Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-06-30
TEXAS NEWS ITEMS.

state.
Denton county's new court house is
beauty.
New wheat is selling at twenty-five
cents cash at Baird.
Several store houses are going up in
Winsboro, Wood county,
There is a million dollars worth of
building under contract in Dallas.
A college building is in course OF
construction at Gordon, Palo Pinto
county.
A few days ago w. Love of Abilene,
Taylor county shipped two carloads of
beef cattle to Kansas City,
Crops N Parker, Palo Pinto, East
land, Hood, Callahan and Taylor coun-
ties, are simply immense.
Lige Davis of Abilene, Taylor coun-
ty shipped one car of horses to Long
view, Gregg county, recently,
Louis Noble, paralytlc German,
died the other night in San Antonio
from an overdose of morphine.
1t costs ten cents per bushel to ship
wheat in carload lots from Baird to
Dallas, a distance of 179 miles.
The new fiftylight electric light
plant is being put in the roller mill
and gin at Gatesville, Coryell county.
Several woolmen delivered their clips
at Gainesville, Coryell county, the 9TH
er day. The amount realized by them
for the wool was $500.
One train of very fine beef steers
were shipped from Albany, Shackel-
ford county, to Saint Louis market re-
Gently.
The commissioners court at Gran
bury contracted recently for the build
ing of new steel bridge across Paluxy
creek at Paluxy.
The 1Smonths-old son of Thomas
Harold, living on Fish creek was
drowned near Gainesville by falling
into tub of water.
G. B. Eckleberger recently shipped
one car of cattle to Chicago a few days
ago. Several other shipments will be
made Immediately.
There were shipped from Sunset,
Montague county, the other day 700
boxes of fruit and vegetables, being the
largest shipment from that place.
The telephone wires at Dallas are to
be put under ground, the copduits now
being laid A force of 100 men will be
employed at the work for four months,
c. H. Vinton, musician of Gaines
vile, Cooke county, died suddenly the
other morning, having been choked to
death by tonsilitis. He was i'll but
few hours.
A sale of 100000 pounds of wool
was made at San Angelo, Tom Green
county, a few days ago. This is half
the amount that will be marketed their
this season.
The Huntington Automatic Car
Coupler company completed organiza-
ton at Weatherford recently with a
capital stock of 100000 and applied
for charter.
negro named Gus Jacobs was
killed the other night on the Brooks
place near Wharton, Wharton county.
Three negro men were arrested and
are now in Jail.
Morehouse & Borgess. of Kaufman,
Kaufman county, shipped four cars of
cattle recently and Wylie Kirby one
car of cattle recently to st. Louis by
way of the Texas Midland.
The lumber yards and planer sheds
at Bowers, Tyler county, belonging to
w. T. Carter & Bro, burned recently,
catching presumably from passing
train. Loss estimated at $4,000, COW
cred by insurance.
John Hutchinson, colored, was ar
rested a few days ago and Jailed at
Cuero, Dewitt county, on a charge of
criminal assault. His alleged victim
was colored girl about 10 or IA years
old.
The hull of the missing schooner,
Robert e. Templeton, together with
her ice box and skiff, were found on
Padre island recently near Rockport,
Arkansas county. No trace of the bodies
OF the crew was found.
The First National Bank of Conan
: che, Comanche county, reorganized
the other day, reducing its capital
stock from 100000 to $4,000. The
business will be resumed at once and
all debts of the bank paid off.
Several nights ago while Jesse La
than, negro minister was walking
down the track of the Kansas City,
Pittsburg and Gulf railroad, in Texar
kama, Bowie county, he was caught
by a flying freight train and thrown