San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-22
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Cyclone in Delaware, near the city
Wilmington, does great damage.

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Wilmington, does great damage.
The presidential election is begin
ming to attract a good deal of interest
in England.
A lady of 60 is made convert, and re-
ceived in the Jewish church in Gin
cinnati.
Tommy" Gale is the latest well
known New Yorker to come over to
the republican party.
Frank Hurd thinks the democrats
have no chance to carry New York
this year.
One of the largest cargoes of tea
ever landed in New York, arrived last
week from China, on the British
steamer Glenshiel. 1t amounted to
$4,000 packages or 5,2l0 tons.
immigration into Canada from Eu-
rope thus far this year has reached
$4,000. OF this number 10000 have
proceeded direct to the United States.
The prohibs have just completed a
canvass of Illinois and the result gives
them great encouragement. They
claim that their vote will reach 40, 200.
Mr.. Mack Brown, young resident
of Fulton, KY, while talking in the
rotunda of the hotel, was deliberately
shot and killed by Louis Lane, a steno-
grapher, who was insane.
Capt. Nat Kennedy, the famous rob-
Der chief and founder of the Bald
Knob organization, is shot and in
stantly killed at Ozark, Mo.
The 14th regiment of Pittsburg
went to the rifle range. Private
Charles Lacey was sent out as a
marker, and falling to give signal
exposed himself and was shot and
killed accidentally.
The revolver which Jesse James
carried during the greater part of his
career is exposed for sale in the win
dow of Chicago pawnshop.
The greatest assemblage of Episco-
pal bishops gathered within the men,
Dry of the present generation has just
closed its session in London.
Reports regarding the wheat crop of
Russia are that the prospects for sum
mer wheat are promising, and the
yield of winter wheat will reach an
average.
Mr.. Mckinley makes very able
and elaborate speech in favor of a pro-
tective tariff at the Georgia Chautau-
qua, at Atlanta.
Mrs. Sarah Robinson, the oldest ft-
male resident of Maryland, is dead, at
the age of 100. She never saw a rail
road or steamboat.
Hadji Horsein Kouli Khan, Mo-
manned ell Vesare is the name of the
envoy extraordinary, who left Tehe-
ran, Persia, on July 10, and is due at
Washington before the end of this
month.
The second brigade, national guard
of Pennsylvania, Gen. Ireley COM
manding, closed It's annual tour 4
duty on Friday on the shores of Con-
neaut lake.
The salmon are beginning to run in
Puget Sound water, and the canneries
are expected to start up in few days.
There is prospective rivalry and
trouble between fishermen.
Much stir having been caused by
Mgr. Lavigerie's denunciation of
slavery on the Congo, NJ. de Brazza,
at present in Paris, says the cardinal
in blaming any European power for
it, allows his zeal to run away with
his judgment.
At Corinth, Miss, three colored
boys, while going home from town sat
down on the r. r. track to rest, and al
fell asleep. The east bound freight
struck them, killing two instantly.
One was badly hurt but will probably
get well.
Guys hospital, the richest of the
endowed charities of London, has been
obliged to ask for share of the hos
pital Sunday fund. The agricultural
depression is the cause. The endow-
ments of the hospital consist chiefly
of landed property.
The steamboat Warren had her
chimney blown overheard at Baton
Rouge on Sunday night, and during
the excitement which followed John
r. Luckett, one of the best known
clerks on the river, fell to the boiler
and broke his neck. His body was
sent to Louisville.
Australia and Pacific Coast Light
Weights.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 22.-Billy
Mahon, the light weight champion of
the coast, was knocked out in eight
rounds under the Queensbury rules
last night, by Tom Meadows, the
light weight champion of Australia.
The fighting of Mahon was plucky
and showed science, but he was evil