Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-08-25

commenced on the Galveston, Brazos
md Southwestern railroad, and will
ut once complete tlSe amount of the
bonus required OF this place. They
have $4,000 signed up.
G. Amerungen and William Amer
ungen, prominent officials of the Texas
Colonization society of Orange City, |
Iowa, are at Angleton. This is the
company which purchased some time
since the Monte Nideo ranch of the
Hosklns heirs for the purpose of locat-
ing a colony of Hollanders. A number
of families are already established.
They have built hotel and made other
important improvements, among them
the ditching of the land. They are now
making arrangements TO found Pres
byterian college in their colony and eX-
pect to begin work and have buildings
completed to open school by Septem-
Der l. 1888 They will establish an Of
flee here and make it their headquar-
tiers. This society represents large
financial interests.
The Alvin gin has turned out about
fifty bales trf cotton, most of which has
been marketed at that place. The
lowest price paid was 7.50c and the
highest Use, as the merchants here
are determined to encourage the cotton
planting. They are paying full Calves
ton prices. From present indications
there should be at least 800 bales glned
here. This is the first year that the
farmers in the Alvin section have paid
much attention to cotton and the yield
has been SO satisfactory that next year
the acreage will be increased. They
find that a cotton crop can follow the
early fruit and vegetables and not de-
manding much attention before the
early crops are off, and few bales Of
cotton in the fall comes in handy to
tide over the winter. 1t seems that the
later planted cotton does the best on the
coast lands, as drouth does not effect
1t so much as the earlier planted.
Since the rains have come there is
every prospect that much of the late
cotton will make a bale to the acre.
The excursion run from Galveston to
Port Arthur by the Kansas City Pits
burg and Gulf via the Gulf and Inter
state and Beaumont was great sue
cess. When the transfer boat Char
lctte NJ. Allen left the fremont street
wharf with barge alongside 524 peo-
pie were aboard, and before the boat
had swung into the channel the man
who had been first to buy Il ticket, but
last to reach the dock, came aboard
from skff The trip to Bolivar was
Of hn
crowded condition of the boat and in
tense heat of the early morning sun,
| but the trip by rail was delightful.
The Pee Gee had provided the equip
NEXT for the occasion, and in addition
| to a number of vestibule coaches, had
placed in the train two new excursion
cars. These are very much like the
summer street cars, furnished with
large windows, closed by sliding cloth
blinds instead of glaas. Seats in the
cars We're in great request, both on the
outward and return trip. AS the train
| proceeded from Bolivar to High Is
land, skirting the gulf shore and Oc-
casionally passing in sight of the bay,
many expressions of pleasure at the
beauty of the scenes and the comfort of
the trip were heard Shortly after
passing High Island, where mineral
waters and other liquid refreshments
were obtained, rain began to fall and
kept up to the satisfaction of the ex-
cursionists until Beaumont was sighed.
| At that point the train was switched
| on to the tracks of the Kansas City,
pitttch1ro and Gu1f and II was SOON
speeding toward Port Arthur, and
through country new ito most of the
passengers. The most interesting OBJ