San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-19
STATE NEWS.

Crop average at Whitney is about
the same as last year.
The excessive rains in Millican have
diminished the cotton crop.
"Unclen Edward Frazier, one of the
pioneer settlers of Rockwell county is
dead.
A hook and ladder company and
bucket brigade are organized at Rock
dale.
Mr.. G. w. White ships from his
ranch at Sweetwater 200 steers, in fine
condition.
The rain at Hamilton has at last
ceased. Cotton crops though late, are
doing well.
Regular passenger trains are put
on between ROckpOrt and Corpus over
the S. A. p.
Bryan's acreage of cotton is proba-
bly, from 10 to Is per cent greater
than last year.
A little boy of Mr.. d. L. Eusming-
er's is drowned in the Brazos river,
near GranDury.
Mr.. Harry Marks, of Denison, is held
up by masked men aud robbed of $40.
| NO cleW 10 tnem.
| A new born white babe is found
floating in the Houston bayou near
the Sabine bridge.
| The reunion of Ector's, Ross and
Grandbury.. brigade will be held at
Paris, August Is and 16.
The public roads at Beeville, under
the superintendent of Contractor
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A south bound freight at Rosenberg
runs over a man who was trying to
steal ride and cut off his right leg.
J. H. Heath, and E. A. Rouse, were
convicted of lunacy in the county
court at Waco. They will be sent to
| Terrell.
Capt. J. NJ. beware, of Jefferson,
offers to donate 200 acres of land to the
iron ore syndicate to locate their fur
mace on.
Mr.. Mac Russell, son of the district
Judge of Laredo, has his leg broken at
La Junta station on the Mexican
National.
Mrs. Alex Grier, who lived about IL
miles below Floresville, has commit
ted suicide by taking two ounces of
carbolic acid.
The residence of Mr.. w. E. Dupree,
of Waco, is burned down. $1,000 in
surance on the house, land 81, 525 OH
the furniture.
The cattle recently shipped from
Terrell took passage on the new cattle
cars, with feeding and watering appli-
ances to every car.
1t is expected that there will be 2,0OC
ex-soldiers in attendance from all
parts of the state at the reunion at
Greenville, August 10th.
The Bells school district votes tax
of 20 cents on the 500, for the purpose
of buying school house, and supple.
menting the school fund.
Beeville is to have a first class grist
mill and cotton gin, to be completed
by the first of September. by the
Buchel Mill Co., of Cuero.
The bonds of the Rio Grande and
have been placed with the Holland
Trust company, of New York.
The money for the new Methodist
church, Huntsville, has been raised
and deposited in Gibbs bank. Re
building will commence at once.
Mrs. Miller, of Twin Ponds, neal
Denton, was bitten by small dog in
May last, and some time since after
giving birth to child, she was at
tackled by hydrophobia and died.
Mr.. Joseph Mayor, of Austin, brings
a $40, 900 suit against Page Mcdonnell
alleged to have been incurred by rea.
sou of certain publication in the ad
vertising columns of the Statesman
some time back.
An English court has just decided
that railway servants can not eject
persons from trains who say they
have lost their tickets, the only RENE.
dy being to sue the passenger for
breach of contract.
The defense scare in England has
brought out the facts that the nation
has 294 admirals and only so armored
sea-going ships. Only ID admirals
are employed, drawing e37 900, while
2S1 unemployed receive $161, 900. Al
the same time there are 140 generals
of whom 100 are employed.
Will Soon be In Port.
| BERLIN Julv 19-Tha Gernoar