San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-14
State News Condensed

A gale has ragged at San Angelo.
Rev. Frank Page is the new rector
of the Episcopal church at Waco.
A tenant house at Eagle Lake is
destroyed by fire.
Prof. Jacob Ennis, dies in Houston
aged 81 years.
The cyclone did great deal of
rough work at Howe.
A new singing society is to be or
ganized IN Galveston.
An electric light and ice company
has just been organized at orange.
The dead body OF an unknown white
man is found two miles from Midland.
The artesian we'll Oh the Laredo.
Heights is now down 52j feet.
Mr.. Dilley is appointed postmaster
at Palestine.
Cleburne has been struck with Il
blue norther.
The first gaming license under the
new ordinance at Ell Paso is issued.
There are a number of strangers at
.Rockdale.
A norther has been careering round
Bracket.
Residents of Armstrong county are
trying to organize the county.
Sabine and Northwestern r. X.
Co. officers are elected at Orange.
Work will begin at once.
The Fort Worth and Denver begins
work on the grade of the extension
this week.
A chartered company is organized
to manufacture the Mayo hay press at
Dallas.
Real estate ales of the present
month at Laredo have been very
heavy.
Colored citizens OF Galveston will
elect delegates to the state convention
at Austin.
Max Branauer, an Austin architect,
is found dead in his room. 1t il
thought he suicided.
The Wells-Fargo express company
has been robbed of over ST. 900 in
Dallas.
The robbing of the mail at Brack-
EFT is charged upon Postmaster Gill
dea and mail carrier Hunt.
Ex-Governor r. b. Hubbard has
formally opened the public schools of
Hubbard City.
The deep water bill of Congressman
Stewart is heartily endorsed at Rock
port.
A freight conductor on the Mexican
National is killed at Las Medanos,
while coupling cars.
Memorial services were held at
Goliad Episcopal church for the late
Gen. J. b. Robertson who died in
Waco.
Some of the Laredo saloons are rum
ming again as usual. 1t is not known
whether the city fathers will tackle
them or not.
George FAINT, the son Of ID. r. FAINT,
of GOlIad, dies in Nashville, Tenn,
while on holiday visit there. His
remains were brought back.
The widow of w. p. Forston who
from the Knights of Honor lodge, of
which her husband was member.
During a heavy storm at Texar-
kama, some boys crept under an old
gin house and when it was crushed
by the wind, one of them was killed.
A cyclone struck Lewisville January
18th, knocking down the Methodist
church and several residences. Sew
eral persons were injured.
A heavy squall overlook a party Of
hunters in Galveston waters. They
were rescued in drenched condition
by yawl from the pilot boat mamie,
Higgins"
The Volksfest directory of Houston,
have sent out circular letter stating
the purpose and spirit of the organ
ization is purely for the people an d
the promotion of sociabiIity an d
happiness.
Constable Gambell, of Rockdale
attempted to arrest Fisher, very
bad negro, for beating his wife, when
the latter took the defensive with
big club. A shot from the 45-calibre
revolver of the constable brought him
down and he will die of the wound.
Burglars in Houston got 81 800 from
gambling house. At the same place
two men knocked down J. NJ. White,
an old man, and stole his purse con-
tanning $l3. A crowd caught the
offenders and gave one of them good
mauling. Both were lodged in jail.
Sunset Notes.
The annual Raymond Whitcomb
excursion, composed of wealthy pee,
pie who are doing the country for
pleasure, will arrive here on Thurs