Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-12-11
TEXAS COMPRESSED.



Northern capitalists are figuring OK
cotton mill at Navasota.
The 9-year-old child of Alley Weston
died at Bastrop as the result Of burns.
A womans Christian Temperance
union has been organized at McKin-
ney.
w. r. Elan has been appointed an
marshal Of Luling, vice G. C. Turner,
resigned.
Bay City has been shipping to a
number OF points five to ten CARLOADS
of rice daily.
The Cleburne public library, under
the uspices of the Womans club of
that city, has been opened.
Ernest Fields, colored, was convicted
at Seguin of the murder OF Sam
Chung and life sentence assessed.
e. H. Ballinger was knocked down
at Dallas, few nights ago, and forced
to part company with 81 and gold
watch.
Venus, Johnson county, has raised
the necessary bonus to secure the In.
ternational and Great Northern rail
way extension.
Capt. B. b. Paddock has been elect
ed secretary of the Fort Worth Board
of Trade. The position carries with
1t a $4,000 yearly salary.
The Ariel club, of Denton womans
organization, has donated 500 toward
securing the location at that city OF the
girls industrial school.
r. E. L. Saner, special agent for the
state land Office who looks after the
university lands, has changed his Of
fee from Austin to Dallas.
The North Texas insane asylum has
installed ten-ton ice machine, and
will manufacture it's frozen fluid. Two
tons per day is the average consump-
ton.
w. P. Dorsen, one of the
famous war correspondents OF the
Confederacy, who wrote over the nom
de plume of Sioux" died at Hemp
stead.
Barney Thompson, on trial at Waco.
charged with the murder of Maud
Morrison, is years old, at Moody, Nc
Lehman county, last summer, was ao-
quilted
Louis Sexton of Ennis has been APP
pointed by Congressman Ball his pri-
vate secretary, and has gone to Wash
lngton. Mr.. Sexton is nephew OF the
congressman.
The Murray Ginning company has
purchased eleven acres of land at Dial.
las. and will erect shops The build
lngs will cost $15O,OOO. and about $50
men will be employed
j. M. Miller got judgment against
the Santa Fe railway at Gainesville
tor $1,000, for alleged personal dam
ages. Miller, who is an ex-employe
of the road, sued for $4,000.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany paid s1,590.54 tax on 159054 day
messages and S115.3O on 23,166 night
messages handled for the quarter
which ended on the Both of September.
In the district court at Sherman,
Fred A. Foster has field suit against
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail-
way company of Texas for damages in
the sum of $4,000, alleging he sustain
ed personal damages.
Application from the First National
bank at Alvord, capital stock $4,000,
and the First National bank at Arson.
capital stock $4,000, have been APP
proved by the controller of the cur.
rency.
1t has been decided to build pipe
lines for fuel oil from Workman sta
ton on the Austin and Northwestern
railway to the state insane asylum at
Austin, and the work will be COM
menced at an early day.
When district court for Cherokee
county convened for the term at Rusk.
there were sixty-two divorce cases on
the docket. This is the largest mum.
Der ever known on the docket during
any term of court in Cherokee county.
Two miles from Henrietta, on the
Gainesville, Henrietta and Wichita
Falls division Of the Katy road, an Inn
migrant train was derailed. n. H.
Johnson, stock dealer, residing near