San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-27
ANTONIO TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE
STATE NEWS.
North Forney academy closed OF
Friday night.

North Forney academy closed on
Friday night.
A grand barbecue will be given at
Copperas Grove, July 4th.
Abilene has had for some days past
atmospheric indications of storm,
and Sunday evening she got it.
Cattle men are in Abilene in force,
and it is thought heavy shipments
will be the result.
Wheat and oat harvesting is about
over at Arson. The small grain crop
is very fine.
Mr.. L. P. Harris of Terrell, is ar
rested on charge of being connected
with the fire of last week.
The Union Lab Party had dinner
at Smyrna church near Winsboro last
Saturday.
A party of engineers are running q
line between Fort Worth and Dallas
on the north side of the river.
The new board of officers of Rio
Grande lodge, A. F. and A. NJ, is in
stalled at Brownsville.
Mrs. Williams, an old lady of so and
one of the pioneer citizens of Black
Jack Grove, died last Thursday night.
Mr.. Edward r. Sewell, of Harris
county, is appointed by Governor Ross
as one of the board of liquidation for
settling the debt of the city of Hous-
ton.
A boy of II, at Bonham, while de-
Tending his mother against the bru-
talities of his stepfather, kills him and
accidentally Injuries his mother.
The charter of the Kansas City, Ell
Paso and Mexican railroad in Texas,
was filed yesterday in Austin with
the secretary Of the state.
The public installation of the Off
GERS of the Masonic Lodge, and the
picnic at Mansfield on the 3Oth prom
Use to be a big affair.
A strong effort is being made by the
enterprising citizens of Port Lavaca
to utilize the natural advantages of
the place as seaside resort.
A negro farm hand is killed at
Marshall by lightning, which struck
the tree under which he had taken
shelter.
The immigration society of Laredo
have employed DIR. VIM. De Ryee, of
Corpus Christi, to make a geological
survey of the county.
Installation ceremonies were held
by the Masonic fraternity at Sher-
man on Monday night over the new
members of the Travis Lodge.
Farmers, laborers and stock raisers
met in the Knights of Labor hall in
Denton day before yesterday to select
delegates to the Fort Worth conven-
ton.
Henry Poison, a colored man about
26 years of age commits suicide in
Houston, by hanging himself with a
clothes-line.
A quarter mile race track is being
constructed in Greenfield, a suburb of
Palestine. The track will be opened
by the firemen's celebrate and
races between blooded colts foaled in
Palestine.
The Board of Equalization, Green
vile, has raised assessed values, re-
sulting in increase of 500, 900 over the
total shown by the tax roll.
The receivers of the Houston and
Texas Central railway have filed suit
against ]. M. Kelley and five others,
to recover the purchase money on
three sections of land in Tom Green
county.
A destructive storm of wind and
rain struck Albany two nights ago,
completely demolishing the Metho-
dist church, blowing down portion
of, Stones livery stable and doing
other serious damage.
Mesquite, Forney, Bowie, Aurora,
WOodville, Hillsboro and Wichita
Falls, have all within the last few
days had very heavy rain storms, &C
companied by hard winds, in some
cases doing damage to crops.
Two Mexicans stole horses near
Abilene, and were followed by two
gentleman into McCulloch county.
They came upon them in Salt Gap,
and shooting opened. Mr.. Taylor,
one of the officers, was wounded, per-
haps fatally, bein G shot by Mexican
as he lay half dead, and who kept up
fire as long as he had life enough left
TO shoot.
A Good nrivo