San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-18
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report on the fertilization bill.
Consular appropriation bill passed
senate.
Goliad reports cotton crop of this
sea son at 10000 bales,
Helena, Ark, is in trouble with
high water.
Mexico deposits the money to meet
her April interest on foreign loans.
Freeport, Penn. is flooded, three
inches of raining falling in one day.
The Susquehanna river is rising a
foot an hour.
Gibson is indicted and held in $685.
600 bonds as dynamiter.
Senate considers and amends sec
tons of the copyright bill but does not
finish 1t.
Printers on Chattanooga Item strike
because rat printer is employed in
job department.
Rochester Pa. is threatened with
overflow from the Beaver river which
is flooded with Ohio river backwater.
Mississippi river at Memphis is only
two feet below danger line and rising
with all the upper rivers flooded.
Fort Worth police pour whisky on
drunken mems clothes aud then fire
them to wake them out of stupor.
Trains are abandoned at Wheeling
Va. on account of the floods, and wild
excitement prevails.
The Mohawk river, N. Y, is out Of
banks and trees alone indicate where
the islands are.
Nat @. Henderson buys out the
Georgetown Gazette and will issue in
its stead the Republican.
General deficiency bill is before the
house, 1t appropriates $36,5l4, 30S, of
which SOS, 67S, 1882 is for pensions.
Motion to lay the Hawaiian cable
appropriation on the table failed in
senate.
The regular army burial service will
be used at Sherman's funeral and no
religious ceremony.
Naval regulations were strictly OBJ
served in Admiral Porter's funeral
arrangements and obsequies.
Effort failed in senate to raise salary
of minister to Portugal from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Republicans will look out for the
shipping bill and pass it if it is pos.
sible.
David Porter's funeral was the most
imposing that Washington has seen
since Sheridan's.
Copyright, pure food and bankrupt
cy bills will probably 60 into the soup
Cor lo Of
Is That Astor and Willing wedding
came off on time. He was willing
and she was Willing.
Atwood, Violet & Co.'S cotton pre-
dictions as to low prices are coming
true. A
The New York Loan and Trust
company are holding out against the
run.
The Pennsylvania rivers in the
southern part of the state are all out
of banks and great damage is done.
An insane man shoots and kills the
conductor and passenger on Pull
man car at Bald Knob, Arkansas.
Ransom Post G.. A. r. will meet
Sherman's body at Indianapolis and
escort it to st. Louis.
Missouri house of representatives
will attend Sherman's funeral in a
body.
Secretary Noble will attend the
Sherman funeral in st. Louis but the
president cannot.
Sherman's old comrades are admit
ted to view his body, though at first
excluded.
John d. Carlisle is arrested at Hot
Springs for murder committed elev-
en- years ago.
House in committee of whole Oh
Indian appropriation bill appropriates
100000 for crow contract and authori-
yes Cherokees to sell strip to the
United States.
Porter was buried with G. A. r.
badge on his breast and his decora-
ton of the Sons of the American Rev.
olution.
The silver bill, despite all prognos-
tications, will 90 over to next session
and be the bone of contention in next
campaign.
Kyle, Congregational minister, is
elected U. 5. senator for South
Dakota. He was formerly republi-
can, now an independent and prohi.
bitionist.
Col. E. H. Ropes was met bya COM
mittee 80 miles out on his return to
Corpus Christi Monday night and
rendered an ovation.
Steamer Sherlock goes to pieces in
collision with pier at Cincinnati. 1t
is known that three persons were
drowned.
Spain cannot grant Cuba permits
sion to admit American products free,
without antagonizing Spanish in