Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-08-01
rExANgrTEs.

clcburne is to have races.

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picnic at Mckinney has been postponed
until Aug. 1916. "a
The two banks of Cleburne by their
last statement show nearly 100000 il,
diyidual deposits subject to check.
Albert Marshall, Greenville young
man, is one of the officers of the
Newark, now off the coast of China.
The suit in the district court at Gal
weston for receiver of the uGlf and
Interstate railroad resulted in the re,
fusal to appoint a receiver.
Gov. Sayers has committed the SEN
te1ce of Jim Rivers to have been
hanged at Rusk July 20 for the murder
of Bill Jones, to Imprisonment for life.
Maj. e. NJ. Heath, president of the
Johnson County Pioneers association,
states the annual reunion OF that body
will be held on Aug. and in Alva-
RADIO.
The Texas Central Singing society's
meeting held three days session at
Lone Star school-house, six miles
south of Canton with about 1900 pres.
ent.
A great many movers are coming in
to the Denison section of the state just
now, being mostly farmers who are
moving wagon overland from other
states.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail-
road company of Texas paid the con-
troller tax of $1,7OS.S5 on $170,SS4.71
of passenger earnings for the quarter
ending June 30.
The first ton of coal taken from the
mines near Palestine by the Palestine
Coal and Mining company was brought
in Tuesday evening and delivered to
the Palestine Ice Company.
Two prominent young men of the
Telico community engaged in a fight at
Kirkpatrick church, Ellis county. A
young man named Wilmington was Sc
riously cut with a knife.
p. M. Hudspeth, hardware and inn
plement man, was shot at Bowie on a
Rock Island passenger train just as the
train pulled into that city. One Of the
balls entered his leg and the other his
head.
Suits were filed in the district court
at Galveston by Fox Winnie and L. p.
Featherstone against Weekes, McCar-
thy & Co. for $125,OOO and 500 900 re-
spectively and also for cancellation of
notes.
The case of state of Texas VS.. Gray,
charged with an unnatural act, was
tried at Laredo on a change of venue
from Duval county and the defendant
was convicted and given ten years in
the penitentiary.
Peace seems to me much in evidence
at Amarillo, as Potter county's sheriff
got leave of absence, the city mar
shall has started laundry, and the
constable is in the livery business,
while the Jail is empty.
The International and Great Northern
railway machine shops, which have
been running nine hours a day, began
working ten hours on the 10. This
change in hours was caused by the vast
amount of work in the shops.
In difficulty between Frank Lind
sey and Joe Shannon, both colored, at
Mount Pleasant church, five milse
south of Luling, Shannon was shot in
the breast once and Lindsey was shot
once. Both died almost instantly.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Greenville Y. M. G. A. Secretary H
S. Anderson resigned the position al
rGeenville to accept similar position
at his old home in Corsicana. Mr.. An
derson has been here three years.
A concession has recently been Sc
cured from the Mexican government b,
citizens Of Ell Paso and Juarez for thu
construction OF new bull-fightini
arena in Juarez. The bull-ring viii
have seating capacity of $4,000, ans
will cost $4,000.
The state board of education pur
chased for the state permanent schoo
fund an issue OF $4,000 of Bexa
county bridge refunding bonds. 1t ais
purchased $4,000 Starr county, ant
} $4,000 Hatley county bonds.
The El Paso chamber Of commerc
decided 10 raise funds for & midwinte