Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-10
TEXAS NEWS ITEMS.

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Mexican was killed by q horse on q. j..
Wilkinson's place.
Six cars of beef cattle we're loaded
at Allen, Collin county, recently, by
the local feeders for Kansas City. 1t
makes total of nineteen cars from
that point to the northern markets.
Sheriff Hawkins arrested Jerry An
derson, colored, at Sanger recently,
charged with burglary. Anderson
waived preliminary examination and
gave bond in the sum of $500 bsfore
Esq. A. e. Bourne.
At Ennis, Ellis county, w, d. Far
ris, stockman, sold carload of extra
fine Shorthorn cattle to w. L. Foster
OF Sterling county, and they we're
shipped out the other day to that
country to be put on the range.
At Sam Antonio, fire on Laurel
Heights the other night destroyed the
two-story frame dwelling occupied by
A. Smith, a local music dealer House
and contents were a total loss. The
house was valued at G25OO; insurance
$1,000. Contents $1,000, partially in
sured. The fire was caused by a de-
feotiye fue.
Considerable excitement was coca
stoned on Sixth street, Austin, just
east of the Driskill hotel the other
afternoon about o'clock by a shoot
ing scrape Between two negroes. Sew
eral shots were fired, but the marks
manship was poor and nobody was
hurt. The combatants were promptly
arrested.
In response to the request of Col.
Robert, chairman of the government
harbor commission for information re-
garding the Brazos river and it's con-
tiguous territory, the Waco CONNER
cial club furnished an exhaustive re-
port, which covers the case entirely
and provides fund Of valuable infor-
nation on the subject.
Two deaths occurred at Lampasas
the ether day Johnnie Allen, known
all over the country as the blind piano
tuner died after a few hours of suffer-
ing from paralysis, The other was
Mrs Amanda Nichols, who died from
old age, FASTENED by an attack of la
grippe. She was one OF the Oldest
settlers and well known over the state.
All the ponds and bayous in the vi
entity Of Sherman were. recently frozen
over to a greater depth than known
before in a number of years. The usu-
al number Of bruises and skinned faces
and hands were to be seen among the
skaters. The other night at a frozen
slough Bonnie Towers, aged IA years,
fell while skating and fractured the
bone just above the right eye.
Bungus Andrus was shot and killed
recently three miles from Willow
Hole on the Bryan road. A man rode
up with shotgun to spot where
some men were playing cards and after
standing around while, addressed
Andrus regarding the cause of the
trouble, which is not known and fred.
He then galloped away. A party gave
himself up to Sheriff Black at Madi-
sonville.
A few nights since, a party visited
the home of 2. T. Palmer, north of
Sherman, and dropped a note which
was in substance a warning that I'M
less he and his family were gone by
certain date, few days after the leav-
ing Of the note, they would be visited
by whitecaps. The matter was placed
in the hands of the officers and the APP
pointed night came and base gone and
no assault was made.
AT Waco recently, Postmaster Harri-
son reported the robbery of street let
ter boxes and the department put Post
office Inspector Woods to work on the
case. The inspector ascertained that
key had been forged and the boxes
opened with the forged key. A great
many letters were rifled and dstroyed
by the person operating with the
forged key Parties charged with rob-
bling the letter boxes were before
United States Commissioner John H.
Finks for preliminary hearing.
The other morning while several
boys were skating on large pond in
the edge Of Lorena, McLennan county,
the ice gave way and two, George
Hatch and Jim Bruce, were precipitat-
ed into eight feet of water. There was
telegraph post near and one caught
the post and pulled himself up, the
other had trouble trying to get back
onto the breaking ice, but at last sue
ceeded in getting to the bank. Young
Hatch staid ON the post about fifteen
minutes until help came from town.