San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-29
State News Condensed.

reSlueuCes SoIuS uE.
A turpentine bug is playing havoc
with the trees in South Georgia.
The safety of DR.. Peters is tele-
graphed to Berlin by Major Wissman.
The facilities of traffic at Laredo
are not equal to the demand.
The Illinois press ASSOCIATION will
visit Ell Paso next month.
A car and 80 bales cotton are to-
tally destroyed by fire in Houston.
Rain is badly needed at Gold
thwaite tor small grain.
The census of Goldthwaite shows
200 population.
Insurance people are adjusting
claims by the late fire at Texarkana.
Work on $685. high school at
Fort Worth will commence at once.
The colored teachers of Montgomery
county meet at Willis.
Austin will spread herself in hospi-
tality to the Horticultural society.
Work on the new courthouse, at Co.
lumbus, progresses favorably.
Arabic lands are in fine state of
cultivation at Edna.
lst, at Tyler, aggregate 50, 80.
A branch national bank has been
esta blished at Monterey.
The construction of the bridge at
Pleasan.On is begun.
The TeXarkana and Fort Smith
railroad is authorized to issue bonds
to the extent of $4,000,000.
The man who wandered from the
geological camp at FL Paso, has never
been found and it is feared he per-
ished.
If Mr.. w. s. Pendleton, will con-
sent to run for mayor of Fort Worth,
he is almost certain to be elected.
A good class of immigrants are ar
irving daily, purchasing land and,
erecting houses at Hondo City.
The Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio railway does a fine bust
ness at Hondo.
A petition will he put to Dallas
city council to make s hours the
working day.
Construction begins this week OF
the iron bridge over the bayou at JEFF
ferson.
Officials of the T. p. R'wy have Sc
lected the site for the freight depot at
Sherman.
John Reeves, a switchman at Corsi-
cana, got his foot caught in frog, and
t will have to be amputated.
This months imports and exports
through Laredo exceed last months
which was the highest on record.
The Rio Grande National bank is
building brick vault in the Ham,
ilton hotel, Laredo.
AID attorney of Las Vegas, n. NJ, is
arrested at Ell PasO, on a warrant
from Preside county, charged with
forgery.
Constable Ben Chapiler, while max
ing an attempt to arrest bad negro,
at Queen City, was badly cut by same
negro.
A serious freight wreck occurred on
the Il. P, near BraZos, by the train
running over mule. Fireman scald-
ed and brakeman's leg crushed.
The stone taken from quarries OH
the Nolan river, near Bolton and used
tor curbing at Waco has been con-
demned.
Geo. Newberry, living two miles
from Strawn, laid down on the track
of the T. P. and was run over and cut
to pieces.
+. T. Plank, president of the Inter-
national Typographical Union was
given lunch by the printers and
pressmen of Galveston.
Great is the rejoicing at Fort Worth
over the $4,000 subscribed for the
Spring Palace, and great was the pub
lie spirit which gave it.
Captain r. H. Phelps, of LAGRANGE,
loses, by fire, his crib. stable, buggy
house and contents, carriage and har-
ness.
The Cleburne Lighting Company,
the Fort Worth Candy and Cracker
Company and the Queen City Iron,
Mining and Smelling Company file
charter.
Richard Nelson, (colored), editor
and proprietor of the Freeman's Jour
nal of Galveston, is an applicant for
chief supervisor of census for the sew
entil congressional district.
A little daughter of Mr.. Eubank
of Mexia was riding on plow which
her father was working on the
ground, when she fell and her leg
was severed from her body.
The railroad office at Sweetwater
was entered by would-be burglars
who covered the operator with pis-
tOl. They did not secure much how
ever, and were tracked and Jailed