Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-03-09
TEXAS NEWS ITEMS.

county fell recently while retiring and
broke her thigh bone near the hip.
DeKalb, Bowie county, was visited
by a fire recently. About three-fourths
OF the business houses were destroyed.
Loss about $4,000.
A young Mexican farm hand on John
Kings farm on the Civilli, accidentally
shot and killed himself several days
since with a six-shooter.
John Anthony was sentenced before
the district court at Liberty, Liberty
county, recently, to term OF three
years in the penitentiary for making
counterfeit quarters. John DORIS, who
was three times convicted on charge
of perjury in Chambers county, was
tried and acquitted here recently on
change of venue for the same offense.
The commissioners court of Taylor
county, in recent session, issued $780,
900 of refunding courthouse bonds, to
run forty years, with interest at per
cent Taxes were levied as follows:
Courthouse cents on the 500 worth
of property; jail, cents on the 500;
county and ad valorem, 20 cents; road
and bridges, 10 cents. The county and
state funds that were on hand were
counted and found TO amount to $685.
S7334 ON Feb. IS.
]. T. Storan who has been doing a
merchandise business in Mineral, Bee
county, filed deed OF trust several
days ago for the benefit of the follow
ing creditors: Hill Dougherty $500.
Commercial National bank of Beeville
$3.50, P. j. Willis & Bro. of Galveston
s335.65, A. B. Frank & Co. of San An
tonic $2478, Elmendorf G. Co. of San
Antonio $50, German & Pfeiffer of San
Antonio $51, Krouker, lack & Moya OF
San Antonio $25, L. Frank & Co. of
San Antonio SAT, Hugo 6 Schneider OF
San Antonio $103.
The following railroad corporations
recently filed their charters with the
secretary of state: The Denton, De-
oatur G Western Railway company of
Decatur, capital stock 100000. In
oorperators, r. E. Carrwell, j. W. Sim
mons, e. H. Baumgartur and others.
The object of the corporation is to
build, equip and operate a line Of
standard gauge railroad from Denton,
via Decatur, to Bridgeport, in Wise
county, a distance of thirty-five miles,
more or less. The Gulf and Brasos VAL
ley Railroad company of Peck City,
Parker county, capital stock 100000.
Incorporators, W. A. Squires, T. F.
Berner, F. e. Squires and others. The
purpose of the company is to build,
maintain and operate a standard
gauge railroad from connection Vith
the Texas and Pacific and Gulf and
Brazos Valley railroads to Peck City
to connection with the Chicago,
Rock Island and Texas railway at its
bridge across Red river, in Montague
county, through the counties of Par
ker, Palo Pinto, Jack, Clay and Mon
tague, distance of about 100 miles.
The report of W. R. Laney, superin-
tendent Of the county farm of Grayson
county for the past year, as presented
to and approved by the commissioners
court, is as follows: Inventory of
stock, farming implements, supplies,
ETC., ON hand: Seven mules, $500; 20
cattle, 5000; Sc hogs, $3.50; one bin
der, $135; one moving machine, 800;
one rake, $40; one plow and two cul-
tivators, $50; two harrows, $685. one
drill, $751; two wagons, $50; hoes, etc.,
$35; 700 bushels of corn, $3.50; so
bushels of wheat, S45; is tons of hay,
$500; 100 bushels of cotton seed, SIS;
300 pounds of pork, $3.50; 900 pounds
-four, $22; 100 cords wood, 500; to-
tai, 1925. Receipts: Sale Of cotton,
s4s5.1S; cattle, $1O2; cordwood, $27.1O;
Total, SOAPS. Expenditures: Gro
ceries, $3.50; dry goods, S96.37;
hardware and implements, $26666;
coffin, $50; furniture, IS; shingles,
s423o; labor on farm, $36496; baling
hay, $1SO7; clearing land, S144S9;
blacksmithing, sS2.S5; superintendent
salary, $465. Total, s163S.40. An av-
erage Of seventeen inmates were on
the farm throughout the year, none Of
whom were able to work. Several had
to be waited ON. Two deaths occurred
during the year, 7. ]. Cross and George
Moore.
The county commissioners at Corsi-
cana recently ordered an election tc
be held In school district No. 1, upon
the petition of tax payers, on March
26, to determine whether OF not there
shall be an additional tax of Is cents
on the 500 worth Of property in tina
district full public school purposes.
j. R. Purnell of Bosque county wa!
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