Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-06-21
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layer dropped dedad in that city.
Work will shortly begin on the pro-
posed Masonic temple at Denison.
Cal Dennis, a young farmer near
Quinlan, Hunt county fatally shot
himself
CODE Caraway was so seriously kick
ed by mule on his farm near Flores
vile that he died from his injury.
Capt. j. H. Rogers of the state rang
ers, who was wounded during the small
pox trouble at Laredo, has recovered.
DR.. Henry I. Lockhart formerly a
citizen of Wylie and Copevile, died at
MI Creek. :. :.
There is movement on foot to have
a convention of Texas postmasters, the
idea being to have it on July 4.
The postoffices at Gilmer and Flores
Vile are to be raised to the presiden-
tial class, with salary of postmaster
$1,000.
P. j. Powell fell from the top of the
elevator of the new Touring mill at
Pilot Point and sustained severe in
juries.
James E. McMaster, who was Oldham
countys first judge, and citizen of the
panhandle since 1o.L died at Chan
ming of heart failure.
Dr. A. Gregg passed away at Balm
ger after few days illness. The
doctor won one of the most prominent
physicians in southwest Texas.
AT the habeas corpus trial of Frank
Chapman at Angleton, charged with
the killing of Abe Harshaw, May 25,
the accused was remanded without
bail
One hundred and seventeen men have
been transferred from other points to
the new Santa Fe shops at Cleburne
within the past twenty days.
Some one entered Marks all night
restaurant at Tyler and rihed the cash
drawer of the small change. Marks
at the time was asleep in a chair in
front of his place of business.
Rev. P. II. Hill, proprietor of the
Hill house, in TeXarkana, died at his
hotel, aged SO years. He was once a
Methodist preacher, but retired from
the ministry many years ago go enter
Inc hotel business.
A Hill county convict named Pres
ton Bell attempted to escape from the
camp near Woodbury.. A farmer. Frank
Puryear, saw him and ordered him to
halt and attempted to stop him. The
colored man struck at him and ran on.
Puryear got gun and halted hira
again. The colored man made another
dive at him and he shot him in the
side, upon which he surrendered. The
wound was only a flesh wound.
Postmaster O'Leary of the Dallas
postotfice has been notified that his
salary had been increased about 500
per year. 1t is said that this is due
TO the recent record breaking increase
In the receipts of the Dallas postofflce
The stock barn of Col. John d. War
rem on his ranch, five miles north of
Hillsboro, was destroyed by fire. with
1900 bushels of corn and oats and a
large quantity of hay. The barn cost
$500 and was insured for $3.50.
The French minister of war, NJ
Krantz, has ordered proceedings to be
taken against Esterhazy for obtaining
and using documents connected with
the so-called "secret dossier and the
Minister has also issued instructions
that proceedings be taken against Gen
PelleuX for the manner in which he
conducted the Esterhazy case.
]. w. Starsfeld Almighty esteemed
citizen of Houston, passed away in that
city. Mr.. Stansfield was an English
man by birth. He came to Texas in
1S49 and Joined the southern side in
the civil war, being in Waul's legion.
Mrs. Joanna Henry, widow with
five children, was legally adjudged in.
sane in the probate session of the
Grayson county court.
The Tyler volunteer fire department
has resigned because the city council
refused to grant their request to pay
the employed men in cash and no
city warrants, claiming the latter hat
to be discounted 10 per Sent In erde
to get cash,