San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-03-22
TEXAS STATE NEWS.
SELECTED FROM OUR EXCHANGES
AND STATE SPECIALS.

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Andrew Ison, for murder of Sheriff
May in GraysOn county, gets 40 years.
A wheelmen 5 club is talked of in
Houston.
The San Jacinto has been on big
rise.
Wilson county redeems $1,000 of
county bonds held by the school fund.
The residence of Mrs. Tinkum, of
TeXarkana is destroyed by fire.
Eagle Pass has had register of 80
to lO6 degrees in the shade.
The weather is warm and dry at
| Laredo. Stock is suffering for water.
Hubbard City Building and Loan
association files charter.
Cuero has tlattering outlook for
business and farming interests.
Trade with Mexico is increasing at
Eagle Pass.
A syndicate wan Is to buy one of
Austin's national banks.
The Waters-Pierce Oil Co. will
erect a ware house at Luling.
The Institutional bank is now ready
for business at Luling..
Worth Spring Palace has commenced.
The railroad to Seymour is secured,
contract signed and bond made.
Sherman, DenisOn and Dallas rail-
road files charter. 1t is to run from
DenisOn to Sherman, 50 miles.
The residence OF J. G. Mitchell near
Alvarado is burned with all its con-
tents.
Frank Sims, of Hopkins county,
accidentally shot himself, but not
fatally.
Thos. Boyett for the shooting of
Randall, Feb. !. 1889, Is acquitted at
Bryan.
Reuben Smith, colored, is run over
and killed by Cotton Belt train at
Tyler, while he was on the ties
asleep.
A Galveston lady slipped on ba-
mana peel thrown on the sidewalk,
and was badly hurt.
Henry Cain, "A lad Of l. years is
convicted Of forgery at Dallas and
| given two years and half.
The chimney Of the Galveston rope
, and twine factory will be $50 feet
high.
A thorough system of wa.erworks
will be completed i'll three months
in LulIng.
a crap shooting match betW cen
darkies at Buchanan developed in q
bloody pistol fight.
Gov. Ross wants Captain Balance
as Judge advocate for the military de-
partment retained.
1t is expected to have sixteen feet
OF water at The mouth of the Brazos
in June.
Another new Bean turns up at Bon
ham, claiming to Ue a brother of the
man who left that much claimed es-
tate.
y large prairie fire has been raging
in Taylor and Runncls counties.
Parties report twenty miles square
devastated.
The pretty IitrIe Town OF Alpine,
with 100 inhabitants has So, 600
court house and banking business
will soon be established.
Improvements at the mouth of the
Trinity have been going on tor some
time, but are HOW at a standstiII for
want OF more funds.
James Pistole, ali old man of So
years, is convicted of murder in the
second degree of his sons wife's
father, and is given seven years in
the pen at TeXarkana.
The Terrell asylum library has re-
celVed generOu sdOnatiOn of "a books,
- pictures, magazines, foot ball,
games, etc, fJOm Mr.. John 5. Pierson,
OF New York.
An epidemic like grippe has enec-
ted horses in Dallas and surrounding
counties and number have died
of it.
While Mr.. Van Lingukie, of Wei
mar was trying to unbreach a A
cartridge in a winchester, it exploded
the ball passing within half an inch
of Mr.. Fischl's body, and tearing a
big hole in the wall behind him.
SHOW THEIR LIBERALITY.
The popular home institution the
City Brewery, through its enterprise
Ing Manager Mr.. otto KOehler, today
su described $500 in aid of the fair.
The many others of our richer COrpo-
ra lions have been set by the City
Brew cry good example. and are m
VIted to come forward and show their
hand IN this great enterprise-THE
San Antonio F.,
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