Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-07-11
ALL OVER THE STATE.
astsrsstinK CullinEs on Various Subjects
Taken from the Daily PTesa

Recently at Orange, heoVl
cloud burst upon the town. There
was lightning, but not many Isud
peals OF thunder. The schooner j.
nj. Mclnnis was lying tied to the
bank when a ball OF lightning was
seen to make u straight line for her
main topmast head, which it shivered,
passed down the steel wire rope back
stay, cutting it. smoothly off at it's
junction with the maintop, 1t then
followed two stays down to lignum
vitae dead eye about seven feet above
the deck, where it divided, agair
striking the deck in two places and
on the rail, were it went to the wa
ter'b edge and out
Statistics gathered from fruit ship
perh of Smith county for the season
up TO June 20 are As follows: Straw
berries shipped 10, 600 crates; black
berries, 10000 crates, plums 200O
crates; apricots 800 crates; apples,
5000 boxes; peaches, 10000 boxes;
bean0 1000 boxes; Irish potatoes,
cara; cabbage, cars; tomatoes. 3
cars; some pears, japanese plums and
onions. Lindale and Swami ship
more Strawberries than all the rest Of
the county.
Recently on Brushy creek, in An
derson county, a cloud burst occurred.
In an hours time after the cloud be-
gan to pour out tho rain all of the
level land was submerged with water
or 10 inches deep. aud tine bridges
across the streams and the crops were
washed away. 1t spread over an
area OF several thousand acres of fine
farming section, and the amount OF
damage. il is stated, will reach many
thousands OF dollars.
j. NJ. Cotton, president OF the
Houston Business league, has written
Co tho Waco Commercial club re-
questiug that delegates be sent to
abe state meeting to take place az
Houston on the 18th instant, the
object OF which meeting is to take
steps to have the state of Texas prop
erly represented at the southern
states exposition to be opened at At
lama, Ga, in September.
About sixty convicts are now at
work on the Sabine and East Texas
division Of the Southern Pacific rail
Foad, between Beaumont aud Sabine
Pass, raising the bed and repairing
thc track. After finishing work be-
tween these two points they are to
begin work on the same line between
Beaumont and Rockland and continue
until the whole division is put in ex-
cellent trim.
The railway commission has granted
tne Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe rail-
road authority to apply the following
tates on anthracite and smithing coal
1hrload, from Velasco to stations on
the Fort Worth and Rio Grande rail-
road as follows: Bluffdale and inter-
mediate points, 81, 50; to Stephenville,
t2.75; to Dublin, 81. &c. to Proctor,
Delaware and intermediate points, So
; per ton
The Populist of Delta Hunt, Fan
ain and Lamar counties have COM
Pletcd arrangements for holding a
weeks political camp meeting at Pc
can Gap in Delta county, beginning
on August T. The situation is well
selected to secure large attendance
-hOul dli iOul VI Vic tOuubltSs
Is turns out to be fact that there
was woman, Mrs. Frank Havencot,
accidentally shot the other night al
Houston, while the officers we're in
pursuit OF Hy Lewis, colored, who
had escaped from the sheriff.
Congressman s. b. Cooper OF the
second Texas district has appointed
I'D apd ~ rrAnlrott 10
at the West Point military academy
and Henry Pedigo Geisendorff o
Woodville as alternate.
n. G. Hodges and Polk Peters had
q shooting bee at Forreston, Ellil
county, a short time since. Peters /:
in Jail and Hodges is out on bond
Hodges has broken arm as a result
OF the fight,
The West Texas Harbor, Channel
Dock and Wharf company of Arkansas
Capital stock 81, 600, 900, has filed it
charter The incorporates are Emf
Moshelm, j. L. Campbell and j. A
Hardy.
At Gatesville, recently during
colored revival meeting, Jim Hope
was cut twelve times with a poke
knife. Bob Goats and Tom Gritii,
are in jail charged with the cutting
The comptroller has received tn
statement Tor taxes of the rolling
stock Of the Houston and Texas Cen
trail railway. Length OF road 45i
miles, value OF rolling stock sos, 900