San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-29
State News Condensed.

Fort worth is very dull.
The halfmillion dollar hotel project
at Dallas is progressing.
There are fully 500 delegates at the
teachers convention at Galveston.
Rockport boat race announced for
July 4th, is postponed until July 10th,
G. +. Ladd, of the state geological
survey, reports good progress.
HIllsboro people are massmeeting
in the interests of a new court house.
Waco city advertises bids for street
paving.
Sherman adds the incandescent to
the arc light system ON July LIST.
The annual convention of the Mu-
sic Teachers of Texas met in Calves
ton June p.
A heavy rain fell at Lampasas and
washed away some street railway
track.
G.. NJ. Morris, a member of the
Houston Light Guards, recently lost
his company medal, handsome gold
badge.
Quantities of water cover the west
ern part of Houston and the drains
have overlooked.
Runnels Williams, one of the CHIEF
negroes in the Cedar creek riot Aaz@
been arrested near Luling.
Alvarado Masons have public in
stallation of officers and Masonic
supper.
A fruit peddler fell under the
wheels of an NJ. X. & II. train at Dal-
las and had his left arm cut ofy..
Four car loads of beeves and sfgo Of
muttons shipped from Uvalde witftA
a week.
Young Joe sayers, son of Congress
man Sayers of this district, takes
gold scholarship medal at Emerson
institute.
The Masonic cemetery association
of Gonzales Melted $3.50 in recent
drill entertainment.
Galveston complains of shots in the
centre of the city that require the
notice ofthe smelling committee."
Weatherford makes total show
ing of $292, 975 as her improvements
for the year just closing.
Harris county commissioners are
grinding away at the assessment
rolls.
A prominent New Orleans pottery
man is visiting Houston with view
to large pottery there.
The two colored conventions at
Houston this week have been gener-
ously cared for by the Bayou city.
Watermelon tows are as plenty at
Houston as bears in q black berry
patch.
The railroad bridge between Temple
and Holland, crossing Little River is
washed away.
Grapevine is filled with railroad
men who are working on the Dallas,
Pacific and Southeastern.
Austin is talking up big race
between the Dallas and San
fairs this fall.
Things are still quiet at Wharton.
The Victoria Rifles are kept there.
of Kyle Terry for assas-.
of Gibbon continues.
Greenville figures a clean $4,000
saving in insurance rates every year
as the resblt of her waterworksy
just completed.
Crop reports from Wood county are
excellent. The Alba coal company
will soon commence mining. They
have a thirteen-foot vein in sight.
The NJ. X. & T. gave Waco an ex-
cursion rate to the Spring Palace of
$500 round trip, tickets good for two
days.
Two little girls are seen at Keller
walking on the railroad track in the
rain, bare footed and scantily clad.
They looked like runaways.
That June fish, caught at Rockport
wharf, which was sent to the Spring
Palace, was feet 10 inches long and
weighed 37S pounds.
The interest in the state music
teachers association at,Galveston has
been we'll Maintained. There are
about sixty present.
Hearne is arranging for the biggest
camp-meeting layout ever seen in
Texas. All denominations will be,
invited to take hand in it.
The live stock shippers have al
ready got the best of the fight with
the railroads that have been trying to,
abolish the use of private stock cars
for east bound shipments.
The experts inspecting the cattle
seized by the Mexican custom house
at Piedras Negras; and claimed by
Texas stockmen, have finished their
report, which states the ownership of
all the animals.
The teachers convention in Gal
weston closed June 18th. Galveston