Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-12-05
STATE COMBINATIONS.


At Houston recently Justice Hussey
sas called upon to hold an inquest on
the body of an infant found beyond
the old fairgrounds addition in what
Is known as the gum slough. 1t seems
that some boys playing out there dis
covered what appeared to be bundle
OF corn sacks. The smell from 1t at
tracted their attention, and upon i'm
vestigation they found the body OF an
infant wrapped therein. The Justice,
acting as coroner. found that the body
was that OF a well developed male
white child Appearances indicated
that it had been there two or three
days. There was nothing by which
it could be identified. The matter
was brought to the knowledge of the
police. Indications were that the
child had come to its death by I'M
natural means.
At Kaufman the other morning W.
r. Evans, timer, put quantity OF
powder In tlue that had been par
TALLY clogged with SCOT paper and
debris placed plank over the hole
and stuck q match to the powder,
thinking the explosion would 90 out
ut the top OF the hue. Instead, it blew
the plank off, knocked Evans down,
burnt OIL his eyebrows and lashes,
burning severely his face, neck and
breast, and set his clothes on fire.
Parties standing near by put out the
fire and carried Mr.. Evans home and
summoned medical mid. His physi-
clan says he will recover without any
serious permanent injury to his eye
sight
While out with a party OF wood
! choppers in the post oaks, nine miles
east of BRENNAN, tree fell on Wash
ington Robertson. a 17-year-old negro
boy, killing him. He had cut the
three down and the top had caught in
the branches OF another tree; tho
llmps gave way suddenly us Robertson
was attempting to dislodge it; the
trunk fell on his shoulders and neck,
causing instant death.
The British steamer Calvin, Capt.
Hunter, cleared ut Galveston the
other day with 1880, 900 pounds
cargo, which brings her down to
aoout twenty feet forward and twenty
aud two-thirds feet aft. Her cargo
CONSISTS OF 81, 500 bushels OF corn,
81, 800 sacks OF cotton seed meal and
1000 barrels OF cotton seed oil, and 10
valued at $1l2,29l. Her destination
is Rotterdam.
Fred Day, owner of the big lake on
the Hillsooro road. six miles north oil
Waco, is overcoming the prejudice in
many quarters aguinst carp. 1t was
alleged that they excluded all other
varieties where they got in the as
tendency. This is disproved, because
in the Day lake they exist along with
white perch and rock bass and all
thrive well together.
Julia Burrell. colored, aged 81
years, was found dead in her humble
home at Houston one afternoon re
Gently, She was in u kneeliIg pos
ture, cramped in a corner of the room
apparently having attempted to Ii
this way protect herself from the cold
A negro living on Judge Moore''
place In the Brazos bottom, In Brazo'
county, is charged with shooting his
wife and mother-in-law, one Of them
through the body and the otheI
through the leg. The negro and hi
wife were separated.
In the criminal court at Galveston
the jury in the case of the stat
against Recorder Marsene johnson
returned verdict OF guilty OF aggra
waited assault and assessed the punish
ment at fine OF $25.
At Llano, recently, q difficult oc
CURED between two youths, about II
years old. -Four shots were fired
two OF the shots taking effect, one il
the leg and the other in the groin o
Eugene Wood.
The tventy-fourth annual meeting
: of the Galveston cotton exchange wa
held on Nov. "a. After five years
service President julius Runge CAV
notice OF his retirement from the pc
sition,
An engineering corps OF the Por
Arthur Land company has begun
preliminary survey Of the ship chan
mel that is to be dug from Port Al
1 thur TO deep water at Sabine Pass.
From figures prepared by the ia
, assessor it is found that tho cost {
maintaining the government OF Gray
c son county since its organization Jul
2 Is, 1916, has been 81 ,562, $50.
u'oha uarrieon Of po]ios c,i,nn