San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-08

Raplu Track Laying ne DlSlTiCt
Court Docket--Only Those who
Speak English to Hold Office.
LAREDO, July I, 1889.
Daily LIGHT:
Leonard Haynes of Zapata county,
spent the 4th in Laredo.
The report of Consul Various shows
that the imports from Mexico through
the port of Laredo for the month of
June amount iu round numbers to
$2S2, Ill.
Considerable trouble is being eXpe
rienced with the new foot bridge
across the Rio Grande. Another of
the piers has sunk several inches. 1t
seems that solid foundation was not
found when they were placed in posi-
ton.
District court opens tomorrow and
will continue about six weeks. There
are a. large number of criminal and
civil cases on the docket.
Deputy Sheriff Jack Thacher, of
Zapata county, arrived in the city yes
terday bringing quite a number of
prisoners for trial in Webb county.
This change of venue is from the fact
that no English speaking jurors are to
be had in the first named county.
The city council refused to grant
the application of the Improvement
company to purchase the ten blocks
in the Eastern Division which they
have set apart as donation to any
party or parties who will establish a
foundry.
The Laredo improvement company
have moved into their new Quarte
in the Foster house on Jarvis plaza.
The Abstract company also occupy
the same offices.
1t now seems to be a settled fact,
after considerable talk, that the street
railway is not to be railway on pa
per, Track laying commenced on
mile was laid in two days. 1t is to be
hoped that the improvement COM
pany will push track laying to COM
pletion at an early date. The officers
of this company inform us that cleo
tricIty is to be the motive power.
The total length of the road in Laredo,
Texas, will be about three miles, and
it connects with the Laredo, Mexico,
line of two miles, which has been
leased, and the entire five miles will
be operated under the immediate man.
agement of the Improvement COM
pany.
The new barrel house furnished it's
share for the Jail yesterday, no less
than eight beidg run in by We artists
of the club.
Your correspondent was shown a
letter from one J. B. Morgan, who
some time since killed r. G. McKin-
ney while taking bullion train from
the FronteriZa mine to Barrataron,
along the line of the Mexican Inter
national r. r., in which he states that
there had been some words between
them several days before the shoot
ing, and that he supposed the mat
ter had all passed off and had been
dropped. 1t seems that Mckinney
bore the grudge against him and
when he had the chance showed him
plainly that it was fight, and Morgan
claims that the killing was entirely
in self defense and that if he had not
defended himself he would have lost
his own life. He will soon be trans
tered to the Jail in Monclova, and
there await his trial. 1t will be re-
membered that at one time Morgan
was quite a noted character in La
redo.
J. F. Mullalley, president of the
Abstract company, is reported as be-
ing quite i'll with dengue fever at the
hospital in San Antonio. Mr.. Null
lalley has been in bad health for
some time, but his many friends in
Laredo hope for his speedy recovery
and raturn tO Our mi1s ST
Some of our Mexican city and coun-
ty officials are on the anxious seat in
regard to the late decision of Judge
Russell of Starr county, which in
substance is that no person who can
not read, write or speak the English
language can hold any office in either
of these branches of our government.
Judge Russell suspended quite a
number of officials in Starr county,
and appointed others to fill the va
cancy for the unexpired term.
RaCordar'S Court.