San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-10
STATE NEWS.

Gainesville has registered $4,000
street Improvements.
There is talk Of building large Cath
Ollie cathedral in Victoria.
Large numbers of catfish are now be-
ing caught in Guadalupe.
Lewisville has had nice rains.
Farmers in Winona are up with their
work.
A variety actress. known as Emily
Walton, takes morphine in Dallas.
The county judge Of Rio Grande City
has been Ousted from office.
Sebe Green was shot by John Steven
SOD at Hoyak's gin, below Caldwell, and
died last Saturday.
The gardens Of Alvin are growing
finely, and a considerable amount OF
vegetables is being shipped daily.
Forty-two fat, oorn-fed beeves have
been shipped from Victoria to New Or
leans.
The young men of Temple met at the
Temple National bank on Friday last and
organized building association.
A horse of DR.. s. w. johnson, of Cor
sicana, died last Thursday night 10 great
agony; 1t is supposed of hydrOphobia.
Farmers and merchants of Montgomery
are in high spirits over the prospects of
the coming crop.
Corporal Durbin, Of the rangers. in
Wharton county, reports everything
quiet there again.
Several COWS have died at Van AL
styne within the last few days Of some
new disease. When first noticed they
appear to be stupid and in short time
are dead.
A crazy woman, discharged as cured
from the insane asylum at Austin, has
to be locked up in Texarkana, where she
displayed violence in the court house.
Secretary Chiffon, OF the state bureau
of immigration, on his return from Pc
cos city, reports that immigrants are
pouring into the state, particularly
Northwest Texas.
The stores of Messrs. r. V. Standifer
& Co., of Elgin, were burglarized Sat
urday night, ard goods amounting to
$500 were carried off,,
Roe, charged with numbering his wife,
has had death sentence passed on him
at Anderson, but continues to declare
his innocence.
COUhtJ Chh eChiSCiy oO cVudllCu
in the growth Of her grass es, judging
from three varieties now at the cotton
exchange. Houston, from the farm of N.
l.. Wosthlimer near the city.
A fine rain has fallen at Newport,
which will prove a special blessing to
the grass, oats, corn and cotton just
planted. Stock there is doing well.
Strangers are frequently seen on the
streets of Goliad. The railroad free
bridge and immigration organization are
beginning to attract and effect some
thing for the future greatness Of GOliad.
The farmers of Belmont are unusually
we'll up with their work. The country
embraced in the fork of the Guadalupe,
and San Marcos rivers possesses fertile
valleys and fine water powers.
The tombstone grass statesman
would no doubt be glad to furnish the
city horses Of the fire department with
free grass If the city council would only
vote the price up about ten times higher
than present prices and run. all the other
grass growers out of the market. The
senator from Beanvllle is being done
great Injustice in not being elected 'city
grass furnisher"-vide city printer.
"A brewery will give away a car
load of beer free, If the city council will
just vote said brewery the exclusive
privilege of selling the whole town at
its own price afterwards. But wouldn't
Ii raise howl among the solid voters?