San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-14
State News Condensed.

Denton is talking of electric lights.
Galveston q Houston will play a
series of games for 5000 side.
Louis Schmidt farmer suicides by
morphine in Houston.
Improvements are being made in
the CorOnal institute at San Marcos.
The farmers OF Milan county have
resolved against jute bagging and are
in favor of Hogg for governor.
The revenue balance in the Texas
state treasury is reduced to $3.50, 900,
about the lowest point since 1885.
Mr.. William Lennox, of Mcclellan,
dies a horrible death from hydro
phobia.
The Texas State Grange Patrons of
Husbandry, are meeting in 18TH an
nual session at McGregor.
Austin courthouse officials drew
$4,000 in the Louisiana lottery of Au-
gust 13.
A 15-year old boy at Montague,
while cleaning well, fell to the bot
tom of it and was killed.
The Robertson county normal in sti-
tute has opened at Franklin, with
many teachers in attendance.
Granger farmers are determined to
use cotton bagging for the coming
crop.
The Mexican National will lay q
third rail as far, as Monterey, immedi-
ately.
The Brown-Sequard elixir has been
tried on three patients in Corpus
Christi and one in Houston.
Mr.. II. P. Cravens, formerly con-
nected with the Waco Examiner, will
start a sunday paper in Houston.
J. NJ. Upshaw, who killed a Game
vile salOon-keeper is released on $4,000
bail
county snow increase of 1924 900 over
last year.
A reward OF 81 go has been offered
for the murderers of jeff Webb killed
near Alpine, July 2.
The boil worm Is damaging all the
Cass county cotton more than ever
known before.
The boil worm has struck the cot
ton in Red River county in all direc-
tions, scarcely field will escape.
Henry Lemons was shot in the
breast by T. G.. Babb, at Pecos City
and will probably die.
The comptroller has drawn a war
rant for $50, 600 for building the medi-
cal branch of the university at Gal
weston.
4 contest with 5-Ounce gloves is
arranged between Herman Berneau
of New York aud Mike Jordan, of Gal
weston, to take place Aug. 1S.
James Williams, white, standing on
the gallery of store at Trinity, was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
Jack Brown, an inoffensive negro,
of Mineola, employed at the sawmill,
was assassinated by an unknown par
ty as he sat at his window reading.
G. w. SchulZe, the King family
murderer, who escaped from Jail at
Sulphur Springs, has been recap
tured.
W.. A. Harris, late book-keeper and
cashier of the Dallas Real Estate &
BEilding Co., is charged with embez-
Element eff $50.
A street car was held up in East
Dallas few nights ago and the pas
sengers were robbed of S55.
Burglars entered the store of George
Kelly, at BassetC, small station on
the Cotton Belt and took off several
hundred dollars in cash and drafts.
David Gordon, a prominent colored
man, grand master OF the colored Ma
sonic order in New York, dies in Gal
weston.
A mob of 500 meu took the negro
rape fiend of Orange from Jail and
hanged him to tree which has
served for a similar deed twice be-
fore.
Agreement has been signed be-
tween the H. and II. G.. and the
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe rail-
road, and the Santa Fe will handle
all the business of these companies
between Houston and Galveston.
Nueva Laredo will formally pro-
test to the Mexican government
against the emptying of the sewer
pipe into the Rio Grande, at point
between the two LaredOs.
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