San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-28
Telegraphic Brevities.


troubles with Portugal.
Iowa fruit crop is reported killed by
the late cold weather.
Duke of Por tland's racing gains last
year were GA, 900.
General Lester b. Faulkner dies at
Canastriga, n. \.
Buffalo Bill is at Naples with his
wild west show.
An orphans home for colored child
rem is being built at Marshall.
Tammany contributes $500 to the
Grady monument fund.
Engineers will report favorably upon
the work in Vera Cruz harbor.
Farwell will not fight President
Harrison's Illinois appointments.
Talmage and his wife left Liver
pool on the A urania last Saturday.
Ice harvest has commenced in Iowa
and the yield is very clear, hard ice
twelve inches thick.
John B. LalIande, New Orleans cot
ton factor, fails for 1862, 200; assets
S544 600.
Salisbury issues whip to the con-
servatives to be IN parliament on Feb
ruary II, for important business.
George Rogers, Chicago stranger,
! is fatally stabbed, and Patrick Dunn
locked up on suspicion.
The worlds fair subcommittee are
busy trying to formulate bill, but it
| is slow work.
Trice, ex-cOlIectOr, who is reported
| ST. 900 short at st. joe, Mo-, denies
the shortage and will not settle.
Serpa Pinto has been sent by Port =
gal to western Africa to get him OaI
of the way of jingOism in Lisbon.
The report of the Parnell commits
| sioners has been presented to the
| speaker of the house of commons.
France will assert her fishery rights
| in Canadian waters and trouble is eX-
| pected.
| Reports continue to be received of
vessels ashore and disabled in Wes-
tern European waters.
Rumors of another Franco-G erman
war are revived. Gen. Brialmont
| SAYS it is inevitable.
Mexico makes a preconcerted move
ment against abolishing the free
| zone.
| Boiler house and futtOck mill at
| Portsmouth, \. H., navy yard burned.
Loss, 100000.
| Gen. Alger, commander-in-chi G.
| A. r reaches New Bedford, Mass,
making his grand rounds.
A body of religious fanatics who
drink human blood have been dis
covered near Kansas City.
The Stone Cutters Association of
North America is in secret session at
| st. Louis.
Senate considers the report of the
! Aberdeen. Miss, trouble but no con-
| clusiOn is reached.
| Congressman McCreary's resolution
congratulating Brazil was referred to
committee.
The Golf Fleming argument closes
| Vote not taken, but Fleming will be
seated.
Canadian lumbermen are stealing
millions of feet of lumber from 4 mer-
lean territory in the northwest.
FOrty-three conversions are reported
in the Chattanooga pehitentiary revi-
| val.
The state of Montana must build a
new penitentiary, so says the peniten-
tiary superintendent.
Iowa admirers of Thomas Paine will
celebrate his birthday at Fort Dodge,
January 20.
| Mrs. Cora s. Morris acquitted of
poisoning her husband at Danville.
Va. No proof of the charge what
ever.
Emperor William, of Germany, was
81 years old Monday. The day was
very quietly observed in Berlin; 1000
army Officers were received by the
emperor.
There is talk at Washington of quar-
antining the Mexican steer If the
quarantine is not raised from the
American hog.
The united NINE workers cOnven-
ton organizes fund from which all
striking miners will get $3.50 per
week.
The Iowa legislature organizes with
democrat as temporary chairman
The fight will open Oh permanent or
ganization.
Passenger train wrecked sixteen
miles from Indianapolis and the
wreck takes fire. Six dead and TWEEN
ty injured taken from the wreck.
The Philadelphia coroner investi.
gates the causes of Jos. G. Ditman's
death, whose body was found III the
river A SEQ 000 accident nOliOV and