San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-21

STATE NEWS.

of a city.
There will be heavy shipments from
Colorado City shortly.
A knights of Pythias lodge is Or
ganized at Brentwood.
Fort Worth had 33 fires last season;
10 from unknown causes.
A leading stockman says there is
money in fat hogs just now.
Nacogdoches farmers are making
fine molasses from ribbon cane.
Three acres of land have been adj
ded to the cemetery at Lancaster.
Sidewalks are being put down at
the rate of 100 feet daily at Farmer
Vile.
An attempt was made unsuccessful
ly to burn the high school at Alva-
RADIO.
Arrangements are perfected at
Palestine for a large canning fac
tory.
The cattle market continues dull
but there are indications that it will
soon revive.
The body of William Davis, drown
ed in the North Bosque three weeks
ago, is found.
J. d. Browder, a merchant doing a
general business at Fort Worth, has
made assignment.
Cattle in Motley county are reported
to be in better condition than they
have been for years.
Dublin had her coolest wave of the
season on Monday. The thermometer
went down to 10 degrees.
John Bies, a German, in Jail at
Goldthwaite for bigamy, commits sui
eide by shooting himself.
The Texas Spring Palace Co., of
Fort Worth, met yesterday and
adopted plans for the palace.
The residence of Frank Williams,
train dispatcher of the Santa Fe at
Gainesville, is destroyed by fire.
The contract for the building of the
hotel Hamilton, at Laredo, is let to
Eistetter & Johnson, of that city.
A man named Polly Langley is
sentenced at Austin TO one years. i'm
prisonment for robbing mail carrier.
Geo. H. Bringhurst has died in
Houston. He was secretary of the
grand lodge of Masons in the state of
Texas.
Pelican Island, in Galveston bay, is
inspected by the state health officer,
and others as a probable quarantine
station.
An east bound accommodation train
on the Cotton Belt was wrecked just
before reaching the yards at White
wright Monday.
Mr.. Tatum, of the firm of Cameron &
Tatum, of Fort Worth, was killed at
their Touring mill by being caught in
a spiral elevator screw. =
Mr.. Alexander Vidaurri, wealthy
stockman living in Zapata coupty,S5
miles below Laredo was murdered in
his pasture by Mexican.
Some women played White Caps at
Terrell few nights ago and had grea t
fun. They scared a negro man and
sent him off on 2:40 run,
OF the 43, 200, 900 or more of cattle in
the United States, Texas is estimated
to have 4;725, O53, the value of which
reaches the sum of $3.50, 5lS,S60. ..
Mr.. w. J. Lowery, of Clabbertowl,
mourns the loss of his 16-year-old
daughter, who eloped few evenings
ago with r. F. Peyton, aged IS.
The company that will build the
street railway of Laredo has deter
mined to use electric motors on their
cars, which will be the first in use in
the state, unless some one town gets
in ahead of,them.
Al Ray and Lon Gilbert, brothers.
in-law and well to do farmers living
| south OF. Fort Worth have shooting
SCRAPS oyersthe separation of Gilbert
AND his Wife, Ray will die.
On Sunday evening the stables at
the SANITY Tomas coal mines, 26 miles
north of Laredo, were consumed by
| fire. Some of the mules were saved
tRs,feed and harness went up.
/. John. Harris, manager of the Seven
Rivers Cattle company, has fenced in
$1,000 acres of land on the river about
three miles north of Colorado City to
start q fine stock farm for the breed
ing of Hereford cattle.