Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-11-03

The long drouth as caused many sur
face wells to go dry in the vicinity of
Hitchcock.
Cotton is still coming in slowly at
Victoria. About 100 bales were ship
ped from there one day last week,
Several applications were made re-
Gently TO rent houses at Hitchcock, but
there Is not an empty house in town.
]. T. Evans and Bud Evans of Grove
ton last week shipped 200 head of cat
tie to their ranch in San Saba county
Mr.. w. NJ. Fayant of Victoria ship
ped from Clark's station four carloads
of fat cattle for the ST. Louis market
4 fine rain fell in Orange county
Thursday night II came in good time
10 save late gardens and to fill yawn-
ing clsterns.
The rain of last Thursday has put all
Willis tobacco in case, which will en-
able all growers to work the last of
the second crop.
Mr.. Y. j. Harbrugh of Alta Iona
brought in about ten bushels of Gu
cumbers for the pickle works this
week, the first of the fall crop.
DIR. Masterson of the Indian terri
tory is at Alvin prospecting and is well
pleased He says that if'the people of
north Texas and the territory could
only see the fallacy of the yellow fever
scare as he sees it, there would be hun
dreds of them in this county this fall.
The doctor has been TO Galveston and
is convinced there has been no yellow
fever there this season
For the new horse disease that is
proving so fatal, il the people will com.
mence at once and give l pound of ep-
som salts and 60 grains of calomel as
a drench; then put 1 ounch corrosive
subllmate in pint best turpentine and
battle their heads every half hour, till
they apply three times, from between
eyes up al over head, and keep spine
Mr.. Olaf Bergstrom of the southwest
ern emigration bureau, Chicago, ILL.,,
came down to Sabine Pass Friday
morning to make arrangements for
running series of excursions from
Chicago to that section of Texas. Mr..
Bergstrom Expresses himself as fav-
orably impressed with the outlook of
this place and hopes to bring good
many northern people this way.
The editor of the Orange Leader is
fitting up lotion schooner rugged
pleasure boat that will be the envy of
every man Connected with the press in
Texas when her white wings WOO the
breeze. Her cabin will be finished in
white and gold, with natural wood
lockers. She will have a centerboard,
patent winches for hosting anchor and
sails. Editor C. NJ. Rein is an expert
Mr.. Donald of the firm of Donald e.
Co., ship brokers, Mobile, is at Sabine
Pass with view of making arrange
ments to ship cotton here in the early
future. He had a conference with
Manager Osgood of the Improvement
company, and assured him that if IA
cilitles were furnished he could ship a
load here early next month. Work
with this end in view will commence
at once, and it seems that this port
will be handling cotton at no distant
day.
DR.. Folsctter, the veterinarian, is in
vestigating the fatal disease among the
horses at Alvin. He has made several
autopsles and finds in every instance
an Inflammation of the brain, the other
organs seemingly normal. The disease
continues its inroads and horses are
dying every day. A number have died
in the Chocolate bayou neighborhood.
Old stockmen say the disease is atmos-
pherlc and caused by the long drouth
Very few mules have been attacked as
yet. Every case thus far has proven
fatal.
Quarantine at Brazoria being raised
Tuesday new life rushed into business
men, and yesterday seemed to be a
very busy day. In conversation with
one of the Bernard river representa-
tive farmers, he said that the late rains
have brought more worms, and conse-
quently the top crop will be rather
short. Along the Bernard river cot
ton is still making but the cotton rails
ers have given up the idea of making,
all told, more than half a crop. The
present low prices have so discour-
aged the small farmers that no doubt
they will put most of the land In corn
another year and give more attention
to the raising of hogs.
Messrs. Christie & Lowe, the jetty
contractors at Sabine Pass. are CON
STRUGGLING a water boat of 10000 gal
Ions capacity, which will supply their
camp with fresh water during the low
water season here when the pass is
salty.
Allen Dugat Of SInton last week ship