Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-08-29
LONE STAR LINES.
BOYD, WISE county. Mas a baa,.

set was largely attended.
Fort Worth is milking elaborate
preparations for Labor day.
A Pythian school of instruction was
held at Corsicana last week.
All military companies report a fine
time at Sherman encampment.
Cato Reeves, colored, fell on Dali
ias street and died in few minutes.
Joseph Roondle, fruit dealer, died
at Waco from morphine poisoning.
Fort Worth has contributed over
5000 to the India famine relief fund.
The 12-year-old son of John Palmer
was badly cut at Palmer, Ellis county.
L. B. Whitlow, young business
man of Floydada, had his horse to fall
on him with fatal results.
At Floresville the Democrats of the
eleventh district renominated Hon, r.
Kleburg of Dewitt as his successor in
congress.
Dwight G. Wilcox of Waco, cousin
of Minister Conger, our representative
at Pekin, has been appointed postmas-
ter at Morgan.
M. d. Haygood, editor and trader,
died at Marble Falls from blood pois-
oning, caused by the incision of a
small boil on a razor.
Roy, the 3-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. Rose, living six miles north Of
Gainesville, on Red river, fell into the
river and was drowned.
Public Weigher H, P. Edwards, Jr.,
of Lampasas, served an injunction on
all grain buyers there, stopping them
from weighing grain for their custom
ers.
G. saki, aged Sc years, Japanese
carpenter, fell from four-story build
ing at San Antonio and sustained in
juries, from which he died within an
hour
Judge T. S. Johnson, assistant in
the attorney generals department, APP
proved an issue of $4,000 of Coleman
City refundlng waterworks bonds.
at Sherman A. D. Hay filed suit
against the Katy road for 100000 and
Thomas Cunningham sues the Central
for $25,O00 both for alleged damages.
- BY the falling Of building at Sui
I bhur Springs, Mr.. and Mrs, Walter
Harris were caught under the walls.
The lady had an arm and limb broken.
The tax roll of Webb county for the
year 1900 was received by the control
Ter. The total amount Of valuation is
$4,552,270, which is an increase OF
$507,53O over last year.
Plans and specifications for three
story brick building to be erected at the
corner of Houston and Seventh streets
Z by the First National bank of Fort
Worth, to cost $4,000, were adopted
Maggie Davis was before Justice of
the Peace Malsch at Houston on the
charge Of having two husbands. The
woman's bond was fixed at 5000, in de-
fault of which she was imprisoned.
Ill fate has followed the buffalo
taken from the Goodnight ranch to
Sherman for exhibition during the
jubilee. Two of the three rare and
splendid specimens have died. "Buf-
falo JONES' who is in charge, states
that the market value of the two ami
mails lost was $1,000
N County Tax Assessor Carter has
about finished his tax rolls to be sub
mitted to- the commissioners court.
The taxable values of Freestone county
for this year are $3,O47,74O increase Of
$153, 1856 over last year The increase
of scholastic population over last year
is 221.
A telegram was received by Mayor
Thomas j. Powell of Fort Worth an-
nouncing that his father, Thomas j..
Powell Sr., had died at the home OF
his Oldest son, John S. Powell, in
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The houses of four citizens of Dali
las were entered by burglar in one
night. He was scared away without
securing booty from all the houses ex-
cept that of A. D. Clark, where he
secured small amount of money and
frightened some ladies'
The Garvey Grocery company Of St.
Louis, Mo-, has filed with the railroad
commission a petition signed by 500
Texas merhants and jobbers request