Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-01-27

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ton Of the strange craft.
An effort will be made to get a cut
made at the mouth of Johnsons bayou
in Orange county, to give an entrance
six feet deep between Sabine lake and
the bayou. Only about two feet of
mud would have to be removed where
the bar is less than $50 years wide.
Strawberries are ripening rapidly at
Alvin. A fine class of the fruit is now
being brought to market and has n
ready sale. The express company, an.
ticlpating heavy crop, Is remodeling
Its office and wareroom and providing
more floor space for conslgnments.
Frank Woods was killed last week in
Boon's Bend, Brnzorla county. Geo.
Bailey claims that Woods was advanc-
ing on him with knife. The weapon
used was II shotgun. Bailey was ar
rested by Deputy Sheriff Davis and is
now in jail. Both parties are negroes.
Last Tuesday morning 2OO0 pine logs
came out of Old river into the Sabine
here at Belgrade on the way to Orange.
The most of the timber was RATED in
cribs. 1t belongs to l.. Wingate and
others. 1t will get to Orange about
next Monday. The river is still fall
ing.
West Galveston has just commenced,
but is great in expectations. A comb.
nation Of manufacturers have selected
this place as the location for their
plants. Several of them have been up
on the ground and their advance agent
is there now There will be about
dozen factories in all and they will
have capacity in the aggregate to EN-
ploy about 700 hands. All of these fac
tories will be such as are specially
adapted to this section of country, and
all of them will be managed by practi-
cal experienced manufacturers.
1t is many years since prospects in
all lines We're better in Hidalgo county
mt this season than they are Mt present.
The more intelligent of the Mexican
population are rapidly realizing the
fact that they must get out of the old
ruts. The time is past when they could
lay back in the shade and, with the
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table living. They begin to realize that
the plow and the hoe must in future
be the implements that will keep the
staff of life in sight.
The Brennan agricultural implement
factory, which was leased by Hon. He
Der Stone five months ago as an eXper-
iment in the manufacture of furniture,
has proved so successful that he has
leased the plant for five years, and is
now putting in about $4,000 worth of
new machinery and will double the
force and output of the factory, which
will be devoted exclusively to making
furniture. 1t will be styled the Bren-
ham Manufacturing company and will
be managed by Nh J. w. Maddox.
Port Arthur and the country sur
it have been making great i'm
provements during the past few weeks.
About twenty-five miles of road have
been graded so far, and work on n sys-
TEN of bitches has been commenced,
so that superfluous water may be
turned into the lake. The farming
lands are being settled up, the immi-
grants representing large number of
nationalities. About 1000 acres have
been secured for Germany colony,
and 1000 reserved for Hollanders. This,
with the cooperative colony to locate
between here and Sabine Pass, will add
materially to the population and bust
ness Importance of Port Arthur. Fore
runners of these colonies have already
settled down on their possession and
are delighted with their new homes.
Willis has the distinction of being
the only wholesale leaf tobacco mar
ket in the state Two carloads have
recently been shipped through Calves
ton to leaf dealers of New York. An
other large shipment Is being prepared
for the same market. Price obtained
thus far for the 1896 crop, Ace per
pound, and has proven the most remu-
Derative crop ever grown in Montgom-
cry county. The Fairview farm of
fifty acres situated one-half mile from
town, yielded products during the past
year amounting in value to more than
$4,000 Tobacco was the principal crop;
strawberries cabbage and potatoes oc-
cupying twelve acres. The acreage in
tobacco will be increased fully 400 per
cent over last year The tobacco grow
ing fever has struck the town. Every
body will raise 1t that can gather up
enough cash to make the start. There
is no fear now that there win not be
ready market for every pound that
can be produced. One New York leaf
firm alone says it will buy as much as
100000 pounds this year if 1t is raised
here.
There have been COO chattel mort
cages filed with the county clerk of
Bell county since the LIST of January.
This is at the rate of forty per Day. If