Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-03
Texas rRANsPIRINos.

| street lamps.
McKlnneys mammoth steel elevator
is nearly completed,
! A board of health has been organ
,'zed at Texarkana.
ne Womack Touring mill at
WIT, right is fast approaching com.
pletion.
ga dr,,rot ,Newey," Greenville's new
cbemicaI Arc q CINE, has arrived at
that city.
Walter Caro-, 70, ung man, was
drowned in Red river, near leA"i
kama, on the 22d.
T. ]. Stevenson, who fell h, ''u a
switch engine at Texarkana seye. ~
days ago, died from his injuries.
Ildefonso Guerro was found guilty
of the murder of Miguel Sato2ar ar
Laredo and given ninety-nine years.
Orange county courthouse bonds to
the amount of $4,000 have been APP
proved by Attorney General Crane.
]. w. Adds of the Texas and "a
cifc railway has gone to Paterson, N
j., to receive twelve locomotives for
his road.
Rev. G. H. Garrett, pastor of me
Wellno Street Methodist church,
Sherman, is holding series of tent
meetings.
The Oil Well Supply company of
Pittsburg, Pa, has been granted per-
mission to do business in Texas. The
capital stock of the company is $780,
900.
The Bates and Bowling brothers en-
deavored to settle former quarrel
Saturday at Cuero by six-shooter
battle. One of the Bowlings was seri-
ously wounded,
A 14-year-old boy was found guilty
by jury at Oak Cliff of stealing some
watermelons out of a farmers field
and fined l cent and costs. The latter
amounted to $19.
A street car collided with a farm
er's wagon at Fort Worth few days
ago at the Railroad avenue crossing.
The occupant, an old man named Ca
mira, was thrown from the wagon and
badly hurt.
All the family of H. f. Hawk, ex-
cepting the latter, residing at Dixon
Bridge, near Texa~kana, were poisoned
by eating watermelon. A hired man
named Glenn died. Timely remedies
saved the others lives.
George r. Rltenour. a Confederate
, soldier, and one of the Virginia mill
tia who stood guard over John Brown
prior to the latter's execution at Har-
=, per's Ferry, died at Sherman on the
18th instant, aged 60 years.
The charter of the Deepwater Gin
company of Deepwater, Harris county,
was filed with the secretary of state at
Austin. Capital stock, $4,000. Incor-
!. porators: w. E. Jones, j. B. Hill and
q A. J. schureman.
: The residence of Mrs. Mamie King,
:. in the northern part of Ennis, to-
@ gether with its contents, was totally
g destroyed by fire on the morning of
the 18th. The house was insured for
$1,000 and the goods for $500.
A very deplorable runaway accident
occurred to Mrs John Denny of Bed
ford at Fort Worth. Her team be-
came frightened ran away and at the
y corner of Third and Elm streets she
was thrown out and seriously injured,
The magnificent residence of Capt
/. F. w. Ball, at Fort Worth, which with
its furniture was valued at $4,000
y was almost totally destroyed by fire at
y an early hour on the goth. 1t consist
i ed of ten rooms, and the furniture was
costly. The mansion was erected IL
r 1888.
n The Seventh Day Adventists are
a holding their nineteenth camp meet
y ing and conference at Fort Worth
y Over one hundred tents have beer
p,tched and about 1900 persons are ii
: attendance. Elder @. McReynolds o
Il Keene. president of the Texas confer
= ence. preside. Several noted minis
a ters from abroad are present.
i A few mornings ago Rev. Bartov
It 3. Ramage, rector of st. Andrew
Q Episcopal church, Fort Worth, unite'
> in marriage W. ]. A. Elliott, store
keeper on the Espuela ranch, and Mis-
n Annie E. McDade. Mr.. and Mrs. El
lott were child sweethearts in Scot
To- land. Ten years ago the groom lief