Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-03-16
TEXAS NEWS ITEMS.

suburD OF huntsville. Her head was
literally blown off her body. A negro
ex-convict named Asberry Spencer was
arrested about mile from town and
locked up in the penitentiary.
Claude McLaren, young man who
has been an employee at livery stable
In Waco, was found recently in his
room in stupor. Efforts to restore
him failed, and he died an hour after
being found. Justice Earle held an in
quest, and decided that the cause of the
death was morphine, self administered.
The Southwestern Telephone and
Telegraph company has purchased the
local telephone exchange at Beaumont,
and the city council regranted the
Southwestern company franchise
over the streets of the city, and the
company will take charge at once and
the long distance telephone will be put
in.
The only homicide in Glen Rose,
Somervell county, in fourteen years oc-
CURED several days ago. Harve
Lanes head was nearly severed from
the body with an ak. Tha blade en-
tered the back, just below line of
the law Lane fell a corpse A party
with whom Lane had misunderstand-
ing is in Jail.
Wayne, the 5-year-old son of w. E.
Bradley, living six miles northwest of
Big Sandy, Upshur county, was burn
ed to death several days ago. His
clothing caught fire while burning
grass in his fathers field. His two
elder brothers were with him. They
ran for their father, some distance
away. He arrived too late. The child
lived about two hours.
Recently a fire was discovered in the
hay barn barn of Pittman, Harrison
G. Co.. on Odneal street and along the
spur of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railway at Sherman. The build
ing and its contents, $50 tons of hay,
is total loss, amounting to $4,000.
There was $500 insurance on the hay
and 5000 on the barn. The cause has
not been definitely ascertained.
The building committee of the new
church building for the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, at Corsicana,
which will cost when completed over
100000 have awarded the contract for
the windows of the structure to Kan
sas City firm. There were eight firms
bidding for the contract, from Chicago,
Memphis and Kansas City. The con-
tract figures were not made public,
Timothy ChiLes, colored, aged 10,
met instant death near the intersection
of High street and Washington avenue
at Sherman recently. A half domesti-
Gated wolf escaped from Dupont
Lyons kennels, on Houston street, and
the unfortunate boy was among those
, who mounted and went in pursuit
When near the point named above the
| wolf turned across the road, and the
: boy suddenly checked his pony to heaC
the animal. The suddenness of thu
} stop was such as to violently unsea
; him. In falling his entire weight came
81 uOWu UPON HIS neOh, NhlSl was DlONSi
He was dead before any assistance
could be rendered him.
t The following charters were filed a
Austin recently The Galveston Eas
End Pier Wharf Dock, Shipping ant
9 and Terminal company of Galveston
A Capital stock 100000. Purpose, con
t structing, maintaining and operating
< terminal railway companies, the rail
g way terminals to be constructed alonI
/ the line of approaches on the piers
docks and wharfs of the corporation
= property connecting with any rail
: ways which desire to use said facilities
4 Estimated length of railways and con
q nections ten miles. 'Incorporators
v Sydney T. Fontaine, ]. E. Boren, S.
J. Kelkirk, ]. r. Cheek, G. j. McRae, W
B. Kinkead, G. A. Meyer, Fred Shase
NJ B. Henderson Of Galveston and j
: E. Newton of Sour Lake. The Chap
Il man Milling company of Sherman
S Capital stock $4,000. Purpose, to d.
Il general milling business. Incorpor
ators: R. A. Chapman, R. A. Chapman
- Jr., and George F. Chapman. Tn
-. Citizens Electric Light and Power com
Il pany of Gonzales. Capital stock $4,000
e Purpose, to supply electric light, hea
IL and water power to the public. Incor
0 porators A. Kleine, Jr, w. B. Hous
e ton, Charles Berringer, L. @. Brunne
J. and j. D. Savers, Jr.
s co,,or,, davs s,noo Of Houston fa+a