Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-08-11

conservative farmers are predicting q
short crop
Owing to the continued dry weather.
dry land cotton and corn will be cul
very short at Menardville, and should
the dry weather continue much longer
cotton will be a failure also. All irri
gated crops are locking well and the
outlook for a good yield. Weather
very hot, the thermometer ranging
from 30 to JOG IN the shade for the last
four days. Grass on the range burning
up and stock water getting short.
Town and county are full of pros
pectors. They are coming in on the
trains and private convcyances--in fact
the 'prairie schooners' have been as
numerous here in the past ten days as
they We're on Kansas in the boom days
of that state. Most of these prospec
toors are people with money and they
are here for the purpose of buying
homes. Som" come to stay and others
merely to see the country with view
of returning and locating this fall
That the Beevllle section is on the eve
of great influx of immigration there
can be no doubt. People are getting
tired of the overcrowded sections and
are seeking a country where land is
cheap, the climate salubrious and a Ev
ing not so hard to make.
President ALI Diecliman of the Z. P.
A. presided over meeting at CuerO
Sunday night, which was the begin
ming of Post NJ. of the Il. p. A. A. f,
Panic was elected president and Jeff
B. Graham secretary Of the post. They
start in here with membership OF
| twenty-five. Proprietor Mutt of the
new hotel gave the post a grand feast
after the business was all transacted,
Some time since Albert Lindsey, col
ored, and other parties III the Yellow
Banks nelghborhood, twelve miles
southwest of IIallestville, lost some
yearings. The sheriff of the county
! was notified, and he located the year
lings in Kerr county. Lindsey weni
there and identified two as his. Two
arrest have been made.
Have not had any rain yet at Ruskl
| Cherokee county; it has been seven
| weeks since Il season; had local rains
| in various parts of this county and in
| some parts of the county have had good
| season; but only one-third Of the county
| had rain, the other twO-thlrds have had
none for seven to eight weeks crops
| especially cotton, are very much in
need of rain, and from the indiccA or
now. cotton will be far short of last
| years crop. Corn crop is some better
than last year, but it is believed thai
there is corn enough made to run the
| people another year. All in all the
| farmers of Cherokee county are in bad
| shape, as all of them had-to buy corr
TO make this crop. and many of them
| will have to buy corn to make crop
next year, and will not get anything cut
| of COTTON this year
The local veterinarians at Alvin are
having fine success in treating Charlton
| The several cases of the last week are
all past the crises and will recover,
There have been but few cases in this
vicinity and but small per cent. Of
| them have died. In every case the dl'
sCase seems to have been started by
the bite of n fly. Tho two large horze,
| belonging to the Pleasant Bayou ranch
company were both attacked the same
afternoon ana in the same spot-on tho
briskit. When first discovered it was q
small round swelling about the size of
the large end of 4 hens egg The To-
ticn was Immediately applied and the
parts well blistered The swelling ill.,
creased until as large as peck meas
ure, but supperated. and the horses are
recovering. Taken in time and proper
| ly treated, clIrbCn can be cured.
! S. o. Sml.h, living one mile west Of
Alvin, has shown what pluck and ener.
few years ago Mr.. Smith was hired
| land on ]. p. Boon's farm, near town.
lie showed his worth and soon entered
into partnership with his cpmloyer in
the dairy business. At the end of two
years he bought ont the other interest
purchased land and prepared for the
dairy business which he has continued
to enlagre until now he ships 100 gal
Ions of milk to Galveston daily and
owns nice dairy farm and over 100
head of full bred and graded cattle
some of which are very valuable. His
dairy farm is nicely improved, with
large barn, nice dwelling and outh2ns'
es, etc. Mr.. Smith is young man and
commenced few years ago with pluck
and energy MS his only capital. His
! farm and cattle today are worth about
$4,000, and his business is paying
handsomely.
1t is worthy of special mention that
+I,o,o l,oe ,,s,.or hoo,, a liant ;r, pOpl,