Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-12-29
TEXAS NEWS ITEMS.

inc comptroller at Austin recently
registered $4,000 of city of Paris fund
ing bonds.
In the criminal court at Houston a
few days ago John Remedies was con-
victed of assault to murder and given
six years in the penitentiary. JOHN
Farrell was given five years for rob
berry.
While j. r. Muldrow was examining
a 32-caliber pistol recently in Rosebud,
Falls county, 1t was accidentally dis
charged, the ball entering R. r. Strip
ling's side little from the rear, rang
Ing from there downward.
A few days ago the plates in the
crusher of the Luling cotton seed oil
mill in Luling, Caldwell county, blew
out. Mr.. f. M. Pierce, who had charge
of the crusher and huller, was struck
on the back of the head by one of the
pieces, seriously wounding kim.
A frame house belonging to a negro
named Jackson, in Eagle Pass, burned
a few days ago. Only number of
children in charge of girl OF II were
in 1t at the time. The brave little girl
succeeded in getting all tho children
and part of the furniture out, but on
the last trip was caught in the flames
and burned to death.
Several nights ago rear Houston
Heights, suburb of Houston, Jacob
Hoffe, who has been living there for
some years, was fearfully stabbed. A
warrant has been sworn out charging
Alex Gimble with assault to murder.
Hoffe was stabbed seven times with
dirk. Mrs, Hoffe was also stabbed
twice, but not so badly.
A team of mules ran away at the
poor farm near Gainesville, Hunt
county few days ago, with q wagon
in which nine convicts were going in
from the woods to dinner. They were
all thrown out and disabled from work
for several days. Joe Ogden was Sc
riously bruised and sprained, and Will
barley had his left arm broken.
Charters were filed recently at Aus
tin by the following corporations; The
Fleager Whittenberg company Of
Georgetown, Williamson county; the
East Texas Telephone company of
Jacksonville, Cherokee county. The
Floresville Cemetery association filed
an amendment to its charter, slightly
changing several articles Of the char
ter.
Fire broke out in Denton the other
day and destroyed the re5idence of
John Turpen. The fire, the cause OF
which is supposed to have been de-
feet in the chimney, burned rapidly on
account of the high wind and nothing
was saved. The loss is estimated at
$1,000, with $500 insurance on the
house and $500 on the household
goods.
A bill of sale was filed for record at
Kaufman, Kaufman county, few days
ago, from Nm McGraw OF Terrell to
John H. Barnes to an individual one
half interest in and to the stock of
dry goods, notions, clothing, hats,
boots, shoes, fixtures, ETC., owned by
said McGraw in Terrell. The consid-
Grafton mentioned in said bill Of sale
is $1,000
A farm house four miles from Nc
Kinney, Collin county, burned the
other day, together with most of its
contents, and also $500 in notes which
were laid away in a clock. The house
was owned and occupied by Mr.. Bow
lin and his two married sons All of
the men folks were absent when the
fire occurred. Total loss $1,000, and no
Insurance
Baird, Callahan county, is improving
and bushes Of every kind is better
than ever before. The Odd Fellows
building will be finished in a few days
and when complied will be one of the
best and incest buildings in West Tex
as Contracts have been let for two
or three business houses. The rail-
road is doing the heaviest business it
has ever done
Albert Flowers, son of Widow Aman-
da Flowers, of Collinsville, Grayson
county, about Is years old, while out
possum hunting recently fell from the
pile of sand taken from the railroad
well as the train was passing, and fall
ing under the cars, had his right arm
torn off and head badly cut Physi-
clans amputated his arm, but he never
rallied from the shock and died in
few hours.
The comptroller at Austin few
days ago registered $4,000 Of city of
Houston schoolhouse bonds.
r. w. Templeton, well known FAR