Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-02-13
rExANETTEs.

Simon Schneider, a prominent cits-
zen, died near Boerne.
8. " Putnam, aged 70 years,
Texan for ffty years, died near Gon'
zales.
A bullet passed entirely through |
the body of Willard wooten, colored,
at Paris.
sas City, with headquarters at Beau
mont Mr.. Maxson was formerly agent
at Purcell, l. T. ,.;a a
Miss Jennie Brown. daughter of
George W. Brown of Jefferson, died
ON the 2Sth ult. She was burned Christ
mas morning.
George Williams, colored, on trial
at Fort Worth charged with robbery,
got seven years.
w. B. Scott, an employee in the Wolfe
City oil mill, was killed by being
caught in shaft. His body was ter
ribly mangled.
The 6-month- child of Newton
parden, colored, was burned to death
at his fathers home near Belmont a
few days ago
Mr.. Larry Jacobs invested in fifty
seven acres of Lamb Springs land that
is supposed to be rich in coal and
OIL Lamb Springs is near Navasota.
Congress has voted pension of $25
per month to the widow of Lieut.. AL
fred w. Drew, Twelfth infantry, the
young Texan who was killed in battle
in the Philippines
Gaines Bowen, a farmer, 30 years
old, killed himself at the home of his
brother-in-law, five miles southeast of
Paris, by shooting himself through the
heart with revolver.
A prominent oil man who has de-
veloped number of wells in the Cor
sicana oil fields was at Ennis and Sc
cured leases on large quantity of
oil lands east of that city.
William Newbaur of Belmont, near
Gonzales, is having some very large
fine walnut logs shipped from here
Ito England. Some o; the logs are fully
twelve feet in circumference.
Mrs f. e. Mitchell, living near
Floyd, Hunt county. lost her barn by
fire, with 300 bushels of corn, three
tons of hay and other feedstuff. Four
horses also persisted in the flames
The commissary and warehouse OF
the Texas Yellow Pine Lumber com
pany at Warren burned. Loss sup
posed to about $4,000; insurance $1O,-
900 or $4,000 Cause of fire not known.
A party of Syrians passed through
Denison en- route to Colorado. They
will endeavor to find labor In the
agricultural districts of the state, and
If not successful will go to California
Willis E. Maxson, local freight agent
and superintendent of terminals fol
the Santa Fe in Galveston, has beer
promoted to the office of superinten
dent of the Gulf, Beaumont and Kan
A Mexican machinist was wount
around shaft at the Mexican Nation
al Railway ny's mchine shops a
Laredo and before the machinery
could be stopped every bone had beer
broken into fragments.
ID. s. Hammond of Paris received
from the state controller $362.70 to re
mburse him for money advanced
while he was sheriff in 1898 to pa,
fHf In
war with Spain to Austin.
Senator-elect Joseph w. Bailey ha
returned to Washington to finish hi
term as representative from the fift
district When he appeared on tn
floor of the house he was hearth
congratulated by his friends ON hi
promotion to the upper house.
Gov. Sayers approved the bill ea
tending for ninety days the time 70
paying the state and county take
for 1900 in Galveston and a humble
of storm-swept counties of that sectio
of the state,
The postofflce at Luna, in Van lant
county, was wrecked by dynamii
explosion, Win osburn, II, Mailer
and MIR, stallings We're badly hur
So far no one can account for the %
plosson, The report was heard ov'
three miles away
Mother Ursula Of the prsullne col
vent, San Antonio who has been 9
a several mouths visit TO Rome ital