San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-12
STATE NEWS.

Rev. Joe Jones, better brother OF
good work al Eagle Pass.
Sheriff Bayne, of Crockett, arrests a
negro in Louisiana for q murder com.
mitted in Crockett some years ago.
Sherman swears in her new city Of
ficials.
Rockport and Harbor Island rail-
road, length 20 miles, Is incorpo-
rated. Capital 500, 900.
DR.. Lennon, wanted in Bell county,
and also by U. s. authorities in ARK,
captured in San Saba.
Rogers, imbecile, rapist. sentenced
to hang at Dallas, has sentence COM
muted to lite imprisonment.
John Earl wanted at Austin for
rape, is located in Jail over the Ar
kansas border.
Democratic mass meeting at Slower,
Parker county, pronounces against
Hogg.
Galveston closes contract for Sl75, :
600 bridge to the mainland. Work
awarded to the st. Louis Bridge Co.
Judges in the Nelson-Jackson race
at Kerrville, one week ago, have not
decided the race yet.
Two Galveston policemen laid up
by accidents; one shot with pistol
in the leg, the other has his leg torn
in barbed wire fence by his horse
running away.
Preacher Harris, Montgomery sta bs
Dan Nowlen, one of quartet who
had called on him for a retraction.
A. jackson, piano tuner, thrashed
at Gonzales for slanderous statements
about ladies.
LEGISLATIVE AND CAPITAL NOTES.
The joint committee on location of
the third civil court will report in
favor of Austin. A minority report
will be presented in favor of San An
tonic. The matter comes up this
morning and will be fought TO finish
at once.
Senate expresses its sympathy with
Senator Stevens, of Willbarger, on the
death of his child.
House bill is putting In force the
local option bill came up in the senate
and senate bill on same subject was
su Instituted, but senate refused to
suspend the rules for Its passage.
House bill exten ding time of hold
ing court in Caldwell county passes
senate.
The Jester school bill transferring
certain proportion of permanent
school fund Annually. to available
school fund, passes senate 10 to 8.
Senate passes the alien land law
and agrees to adjourn Tuesday at 6
p. m.
Concurrent resolution passes senate
appropriating $500 for additional cler-
ical labor on copying the laws of the
extra session.
Senate showed q disposition to kill
all legislation and after several IN
effectual attempts to get certain meas
ures considered adjourned.
House passes bill adding two weeks
to term of court in Caldwell county.
Resolution of free conference com.
mittee on senatorial appointment WAS
adopted.
House concurred in the senate
amendments to the Jester school bill.
Resolution of House passes Great
ing joint committee to confer with
directors of the Texas Worlds fair
exhibit, with view to inviting Gen.
trail and South American countries to
unite with Texas in 8 fair this fall.
Senate bill passes house regulating
sale of trust property by guardians
House refuses to concur in senate's
amendments to alien land bill and
orders q tree conference committee.
House passes resolution compli-
mentary to the lady managers of the
Texas Worlds fair eXhibit. -rt .
Ladies directory of Texas Worlds
fair exhibit closes it's session at Aus
tin and adjourns after passing ap.
propriate resolutions. d. "a