San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-14

Cunningham Bros. Wooden Co. VS.. J.
Lobert ct al, sequestration; on trial by
jury.
FoRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT COURT.
James Converse, executor of Thos. w.
Pierce, VS.. VIM. Davis ct al, for appoint
ment Of trustee: exception to plaintiff
petition sustained. Plaintiff refused TO
amend, excepted to the judgment Of the
court and gave notice Of appeal.
Howard n. Henning VS.. Galveston,
Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
company, damages; motion for continu-
.ance overruled Defendant excepted. On
trial by jury.
A. Armstrong ct ais VS.. G. II. and S. A.
Ry. Co., damages; continued by plaintiff.
First jury case for June term.
Levi Scott VS.. Sam Maverick and Rea-
gan Houston, for specific performance Of
accounting; judgment for plaintiff.
GRAND JURY REPORT.
The grand jury reported this morning
as follows: Van L. Van Raub, forgery,
10 bills: Simon Mora. theft under $50,
the person; o. A. Hudson, theft from the
person.
FEDERAL COURT.
P. San Miguel, receiving struggled
property; ten months.
Rafaela Arellanno, Illicit retail liquor
dealing: three months and 500 fine
George Geyeton, illicit retail liquor
dealing; eleven months and SlOD fine.
Juana Robbedo, Illicit retail liquor
dealing, three months and 500 fine.
The grand jury reported five bills, and
was discharged.
COMMISSIONERS COURT.
The county commissioners reduced the
tax levy for 1896 as follows, this morning,
on 500 valuations: Road fund, Is
loren, is, unchanged; Mexican Gulf
railroad, unchanged; courthouse, 16H
reduced to Is; bridge, AZ, reduced to
AZ; jail, l, reduced TO "a; Mitchell Il
Poor, ), dropped; G. II. & ). A. railroad
subsidy, 7, reduced TO 6; State. IS, re-
duced to 3S; total last year, Ley, reduced
for this year to 9013 cents, differ
ence Of 90 cents on the 500 valuation.
Last year the assessed valuation OF Bexar
county was figured on basis of 1913, 600
900, while this year the basis will be $751;
100000.
The court ordered that certain bonds
shall be made payable at the National
Park bank, of New York, and at the Office
of the state treasurer, and shall be paid
with accrued interest at the bank May
%, 1896, and that after that date all inter-
est on the said bonds shall cease.
A petition OF citizens OF BeXar and
Comal counties for consolidation of
part of school district No. II OF Be-
Xar county with school No. z OF
Comal county was granted. This was
done to enable children living in that
section to visit the school in district No.
Z, Comal county, that they may have their
free school money lawfully transferred
and have the benefit Of the same.
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Julius Neidhart and Johnnie Plum.
John Solcher and Alvina Goebel.
Andrew Searcy and Amanda Jones.
George Monroe, colored, and Ida Will
son, colored.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFER.
VIM. Gerfers to Johann Fl. ClasSen,
tract of land out of survey Sl&, 2472l
acres out Of survey 5, 44.37 out of sur
vey 16, on the east side of the Banco
road; 1854 "A.
COURT NOTES.
Francisco Navarro, charged with as
SaulG to rape, waived examination before
Justice Gritf Jones this morning and his
bond was fixed at s., 900. He went to jail
to await action of the grand jury.
The verdict in the Schultze- Weyrich
case in the Thirty-seventh district court
was for defendant instead Of plaintiff.
George Monroe, colored, who is in the
county jail for seducing Ida Wilson, was
married to her this morning by Rev. G..
Il. CushinRberry. and will be released as
soon as he pays the costs Of the court.
Jim Long, a mulatto. was arrested for
lunacy this morning. He had been out
on bond and drove a buggy for DR..
Cameron He was seized with another
attack yesterday and smashed up the
doctors buggy.
The jury in the case OF Nat. Lewis
failed to agree yesterday and was dis
charged.
Dora Thomas, colored, was arrested to-
day for using abusive language toward
Nettie Sledge.