
| hand was not at home