Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-12-15
Mr. Herman Kountze of Omaha, Neb.,

Ing Une port OF SABINE PaSS ana Dullu-
ing a new town arrived at that place
sunday He will be Joined in few
days by his brothers, who came down
or December Z.
AT AIullin, Mills county, very little of
of the top crop that was being count
ed on is being gathered. The freeze
two weeks ago killed all the plants.
The price is so low what little is left
does not pay to pick and farmers are
turning their stock ON it,. The price has
not paid them out of debt, as they
were behind from last year on account
of the short crop. This spell of wea-
Their is very hard on stock. The wea-
Their has been very warm up to now.
November % seventy-two persons
and seven cars Of immigrant freight
arrived from Illinois and Missouri for
permanent settlement at once around
Rock Island. Since that date the num-
Der of pupils i'm the public schools have
more than doubled. These settlers
brought twenty-nine head of horses.
The Illinois crowd came in "'Frisco"
cars and the coaches had stretched
from end to end on both sides canvas
upon which was painted IN. "A. Bakers
special car to Rock Island, Texas"
Word has gone out from President
Stilwell that the operations of the Pee
Gee at Mesquit Point is for The purpose
of building Il warehouse and wharf in
connection with slip 600 feet long and
300 feet wide, in which ships can be
loaded with goods lghtered from the
terminus of the Port Arthur. 1t is
claimed that this VIII form part Of the
canal when it reaches Nlesquit Point,
but the universal opinion here is that
the road will be extended to it before
the canal is completed, as this would be
much cheaper than the proposed light
erage sycttm.
The Arkansas Pass Harbor company
is arranging to put large boat at
dredging ont the bar at the Pass. Gov
ernor Wheeler. says il they get the boat
to work he IL confident they will get
twenty feet over the bar by March.
A petition or an agreement Is being
circulated here and signed by the peo-
pie in which they agree that in the
event the company gets the twenty feet
of water before the river and harbor
bill is passed by congress they will aid
them all in their power to get the gov
ernment to take charge of the work
and reimburse the company for all the
money spent in the prosecution of the
work since it has been in their hands.
1t is given out that the government en-
gineers who made a recent survey of
the bar and work estimated THAT the
removal of 200. 600 cubic yards of sand
would give twenty feet over the ar.
AT Colmesneil cattle buyers have
been active the past thirty days Dur
ing November various shipments went
out to points in the Panhandle coun-
try, the Indian Territory and to ranches
and feedpens in Texas. Last week DR..
w. Il. Trotti, residing at Colmesneil,
sold and delivered 200 beef and stock
cattle to Tim IIennessy, who has start
ed on drive across the country to his
ranch in San Jacinto county. The cat
tie industry always livens up trade
about this time of year in this county,
and whether cotton crops are good or
bad with prices high or low, the far
mers an have little cash from the
sale of their surplus stock.
At Shepherd San Jacinto county, for
the past three days it has been raining
and a cold norther is now blowing.