Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-09-14
TEXAS CONDENSED.

Many improvements are under way
at Cisco.
The Fort Worth public schools open
on the 10th,
Henrietta is to have a system OF
beverage in the near future.
Several parties at Fort Worth claim
to have seen ghosts recently.
Abilene wants the prospective west
Texas insane asylum located there.
Mrs w. II. Austin, of Mineral Wells,
had limb broken by horse falling
on her.
Pete McEmor had a wagon stolen AT
Denison. He knows who the culprit H.
and started on his trail.
Il. c. Cook, one of the pioneer settlers
of Dallas county, died at his home, near
Trinity Mills, aged so years.
The first regular passenger train
from Jacksboro to Fort Worth arrived
at the latter place on the goth ult.
The 12-year-old daughter of John
Blalely was drowned in a tank near
Baird by the capsizing of a boat
Henry Williams and wife, charged
with the murder of Editor King at
Stephensville, have been refused bail.
Mr.. Cargine, prosperous farmer liv-
ing near Taylor, fell in we'll and sus-
tanned injuries which resulted in his
death.
The governor has committed the sem
tence of Valentine Cara, under death
sentence at Laredo. to life imprison-
ment.
The Texas and Pacific railway has re-
ceived several new freight locomotives
and ten passenger ones have been Or
dered.
The attorney general has approved
and the comptroller registered $780,
900 issue of city OF Houston street
paving bonds.
Gov. Culberson has returned from
Battle Creek, Mich, where he went to
visit his wife, who is there for the ben
eft of her health.
Will Parker charged with the muir
der of Amos McQuiston, near Heiden-
heimer, was given life sentence in
the penitentiary.
j. G. Fleming, president OF the Oak
Cliff paper mill, and one of the organ
izers of the Dallas manufacturers as
ISOLATION, is dead.
The Dewey Investment company OF
Forney, capital stock, $4,000, purpose,
to do general building and loan bu-
siness, has filed It's charter at Austin.
The following Texas postmasters
have been commissioned Adolph
Asheim, Brownsville; Carrie e. Waugh
an, Seguin; Lillian H. McCuistion, Pat
tonville.
There are now 11,452,549 acres of
public school lands under lease, with
an annual income of s143, SIC. 20,
which goes to the available school
fund of the state.
A large benzine lamp exploded in a
| jewelry store at Texarkana. The
flames ignited a portion of the build
ing and were extinguished only with
the greatest exertion.
Engineer BusAey on the Waco and
Northwestern road, was shot in an
arm by bullet from rifle, near Mar
lir. He thinks it was the act of an idle
boy. 1t happened at night
Ernest st. Levin, better known as
Diamond Dick" who was shot at So
zorro, Tex, by three cowboys, on the
29th ult, died at the Sisters hospital
| I'll Paso. He was 40 years old and had
been an officer for twenty years.
Miss Ella Burlington of Denlson
who was appoined to scholarship in
the Sam Houston normal at Hunts
vile, notified Dr.. Field that she cannot
accept it, and he appointed Miss Louise
Waldron to the scholarship.
Miss Daisy Floyd of Texarkana
while out buggy riding in the family
rig, was thrown from the vehicle by
the animal taking freight and painful.
injured. The buggy was ditched in tn,
runaway and smashed to pieces.
There were 1891 acres of publi
free school lands leased Curing thu
month of August. The largest leg q