Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-07-03
LONE srAR LINES.


George Walters, owner of the Hills
boro ice plant, A years old, is dead.
1t is stated that Terrell will have
free mail delivery, commencing Oct. L
The Roman Catholic church and par
sonage at Weatherford burned. Loss
$4,000.
Mrs. Cynisca Williams, one of Ellis
countys earliest settlers, died at Wax
ahachie.
In difficulty about some eggs nine
miles from Tyler Mack Phillips, col
ored, was killed.
Mrs. NJ. L. Berry, resident of Har-
rison county for half century, pass
ed away at Woodlawn, that county.
At San Antonio Mexican pleaded
guilty to charge of perjury and was
sentenced to two years in the peniten-
tiary. ff
The case of Louis Luttrell, trans
ferred from Hunt to Navarro county,
was continued by the state until Jan.
20, 1902.
James A. Darden, freight brakeman
and extra conductor, was run over and
killed by a train at Greenwood, near
Marshall.
While swimming in Chambers creek,
Ellis county, Ferdinand Roberts, IS
years old, was seized with cramps and
was drowned.
The Santa Fe railway will equip sew
eral oil burning locomotives, the re-
cent test made at Cleburne being EN-.
inently satisfactory.
Rev. l.. P. Lively and Mrs Brandy
of Abner, Kaufman county, were mar
ried at that place. The groom is 80
and the bride Go years of age.
Philip Jones, of Dallas, while ell
route to New Orleans to have surgi-
cal operation performed, died. just as
the train was entering the Crescent
city.
During the Mulkey meeting at Kauf-
man the Methodists decided to erect a
$4,000 edifice Of that faith at Kauf-
man. Nearly $4,000 has already been
secured.
The Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana
Railroad company paid the controller
s2525 tax on s2,524.50, which was it's
passenger earnings from Aug. 10,
1897, to March 81, 1901.
Sheriff Watts and posse of Anderson
county raided colored camp of en-
ployes of the Texas and New Orleans
railway, rounded up fifty and took
them to Palestine.
S. B. Bales, who had been a resi-
dent of Texas since 1851, died at San
Marcos aged "a years. He had been a
resident of the latter city since the
close of the Civil war.
The Palestine Packing company held
meeting in the Office of the Palestine
National bank and increased it's capt.
tai stock from $4,000 to $4,000. 1t has
been a pronounced success.
The semi-annual convention Of the
North Texas Medical association was
held at Paris, large attendance be-
ing on hand. A number of interesting
papers were read and discussed.
The Brazoria County Telephone COM
pany, capitalized at $4,000, and which
will operate between Columbia, Rosen-
berg and Richmond. connecting with
other towns, has filed its charter at
Austin.
Complaint was filed against two Mex
leans charging them with taking young
mockingbirds from the nests of the
parent birds in violation of the state
law which seeks to protect songbirds.
their eggs and young .Affiant is agent
Of Waco Humane society.
At meeting OF the executive com
mittee of the Northwest Texas Press
association, held at Bowie, it was de-
cided that at the coming meeting at
Canyon City, July SO-S1 and Aug.l, the
two first days be devoted to business
and the last to social features.
During the Emancipation day cele-
bration at Troupe, attended by about
1000 negroes, Ed. Connolly, after knock,
ing down three officers, was shot and
killed by Deputy D. G. Mitchell. A gem
eral riot was narrowly averted.
Sam Tyson of springtown. and his
four brothers, who formerly lived in
that section, together with sister
now living in Kentucky, have Just fall
len heir to s2,5OO,OOO each. The bequest,