Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-08-15
ALL OVER THE STATE.
Intsroating CulIinEs on variouo Subjects
TlkeA from the Daily PresL

Ala, president OF the American Cot
ton Growers Protective association.
expresses himself as well pleased with
tine result Of the movement inaugurG-
ted by that association last season
Rud is particularly pleased with the
decrease in the cotton acreage thlsI
year Ia Texas, which he declares will
be over 20 per cent. Ii farmers can
be induced TO retain from dumping
their crop with rush early on the
market he is confident much better
prices will be obtained.
At the residence of Mr.. Waller, liv-
ing live or six miles southwest OF
kaufman, one night recently some
unknown person, while Miss Alice
Waller was asleep went TO the win
dow and with pair NJ shears cut the|
hair Gt9m her head. Sheriff Keller
and deputy Bill Henderson went tC
the place with bloodhounds and
tracked the party about mile, butt
lost the trail. The hair was found
near the house.
Jay Owens, white, must hang :.
Georgetown, says the jury, for the
crimes OF Incest and criminal assault
on his l3-year-old daughter. Owens
was born in Van Xandt county and
lived in that and Kaufman county
until 1879, when he went to William
son and pursued the life Of well-to.
do farmer lie is about 40 years oil
age, spare built, black hair and eyes,
and countenance anything but pleas.
ant.
Ex-Gov. Hogg is quoted as being OF
the opinion that the Fitzsimmons'
Corbett mill is Off He said that pep.
pie might speculate on that subject to
the ,ull extent OF their imaginative
powers, but that Gov. Culberson
would stop it. "lrom what know Of
the young man, am convinced that
he means what he SAYS, and you can
wager that he has both the power and
tho inclination to stop this thing"
The assessors rolls of Galveston,
Titus and Oldham counties have been
received by the comptroller. Calves
ton county total valuation Tor 1898
is $26, 100. an increase of $780,
GAO over 1894. Titus county's total
valuation is 81, 800, 669, an increase OF
$4O,6s9 over 1894. Oldham's total
valuation is 1887, 40, a decrease oil
$lSy. 6O7 as compared with 1894,
At Kennedy, Karnes county, the
other night, Paul Turplin, in stupor
shot his wife instantly killing her
thinking she was burglar. She
went out of the house in her night
clothes, leaving him asleep, and on
her return the dogs barted at and
frightened her, causing her to rush
into the house.
Railroad representations OF roads
centering at Fort Worth held a meet,
ing there recently and decided To
build new union depot. They also
decided to expend 5000, 900 on it and
to begin work at once. 1t will be the
finest building of its kind in the state.
Otto Burger, a pressfeeder about
IA years old, was run over by mo-
tor car at Dallas recently and almost
instantly killed. He was crossing the
track in front of the car, slipped and
fell and was maugled before the mo-
torman could stop the car.
Lucius Henderson, living on Cot
tonwood, twelve miles from Luling,
while returning home from party
at night recently, ran his horse over
cow lying in the road and was
thrown, breaking his arm and knock
ing his jaw out OF place.
At San Antonio a Mexican woman
named Rosa Nillegas, aged 81, wa'
struck by the Arkansas Pass aud Kerr
vile train the other morning. Hel
head was badly bruised and concus
sion OF the brain is the result. Hei
condition is serious.
A factory is being built near Omen
Smith county, to manufacture tobacco
cigars, etc, A large acreage OF to
bacco will be planted there next year
The recent session OF the Count
Judges association at Hillshoro wa
well attended. Galveston was select
ed as tine next place of meeting.
A Mrs. Scott from Jarrett, Eli
county, went to kaufman tile othe
day to have maidstone applied t.
a bite on her left arm inflicted by
mad dog. The stone adhered to tn
bite for more than two hours.
Frequent mention has been made q
the project Of cleaning out the Guada
loupe so as to make it navigable
An application as been filed with tn
secretary OF state for charter by
number OF wealthy citizens Of Victori
for company, which proposes t
carry out this PROJECT