San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-26
State News Condensed.

1t can he truly said that Jefferson is
on a boom.
A big camp meeting is in full swing
at Hearne.
Corn is assured and cotton is fine at
Woodville.
Wayne has had fine rain and crops
| are assured.
Pearsall has had a season of almost
unbearable heat.
The Bolton improvement society
holds weekly meetings.
The Fort w orth cracker factory is
to be reopened A ugust l.
A hook and ladder company is to
be organized at Eagle Pass.
Fort Davis Good Templars send
$3.50 for confederate home.
Treasurer Lubbock is paying school
warrants to include No. $40.
The Adventists have finished their
ten weeks meeting at Wylie.
Bolton is doing a good business. A
heavy cotton crop is insured.
Mrs. Busch charged with incendia-
rism at McGregor is vindicated fully.
A number of well-to-do Arkansas
farmers are going to settle in San An
gelo.
There are plenty of horses in the
Fort Worth market, but few sales are
made.
The attendance at the Shiloh camp
meeting, south of Crockett, is very
large.
Austin is rejoicing over it's first cot
ton boil, San Antonio over her first
cotton bale.
A ball is given in honor of the Hous-~
ton Light Guard at the Eagle Lake
celebration.
Galveston's first cotton bale comes
in from DIR. l.. B. Wright of San Diego,
Duval county.
Governor Ross offers 500 for the ar
rest of w. G. Parker, charged with
two murders in Houston in 1878.
Lightning struck the hosue of w. B.
Cunningham, Fort Worth, and in
stantly killed Mrs. Cunningham.
The Prairie Cattle Co., of Scotland,
and the Simmons Hardware Co., of
Missouri have filed charters in Aus
TIN.
The residence of Mr.. Paul Ga lila, at
Gainesville, was almost entire ly de-
stroyed by fire and the furniture badly
injured.
Republicans and democrats are alike
surprised that Bedford Mackey has
been removed from the consulate at
Paso del Norte.
The district alliance composing ten
adjoining counties will meet in Sui
phur Springs to talk about the cree
ton of bagging factory.
A negro uprising is feared in Cass
county over the threats of some ne
groes to mob several whites who hung
Geo. Lewis, the negro poisoner.
Mrs. Vaughn, whose husband is
employed at the Palo Duro ranch, at
tempted suicide by drinking bottle
of laudanum. DIR. Stocking by vigor-
GUS measures restored her.
Steve Belvin entered store at Cad
do, l. IT,, and without a word COM
menced firing on a clerk. He was ar
rested but made his escape from the
train going to Paris.
Joseph Withers, an ex-confederate
soldier and badly crippled, was taken
from MS Deu Dy a gang OF armed men
at Eastland, bound and terribly beat
en- with twisted ropes. His left arm
was wrenched out of joint.
The residence of Mrs. E. F. Briggs,
known as the Chautauqua house, at
San Marcos, is burnt to ashes. In adj
dition the lady lost an elegant ward
robe, silver plate and 5000 in money
which she had in the house.
Will Benson, of Denton, while lead
ing his horse to the barn after drive
was suddenly seized by the horse,
which crushed his arm and tossed
him about, he was rescued by the
family and is in very critical condi-
ton.
A colored woman walking trestle
at Waelder was caught by Southern
Pacific train and though warned by
the whistle was too frightened to Jump
off, and was knocked down by the
pilot and had both legs cut off. She
lived only short time.
Sold With the Horses.