Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-03-10


Fruit trees are in full bloom In North
Galveston and the promises are good
for large yield this spring.
Governor Culberson has appointed
Dr. r. @. Burleson of Waco commits
sioher to the Tennessee centennial.
Strawberries in Galveston county
ard in full bloom and are fruiting fine
ly though q rain would be beneficial at
this time.
0happell Hill, Washington county, is
improving. There are more new
dwellings just completed and in the
course of construction than has been
known for years.
Strawberry vines around AngeltoD
have fully recovered from the recent
cold snap, and are now covered with
blooms and young fruit If the pres
ont favorable weather continues for a
week or more there will be plenty of
fruit to ship.
W. Van Amarongen of the Omaha
and South Texas colonization society
was in Angleton this week, bringing
with him a party of settlers from
northwest Iowa, whom he located in
the Cortland settlement, few miles
east of that place.
The fruit and vegetable growers as
ISOLATION of Webster has succeeded in
getting rates satisfactory to distant
markets for their truck and berries,
and are busy getting in shape to han
die the crop which will be in in a few
days.
The big paper mill at Sugarland, be-
ing erected by Ed. H. Cunningham Il
Co., is nearly completed and will be-
gin operation in about a month, or n
little over. Their first product will be
heavy wrapping stock, and, If found
practicable, the manufacture of higher
grades Of paper will be gone into eX-
tensively. This is n plant of immense
proportions and will employ a large
number of operatives.
The Southwestern Telegraph and
Telephone company has received at
Taylor during the past few days twen-
ty-two carloads of telegraph poles,
which will be used in extending the
Bell long distance telephone service
from Taylor to Yoakum, via Smithville.
Local Manager Claud Williams informs
reporter that the freight on these
poles amounted to about $4,000.
Messrs. Joseph and John Newman of
Elgin, Ill, are visiting Richmond and
are stopping with friends. They are
the owners Of about thirty-five cream
cries in Illinois and Iowa, and while
they are down here principally to es-
cape the rigorous winter of their home,
they are also investigating this section
in behalf of large number Of their
neighbors who desire to locate here.
1t is also possible that they will erect
large creamery somewhere in this
nelghborhood, as they are highly
pleased with the country and climate.
a syndicate of Iowa bankers and rail
road officials, composed of Richard Val
entine, A. w. Dawson Colonel L. S.
Roberts and G. A. Emery of Mason
City, and Colonel L. NJ. Martin of Mar
halton, Iowa, have purchased the
Thayer tract of 1000 acres of land join
ing the town of Deer Park on the Gal
weston, La Porto and Houston railway,
between Houston and La Porte, and
they propose to colonize the same at
once with lot Of Iowa truck farmers.
The deal was made through the Amerl-
can Land company of Chicago.
Colonel Joe Allison of Houston, T. A.
Fitzhugh of Hearne, and other repre-
sentatives of the National oil mill COM
pany of New York city, We're in Taylor
last week making preliminary arrange
ments toward establishing a 100-tol
cotton seed oil plant at that place. By
previous arrangement these gentlemen
were met by General Manager A. A.
Allen and Superintendent Maxwell of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail
way company and Division Superin-
tendent Thomas Hume of the Interua-
tional and Great Northern Railway
company, and they together with a
force of Katy civil engineers surveyed,
staked and laid off n plat of ground for
the reception of the plant. Tie loca-
ton Of the mill will be south of the
compress on land owned Jointly by the
Katy and International railroads,
within easy access by spurs or side
tracks of both railroads. 1t is under
stood that the work of constructing the
plant will begin at once and be has
tened to completion.
Farmers in Wharton county have
been taking advantage of the fair
weather which has lasted for some
time, and are now up with their work.
A great deal of corn has been planted
already. On account of more land be-
ing put into cultivation this year there
viii be an increase in the acreage Of oil
crops. Gardens are all up, and are
looking well.