Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-02-01
TExANETTEs.


Pecos has raised quarantine against
Ell Paso.
A barn belonging to Mrs. Franks
burned at Blooming Grove.
The City National bank of Bowie
was burglarized recently and.about
5000 taken 't.
Lee Mitchell of Denison, a discharg-
ed volunteers of the third Texas, has
re-enlisted and will go to Manila.
Ben. S. Bryant, for twenty-seven
years resident of Dallas, died in Ha-
vana, Cuba, after a brief illness.
Some one effected an entrance into
a store at Whitewright. but was
frightened off before securing any
thing.
d. Farmer of West Paris was thrown
from his buggy a few days ago and
suffered a severe sprain of the should
err. Mrs. Farmer and her child remain
ed in the buggy and were uninjured.
Parties have bought the two lots
lust north Of the Alliance store at
Bells, and will commence the cree
ton of brick business house as soon
as the weather will permit
Thomas Sterling, charged with the
killing of William Garrett, Nov. 90 last
at Galveston, was tried in that city, adj
judged guilty and given five years in
the penintentiary.
The Texas Grain Dealers association
held n meeting several days ago, but
the major part of their business was
kept secret so far as the public were
concerned.
petition to the lewislature asking
tshat the law relating to city courts be
so amended as to make their jurisdic-
ten unquestionable was numerously
signed at Mckinney.
There arer several prospecting parties
in the county of Cherokee looking for
oil, Ignite coal, glass sand and fire
clay, fruit and tobacco land.
A federation of women's clubs has
been organized at Abiline.
An obstruction was put on the Tex
as and Pacific track near GAINESVILLE,
but was discovered in time to prevent
an accident.
Judge Burke, congressman from the
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sixth congressional district of Texas,
has succeeded in having a provision
for the Trinity river incorporated in
the river and harbor bill.
Efessrr. T. a .seewsHrt aud >. A. Hy-
land, citizens of Johnson and Hood
counties, respectively, have filed petit
lions in bankruptcy in the United
States district court at Dallas.
The third annual meeting of the
fourth district, Texas Bankers associ-
alton, convened at Waco. Interesting
banking matters were looked after. A
grand banquet closed the proceedings.
The second annual session of the
Bankers Association of Texas, fifth
district, was held at Dallas on the 18th,
and much important business trans
acted.
The Baptists of Brownwood dedicated
their new church, Rev. j. M, Carroll Of
Waco preaching the deication sermon.
| This church has been erected at cost
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debt.
During the progress of the inaugural
ball at Austin telephone connection be-
tween the ball room and various cities
in North Texas was made, and the
music of the dreamy waltz, inspiring
lanciers, lively schottische and
sprightly polka was heard at points
900 miles away.
broken below the knee and was other
wise badly used up by a freight train.
M. Maddox was driving some cattle
when one stopped on the track He
tried to drive it off, and in doing so re-
manned on the track too long and was,
struck, as stated above
Sheriff Martin of Lamar county has
caused CONSERVATION among the con-
teotioners and cigar tobacco and CT
garette dealers of Paris by notifying
them that he proposes to rigidly en-
force the provisions of the Sunday law.
There have been number of protests
made.
A north bound freight train ran into
q switch at Beaumont and was de-