Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-07-13
WAR NEWS AND NOTES.

OAS9Oh Ie3 La AlshGu luICC tIlhts t--1
aumber of men required uader her
Iuota.
Lieut.. Cook and Dr. Carloss of tho
bird Texas volunteer infantry recruit
I'd at Decatur Tor their regiment.
Company e, fourth Texas volunteers,
at Terrell Tex, were presented with
handsome flag by admirlng friends of
that city.
Sergeant Woodwork, who recruited
at Waco, Tex, for the second Texas,
has secured all the men he needed, and
has reported to his regiment to that eff
feet.
Judge Hobson, father of Lieut. Hob
son, who resides at Greensboro, Ala,
has received a telegram from his son,
dated Santiago, saying his health is
good.
w. e. Erwin, one of the rough riders
reported killed near Santiago on the
Gath ultimo, is son of Capt. w. G.
Erwin, a prominent citizen OF Sabine
Pass, Tex.
In the competitive West Point exam
nation for the thirteenth congressional
district of Texas Sam II. Parker of Abb
lene stood first and Charles I. Petit
of Albany second.
Claud r. Willis of Waxahachie, Tex,
has arrived home from Mobile, Ala,
having been honorably discharged
from the ranks of the Texas volunteers.
He brought back with him all of his
army clothing.
Ell Diario de la Marina, a Havana
newspaper, says that Gen. Fltzhugh
Lee will attack Havana at the head of
10000 soldiers, and remarks that he is
the "presumable author of the explo-
sion of the Maine"
The government is asking for prices
on 100000 pounds of threshed oats or
S3,125 bushels from Texas. There will
be no difficulty in suppling that guam
tity, as the oat crop of 1898 in Texas is
great.
Rev. Charles Hancock, formerly of
Fort WORTH has been made chaplain of
the fourth Tennessee volunteers by
Gov. Bob Taylor of that state. Mr.
Hancock is a Methodist clergyman and
20 years old
There seems to be difference of
opinion among ecclesiastics in Spain
relative to the prosperity of continuing
the war. The bishop of Barcelona has
decuared himself for peace, while the
bishop of Segovia favors a "hOly war"
DR.. F. L. Barnes of Trinity, Tex, has
been notified by Surgeon General Stern
berg at Washington, d. c., of his ap-
pointment as surgeon in the army
and assigned to Galveston. Dr. Barnes
is rs years old.
Lieut. d. Davis Of the Comanche
(Tex.) company of volunteers, recently
accepted has been recruiting at Dub
lin, Tex, where he formerly resided.
He has been quite fortunate in getting
some most excellent material.
Lieut.. T. M. Stroud of the Hamilton
(TeX.) guards has been at Hillsboro,
his old home, looking for suitable men
to join his command, He has met with
fair success. Lieut.. Stroud took four
year course at West Point.
Lieut.. Grandon, an English officer.
claims to have invented torpedo sys-
tenn that will revolutionize naval war
fare. He claims that President Nc
Kinley has notified him that the sys-
tenn is to be investigated at once.
In an alleged biographical sketch Of
Col. Roosevelt of the rough riders a
Madrid newspaper says he is the COM
mander-in- chief OF the American army;
that he was formerly New York po-
liceman; was born at Harlem, but emf
grated to America when young; was
educated at Harvard academy and that
1t is commercial school, there being
no universities or colleges in America.
Lyle, a small postofice six by six
feet in the northeast corner of store
at Chickamagua National Park, Ca,
has handled decidedly much more mail
matter heretofore than the public is
aware of. 1t seems incredible to state
that only two weeks ago from $4,000 to
$4,000 pieces of mail found their way
daily to this place, and that every let
ter has been accounted for. The only
persons in charge of this mail, and who
assorted 1t, were an aged lady and gen.
tleman.
The transportation and store depart
ments of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe railway held their grand flag rails
ing at Temple on the afternoon Of
June 29. The spot selected for the un-
| flIling of "Old Glory" was the heauti-