Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-04-07

fore the election last ran.
The Confederate veterans of Navar-
no county met at Corslcnna last week
and reorganlzed by electlng officers.
The meeting of the old veterans was
largely attended.
On the afternoon of the 23d 5-year-
old negro girl of Mandy Hines, negro
woman living one-half mile south of
Newton, caught fire and was so severe
ly burned that she died.
The Commerce improvement com
pany have arranged to offer n bonus of
$1,000 and four acres of land In the city
to any capitalist who will build and
operate n cotton seed oil mill.
The application of e. r. Hunter for
writ of habeas corpus was heard by
District Judge NJ. NJ. Kennon at FLO
resville last week. Amount OF the
bonds was reduced from $1,000 to $500
Sheriff Happiness has returned to
Pearsall from the Rusk penitentiary
with VIII Jacobs, where he had been
serving a >ten-year sentence for murder
He win DE tried here for the killing of
frank Rhoads.
(1At a depth Of about 1850 feet pc
troleum was struck in well No. G at
Corsicana, work on which has been in
progress about two months. The der
rick is up and work will commence ON
we'll No. Z soon.
The closing exercises Of the Quin-
tana high school were given at Met
calfe hall Friday night after which
the young people enjoyed the first
grand ball of the season at Qulntanas
open air pavilion.
Early Wednesday night Charlie Roe,
negro boy about II years old, went
to sleep in chair at his home All eff
forts to awaken him have failed and
he has taken no nounshment of any
kind, Physicians who have attended
him are puzzled.
L. w. Rutland's dry goods store at
Commerce was entered one night last
week by some unknown party or par
ties and some goods stolen. The thief
did not succeed in opening the safe.
A large file, brace and other burglar
IOOlo MGAC lCll llNhA wv StiAN'
Abe Mulkey has closed his meeting
at Vernon with the best results of any
revival ever held here. There Were
about 200 conversions, $50 of whom
Joined the various denominations here,
ninety joining the Methodist chupch
and sixty the other denominations.
There is being done an unusual
amount of business at Colmesneil for
the time Of year, and Woodville and
Chester make similar reports. At
Woodville two cars of corn arrived a
few days ago, and before night the
following day the consignment had all
been sold and carried away. Chester
received 1000 bushels one day this
week, all of it being bought from the
ear within twenty-four hours after its
arrival There have been sold to far
mers near here thirty-seven buggy
plows, whereby they expect to culti-
vate double the amount of land here
tofore handled by one man, and do 1t
better. All indications point to pros
porous harvest this season.
Saturday evening the jury in condem'
lation proceedings of right of way, be-
ng prosecuted at Orange by the postal
telegraph company against the South
,rn Pacific railroad, came in with YER
iict fixing damages at $500. Neither
party is satisfied with the verdict and
by agreement of both sides the term
Of court will not adjourn until the 9th
instant, at which time application for
new trial will be filed by the Postal
telegraph company. The defendants
may also make n similar motion. The
case has occupied the time of the
county court since the 18th.
Through Vice President Glidden and
Superintendent Baker it is learned that
the Southwestern telegraph and tele-
phone company has completed arrange
ments for the extension of the long dis
lance telephone, along the entire line
Of the Southern Pacific road to New Or
leans and work will be commenced at
The Houston end as soon as the mater
lal arrives. This will connect with
Houston and the general long distance
system of the company throughout
Texas and Arkansas all the important
stations en- route to the Crescent city.
AS fast rs the line reaches n city or
Town stations will be established. The
first station to be opened will be lib
erty. The others will follow in this
order: Sour Lake, Beaumont, Port AR.
thur Orange, Lake Charles, Jennings,
Crowley, Lafayette and several Of the
important lumber stations
"As to stout women riding the
Wheel said the empiricist, II am free
to say that they seem to lose thereby
something of moral weight and that's
about all."-Detroit Journal