San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-17
STATE NEWS.

gum.
Waelder has received her first bale
! of cotton.
The rains have visited all portions
of Jackson county.
A heavy wind storm with rain Wis
tied san Marcos last Monday.
The weather is unusually warm at
BRENNAN, and rain is much needed.
The young ladies at Carrizo Springs
gave leap year ball Friday night.
Cotton picking will soon be the o.
der of the day at WoOdville.
Mr.. John Breeder, a popular young
ranchero, has been shot in the bowels
and killed by a Mexican at Cotulla.
h Tailfango Barrada, another Of the
Julio Cara gang of cattle SINNERS has
been arrested at Brownsville.
The safe of the Avenue hotel. Aus
tin, was robbed on Sunday. The
thief was caught.
One hundred and fifty men are now
employed n the Texas Mexican
machine shops, Corpus Christi.
Twelve miles southeast from Austin
OH Tuesday an electric storm prevail
ed. and considera ole nail fell.
The first dirt was thrown on
Tuesday on the TT. Smith, Paris and
Dardenelle i. r.
The l2Ih anniversary of Coleman
will De celebrated by grand barbe-
cue.
The Southwestern Texas journal, is
Il new eight page paper founded at
Orange.
The seventh annual meeting of the
Central Texas Horticultural society is
going on AT Dallas.
Dallas was abiaze on Tuesday night
with = Grand old sine procession OF
torchligits. over 500 people We're in
line.
The Non-part,san party at La
Grange, Is roMg. have held their
county convention, and nominated a
full ticket for county officers.
Small grain is all garnished at
Allen. Wheat yields l. and oats 80
bushels to the acre. Cotton Is not
doing well.
The troops at Fit. Bliss, FL Paso,
were paraded on Monday afternoon,
for the purpose of announcing to them
the death Of their Colonel George Glib
son.
Prof Ruer, of Whitewright has
curiosity in the way of a horned spi-
der. 1t has been placed in the Gray
son county museum.
A bout midnight on Sunday the
train ran over and killed a man be-
longing to section No. %, about 8
miles north of Kosse.
Geo. Barke, who killed T. w. Muir
ply on the 2Stn ultimo. has been ar
rested at San Augustine. To pre-
vent lynching he was sent to Nacog-
doches-
The annual conven ton of the Bro
therhood of Engineers and Firemen
of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas,
held two secret meetings at Terrell.
An old man named Williams was
badly hurt in runaway west of Sher-
man few days ago. His left arm
was broken and two ribs.
At Greenvi lie: Tor Mullis is
seriously stabbed by James Farmer.
Both men were drivers of baggage
wagons, and the quarrel was over
some baggage.
An object is in view to start a
manufacturing adjustment at Mar
BILE Falls, BUrneS county, as no better
water power exists anywhere than at
Marble Falls.
The Baptists of Cotulla are conduct
ing an old fashion ed camp meeting on
the Aucenia lake 16 miles east of Car
rizo Springs.
The negroes of north Texas, under
the auspices of the cOlored Masonic
fraternity of Sherman have had
grand celebration and reunion at the
driving park, in that city.
Mrs. Corn, lady living near Hal
letsville, lately from Georgia, died
from the effects of a fearful burning
she received by the explosion of
kerosene can, with which she was
trying to light fire.
A young man named Edwards at
Sherman, was standing OH a box car
looking towards the cabOOse, at ChOc-
taw bridge. The train dashed near
the bridge and the iron cross piece
struck him and cut long and deep
cash III the back of his head.
A few miles west of Amphion on
the Laguni(las, Dolores DiaZ, aged
about 20 who had been recently
married to Philip Orosco, aged IS, was
accidently shot in the back by gun
which had been placed beneath the
mattress. She was taken to Carmen
for treatment, but soon died.
An attempt has been made by the
citizens of Matamoras to send boat
load over the river IN Brown SVilla