San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-18
State News Condensed.

The body of murdered child is
found in tank at Terrell.
Luling is continually receiving adj
ditions TO its population.
A canning factory will probably be
put up at San Angelo.
East Texas farmers are prospecting
at Beevllle.
The railroad into RockpOrt does
good business.
A state arbOr day organization is
effected.
John F. White, Fort Worth baker,
Is shot by shrubbery man.
Local option election will be held at
Meridian, March 18th.
Work begins this week on the arte-
sian well at Cleburne.
Sweetwater will have a spring
building boom.
A sneak thief took s25 from M. l..
Webster's store at Whitesboro.
Warm weather has succeeded the
snowy norther in Northwest Texas.
A permanent military post will be
established at Eagle Pass.
Residence of Mr. Hodges at San Au-
gelo is completely destroyed by fire.
No insurance.
The mayor of Hampstead is organ
izing lodge of knights al d Ladies
of Honor at Eagle Pass.
New Birmingham will meet Pales-
tine half way on the'Sabine u East
Texas road to the former place
The people of the Rio Grande are re-
joiced over the capture of Guadalupe
Delcon, leader of a bandit gang.
A safe in grocery store at Green
vile was blown open and $3.50 in
money taken.
Charles Elton of Belmonte was &C
cidentally shot and killed by the dis
charge of pistol.
Railroad and travelling mems asso-
citation forward so to the Confederate
home.
Two yardmen got into row at
Paris and one was badly cut in the,
arm.
Hunt county has 100 school COM
munities, which control their own
schools.
Troupe has a new opera house,
which has been built through the eX-
ertiOns of the Knights of Pythias.
The 9th regular session of the Amer
lean Horticultural association open ed
yesterday in Austin.
First National bank of Beeville will
open for business about the first of
March.
House bill for the sale of Fort Bliss,
Tex, and appropriation of $3.50, 900 for
new fort, passes.
Supper and ball given by the ladies
of GrovetOn for the benefit of the Ma
sonic temple Melted $3.50.
Open accounts and bills receivable
of the Houston Lumber Co will be
sold to the highest bidder.
Jake Evans of Marshall is paral-
yzed by taking hold of an electric
wire, while working on the pole.
by VIM. Dansby at Ryan, has died
of his injuries.
Hon. o. II. Cooper will be a candi-
date for denomination as state super
indendent of education.
Commissioners Fosters report in
religious statistics is in. Catholic
church leads with 1856, 900 total men,
bership; Baptist, total membership
1896.
Steve Pryor is arrested in Houston,
as one one of the murderers of G. w.
HOdson who was killed last July and
burned ia his own store.
Commissioners court of Bee county
has let contract for four iron bridges
to be completed by August lst. The
county has been divided into 10 road
precincts.
The Coronal institute, at San Mar
cos is entirely destroyed by fire. 1t
will be rebuilt. Loss is $4,000, COW
cred by $4,000.
National commercial college, of
Denison, Gainesville Cooperative AL
lance, Saltillo Electric Light compa-
ny of San Marcos, and Fort Worth
real estate company file charters.
Titus 4 Co., with their new cleo
trical indicator have located immense
veins of coal, gas and salt near San
Angelo and large stream of under
ground water.
The first regular mail car ever run
on any route in Texas, left Fort
Worth yesterday. 1t was built ex-
| clusively for the postal service.
Railroad to Pleasanton.
Editor Geo. Martin, of the Pleasan-
-, Ia IL