Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-07-04
TEXAS NEWS BRIEFS.
items Of General Interest Carefully
solaotud From Many Sources.

meLJ CneSIef ACCUSED MT. u. II. w IL
son OF being intimate with his step
daughter and had also had an alter.
cation with Wilson, but things had
been settled and they had been friends.
friend OF Chester enticed Wilson iG
swimming and when they were dress
ing Chester came up with shotgun
and told him this was his last day on
earth and shot at him, missing him.
Wilson began running, Chester shoot
ing at him. He ran in the water
where Chester shot and killed him.
The body sank. Chester then went
in, found the body and cut his throat
and stabbed him in several places
Charlie Mime was arrested and
jailed as an accomplish, Ches-
ter escaped.
Among the personal effects of Col.
Il. II. Granam, of Waco, lately de-
ceased, was u Colts siNshooter used
by him in the confederate war. The
United States commander, to whom
Col. Graham surrendered in 1865,
allowed him to keep his weapons, and
on starting his law practice the pistol
was stored away in desk with all OF
its chambers loaded and cap on
each nipple. For thirty years the
revolver remained in the drawer.
Recently it was taken out by the ad-
ministrators and turned over to a
gunsmith. The gunsmith as a matter
OF precaution fired the loads of, each
charge ringing with defamation
clear and loud as it did on the battle
fields OF the war between the states
Mrs Il. +. Mccoy, an onterprising
lady OF Williamson county, mas just
reached McLennGn county with uer
store on wheels. 1t is II small house
mounted on the wheels aud running
gear OF a farm wagon. She sells
goods, and when she gets tired OF one
place she hires team and has her
house pulled fifty miles or SO and
makes another stop. In this way she
supports herself and her grandchil-
dren. The house is fitted up with a
bedroom and storeroom and a portco
and steps When she gets ready TO
start she loads the portco and ste ps
into the wagon and moves off. She
says she finds it inconvenient to raise
chickens or a garden, SO she pur-
chases her poultry and vegetables.
The state printing board held a
u meeting on Ben q. Jones " Co.,
printing contractors, refusal to fur
nish paper for comptrollors blanks,
there being no appropriation to pay
them. 1t WAS necessary to have the
paper at once and the contractors
Won Boeckman & Co., who had the
printing OF the blanks agreed to fur
nish it at reasonable advance on
contract rates. They take chances of
a deficiency appropriation and have
to wait about eighteen months for the
money. The offer was accepted.
f. p. Cleghorn, who lives three
miles south OF DeKalb, Bowie county,
heard a noise at his lot the other
night about midnight He jumped
from his bed, grabbed his shotgun
and proceeded to investigate, He ar
rived in time to see some one ride
away on one Of his mules. He fired
his gun at the thief, who jumped from
the mule and ran of He found on
investi legation that he had hit the thief
and several shots hit the saddle.
Gov. Culberson has offered a re.
ward of 5000 for the arrest and con.
viction OF the unknown murderers OIL
Hugh Palmer at Frost, Navarro
county, last October, 1t seems that
every effort has been made to discover
| these murderers, but it is claimed
that they are men OF wealth and in.
, duence who are successfully thwart-
ing every effort to secure evidence
5 against them hence the governor
reward,
Recently 2-year-old son of A. II
Cronkrite, of Chireno. Narogdoche
county, got his left leg shot OIL by the
accidental discharge OF shotgun /,
the hands OF his l3-year- old brother
The unfortunate child was in be d sicl
7 and the load struck the leg below, tn,
knee and demolished the larger bone
; and passing on struck the thigh
I where it made but slight wound
The leg was amputated.
i VIM. Killeybrew, colored, wa
. found dead in the Missouri, Kansa
= and Texas yards at Smithville, Bias
: trop county, at an early hour tn
other morning. His right leg wa
. crushed and his left hand cut off a
the wrist. A letter found in his peck
ct showed that his home was at Wei
mar. He is supposed to have bee
i run over by some train at night
u The BRENNAN Compress, Oil am
ii Manufacturing pomDanv are nrpnar
i ing to build "a water tower for tn
t protection OF their compress, cotto
u platform, oil mill, ice factory and gil
: and mill, and propose to carry the in
/! lurance themselves The tower wi
he ninety feet high and fourteen fee
diameter and have a capacity {
O3,o0e gallons.