San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-03-01
State News Condensed.

Tyler has had light snowfall.
Corpus Christi has had the coolest
wave of the season.
Lancaster people are taking great
interest in educational matters.
Good cattle shipments are being
made from Texas.
Work is commenced on the piers of
the iron bridge at Laredo.
A fine opera house is projected for
San Marcos.
The Cameron lumber mills are in
corporated.
A progressive committee is being
organized at Amarillo.
A Kentuckian wants to start
brickyard at Marble Falls.
A cotton gin will be erected at Aran-
sas City.
Mr.. Davis residence, at Bryan, is
destroyed by fire.
An opera house will be built at Bal
linger at once.
A three story Masonic Temple will
90 up at Vernon.
Two national banks are opening up
for business at Seymour.
An electric fire alarm is placed In
the city hail. Corsicana.
Local option prevails in Baylor
county by large majority.
The hog quarantine on the border is
raised.
A heavy acreage of cotton will be
put in at Utopia this year.
Ice has been plentiful at Flores
Vile.
California parties are negotiating
for 5000 acres near Beeville, for a d,
vineyard.
John Engle dies in a Dallas board -
ing house under suspicious ctreum--
stances.
Work on the rebuilding of the Cor
onal institute at San Marcos will be-
gin in few days.
In spite of buildings going up all
the time at Vernon there are not
enough to meet the wants.
Lumber shipments from Sabine
Pass to all points aggregate 500 cars q
month.
Fort Worth hotels will be short on
rooms for the cattlemen's conven-
ton.
The presence of two PinkertOn de-
tectives at Laredo causes much spec
ulat1on, as their mission is unknown.
The Tyler car mandatory have
orders for numbers of cars to be built
on the /. & q. n.
AtTyler there are Is brick business
houses and l75 residences under con-
structiOn.
The safe of the Galveston Coal COM
pany was blown open and robbed of
$50.
Mr.. Heber Stone and Mrs. A. NJ.
Gliding have opened a banking
house at Bonham.
Andy Gray, Houston pugilist at
tempts suicide. He was pumped
back to life and knocked out the doc
tors in one round.
The residence of A. B Durigan,
farmer, is burned down at Paige,
while the family were from home.
India Irrigation Co., of Reeves coun-
| ty, Johnson county Park and Fair
association and Henrietta board of
trade file charters.
| The artesian we'll on the capitol
grounds has reached good flow of
| water dG ltOU ISeI, dpOuV oOuO SalIohS
an hour.
The Gem City Cornet band, recent
! ly organized at San Marcos, will play
for the San Marcos Chautauqua next
summer.
There are two building and loan
associations at Eagle Lake. Meeting
will be held to decide whether bonds
are to be issued for school house.
Three men were buried in a newly
dug sewer ditch in Houston, by the
dirt cavIng in on them. One had
leg broken.
A dwelling was struck by lightning
at Ladonia and the occupants had q
narrow escape. One lady had her
| hair burned off her head.
1t is rumored that an English syn
dictate las bought half interest, or
secured an option on all the mill in
terests on the East Texas Railroad
and in Beaumont.
Five building and loan associations
organized at Tyler within 80 days
have an aggregate capital of $3.50, 900.
Seven miles of street railway are to
be built. Grounds are purchased for
fine park.
A heavy wind and rain storm
swept over Lufkin. Lightning struck
the cupola of the school house, tore
it to pieces and was communicated
to the class rooms where several
| puDils were Severely shocked and