Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-10-21
GULF COAST NEWS.


a much needed shower fell OF
Arcadia on the 14th.
Austin has been overrun with
thieves ror some time past,
Mr., John Breed is contemplating
starting tile factory at Arcadia.
The name OF the Ropesville, Nueces
county, postoflice has been changed to
Tarpon.
Two carloads of material for Clear
Greek bridge has arrived at League
City and work will be begun ON the
structure at once.
A large number of delegates attend
ed the semi annual meeting of the
State Swine Breeders association, held
at. Dallas, recently.
Robbers nave been making things
lively at Luling lately and several
people are losers of various amounts
of money and other valuables
The grand jury in session at Austin
has returned three indictments against
Eugene Burt, charged with numbering
his family at that place in July.
ii. M. Stringfellow was at Arcadia
last week budding new orange
which he is propagating with the full
assurance that it is capable ofresieting
frost.
Ire work of grading eight miles OF
street at Port Arthur has been COM
menced and will be pushed rapidly
forward, large force OF men being
employed.
a party consisting of fifteen gen.
tlemen from Fannin county werc at
Hitchcock last week looking at lands
in that vicinity with view of pur-
chasing and locating.
Cabbage pants in some parts of the
coast country have suffered some from
dry weather and the insects, but those
put out from now on will probably
escape these perils.
An election is to be held at Alvin
Monday for moving the county seat
to Angleton and excitement at that
place is at fever heat. Every argu.
ment pro and con is being used.
The San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
railroad gave cheap round trip rate
from points ON its line to Rockport q
few days ago. 1t was by far the
largest crowd of people visiting that
seaside resort this season, fully 5000
people taking advantage of the last
excursion to that place this year.
f. Zedler, the owner of the large
water power gin and grist mill one
mile south OF Luling, has made ar.
rangements to commence work on the
new steam gin he proposes to locate
in the eastern suburbs of Luling,
Everything will be on large scale
and of the latest improved pattern.
A crowd of 400 excursionists Wis
tied Corpus Christi from points along
the Arkansas Pass road few days ago
and a merrier crowd never assembled
at that thriving little city. Feasting
and boat sailing was the order of the
day and all express themselves as be.
ing well pleased with the hospitality
shown them.
r. E. Harway of Hampstead, acting
as agent, yesterday sold the Ellis plan.
tat,on, In this county. to the Steel
brothers of Navasota for $41,00O. II
is one of the largest plantations in
this sections Of the state. The new
owners will proceed to make some
improvements and operate the place,
The machinery for sinking the arte,
sian well at Hampstead has arrived
and is being placed in position. Mr..
Gus Warnecke of Houston is the con-
tractor. He says he will be ready to
start some day next week and expects
to finish the well in about six weeks,
Then Hampstead will have system
of waterworks.
Frank Tabor was found lying by
the side of the Central track near the
roundhouse at Ennis, recently, bleed
ing profusely from wound in the
neck and holding razor clenched in
his baud. He was irrational. lie is
subject to epileptic fits, at which
times he becomes violently insane
and dangerous.
Some OF the material for the build.
OF the wagon factory at West Calves.
ton has arrived and been stored at
Fairwood. Several more carloads are
expected to arrive during the week.
While Sister Veronica of the con.