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

Plenty of rain at Alta Iona. People
are busy planting crops.
Mr.. f. @. Fimkhauser has all his fix
lures at Bl Campo for the new bank.
The first load of cotton went out of
Alta Iona last week to Alvin to be
Ginned.
The brick yards at Harrisburg have
shut down on account of lack of bust
ness.
The Ell Campo mercantile company's
new store building is rapidly nearing
completion.
Good rains fell throughout the Cuero
section and there is no more complaint
about drouth.
Several thousand pounds of fish were
sent inland from Orange by Thursday
evenings express.
D. P. Moore's new cotton gin is run
ming at Bay City and has a good sea-
sons work in sight.
Prospectors continue to come to Mat
agorda county and good per cent of
the actual home hunters locate.
j. H. Anderson of Alta Iona has
picked several bushels of figs from a
small orchard only two years old.
AL NJ. Faddin of Victoria recently
sold 1000 yearlings to S. r. Stiles of the
Indian territory for spring delivery.
New machinery is being placed in the
II. L. Smith cotton gin at Angleton,
which will start up early next week.
Feist & Boehm shipped another car
of pickles from Alta Iona last week
and are getting ready to ship one this
week.
About $1,000 acres of land, were sold
in the Ell Campo neighborhood during
July, all in small tracts of from 80 to
400 acres.
The Bay City school board has select
ed Professor Reid and Miss e. l. Moore
of Ashley to teach public school for
the ensuing term.
r. G. Swain of Tarrant county has
recently bought small farm north of
Bay City, which he proposes to occu-
py and improve soon.
Saturday was very busy day at Cue
TO. Cotton just simply poured into the
gins; consequently every piece OK ma
chinery in town is busily engaged.
Fall gardens have been extensively
planted at Alvin since the rains COM
menced week ago and many acres of
seeds are already up and growing
nicely.
Recently, representatives of pro-
posed railroad from Velasco out
through Matagorda county We're at Bay
City and cordial reception was given
them.
j. s. and w. o. Brice have purchased
the Grubbs & Parker saw mill, located
on Big Cypress, near Orange, and will
continue to cut square timber on it. No
attempt will be made to manufacture
small lumber.
Harrisburg farmers have been unable
to pick cotton for the last week on ac-
count of rain. Cotton is in fine condi-
tion and the yield here will be large.
A top crop Is assured.
r. f. Adams of Jasper, Texas, has
been buying cattle in Orange county for
several days and proposes to bring a
large shipment by rail to his ranch in
Callahan county this week.
Rains have been very general all over
Brazoria county this week, putting the
ground in good condition for fall work,
but will delay cotton picking for sew
erai uaSs II 1t clears Oh now
Cotton Is oeing .narketed at a lyely
rate at ALVIN ana bringing rull Cal
weston prices. A large cotton PLATFORM
Us Deing puilt by uhe railroad company
and a switch mas been put In at the
ALVIN gin.
ABOUT nlteeh prominent cl'lzens OIL
rorc nehu ana otn2r counties nave Deen
arresteu mere charged wiuh hiiiiiis ueer
OUT Oh season. ana VIII oe prosecu.eu'
Tneir trlaf mas peeh SET lor neAt oatur-