Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19
TEXAS NEWS RRIEFe.
Items of General Interest Carefully
Selected From Many Sources.

SNhslgi eau MRS ElulIl0Ou bJtub lllb
night with her neighbors, MIR. and
Mrs. Dave Hoskins. During the
night Mr.. Hoskins' little girl woke
him and told him she believed there
was man in the house. Mr.. Hos
kins got lamp, and arming himself
with Il shotgun, went out to investi-
gate. AS he came back into the
house man knocked the light from
his hand. Hoskins fired both barrels
of the gun into his assailant and when
another lamp was lighted he was as
tonished to find he had killed Simp-
son.
George Jones is in Jail at Rayner
He is the party who in April last
brought girl to this county dressed
in boys clothing and kept her at a
sheep ranch until recently. After he
left she disclosed the fact OF her sex
and stated she had married Jones
near Rayenna in Fannin county last
September under the name of Glenn
ants, since which time they have led
wandering life, going first to the
nation and then TO Texas.
A tragedy was enacted at Paris one
night recently, that caused great eX-
element. Three pistol shots were
heard at Braden's bar. A moment
later the front door opened and viii
Carter came out and called loudly for
the police. Officer Hunt. who was
only block away, went to the place,
when Carter informed him that he
had killed Capt. Braden, and wanted
to give himself up, Officer Hunt
took Carter to jail.
Wool growers and buyers of San
Antonio sent the following to Mr..
Paschall 1--WE urgently request that
you secure some consideration for
We with the conference committee.
II nothing better can be done an eX-
tension OF the time for the law be-
coming operative to January, 1895,
will be great relief in giving little
time to adjust business conditions.
We believe this is the sentiment OF all
our best citizens
The railway commission has issued
I notification to the different railway
officers in Texas informing them that
( it will on Monday July %, begin the
4 fixing OF schedule of rates and joint
4 rates on cotton in bales. compressed
and uncompressed. cotton seed hulls,
meal, ashes, cake, oil, wheat. oats,
barley, rye, corn, Hour bran, meal,
mill feed, mill stuff, grits, hominy,
hay and salt, carloads and less THAI
carloads. -
At Lyons, Burleson county, recent
ly, Rev. Sandy Lyons, colored. was
4 preaching doctrinal sermon at bap-
tizing. A Mrs. Jones repeatedly in
terrupted him, finally he eXcoricated
her in modern style. Next day her
husband and friends went to Lyons to
talk it over. Lyons drew Il pistol and
fired four shots, one of which took eff
feet in the leg Of Taylor, Lyons was
arrested and gave 500 bond.
In the United States court at Dallas
few days ago Judge j. b. Rector re-
fused the writ of habeas corpus APP
Piled for by Franklin p. Miller, who
is sentenced to be hanged on the Sd
Vi next month for the murder of Po-
lice Officer Riddle. Nliller's counsel
viii take an appeal and will apply for
writ of supersedeas to suspend the
sentence. The order to execute Mill
err has been served.
Matt Walker, Jr., and Charles
Litsy were recently waylaid by twelve
men at Big creek bridge on the Perry
and Mattina road, in Falls county,
and were shot at eleven times with
Winchesters. Walker got bullet in
his thigh and one in his leg, and q
bullet grazed Litsy's head. One mule
was shot five times. 1t is said that
all of the men are known.
An application has been filed with
the railroad commission by the La
Porte, Houston and Northern railroad
company for permission to issue
$4,000 per mile in bonds on twenty
40 mile of road from Houston tc
4 Leporte. Thirteen miles of the road
|1 ias already been completed at Il cost
II of Sll6,2S5 exclusive of rolling stock
4 and equipments. Granted
A recent destructive storm eight
4 miles southeast of Alvarado, johnson
county, known as Prairie Valley com.
munity, tore two dwellings to pieces
scattering the contents Hardly any.
thing could be found after the storm
that was worth having. The furni.
ture was shattered into splinters
No one killed.
Ed Nicholson playfully Jun d
down the last five steps OF fight 81
stairs at his home at Bryan recently,
N and his head struck sharp upper
facing of a door at the bottom, cut.
ting an ugly cash on the back of his
head. He fell and cut another small
er place on the nose and hurt hi.
Alright arm.