Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-08-09

same judge who had annulled the
marriage gave her liberty and de-
clared them legally man and wife,
While breaking land for the founda-
ton OF DR., Coble's building on Elm
street in Dallas recently, mule fell
into an old undiscovered cistern which
had great deal of water in it, The
muls managed to keep his head above
the water. The fire department was
called out and pumped water into the
cistern until it was near enough to the
surface for the men to get They =
out. He was not hurt enou
amount to anything.
At Galveston the other morni r
remains of Mrs. Joseph Murine.
consigned to their last resting
During her Icing illness Mr.. NJ
nursed his wife, and when TIL
came he was utterly Frustrated.
they returned to the Munrey
they found that Joseph Mnnre
dead and had gone to join the
wife who had preceded him only
hours. e.
At Georgetown recently Tss
Nath Dever were found guilty o
spiracy for train robbery and tn
atty was fixed by the jury at
years in the penitentiary for Ta
yer and two years for Nath. 4
Evans, one of the defendants, W
quilted. A motion for q .newl
will be filed and If not granite
case will be appealed.
Gov. Hogg has received and
over to Treasurer Workman q
from the treasurer oto the
States on the assistant .treasuV
New Orleans for 1924, 2s5.s3 Il
amount due citizens of Texas on ac-
count of penalties and fines spaid. in
addition to the direct tax collected
during the war which was refunded
some time ago. t''r ~
A rather queer agreemen. is said to
have been made between w. j. Long,
Democrat, and Mr.. j. G Ferguson,
Populist. Ferguson agrees II the
Democrats elect all the county ticket
in Bell county that he will come back
into the Democrat party, while Long
proposes to go to the Populist party
II the Populist elect, any OF the couRty
ticket. :.
Mr.. Self, who lives near Terrell,
claims to have dorm that has as many
as 112 ears, to the stalk. This Is
something phenomenal, but, its ex-
planned by suckers, or shoots, putting
out from the stalk to that number
and growing as many edrs OF corn.
The ears are very small, but the
grains are well. developed.
At Houston recently a colored .wo.
man named Harriet Williams, whine
cooking dinner, was suddenly seized
with an epileptic fit and fell face
downward upon a red hot stove. Her
chest was horribly burned and her
right arm and hand were burned 50
badly that they will possibly have, te
be amputated #PfDWt
Near Bonham recently team ran
away with U. S, Hardin and he was
thrown from load of,wood.. His left
arm was broken, skull fractured and
left side badly bruised. Physicians
went out and dressed the, wounds.
They pronounce them severe and dan.
gerous, but not necessarily fatal
The employees of the Fort Worth
and Denver general Offices at Port
Worth, who were laid off! some tine
ago on account OF. the depression in
business, have returned to their re-
spective positions and'tlie Shops have
been reopened and. about. $50 men
given employment. ~
At Wharton a bed spread possessed
by DIR. Smith is a remem brance of old
times. The quilt was made in 1899
by DR.. Smiths grandma other. 1t was
woven by hand and shows the traoes
OF great, skill, and patience in I'M
ing out patterns. 1t is a priced heir
loom in the family, > "a u.
Charles Burnside, colorod formerly
on the police force OF Houston as, a
special officer has been drrested on
the charge of criminany assanltineaAl
12-year-old colored girl. The girl
went with her father tosIthe sheriff
Office and there made a statement of
the facts. rf d ~
Alex Allen, an old colored man;
was found dead in vacant house at
Galveston few days ago. The coro.
ner pronounced it death from hemor-
rhage OF the lungs. A large pool of
blood was found on the floor by the
side of the dead man.
Mr.. S. W. Wizards team became
frightened at Ledbetter recently