San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-13
State News Condensed.

1t has rained again very hard at
Sherman.
Denton has had near approach to-
feod.
Berclair is projected new town on
the railroad II miles from Beeville.
Taylor census just closed gives pop,
ulation of 81 500.
Crops in Fannin county are dam
aged by rain.
Carson county farmers are sta cking
their corn for winter cattle feed.
ton at Marble Falls.
Cotton is now on the Texarkana
streets in quantities.
Huntsville is on building boom at
present.
Marble Falls granite quarries are
being worked.
DIR. Will Perkins commits suicide
by morphine at Fort Worth.
Altesian we'll will be cOmmenc ed
at once at Taylor.
The corner stone of the courthouse
in Rockport is laid.
The high school of Rockport has
opened with 1877 pupils.
The country around Black Jack is
being flooded with rain.
Plans are being prepared for two,
free school buildings at Laredo.
Heavy rains have delayed track lay.
ing on the Fort Worth & Rio Grande.
Victoria is to have electric light
power.
Business with the railroads is very
heavy at Victoria.
The Victoria street car line is pay
ing we'll.
The water in the Clear Fork at
Weatherford rose ii feet and damaged
the mill.
Mr.. Huddle, the Austin artist, is,
about beginning a large historical
painting.
Mr.. Charles Herman, prominent
young farmer of Seguin, suicides by
shooting himself.
The Oriental Hotel company have
taken out permit to build a $500, 900
hotel at Dallas.
There will be DO free school at
Honey Grove until September of next
year.
The board of directors of the H. &
Il. G. railroad meet and organize by
election of officers.
Mrs. Virginia Morris, sister of Tom,
Ochiltree is an applicant for the CAL
weston pOstoffice.
The Lasky bakery and grocery
store are damaged by fire at Colorado,
to the amount of $3.50.
IL 4
known as the Kossuth house during
the war, has been torn down.
Preparations are being made for a
grand time at Huntsville on the 23rd,.
the occasion of laying the corner
stone of the normal school.
The railroad surveyors are survey
ing the road from Thurber which
will connect the coal fields of Erath
county with the iron ore of Llano,
county.
H. Boyd and Jordan ChiIds, broth
ers-in-law quarreled over trivial
matter at Marshall, Boyd struck
Childs with club and the funeral
occurred next day.
+. P. Withers who married Miss
Harper, the daughter of an aged
Mexican war hero, is arrested at La
redo on complaint of Mrs. Withers of
Lou isiana, who claims to be his law
full wife.
The Westinghouse Air Brake COM
pany have sent an instruction car to.
Galveston in charge of competent
who through the medium
of lectures and practical demonstra-
ton will give the railroad men q
thorough knowledge of the brake.
The discharge of Mr.. Harris gun
while he was hunting IL miles from
Waco, tore away the flesh from the
region of his heart and terribly
scorched him.
An Oarsman's Fight With a Crane.
Press.
A desperate fight took place on the
Schuylkill river near the Girard ave-
nue bridge yesterday afternoon be-
tween a member of the Iona Boat
club, who was out for an evening pull.
and a crane. About o'clock when
the members OF the different clubs be-
gan to go out on the river, a large bird
was seen to drop into the water near
the Girard avenue bridge. One of
the members of the Iona Boat club
started to capture the bird, but when
within boats length the crane
showed fight. When near enough
the Oarsman reached for the bird, but
it made an attack with its wings and
bill, clipping the flesh from the young
man s hands and beating him about
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