San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-03
State News Condensed.

March went out like a lion at
Cuero.
Business is beginning to revive at
Cuero.
There is talk of crematory, for
Houston.
There is is be new road from
Houston to Velasco.
The race tor mayor at Dallas has
been extremely hot.
The Sherman election passed off
quietly. Porter was elected for mayor.
The charter of the Brazos & North
ern Railroad company is filed. Capt.
tai, 81 ,200,0
Capt. w. H. kirkpatrick, independ-
ent, is elected mayor of Gainesville by
majority of 100.
Corsicana crop prospects were never
better or further advanced at this sea-
son of the year.
VIC. Harrison is reelected mayor of
Tyler against Jno. NJ. Logan, by
vote of 697 to 116.
John Brookshire has made his es-
cape from Hampstead Jail for the Sec
ond time, within ten days.
The annexation of East Dallas to
Dallas will increase the assessment
of Dallas to about S2l ,000, 900.
The Tisdale Horse stock show at
Georgetown brought out magnifi-
cent display of fine horses and colts.
A mill was blown up one mile from
Conroes. Seven men were under the
| shed, but none were seriously hurt.
The new county of Irion, with Sher-
wood as county seat, will hold an
election of officers on the 10th instant.
San Diego has become q great resort
for parties afflicted with asthma, as.
several cases have been cured by
going there.
Miss Eta Casper Of Mangum, Green
county, was bitten by pole cat. A
maidstone was applied and stuck
about IL hours.
A negro woman, aged "a years is
burned to death at Porter Springs, by
her clothes catching fire from the
pipe she was smoking.
A game of base ball was played in
Austin between the Austin league
and the University picked nine. The
University got badly left.
The election of city officers at Uvalde
created considerable interest, though
very light vote was polled. The
warmest contest was for city marshal.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders and board of directors of the
Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Rail-
road company was held in Cuero on
Monday.
Hon. w. G.. Connor is elected mayor
of Dallas against Gen. w. S. Cabell.
There were cast 5000 votes, the
largest ever polled in municipal
election in Dallas.
Incendiary fire at Joshua destroys a
building occupied asa general store,
son County Record and carpenter
shop, and all their contents.
The telegraph business in Houston
of the Erie telegraph and telephone
company, which lines the Arkansas
Pass road, will be conducted by the
Houston, East and West Texas.
A man named Sutton was cut to
pieces by a man named Wilkerson
about s o'clock in the evening at Tex
arkana. Deceased was teamster from
Marshall, and had run away with
WilkersOn's wife.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders and directors of the Calves
ton, Houston and Henderson Railroad
company was held in Galveston yes
terday. None of the old board of di-
rectors are represented in the new
board, complete change in the COM
pany being made.
Stockholders of the Texas CONT
mental Meat Co., met in Houston to
discuss the re-opening and operating
the slaughter house there. A new
company was formed and an agree.
ment entered into to run the works in
connection with the Columbus house
to supply the English syndicate with
whom that company has ontract.