Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-07-27
AT 0VL7 THE WORLD.
SERIOUS AND sENstT'nNAL soR1lSGs.


is the Past Week
At Terre Haute, ia, the letter
carriers remo"ed by Postmaster Dom
ham appealed through one of their
number to the National Civil Service
Commission, and received the follow
ing; 'ln reply to your telegram of
July D, stating that you had been re-
moved from the postal service without
cause, you are informed that the COM
mission can take no action in the mat
ter unless it is alleged with other
proof, that the removal was for politi-
cal reasons"
At Salt Lake, Utah, it has been dis
\ covered by a prominent mining man
ntbat insurance companies have decided
~ thdraw from the mining camps
fb West. Representatives Of all
= + ance companies in Utah were
II and admitted that nearly all
banies are refusing to renew poll
IN mining property and in mining
\ 'N.N. The decline in the value OF
Properties on account OF the silver
die is given as the cause.
fY A Mr.. Thompson, who lives at West
Hurry, near Kingston N. Y, recently
4 got mad at his young wife and pro-
posed to sell her for forty-fve cents to
q friend OF his named Lewis, Lewis
took him up, paid him, and they took
. drink Of cider. Thompson informed
his wife, and she assented and went
homo with Lewis and now Thompson
wants her back again and she refuses
to live with him any more.
Leon S. Smith, of Grand Rapids,
was arrested recently at Port Huron,
Mich, for passing nearly s., 900 worth
OF forged papers, the victims being the
banks OF Flint and Grand Rapids.
When searched he had So, 100 in money
on his person, and paper enough to
mako $4,000 His capture is due
to the fact that he tarried too long
here bidding his sweetheart good-by
before starting for Europe.
Jerry Sheenan, twelve years old,
ragged and barefooted, with a thick
mass Of red hair covering his little
round head, and his eyes looking in
opposite directions, was found in q
pove-wagon recently in New York.
lie stared vacantly at the policeman
who reused him and swore vigorously
He was turned o6es to 4the, SRAatl.s.ita,l
&c Prevention of Crueltyto IAldren,
N Justice Feltner.
yFifty-iour acres In Concert Valley,
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco,
have been formally dedicated to the
Midwinter Fair by the Park Commits
sioners and negotiations for site are
thus definitely concluded
The British battleship In1eXible,
twelve guns, has been ordered to pro-
coed Immediately to Alexandria,
Egypt. 1t is rumored the hurried dis
patch of the InAexible is owing to dis
turbances in Alexandria.
At Taunton, Mass, 1t is reported
by near friend of the Bordens that
prominent women in New York and
Boston are raising funds to prosecute
extensive enquiries into the Borden
murder mystery.
Lloyds National bank OF jamestown,
N. D., has suspended. The capital
stock is 100000. The deposits are
said to be about $780, 900, with assets
double the liabilities at greatly depre-
ciated values.
John Foley, of Philadelphia, while
working at Fifty-fourth street and
Girard avenue, fell down man-hole
and had his skull fractured. lie was
removed to the Presbyterian hospital
and died there.
The bank OF Round Valley, Kan,
was robed by three men who rode
into the town and entering the bank,
tied and gagged Cashier Wilson. and
secured the money in sight, 5000.
They escaped.
The corn crop in the valley of Mex
~> leo and through all the Southern
states of the republic is the most
abundant for years and the price OF
grain has already taken big decline.
The running expenses of the Expo
sition are $4,000 each day. At this
rate it will cost the Exposition Com
pany approximately $780, 900 to adj
minister the Fair until October 30.
The anti-reform journals of Cuba
are publishing violent articles on the
victory OF reform, which resulted
from the parliamentary election held
in the Havana district.
Postmaster Carr, of Philadelphia
has decided to have conferences
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