Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-05-04
TEXAS NEWS ITEMS.

fire unknown.
The schoolhouse at Rocky, Palo Pinto
county, one mile and half north Of
Mingus was burned several days ago.
Origin of fire unknown.
In the case of the state of Texas vs..
Drew England, at Waco, charged with
the murder of Ramon Alcanter the
jury brought in verdict acquitting the
defendant.
The postofiice at Celeste was broken
into recently. Tie thieves were after
money, as nothing was molested except
the cash drawer, and there being no
money in the drawer they got nothing
G. w. Fields confectionery stand was
burglarized Canned goods, cigars and
tobacco were taken.
The livery and feed stables owned
by N. C. Leftwch at Hubbard City,
burned recently. Cause unknown
Eleven horses, seven buggies and one
surry, eleven sets of single and four
sets of double harness burned. Three
horses escaped, one of which was badly
burned, losing its eyes. Loss $4,000.
Insured for $1,000.
The following bonds were approved
by the attorney generals department at
Austin, several days ago: Paris water
works S65, 900, Comal county courthouse
$43500, Fort Bend county bridge $2500,
Arkansas county refunding courthouse
! $4,000, city of Terrell waterworks $12,-
900, Comanche county bridge $4,000, IL
tus county bridge $4,000.
Several days since, at Longvlew.
Prof. Coffin, colored, was on his way
home from the colored college, a ne
gro woman and a man attacked him.
The woman struck him with a stick and
Coffin retreated and seeing the man
drawing pistol, he fired and MORALLY
wounded the man. Coffin is principal Ct
the colored college.
Several days since at Fredericksburg,
Or, Adolph E. Booking, graduate of
Bonn university, suicided by shooting
himself through the head. His wife and
son were not at the residence, the former
arriving there an hour after the deed
was committed. No particular cause
can be ascribed for the deed, but that
he was always very respondent, of a
very irritable and eccentric disposition.
Mat Boone, hostler of Fort Worth,
II so,,o,.o I a ;,, ,,,,,s, e., ,,,,yTJ
ing horse when a dog ran out on
Throckmorton street. between Sixth
and Seventh streets, when the animal
being led became frightened, jumped up
into the buggy and threw boone out,
breaking his right leg between the knee
and ankle. The injured man was re-
moved to his home on West Bluff street,
where ne received medical attention.
Following is list of losses and in
surance Of the disastrous fire which
occurred at Kaufman recently j. NJ.
CASTOR, building, $4,000, insurance in
Hartford for $4,000; j. B. Ayers, stock,
$500, insurance $1,000 in Aetna and
$500 in German American; Kaufman
Leader $500, insurance $500 in Aetna
and Liverpool and London and Globe;
Claude Nobes dental parlor, S1200, in
surance $775 in Phoenix of London and
German-American; city records $3.50, no
insurance; Gossett, Young & Adams,
law library, $500, insurance S1700,
$1,000 in Pennsylvania and $500 in
another company. Origin of The fire is
unknown.
The following charters were recently
filed for record in the office of the
secretary of state at Austin; Union In
vestment company of Paris, Lamar
county, capital stock $4,000. The pur-
pose of the corporation is the erection
or repair of any building or improve
ment and the accumulation and loaning
of money for said purpose and for the
purchase, sale and subdivision Of real
property in towns, cities and villages
and their suburbs not extending more
than two miles beyond their limits, and
for the accumulation and leaning of
money for that purpose. Incorporators;
A. B. Ewing, D. B, Gould and d. Wis
hart of St. Louis, H. w. I.!ghtfoot and
S. B. NJ. Long of Paris, Tex. The
Matador Land and Cattle company.
limited, of Dundee, Scotland, filed an
amendment to its charter providing for
reduction of its cpital stock from
$4,000 900 to 81 ,455O0O.
room residence Of G. S. Cox at Cork
Vile, Titus county consuming the build
ing, together with contents, all the