Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-05-22
Lo..E STAR LINES.
Alice high school has closed.

doing business.
May term of United States court ia
in session at San Antonio.
The remains of newly born white
male infant were found in yard at
Paris.
Judge Reagan will make an address
at the Confederate reunion at Mem.
phis.
D. T. Kimballs house was blown
down near Pfttsburg and FIVE members
of the family injured.
Webb county voted in favor OF an
issuance of $4,000 in bonds to erect
a new Jail at Laredo.
Several of the state institutions will
use oil for fuel and are putting in
burners to that end.
While cooking supper at Blossom.
Lamar county, Miss Effe Moone was
seriously burned.
Another troop has been added to
the Twelfth cavalry now being re-
cruited at Fort Sam Houston.
During the revival lat the Floyd
street Methodist church, Dallas, there
were seventy-five conversions.
Hon. D. G. Hill has been appointed
county judge of Taylor county to sue
coed the late Judge Christenberry.
At Rural Shade, Navarro county, w.
M. Francis was shot to death at the
residence of his son. The latter sur
rendered.
Peter Bozetti, miner, went to sleep
on the Texas and Pacific railway
track near Strawn, and was run over
and killed.
The grand lodge of the Sons of Her
mann was held at LAGRANGE, with a
large attendance and considerable bust
ness transacted.
The attorney generals office has ap-
proved an issue of $4,000 worth of
Van Zanzt county courthouse and jail
refunding bonds.
Not building at Thornton escaped
the fury of the recent storm. Roofs
were damaged and in many cases al
most demolished,
A siX-months old infant of j. l..
Jordan at Roxton, Lamar county,
swallowed a twenty-five caliber cart
ridge with no i'll effects.
Ben Mccullough camp of ex-Confed-
crates. at Decatur, had an old fiddlers'
contest. There were eight contestants
and each received prize.
The Rosenbaum Grain company of
Chicago, capital stock 100000. Texas
office, Fort Worth, has been licensed
to do business in the state.
The enNre force in the machine
shops of the Cotton Belt In Tyler are
now working ten hours day. This
rule went into effect on May /.
Lawrence, the 12-year-old son of
Eugene Slbley, and Roland, the 10
year-old son of Frank Sibley, wers
drowned in Spring creek near Vic
toria.
Rev. ]. M. Biard died at Paris, aged
GA years. He was well known
clergyman of the Christian denomina-
ton, and was formerly member OF
the legislature.
The court of criminal appeals has
affirmed the death sentence of Thomas
Ballard, colored, from Brazorla coun-
ty, convicted of the murder of a Bo-
hemfan farmer.
Henry William Won Aldehoff, a ma
tive of Prussia, but resident OF Dali
las since 1878, passed away in that
city aged SO years. He was a noted
educator, one of his pupils being Sena-
tor Morgan of Alabama He spoke
nine languages fluently.
A pelican of unusual size has been
discovered on Lyle lake, in the vicin-
ity of Abilene. This is the first one
ever seen in that part of the country,
and sportsmen have unanimously
agreed that its life shall be spared
Col H. B. Spirelli, chief of ord
nance of the Texas volunteer guard.
died at his home in Corpus Christi.
aged SO years He was colonel of the
First Texas regiment until about eight
months ago, when he resigned to ac-
cept position on Scurrys staff.
The railroad commissioners are in
receipt of invitations to attend next
annual meeting of national railroad
commissioners of the United States to
be held in Chicago May %. An elab-