San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-22
STATE NEWS,

/ VI. ". reTrelI, general merchant,
burned out at Big Sandy. Loss S.. 500.
Kaufman primaries voted Mills,
ll19; Chiffon, 739; Culberson, ~.
Railway commission will issue
schedule of wool freights today.
Windsor soap mandatory of Dali
las, files charter for Sl1, 900.
Texas Fruit Growers union, Tyler,
files charter for $1,000.
Confederate veterens convention to
he held at Dallas, April 5th.
Hogg's follow ers are holding meet
ipgs in Grayson county.
" Four cars of fat beeves and one of
fat goats shipped to Chicago from
Bolton.
Mrs Austin, widow of N. Austin,
survivor of the Fannin massacre dies
at Bolton.
Martin Newman county surveyor
| of Bell county during Davis admins
tration is dead. He has resided in
the county since 1854.
Texas must occupy her Worlds fair
site and begin work June LIST or for
felt place.
G. H. Chapman is appointed post.
master at Childress; and r. l.. Liv-
jngston at Plano.
Col. Frank Brady. of Galveston.
weds Mrs. Sue M. Warner at Fort
Worth.
Bell county oats and small grain,
and some fruit, uniDjured by the
frost. ''
Suit filed in Houston against the
P. s., the g. Fl. & s. A, and the
Southern Development compa, Y
which attack the validity of S33, 00O,-
600 bonds. Notice for receiver issued
along with petition for injunction.
LEGISLATIVE AND CAPITAL NOTES
Chiffon withdraws from the sena.
torial race and Hogg declines to enter
it.
TerrelPs Georgetown speech is re-
garded at Austin as very windy, and
prominent democrats pronounce it
utterly insincere.
Senate meets and memoralizes con-
gress for appropriation for break
water and harbor of refuge In the
blight of Canaveral," Florida, as all
Texas commerce passes that way.
This action is in accol dance with q
memorial of The state of Florida for
the same purpose. The senate me-
mortal was referred to committee on
commerce and manufacture. o,
Townsend introduces resolution re-
garding judicial district apportion-
ment, which is read and referred.
House bill referring to issue of teach
er's certificates came up, was ordered
printed in the journal and further
consideration was postponed.
Senate bill defining the 10Th judicia
district came up and was postponed,
subject to call.
Announcement was made of COM
mittee meetings and senate ad-
journed.
In the house the usury bill was
discussed, meeting strong opposition
from several members and was finally
referred to the Judiciary committee.
Calvert petition against uniform
text books was presented.
City Council Ennis petitions for
exemption from operation of school
book law of all C ties and towns in
corporated for school purposes.
Committee on state affairs will re-
port favorably Kim brough's bill
protecting, mechanics, labOrers and
material.
Sub.comm ittee on congressional ap
portionment has q hard time of it ar
ranging conflicting interests. Gal
weston and Houston do not want to
be united In the same district; Dallas
and Fort Worth are in the same boat.
and there are others who object to
proposed lines. The work proceeds
slowly and it Will be no easy matter
to lick the matter into shape for re-
port.
The committee on judicial districts
has the work of division very fairly
outlined and will be able to report be.
fore long.
Committee work is not sufficiently
advanced to give work to either house
or senate and sessions are very brief.
The congressional apportionment
committee of the house has agreed
upon the new Tenth district. The
northern tier OF counties is composed
of Kinney, Uvalde. Frio, Atascosa,
Wilson, Guadalupe, Dewitt and
jackson.
Mills is credited with having a yir.
tual walk over in the race for sem
ator.