San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-07
STATE NEWS.

w. r. Light, resident of Bell coun-
ty for over q quarter of o century,
dies, aged So.
Joseph Faust was re elected mayor
of New Braunfels.
Rain is badly needed in Comal
county to germlnate cotton seed.
Corpus Christi has two sets of dele
gates to the republican convention at
Victoria.
Jake Keller Is under arrest and
Will Cocker will die; shooting ARRAY
at Terrell.
Forty coaches of excusionists have
left Dallas tor New Orleans over the
T. g. P. and four trains went out over
the III. & T. G.
A Victoria confidence man is ahead
500 on fool trick played on Frank
Fostig. The sheriff is trailing him.
An old Mexican hunter, supposed
to be 100 years old, found dead near
Laredo.
Dssuty U. 8. Marshal Yglesias,
Laredo, goes to investigate report OF
Garza's suicide.
Dirt has been broken for the Kyle
oil mill.
The republican convention of the
9TH congressional district is being
held in Victoria today. Two presi-
den tiai electors are to be nominated.
Loyinskald beats Keller for mayor
of Corpus Christi by 20 votes; Mexican
vote did 1t.
Mexico calls atten ton to bandits in
Cameron and Hidalgo counties and
U. 8. troops are sent from Fort
Brown.
West Texas Presbytery meets at
Gonzales on the 18th inst.
Clark is reelected mayor OF Con-
zales, and Berringer and Wells alder
man.
NJ H. Sherburne, shoes and boots,
Denison, burned, loss $50, 600.
Steamer Austerlitz is loading at
Velasco with 1000 bales cotton and
200 tons oil cake Tor Liverpool. She
goes over the bar drawing IS feet.
Heavy rain interferes with con-
ditiOn of Kerrville track, and first
race Is draw.
Meeting called at Houston for Tues
day next to organize Texas baseball
league.
Boykin & Co, tobacconists, Dallas,
assign; assets are estimated at $685.
600, and preferences are nearly as
much.
Brownsville city election goes
democratic, throughout.
Seven sections of train, with 5000
veterans on board pass Houston for
New Orleans.
A. L. Stennel shot an officer at
when arrested. .
Firmin, the missing Galvestonisn,
has been rescued from Pelican Island
and brought to the city.
The Adams murder case removed
from Sutton county on change OF
venue goes back for trial.
Wilson county reports corn and
cotton In excellent condition, but
rain is needed.
Dynamite cartridge exploded at the
door of Baylor female college, Bolton,
alarms the town. No one hurt.
LEGISLATIVE AND CAPITAL NOTES.
Brazoria county memorializes senate
against being cut off from Galveston,
and in case union Is refused with Gal
yes ton, asks to be districted with Mat
agorda and other counties; as now
lett they are republican. III"
Substitute house bills on represent
alive districts taken up and passed
with the senate amen dments
Message received from house nom
concurring ia senate's congressional
and senatorial districting and asking
committee of conference; conference
granted. Senate's conference COM
mittee on apportionment area On sem
atorisl appOrtionment-Pag Clark,
Atlee, Mckinney and Carter. On
congressional apportionment-Cra
ford, Weiseger, Frank, KimbrOugh
and Pope. On representative appor-
Observation-Disclosures, Kearby, Scale,
Tyler and Clements. ''
Senate referred the alien land bill
to Judiciary committee to report on its
legal status. ars
Senate bill 80 and house bill IS,
amending and repeating certain ar.
ticles OF the civil statutes, was called
up, amended and passed under sus-
pension of the rules. stE
Senator Pages substitute bill, for
the reorganization of the second ju-
dicial district, passed.
In the house Brazoria's memorial
came up and was filed.
Browning introduces bill for pro-
tecting live stock interests from con-
tageous diseases, and creating COM
mission for that purpose.
The blu organizing 51st judicial,
and recognizing 35th judicial dis.