Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11
TEXAS NEWS NOTES.


counties throughout the state.
A Mexican nemed Pamphilo Trejo
was arrested at San Antonio by Detec-
i've Shoaf and officer Easterly charged
With theft under $50.
All Allen, OF Kaufman, recently
shipped over the Texas Trunk 1000
head of and 2-year-o,d steers to
Wayne, I. T.. for paJs urage.
VIII Ray, of the Strngtown neigh
bclhood, near Temple, took a dose Of
morphine for neuralgia. He got an
overdose of the drug and died.
Rachael Pickett, colored, aged so
years, died in West Sherman the other
evening. She is the sixty-ffth victim
Of the cyclone She died of bad head
wounds and internal injuries.
The forty-eighth district court grand
Jury indicted Mrs. Lavista Bragg for
The murder of her husband, George
Bragg, who was recently assassnated
while sleeping in his home near Grape
vine.
Roma Rosa AN escaped prisoner from
Matamoras, Mexico, charged with the
murderJo a mail driver between Mata-
nor9s and Victoria was captured thir-
ty'miles from Brownsville and is now
n Jail at San Antonio
The Phoenix Brass band, OF Farm
ersville, will give a big picnic Gov.
Culberscn will be present, and Hon.
j. w. Bailey is expected. The Green
Vile and Farmersvllle gun clubs will
have match shoot on that day.
The Cotton Belt route has made a
cate of one fare for the round trip to
st. Louis and return on account of the
national Republican convention meet
ing. Tickets on sale June s, 8, 10, IA
and 10, limited to June u for return.
Recently Sank Owens went to the
house of Louis Shackelford, at Grape
and and abused him. Shackeford APP
pea,ed to the law. On hearing this
Owens went to the field where Shackel-
ford was blowing and shot both his
arms off with a shot gun charged with
ouckshot. Owens escaped.
A. F. Larson, of Galveston, aged 10
syars, was recently acquitted of the
charge of murder for the killing Of
James Collins, in 1893, whR Larson
was but 10 years old. The jJNwas out
but an ho2r; In 1894 Lars IA. as con
9l.a y"ew imprisonment buG lhe judg-
ment was reversed on the appeal.
The two men who escaped from the
Cameron county jail recently whe
were charged with the murder of the
United States mail driver in Hidalgo
county several months ago have also
been captured by Mexican officers and
are held n Matamoras. The requisition
for their extradition has not yet been
acted upon
w. R. Fender, a sec ion hand, at
Denton, while working in the yards
was hit by the pilot of a Missouri
Kansas and Texas engine and knocked
from the track. He was cut in several
places and bruised nearly all over his
body. Two engines were approaching
the man at the same time, and he says
he did not hear the one by which he
was struck.
Judge Sam Stree man. OF Cameron
addressed the alumni association oil
the Southwestern university the other
day. A large audience was present
and the speaker commanded close at
tention throughout. Rev. w. d. Brad.
field, Of Weatherford, addressed the
Alethean and Clio societies on the sub
ject of "The Inspiration of Oopportu-
nifty" In the sophomore class MIR. G.
A. Sweenton was awarded the orators
medal. Thomas ]. P. Adams, of Meri-
dian, was awarded the DISCLAIMERS
medal, his selection being "The Chari-
OF Race" from Ben Hur.
The Terrell public schools wert
closed Saturday night with apprcpri
ate exercises. The graduates were;
Jewell Monday, valedlc.orian; Nellie
Galbraith, sahltatorian; Mary Hardin
Berthe Kennedy, Belle Stroud ana
Alice Bond. 49,
C. A. Steele, OF Greenville, mad
complain; against William McAdams
charging him with assault and bat
terry. McAdams was placed under ar
rest. Both reside near Weiland wher,
the trouble is alleged to have occurred
Friday afternoon.
Commencement exercises were helt
at Georgetown recently. A medal, do
mated by Mayor Penn, was arwardet