San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-04
STATE NEWS.

last Thursday.
Camp meetings are being held
around Eastland.
A Sl50,0OO federal building is to be
erected in FL Paso at once.
Several horses have died at Terrell
of some unknown disease.
The recently organized county of
Carson gives Texas l9l organized
counties.
The office of commercial agent at
Galveston of the 1. & G. n. road has
been abolished.
J. p. Robinson, of Alvord, is fined
in all $3.50 for violating the local OPP
ton in four cases.
The Smith County Democratic con-
vention has been in a deadlock on the
county judgeship.
A variety of corn known as Next
can corn, grown near Haskell,
measures II feet in height.
The Cumberland Presbyterian
church at Dallas has been robbed of
its clock and silver service.
Lee Allen convict, for horse steal
ing, dies of sunstrOke at Sheldon,
about II miles from Houston.
Fhe four tax counties which have
sent in their tax rolls show an aggre-
gate increase in value of $500, 900.
The first bale of cotton raised in
Guadalupe county was brought into
Marion yesterday by E. F. Lewis.
J. f. Ellis, the founder of the Paris
Daily News, and Texas Tribune, will
in few weeks start another newspa-
per in Paris.
The first bale of cotton marketed in
Brennan this season was raised by
cOlOred farmer named Randall, in the
suburbs.
Nearly 10000 persons were in at
tendance at the barbecue given by
the Cleveland and Thurman club at
Atlanta.
The palace stock car is a familiar
sight on the side tracks in Fort Worth
now. They are being sent in all di
rectiOns.
An east bound passenger is wrecked
two miles east of Athens by steer
getting on the track. The engineer
was injured.
A. Phillips, state age mt for a sewing
machine company, became suddenly
demented last week, while OH a bust
ness trip TO Sherman.
The talk of the day at Terrell has
been the announcement that Hon.
Henry NJ. Furman has withdrawn
from the race for congress.
The citizens of Rusk are to have a
grand barbecue on the 24th of August,
which will be known as the Cherokee
Il Z. no
Laredo selects 80 acres of city prop
erty TO be set aside for public ceme-
terry, and 10 blocks of the same for the
iron foundry of Geo. Daily & Son.
The Paris, Marshall and Sabine
Railroad company have filed mort-
gage in the county court for 5000, 900,
to secure money tor pushing the work.
The business of the Texas Pacific
station at Abilene for July. 1888
amounted to $4,000, nearly double
what it was for the same month last
year.
Messrs. Pratt Bros, of Abilene have
| shipped two carloads of wool to PhiIa-
delphia to be sold there. This leaves
very little wool of the spring clip on
| hand.
A commission man at Fort Worth
says, cowmen who have sold their
beeves at home this year have made
more money than those who shipped
to market.
The picnic at Hutchins, August /,
was great day in its history. Fully
5000 people came from all parts of
Dallas county.
| The city council has made con-
tract with the Waco water company
for a supply against fires for II months,
taking III hydrants, at $75 per annum
per hydrant.
Geo. Wers bacher, an old citizen of
Marshall, while passing by his barn
was struck by heavy ladder which
was leaning against it, falling on him.
He is seriously hurt.
Mr.. Creed Halls residence, three
miles east of Greenville, is entirely
consumed by fire. The family es-
capped from the building in their night
| clothes. No insurance.
Two men named Lemons and En-
mons were killed on Thursday by j.
NJ. Crow, at Rogers. The trouble was
about woman. Crow has gone to Bel
ton to give himself up.
The artesian city well, No. l at Gal
weston is still flowing strongly,
capacity said to be 100000 gallons pei
| day. This is not up to the eXpecta-