Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-07-23
TEXAS NEWS NOTES.

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The work OF removing the courthouse
at Amarillo Potter county, from tho
old town to the modern is satisfactory
ly progressing. and will be completed in
October.
Nicely Ball, one Of the Collingsworth
prisoners who has been in the Hall
county Jail for safe-keephng serving
out mine months imprisonment for
the whipping Of Rev. G. NJ. Lampkin.
made his escape recently.
q is beliyed that both white and col
oned men participated in the outrage.
Sheriff Baker went to the scene of the
outrage agal5n and is doing all he cam
to ascertain all about 1t in order that
the facts may be laid before the grand
jury.
Chas. Smith, colored was burned to
death i'm a house near Cameron, Milan
county, yesterday afternoon. He was
working out fine on the plantation
of r. L, Bats, and SLATED al noon that
he was sick. The supposition is that
he tried to burn out Of the building
called the Jail and was unable to get
out before the building fell In. He was
burned to a crisp.
At Hesrne, Robertson county, some
person unknown, and fer what
reason is unknown, on the night
Of the sixth reached through
window and cut off the long hair from
the head Of Mrs William Matthews
.ittle 12-sar-old daughter. Tracks were
found in the yard and We're followed,
but the deed has not been traced to a
certain source as yet.
Charlie Kampfenkel, the 1S-year-old
son of prosperous German farmer
living near Runge, Karnes county ac-
cidently shot himself through the hand
the other day with target gun. For
tura:ely the ball passed through with
out breaking any bones and lodged
Just beneath the skin on the back OF
the hand. The ball was cut out and
the wound Is healing.
The Griffith Lumber Company OF
Texas, doing bushes sat Magnolia.
Anderson county, Texas, eight miles
east of Conroe executed a trust deed
to d. G.. Tharp, as trustee, with assets
en- open account, $1292. 20, pine lumber,
1250000 feet with all the fixtures to
mill and planer or perta ming to the
operation of e saw mill, with teams,
etc, with liabilities aggregating be-
tween $4,000 and 100000.
Col. Charles Hamilton, president
and general manager of Jhe Texas
Central, narrowly escaped a painful
death the other day He was ON his
way to mis- desk when the electric ro-
tary fan fell and crushed the chair he
was about to take. 1t ds a heavy metal
machine and was going at high rate
when it came down, spinning as it fell
and drilled the thick oak chair like
steam driven augur. No one was hurt.
W. L. R. Dickson, a prominent mer-
chant and banker OF Childress, Chh-
dress county, known throughout the
panhandle, was struck by lightning and
instantly killed the other morning. 1t
appears that he was just entering his
barn door when the 'Dsirn was struck
and set on fire, which attracted some
parties near by, whcecn arriving at
the barn. found hilIs lying ON the
ground unconscious. He died in a few
minutes.
Somebody started the story that
twenty-one dead Infants had been
found in cleaning out the city reservoir
at Denton, Denton county, from which
the city gets It's water supply. For a
while the story caused some excite
ment, but, ON investigation, the mat
ter proved to be simply hoax which
some one had started for fun. The
people were greatly relieved when
they discovered that the story was
without foundation.
Acting Gov. Jester has issued proc
lamahon establishing a quarantine line
around Jones county on account OF
sp!enetic fever, and a proclamation
against certain herds in Fisher and
Knox counties.
Ed Cochrane was arrested the ether
night at Denton, Denton county charg-
ed with stabbing his step-father, Char
bic Leach, near Mings. Leach was stab
bed in several places, the most danger
Gus of which were in the head, side
and through the wrist 1t is thought
his wounds are serious, but not neces-
sarlly fatal,
"a heavy rain fell at San Angelo.
Tom Green county, the other day This
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