Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-06-28
TExANETTEs.

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Blooming Grove is to have large
gin and college.
A large number of teachers are at
lending the normal school at Kerens.
Miss Kate Ward is the first lady to
qualify as a notary public in Hunt
county.
j. o. Harper, steward of the North
Texas insane asylum, at Terrell, has
resigned,
A Mexican boy named Medina aged
~ years, died of hydrophobia near
Corpus Christi
The members of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, south at Texarkana in
tend erecting a $4,000 church
The handsome new Christian church
at Pilot Point. erected at cost OF
$1,000, is to be dedicated on the 25th.
The opera house at Marshall is be-
ing used as a courthouse temporarily.
new courthouse will soon be erected.
Gov. Sayers has reappointed Hon.
George H. Corey of New York city com
missioner of deeds in that state for the
state of Texas.
Nietha Baldwin, colored was shot ard
killed at festival at Camden John
Brooks was arrested and granted bail
in the sum of $3.50.
w. H. Hale, farmer, was shot and
instantly on his farm six miles from
TeXarkana. He was 70 years of age.
A man was arrested at Texarkana by
Deputy Sheriff Charles Gallagher and
placed in jail
Postmaster Richards of Sherman has
received information that there is to
be an increase of 500 in the salary for
the ensuing year. This is on account
office.
The following Texas postoffices were
established Hillger, Fannin county,
Jas. e. Pearson, postmaster; Mountain
Springs, Cooke county Samuel B.
Hodge, postmaster; Shaw. FanniA
county, Ferdinand Rigney, postmaster.
A volunteer fire company has been
organized in the fifth ward Of Sher-
man to assist the paid men at the new
Willow street station. Lee Totten, ex-
chef of the department, was elected
president and Aaron Turley secretary
of the company
Twenty dollars and gold watch
were what burglars got from the res
idence of w. b. Blasingame at Mineola.
The body Of young Calvin Finley,
who was drowned in the Trinity river
near Liberty, has been recovered.
Conductor D. C. Ellison is back at
Temple from the mining region of
Llano county, where he and DR.. Os-
borne, his father-in-law, own and are
developing lead of gold-bearing ore,
which pays $sS to the ton. Mr.. Eli
son is highly elated over his pros
poets.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the selection of the National
Live Stock bank of Chicago as a re-
serve agent for the First National bank
of Alvarado, and the Merchants La
J clede National of st. Louis and Amer
! lean National of Kansas City for the
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Tex.
A young man named Poland acciden.
tally shot himself in the side with @
pistol at the residence of August De-
WITT near Nacogdoches, from which he
died in a few hours. He was visiting
his sweetheart at the time and was
playing with the pistol as if to SHOOT
himself in her presence, when he lei
1t go off.
Rio Grande railway changes: w. L
Durbin to be chief dispatcher, to sue.
coed j. w. Ravlin, resigned. The du
ties of superintendent of transporta.
ton is to devote upon Mr. Durbin unit
further notice. w. H. Reilly has beer
made master mechanic in place of T
]. shellborn, resigned to accept Other
service.
J A statement given out at the post
office department at Washington shows
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