San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-06
STATE NEWS.

A. E. Firmen, adjustor for Marx Il
Bleim, Galveston, went out In
small boat Sunday, and has not been
seen since. 1t is feared that he has
been carried out In the Gulf.
Texas cotton acreage turing census
year was 8, 457 ,572 acres, yielding ,509'
493 bales, less than IL bale per acre
Houston elects all democratic city
officers save marshal.
Municipal elections general
throughout the state, result demo
cratic.
Everything is In readiness for the
opening of the San Angelo races to-
morrow, the 7th. Railroad rates re-
duced, and large entries made.
San Angelo has shipped 20 trains of
stock for the Territory within two
weeks.
]. w. Reynolds residence burned,
8 miles south of DenisOn, and 4
months old baby also.
Fatal shooting ARRAY at Colorado
and City Marshal Gooch is killed.
Two murders reported Monday
night among Mexicaps in Laredo; one
for money and one on account of jeal.
ousy.
The peoples party will put out
full state ticket and convention will
be held at Dallas on the Esd OF June.
Houston Ice and Brewing company
Incorporated; capital $3.50, 900.
Five trains of cattle have left Colo.
RADIO since yesterday morning.
Elk Confederate reunion at Dallas
brings 5000 strangers into that city. A
permanenJ.organizatio was affected,
and steps to erect q monument inau'
gurated.
The Holland boys, charged with
| the murder in Velasco bottoms, are
released. They were at home at the
time. Somebody made a grave mis-
take.
District court meets in Plea santon
and the docket is q large one.
City elections in the northwest
where party lines we're drawn result
favorably to the republicans.
Rob. Stage, track walker II. & T.
c., killed by an engine in the Hous-
ton yards.
Henry Taylor, years; Dick Platen-
burg, a years; Will Otes, 3 years are
sentences rendered at Huntsville.
Mike McCaffery, ex-alderman of
Cincinnati. dies at Houston.
Capt. Paddock is elected mayor of
Fort Worth over Broiles by S84 ma
jority.
The democrats elect all officers In
Dallas but tax collector, city marshal,
and sixth ward alderman.
LEGISLATIVE AND CAPITAL NOTES
The senate spends some hours on
the local option bill which is passed
to it's engrOssmeDt.
! Senate spends some time in execu
! tive session aud resumes regular
business at $3.50 p. IN. when the house
bill relating to recovery of dam ,ges
for injuries received on railroads and
steam boats came up aud finally
passed under suspension of rules.
House bill No. AZ, relating to en-
forcement of mechanics liens, passes
senate.
Pope's Australian ballot bill passes,
after slight amendment. .O...a
Resolution was referred calling on
the governor to submit to the extra
session the propriety of amending or
repeating the scalp law.
At the night session Senator Crane
spoke in favor of the majority report
committee, replying to GarwoOd's
the acguisal of Judge McCord from
every charge brought against him
His speech was frequently applauded.
The alien land law bill as It passed
the house, is before senate, but has
not yet been acted upon.
In the House resolution was adop
ted creating committee to investi-
gate and report upon the best loca-
tons for the three courts of appeal.
The bill transferring l per cent of
permanent to availa BILE school fund
was discurred and ordered engrossed
but the House refused TO suspend
rules and pass it. ......
Robinson offered bill to apportion
the permanent school fund among
the counties and provide for its in
vestment.
House concerned in Senate's
amendments to bill providing dam
ages for Injuries by railways in hands
of receivers.
Bill putting local option constitu-
tional amendments into operation
was ordered engrossed.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. APRIL !,
1892. Sealed proposals, in triplieate,
will be received here until 10 O'Clock,
noon, on the end day of OF MAY. 1892, and
then opened, for transportation OF Military
Supplies on following described routes,