Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-11-03
TEXAS NEWS ITEMS.


Leon Junction, Coryell county, burned
a. few mornings ago. Loss $4,000; in
surance $25OO.
The cotton gin of Fisher Thomas &
Smith was burned at Calhoun, Dallas
county, recentlw Total loss; amount
of insurance unknown.
The Rio Grande Railroad company
the other day paid the comptroller at
Austin $3.50 tax on sS4994 of passenger
earnings for the past quarter.
Their has been new postofIice estab-
lished in Coryell county, to be supplied
by the Hurst route, called Uriah, with
Urah Williams as postmaster.
Harris Bros, shoe dealers of Sulpher
Springs, Hopkins county, made an as
signment the other day for the benefit
of creditors. The stock invoiced $500,
liabilities unknown.
Frank McLaurie, farmer living four
miles southwest from Moran, Callahan
county, fell from pecan tree several
days ago and was instantly killed. He
was 80 OF 55 years of age.
Joe Hudson, an attache at A. A.
Cox's ranch, thirty-five miles north Of
Van Horn, FL Paso county, had his leg
broken above the knee several days
ago by his horse failing on him..
One car Of pecans was shipped from
San Angelo, San Angelo county, the
ther DIV On ocnount of +ba ,loolinIn0
price, dealers there are finding some
difficulty in disposing of them.
S. A. Cavitt who is charged with as
sault to murder at Leon Junction,
coryell county, sometime ago, went to
Gatesville the other day and surren-
dered to bail in the sum of $4,000.
A tenant house on Dodson street,
Gainesville, Cook county, was burned
several evenings ago. The house and
contents were q total loss. The house
was insured for $525; the furniture for
$4O0.
In the county clerks Office in Gal
weston few days ago B. Moore filed
a chattle mortgage, conveying to M.
Brock as trustee all of his stock of
goods, merchadise, etc. Liabilities
$2514.
The telegraph line from Jacksonville
to Rusk, Cherokee county, was COM
pleted several days ago and an office
opened for business. An extension has
also been put into the penitentiary at
Rusk.
A charter was filed at Austin recently
for the Union Irrigation Company of
stock $4,000. Purpose TO do general
irrigation, milling and stock raising
business.
A special train of twenty tank cars
filled with refined oil were shipped by
the Sherman Oil and Cotton Company
recently to Galveston. The oil is des-
tined for France and other European
countries
Messrs. T. B. Jones &c Gumber of
Fort Worth recently sold to e. A. Paff-
rath from 5000 to 1000 yearling heif-
ers, to be deliyed next spring at Alice.
Nueces county, to Col. Carver of Hen
rietta. The same parties also sold to
Sam Davidson of Fort Worth 5000 to
1000 steers, to be delivered at the same
place next spring.
Some neavy shipments of cattle have
been passing through Fort Worth
billed for Chicago. Most of the cattle
now being moved came from South
and Southwest Texas. A number of
cattle cars were sent to points west of
Big Springs, Howard county. the other
day to be used in moving cattle await
ing shipment.
A receiver has been appointed for
the Nebraska Lumber Company in
Woodville, Tyler county His bond is
fixed at $4,000. The mill plant of said
company was burned sometime ago.
Loss about $1,000 with no insurance.
The available assets aggregate about
$4,000, with probable liabilities amount
ing to about $1,000.
The Kansas City Live Stock Commits
sion company shipped from Maria, Pre-
sido county, the other day twelve cars
of steers to be fed at Dodge City.
Walker county, and then placed on the
Kansas City market.
Several evening ago Jose Castro
went down into a sixty-foot well on
the farm of Louis Wells near Luling.
Caldwell county, for the purpose OF
cleaning it out. He was overcome by
the foul air and his body was not re-
covered until the next day. Another
Mexican attempted to go down, but
failed