Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-01-06


ney, the commission appointed by tho
government to investigate deep water
facilities at the mouth of the Brazos
river, viii not arrive at Quintnna until
January 8, and these engineers have
| come In advance so as to be able to
report to them on their arrival concern
ing the Brazos river and its surround
ings.
A. L. Baldwin and C. G. Yates, part
of the engineering corps to examine
the Brazos and report to congress the
extent OF the work done at Velasco, ar
rived at that place Saturday. The
c...ef engineer has hot yet arrived, but
is expected on every train. General
Robert. M Robert Moore and Secre-
tary porney of the commission will ar
rive about the middle of January.
The Jack county railroad committee
mas paid the Gulf and Brazos Valley
Railway company the last installment
of their cash bonus and a contract las
been closed fcr the immediate con
'siructjcn of the road from Mineral
Wells to Jacksboro. The work of con
struction between AIlllsap on the
Texas and Pacific and Mineral Wells
will be completed within thirty days.
A tenant house belonging 10 7. Fl.
Trippe of Waelder burned Monday
and in the ruins was found Mary Pull
len, colored, 10 years old, with hole in
her skull. 1t is supposed that the
young negrcss was murdered and then
the house was burned to cover suspi-
cion AS yet there is no clew to the
crime.
Tom Cunningham, the 17-year-old
stepson of Mr.. j. C. McMickle Of Bee
vile, is n probable victim of the holt
day festivities. He was found near
the Arkansas Pass stock pens Friday
morning with his abdomen and legs
burned to n crisp. He claims to have
been shot with a Roman caudle
Thursday night The unfortunate is
in deplorable condition and the ply
sicians say his recovery is doubtful.
]. j. Taylor, who has been on trial In
Houston two days, charged with cattle
theft, was found guilty and his punish
ment fixed at two years in the peniten-
tiary. There were nearly 100 witnesses
in the case and it was one of the hard
est fought cases of the term. The
Stockmen's Protective association as
sisted in the prosecution. There is an
other charge of cattle theft against
Taylor and it will come up next week.
Bridge Jumper Higgins jumped, or
rather dropped, from the San Jacinto
street bridge into the bayou at Hous-
ton Sunday afternoon. A large crowd
turned out to see the performance,
which was free. A ladder projected
out over the edge of the bridge frame,
and Higgins swung down by his
lands and dropped feet first, He was,
! pulled out of the Water by waiting
friends, and beyond rip in his tights
10 harm was observable.
w. G. Brooliing, a swltchman, aged
about 40 years, and an employe of the
san Antonio and Arkansas Pass rail-
way. was badly hurt while on duty
Sunday morning at Yoakum. 1t seems
that his foot became fastened between
two rails while attempting to make a
coupling, and the cars knocked him
down, mangling and MASKING his left
foot The arm has been amputated
just below the shoulder joint, and two
toes Of the injured foot have been
ampuated also.
Improvements in Cuero for the conn
ing spring in the way of substantial
buildings are a three-story hotel on the
Mutt site, a brick block on Runges
corner and the new power, water and
light plant by Bushel Bros. from their
dam on the Guadalupe Now In course
of construction. There is chance for
more good people there with energy and
u little money with which to buy cheap
| lands.
The strange engineer corps at work
in the vicinity of Millsap running lines
down the Brazos valley are still in the
field, and it is surmised that they are
in the employ of either the Santa Fc
or Rock Island, arranging for a con-
nection with the Gulf and BraZos Val
ley road. The grading outfit of the
BRACES Valley road has gone into camp
here and will resume work Monday.
Property in Millsap has doubled in
value since work has commenced on
the Brazos Valley road and twenty
business lots were sold last week.
Strawberries are coming into the AL
vim market more freely and some
crates are being shipped out. One
crate was shipped to Houston on the
21st This fruit is all raised in the
open field, as there is only one man
there trying to grow berries under pro-
lection and his berries are not in ad-
vance of the open field, as yet the wea-
Their has been so open and spring like.
One crate was sent to the fremont ho-
tel in Galveston. Several crates are
hrouorht in each dav hut most NJ them