Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-09-01


rush at Victoria, but unless there is
a more thorough and general rain
soon there will be no top crop. The
rains that have fallen have only been
partial showers, and while they are a
great help, cannot make the crop.
Atlas Brown works A. s. Newton's
orchard, four miles east of Alvin. He
Is paid so much to care for the orchard
and has all he can make on the land
clear. This season he planted twenty
acres of the orchard to cotton, and has
already had eight bales glnned and will
get several more. This is clear gain,
as the same culture the orchard de-
nlanded made cotton.
Dr. n. Schllllng, living near Cedar
Bayou planted sixteen ucres in pecans
last winter, and reports that the young
trees have made a remarkable growth
in spite of the dry weather this sum-
mer. He intends to plant six more
acres this winter, making in all TWEEN
ty-two acres. He is also starting a
grove of several acres of live oaks,
which he thinks will pay for itself in
few years in acorns.
The managers of the new academy.
headed by l.. j. Mitchell, are at Port
Lavaca and have leased the Hogun
building, on the corner of Virginia and
Austin streets. Both floors will be
fitted up for classes, and here the first
term of the new educational institu-
ton will be conducted. Different
points on the coast will be visited at
once by Prof. Mitchell and representa-.
tives, and the parents conferred with.
There was a big cut at the logging
camp of the Texas tram and lumber
company in Jasper county, one long
leaf yellow pine measured Al inches at
the stump, SO inches ut thirty feet,
81 inches at sixty feet, and % inches at
eighty feet This tree was cut into
three logs, making the total amount of
1927 feet, the biggest that has been
cut in any part of this county for many
years.
At Blanco, Blanco county, the cotton
crop comes in slowly. The drouth has
injured the crop in Blanco county so
that not half n crop will be raised.
Conservative estimates place the crop
at one-third of a crop. What is true
of Blanco is true of this section. The
low price of cotton and its small yield
is quite discouraging to the farmers.
Many are talking of planting wheat.
The present prices paid for wheat are
certainly tempting. Since the recent
rains grass has sprung and the range
is excellent.
Rain is needed badly at Alvin for the
fall gardens, which are now suffering.
Cabbage will be largely planted for a
winter crop, and with wheat at $1.00
and n strong demand for all produce
the gardeners anticipate a better
market for all lines of their products.
They will plant heavily for the winter
and early spring CROPS. Over one-half
of the strawberry plants were killed
by the drouth, and MANY patches will
not be replanted. From present out
look there will be a shortage in the
berry crop net spring.
The prohibition mass meeting held at
the Methodist church at Alvin on Mon
day night was largely attended. Judge
Kimmins was called 10 the chair, and
after full discussion 1t was decided
that the time was propitlous for an
election. An executive committee, CON
slstlng of J. j. Shirley, ]. NJ. Moody,
NJ. 70. Williams f. NJ. Ragland and
Judge Bush, was appointed to draw up
the petition and circulate it for sigma
lures. The committee is at work and
will have the petition before the COM
missioners' court the first of next
month.
A car load of buggies, surveys and
hacks from Iowa arrived at Luling
This is the third car load received here
within the past two months each car
combining forty-five vehicles. They
are set up here and sent out through
the country to be sold to the farmers.
A new firm has been organized at
TlmFson with $4,000 capital The
mine that they have purchased is on
McCarty & Morgan's farm, just south
of town, which promises to produce
splendid quality of coal. They con-
template working 1000 men when they
get in operation.
The United States civil service COM
mission has ordered that the eXami-
nation to be held by its local beard in
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