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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1885

Page

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Opening of Grayson Street Sparks City Council Clash

In San Antonio the City Council debates condemning a parcel for Grayson street to reach River avenue. Aldermen clash over offers from $500 to $600 and whether to use a charter condemnation or refer the matter to a special committee amid government barracks funding and street needs.

French Grayson Street Lockwood Cresson Austin Street River Avenue United States Brackenridge Gallagher Hambleton San Antonio Third Ward Bolton Duval Street River Avenue Crossing Nota Austin Pauly Lee Eagle Pass Schreiner Smye Kearney Corbett Muench Lam

Eccentric Georgia planter's will disinherits kin in favor of Amanda Eubanks

Probate records reveal Daniel Dixon of Sparta Georgia left most of his $460000 estate to Amanda Eubanks a former slave now the wealthiest colored woman in the South while denying Mrs Miller and her children. Contested on grounds of unsound mind the will effects distribution to executors C W Dubose and Jeff T Northern and others with several farms and sums named for Georgia and Atlanta relatives.

Daniel Dixon Sparta Mary F. Johnson Lee Frank Freeman Miller Dixon Amanda Eubanks Miller Eubanks David Eubanks Pine Level Alabama

State News From Texas Eyewitness Dispatches and Incidents

Reports detail a July Fourth Brenham barbecue plans and heavy rains boosting crop prospects in Northern Texas. A jail delivery occurs at San Augustine amid minimal bird disturbance and a Texarkana counterfeiting arrest. Fires strike Fort Worth and Richmond with substantial losses. A rape case in which Andrew Wilson is jailed is noted, plus conflicting accounts of Sol Lott’s Johnson County killing. Regular correspondence from Antcent, Texas, June 21 reports weekly stock shipments, new residences, and local stamps office changes.

Brentam Texas San Augustine J. E. Young Texarkana Williams Fort Worth Houston N. G Richmond Andrew Wilson Enitentiary Sol Lott Johnson County Lott Antcent Woo Th. Cole J. H. Henderson Chicago Abilene

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