Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-11-09
A GENERAL BREVlARY.
Interesting liens ircm All Over The World
Selected from Various Sources.
A FULL AND COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW,



masked robbers entered the saloon of
Michael Welkt and ordered Well5t
and Joseph llerda. contractors, to
hold up their hands. Welkt was
slow in obeying the command and
Immediately was knocked senseless
with the butt OF revolver. llerda
started to run and was fatally shot.
Tho highwaymeu robbed the till Of
$ll and made their escape
The claim of Marcus Flood OF Chau-
tauqua county, n. Y, and his sister,
Mrs, Margaret lIillaker, to So, 900, 600
each Of the estate of James C. Flood,
is doubted in San Francisco. The
Flood estate was appraised at 81, 25O.-
600, although worth about 100000
900, but it was devised to the widow
and two children aud no contest was
ever made.
Three hundred and nineteen mon.
who we're unable to find employment
at San Francisco. Cal. started south
few days ago in body with the in
tention of going to New Orleans.
They have no money and expect to
tramp all the way, except when they
can secure rides on freight trains.
They are not tramps, but are looking
for work.
The people near Brighton. Colo,
have become indignant over the &C
tions OF pot hunters from Denver. who
intest the fields and shoot, regardless
of life and property. and as begin
ming l., Plessner was arrested for
shooting chickens belonging to Mr..
Means Justice Lee heard the case
and the chickens will cost plessner
$12 each.
Recently at Portland, Ore. an cleo
trio car plunged OFF the Madison
street bridge into the Willamette
river. A heavy fog was prevailing
and the draw was open for steam
boat There we're twenty passengers,
and all but six left the car just in
time to save themselves. Six were
drowned and five bodies were rescued.
1t is said that the empress of Aus
triawas recently enjoying ride on
horseback, when she saw u pile of
stones upon the rails over which the
Buda Pesth express was to pass. Tho
empress, calling her groom. herself
helped to remove the obstruction and
a minute later the express passed in
safety.
M. Janet recites various authorities
to show that the wealth of the United
Kingdom exceeds 10000, 900 600;
that of France, 5000, 600, 900; that
of all Europe. $40, 900, 900, 600. and
that of the United States el4,0OO
100000.
A St Louis groceryman sold spoilt
eggs to two eX-aldermen and the next
day they returned and wanted him to
take them back This he refused to
do, and they pelted him with the eggs,
He had them arrested and the end is
not yet.
At Trinidad, Colo, recently, the
body OF an unknown man was found
on the Union Pacific track. He is
supposed to have been tramp and
was walking along the track when
struck by moving freight train.
Governor Mckinney, of Virginia,
has refused to give Doc Taylor, the
preacher murderer, reprive, or to
commute his sentence. He was
hanged at Wise courthouse preaching
his own funeral on the scarold.
For failing to sew button on his
overcoat few days ago. j. h.
Schram of Bath, n. j., slapped his
daughters jaws, This so preyed on
her mind that she went to her roo IN
and hanged herself
After stormy passage of 1856 days
the ship Undaunted has arrived at
Frisco from Philadelphia. The I'm
daunted had a terrible time rounding
Cape Horn and for days could make
no Roadway.
Judge Philips, on petition OF the nom
resident stockholders, has appointed c..
NJ. Parker, receiver of the Metropoli-
tan Electric Street railway, of SPRING
field, Mo-, operating sixteen miles of
track.
Mayor LaTrobe of Baltimore, Md,
has received an anonymous letter in
which he is threatened with instant
death il he fails to provide employ
ment for the idle working men of the
city.
At Pittsburg, Pa, August Summer
felt, who beat his l0-year-son recently
for playing truant until he little fell
low sprang from third story window
and was killed, has been held for MUIR
der.
Mrs, Tatento, wife of the Japanese
minister at Washington says; II
like American dress, all except the
corset, but find it extremely diff
cult to grow accustomed to them