Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-12-27
ALL OVER THE STATE.



aiderably annoyed over the persistent
inyaLions of the ice worm which is
playing sad havoc with the artificial
ice manufactured by these establish
meuts. These peculiar insects which
make their appearance in the early
spring and fall come III parties OF sew
eratethousands aud( take up their
aboue In tnv iUv nUusvs, where they
apply themselves to eating or picking
Through the large cakes OF made ice
weighing over 800 pounds. A cake
will be reduced thirty pounds in less
than twenty-four hours and through
the thread like walls made by these
insects make cake so brittle as TO
very materially decrease its lasting
qualities.
Near Oakwoods, Leon county recent
ly l.. I. Hadden, while ginning rails.
ed the gin breast when he thought
the gin had stopped, and the saws
caught his coat and pulled his hand
into the gin and the back OF his hand
was sawed nearly OFF and the main
branch OF the radial artery cut. Al
ter riding six miles he was exhausted
from loss of blood, but the doctors
ligated the arteries and stitched the
lacetation. If tetanus does not
set in his hand can probably be saved.
Recently near Nolanyille, Bel
county, while in the mountains, Joe
and George Stinson discovered rat
tlesnake. George watched it while
John ran for assistance. He stepped
upon another RATHER of enormous
size, which bit him in the calf OF the
leg The wound bled profusley. a
doctor was summoned who brought
the boy to his normal condition. The
latter snake was killed 1t had thir-
ty eightrattlos and measured thirteen
feet six inches in length.
yAt Little River, Bell county E. P.
sDpstauo. y ageptfor the Katy, and
ZINES HudoS lestone section foreman
o dhhcullty 81 NMys ago, which
nn rr,ounted. Only to wordT The trouble
Seems to have grown out Of Was at
tention to young lady to whom Hud-
dleston was once engaged. The mat
ter was brought up again subsequent
ly resulting in the shooting OF Hud-
dleston in the hand and stomach and
OF Via in the hand, None OF the
wounds are dangerous.
a colored girl named Williams,
aged ten or twelve years, was acct
dentally shot the other day in the
iBrazos bottom, Brazos county by a
white boy named Hearne, who was
hunting and passed through the cot
ton patch where the girl was at work.
He pointed the gun at the girl S
brother, who ran behind her and it
went OFF, killing her instantly. Com
plaint was made against the boy by
the girls father,
The order has gone out from the
state printing board that inquisitive
reporters shall not see reports OF state
officials in course OF publication with
out an order from Gov. Hogg. The
presumption is that mis- excellency
must read and approve of the contents
of these reports before they 90 out,
and that the ''eXpungedn editions are
the only ones which the general pub
Tic is to be allowed toperuse.
Henry Harbuck, about so years old,
from near Collinsyille, DeKalb county,
Alabama was run over and killed the
other night by an empty passenger
train in the Texas and Pacific yard:
at Marshall. He was on his way tt
Miueola to visit his daughter, Mrs. j
B. Walker.
John D. Flewelleu OF Grimes coun.
-. l. al do tsf ha ~
commissioners court OF Fort BEND
county by which he hires all county
convicts, paying $500 per month
per head. He will work then
on his plantation in Fort Bend county,
At Hallettsville there are about
l0J0 beeves being fed for shipment
There is much complaint by the cat
tlemen in lower parts OF the count,
ION account Of the frequency Of prairie
fires, which, on account OF the DIR,
weather, do great damage.
At Collinsville, Grayson county
the other evening Nj. f. Ragsdal
tried to commit suicide by shooting
himself in the left breast. Ragsdal
was mayor of the town and justice c
the peace, but was beaten for bot
Offices at the late election.
Sheriff Stell OF Dewitt county ha
served attachment papers on tn
Yoakun Oil Mill and Manufacturin
company for the Atlas Engine con
pany, attaching the company's Ell
cine boilev and other fixtures.