Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-09-25
TExANErTEs.

There are nearly 1000 Texas State
eonvicts.
Will Stephens. colored, hurt In gin
at Mexia, died.
The Houston and Texas Central road
will connect Lampasas and Burnet.
The new smelter at Ell Paso Of the
Federal Copper company has been
started.
Headquarters of the Travellers Pro-
tective association have been moved
to Dallas.
Canadian capitalists will build rail-
way line from Corpus Christi to
brentwood.
In scrap in the Dallas county Jail
between prisoners, Frank Vesty was
cut seven times.
negro woman was arrested at Wa
co charged with smuggling weapons
into the county jail.
The lifeless body of Michael Joyce,
killed by two bullets, was found in
Dallas marble yard.
Gov. Sayers appointed ]. D. Martin
of Beaumont judge of the new district
court of Jefferson county.
A seventy-fve foot bridge on the
Santa Fe railway about one mile south
of Oak Cliff partly burned
H. N. Marach of Greenville has been
appointed travelling auditor of the Tex
as and Pacific Railway company.
A number of Texas newspaper men
have gone on an excursion to points in
Colorado and Utah. Several ladies &C
companied the party.
Addie LEM was awarded $4,000 dam
ages against the city of Dallas. The
suit was based upon alleged permanent
injuries sustained by plaintiff, result
inf in fall caused by a defective graf
ing.
Buenita Arrendine and Albert Con
kales died at San Antonio from burns
received in an attempt to kindle a fire
with kerosene oil, an explosion scat
tering the burning huid over the chill
dreh.
]. M. Smith, residing near Paris,
went, with wheelbarrow aftef kind
ling. Not returning, his wife and
daughter instituted search and found
his body. 1t is supposed he had hem
orrhage.
of an old German near Brentwood,
was sentenced to be hanged at Cole
man on Oct. %. Pearl denied his guilt,
but expressed a desire to be publicly
hanged.
Mildred Lee camp, United Confeder-
ate Veterans, of Sherman, has decided
by unanimous vote to assist the camp
at Dallas raise the amount necessary
to entertain the Confederate reunion
next year.
jackson Blake, colored, obtained
Judgment at Paris against the Western
Union Telegraph company for 1925 for
damages alleged to have been sustained
by non-delivery of a telegram. Blake
sued for $1,000.
Postmaster F. M. Barton of Terrell
has been notified by the post office de-
partment a. Washington that free mail
delivery will be established on the six
mail routes recently laid out from that
city Oct 1.
The executive committee OF the
Texas Press Association has been
called to meet at Dallas on Monday,
Oct. s. The purpose of the meet
ing is given out to prepare the annual
programme for the next meeting.
A Celeste dealer, on trial at Green
VILE, charged with violating local OPP
tion law, was fined $25 and given TWEEN
ty days Imprisonment. The drink he
sold was called Dallas tonic" but the
jurors, who Sampled" bottle,
thought it contained fair quantity of
malt.
Superintendent OF Waterworks Scob-
BILE of Fort Worth has been instructed
TO. order $50 meters for immediate de-
livery, $50 to be delivered within two
months, and $50 to be delivered within
four months.
Grandma Sturdivant died five miles
south OF Mineral Wells at the advanced
age Of ia years. The venerable lady,
twho was as spry as a 5O-year-old wom-
IAN up to a few days Of her death, said
she could remember George Washing
ton.