Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-10-10
TExANErTEs.


There are three cases of smallpox
on farm near GAINESVILLE.
Steamships will make regular trips
between Brownsville and New Orleans.
Over fifty men have enlisted at Dali
las the past few days for the regular
army.
Willis Monk, living five miles from
Chico, died from an overdose of NOR.
phine.
Mrs. j. D. Wallace was fatally burn
ed by starting fire with coal oil at Pilot
Point.
Quite commotion was caused at
Paris by the explosion of barrel of
whisky.
Bob Hobson, aged 16 years and Miss
Mona Miller, aged 10, were married at
Wolfe City.
Dallas and Fort Worth citizens ella m
the census figures sent out about their
population are very much too low.
The Southwestern Telegraph and
Telephone company will place their
wires at Galveston under ground.
Az unknown negro was killed by
Houston and Texas Central train at
Miller's Switch, Dallas county.
Henry Silson, colored, was arrested
at Bonham charged with killing Charl-
ey Britt, also colored, at Ladonia.
Since the Texarkana compress was
burned cotton is being shipped to
Shreveport, La.
Mrs. Joyner, near Paris, died from
erysipelas, caused by slight scratch
on limb several days before.
The postoffice at Beckville was brok-
en- into, but nothing secured, the post
master having securely placed the cash
The engineers of the Beaumont Lum-
Der company, with gang of workmen,
buried 1900 bodies at Patton beach,
near Galveston.
A negro shot and instantly killed his
wife and MORALLY wounded her sister
at Jefferson. Some allege jealousy and
others insanity as the cause. The me-
gro made his escape.
While in jail at Marlin w. T. Yates,
justice Of the peace for precinct No.
2, Falls county, took an overdose of
morphine and died. He was arrested
under grand jury indictment
Miss Annie Kalfus Brown, daughter
OF Associate Justice Brown and Capt.
John S. Myrick, an Austin banker.
were married at Sherman.
Cora Asbury, colored, making her
home with her father, John Thomas,
northwest of Paris, awoke and found
her child, 2 months old, dead at her
side.
The contract for the buildings of the
Hillsboro cotton mill has been let t.
D. Mahoney, architect, of Waxahachi-.
The building is to cost $15,6S5. Mf.
Mahoney has the contract for the Wax
ahachie mill also.
Robert Marsh, the 16-year-old son of
Peter Marsh of the Re neighborhood,
who accidentally shot himself with
target gun last week while out hunt
ing, died from the effects of the wound.
Re neighborhood is in Navarro county.
At Athens Jim Patterson was con-
victed of the murder of Constable
Rhodes in the Trans-Cedar country,
and given nine years. He will be re-
membered as the man whom the Hum
phreys were charged with harboring.
j. G. Bigger. aged Sc years, died at
Dallas, after protracted illness. He
was an attorney by profession and was
prominent in G. A. R. circles. At one
time deceased was United States attor-
ney for the district of northern Texas.
The Texas Fire Insurance company
of Waco. mutual organization, was
chartered by the secretary of state.
The corporation has no capital stock.
The incorporators are J w. Oman, A.
T. Ball and w. G.. Richter.
J.. W. Segler, prominent farmer
living south of Bonham was dangerous
1y shot at his home. Some boys were
shooting at mark in the yard when a
stray bullet struck Mr. Segler in the
shoulder, coming out near jugular
vein.
The death of John e. Brasell, an in
mate of the State Confederate home,
occurred at the institution from paraly-
sis. He was Sc years old and served