San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-31
AUSTIN LETTER.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 30 1892

AUSTIN, Texas, March 30 1892.
Senate met today pursuant to adjourn
nent.
The question of reconSiderng the dis
charge of 5 of the committee clerks on
last Saturday. came up and was lost by a
vote of % and 6.
The Australian Ballot Bill then came
up after much discussion and many
amendments was engrOSSed.
The Senate then adjourned to $50 to-
morrow morning.
The House met atsthe usual hour, 9
o'clock. After prayer by the Chaplain
and the usual preliminarieS the house
took up the discussion of Browns rail-
road bill and spent the whole morning in
its discussion and many speeches were
made, but no conclusion come to.
There will be another excursion to San
Marcos next Sunday for the benefit of the
legislators, and some of them will take
advantage of it,. San Marcos seems
very attractive place, Judging from the
way the legislators like it, for this is their
second Sunday excursion there.
There was general row at the county
Jail yesterday and much blOodshed. Five
men were severely wounded. One man
was cut in the stomach and may not live,
another was cut badly in the back and
arm, another: had his head cut open in
two places and two others were cut and
slashed in a fearful manner. The iail
floor was covered with blood and present.
ed most Sickenng sight. Some six doc
tors were in attendance upon the sufferers
at one time.
All this havoc, or most of IL, was said
TO have been wrought by one man with a
small pewter handled knife not two
inches long, but buckets and bottles
filed the air in thick profuSion and many
wounds were inflicted by them. The man
who manipulated the knife had an arm
broken, but did not seem to mind it,
The least cause of the trouble is not
known, but it is said to have arisen from
o a disagreement over a game of cards or
last Sunday, which had not been settled
amicably DOR at all.
Ex-Governor o. NJ. Roberts comes ou
in the Statesman this morning telling
why he accepted the position of law pro
lessor in the state university, and answer
Ing some questions that have lately beef
going the rounds of the press, suggested
by Judge Terrells speech at Georgetown
IL Is IN his usual telling style and he say
wnat ne wants, II not in few, at least tell
ing words.
The Fort Worth Gazette has an artist
Mr.. Peace, here during the meeting o
the legislature, who sketches the differen
state officials and Legislators from life
EVERY issue OF the Gazette has 2 or 3 o
his pictures. He is not a bad artist. an,
some OF his efforts are good, though it /
well he makes a rule of labelling all @
them.
Several of the legislators went out to tn
Blind institute last night to an entertain
ment given for their benefit.
DR.. Bragg, one of Austin'S leadini
homeopathic physicians, has 'establishe
here bi-chloride of gold institute. an
proposes to cure the whisky, opium, an
tobacco habits at any stage of develop
ment. He has fitted up neat apartment
adjoining his office, furnished in a com
Portable style, with reading desks, book!
etc, and here may these old fellows VIII
resort to him amuse themselves. Som
old topers of long standing are undo
treatment and they are not ashamed
it, T. J.