Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-06-07
TEXANETTE5.

The Johnson County Medical assoc
citation met at Cleburne.
The Katy people intend erecting o
fine depot at Bolton. 1t is to be OF |
brick and stone.
The contract for seventy-five bar
rel -four mill has ben signed at Hills
boro.
Col. Crump, who went from Alabama
to western Texas in the 4O's, died at
Beeville.
Joe Copoler, on trial at La Grange
charged with the murder of A. r.
Record at Schulenburg in the fall of
1897 was acquitted.
w. j. Ravens child, near Lamosco,
Fannin county, died from a bean
lodging in its throat
A burglar who had effected an en-
trance to store at Texarkana was
captured by an officer.
Thousands of people attended the
picnic of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Firemen at Walnut Springs.
Grand Master Sargent was the princi-
pla speaker.
Tom Wood, member of a Paris
fire company, was struck in the breast
by the brass coupling on the end of a
section of hose while at drill, and was
badly bruised.
Prof. w. H. Seay, who has been SUI
perintendent of the public schools of
Mount Pleasant for the past two years,
has been elected superintendent of the
Winsboro city schools.
Died, at the residence of her son.
Pone Chrestman, three miles east of
Grand Saline, Grandma Chrestman.
aged 81 years. She had lived continu-
ously on the place where she died for
fifty-two years,
In the civil district court at Sherman
Miss Laura Parker was awarded n
verdict of $3.50 against the Western
Union Telegraph company. The plain
tiff alleged negligence in the delivery
OF message announcing the death of
her father
In the district court at La Grange
the jury in the case against lin
Stokes, colored, who was on trial Tor
the murder of another colored mau at
Flatonia last spring, brought in a YER
dict of guilty and gave him twenty-five
years.
Wharton county bonds were sold to
a Dallas party to the amount of $685.
600, at Az per cent, with premium of
@6l6, the purchaser bearing all the ex-
pense of lithographing, etc. Said bonds
are to refund like amount of per
cent bridge bonds.
The Bonham camp, Woodmen of the
World, decorated the graves of their
deceased sovereigns, John T. Boyd. S.
2. Oldham, T. E. Milstead and John
Ewing, at Willow Wild and Inglish
cemeteries. A band was present and
furnished music. A great number OF
people attended.
Charles A. Clapp, ex-assistant chief
of the Dallas fire department, and in
recent years waterworks inspector, died
at Dallas after a lingering illness. 1t
is related of the deceased that he could
tell every number and street that had
water connection.
The e. p. Pittman well at Ennis has
reached depth of 1000 feet, and the
workmen have shut down and plug
ged the hole up. The parties connect
ed with it do not talk much, but indi-
cate that they will sink another well.
Some vandals at Aubrey, in Denton
county and vicinity committed several
acts of malicious mischiey, breaking
the glasses and sashes out of all the
windows in four churches and one
school house.
The United States supreme cour,
held in the case of the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas railway VS.. Mccain &
Swizer that railroad company re-
ceiving an assignment of goods was re-
sponsible for damages in cases where
the damages occurred on connecting
Line.
The protracted meeting conducted
by Rev. Isaac Sellers at the First Bap-
fist church at Abiline has been quite
successful. There have been a number
Of conversions as well as accessions to
the church. The meeting has been at.
tended throughout by large crowds.