Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-08-28
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.

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Hickory, N. c., John Garrison and his
nephew were drowned.
1t is now stated that the total out
put of Kentucky whisky th's year will
not go beyond 25,OoO,OOO gallons.
George Burnett, hatrack vender.
was arrested at Vincinnes, Ind, on the
charge of passing a $40 Confederate
bill.
A portion OF bridge at Atlanta, Ca,
fell, burying several negro workmen
under 1t. Ten were killed and others
injured
Lieut.. Berthoff of the United States
navy has begun shipping 1900 rein.
deer from okhotsk ports to Alaska
by steamers.
Four delegates, representing 100000
union workmen, are coming from Great
Britain to study the economic condi.
ton of labor in this country.
Jacob Gerhardt, contractor of Sha.
mokin, Pa, shot his wife through the
heart and then made an unsuccessful
effort to end his own existence
Baron Nordenskjold, the Swedish
explorer and naturalist who was to
have headed an Antartic exploring ex-
petition, starting this month, is dead.
Near Griffin, Mo, Miss Lizzie Scales
was married to j. d. Wells. The couple
stood on one bank of James river and
the officiating minister on the other.
In pistol duel at Pressburg, Hun
gary, Volunteer Corporal Hastinger
was MORALLY wounded by his officer,
Col. Dillmann. The latter had boxed
Hastinger's ears for impertinence.
United States Judge Hawley at Reno,
road tax case. granting the injunction
prayed for by the Southern Pacific
company.
AS Mr. Poole, his wife and four chill
dren were returning from a drive near
Lexington, Va, the carriage was over
turned by the raging current of a
creek and Mrs. Poole and three OF the
daughters drowned.
William B. Fossett, aged n years, col
ored, veteran caterer, died at Gin.
cinnati. Fossett was the last of four
brothers, slaves of Thomas jefferson,
freed by Virginia legislature in 1922 at
Jeterson's request.
Gov. Guadalupe Maynero of the state
of Tamauilpas, Mex, died at his home
in Victoria. capital of the state. Judge
Matias Guerrero, formerly district
judge in Nueva Laredo is acting gov
ernor of the state.
A boy and an eagle had a terrible
fight near Waverly, N. Y. The boy,
who is II years old, yelled for help,
and farmer responded. The eagle
was shot and killed. 1t measured seven
feet from tip to tip.
William ]. Bryan has accepted an in.
vitation, extended to him by the Indus
trial council of Kansas City to speak
at Electric park on Labor day. Will
liam ]. Stone and Webster Davis have
accepted like invitations.
Frank Purcell of Washington, Ind,
is under arrest, charged with the MUIR
der of his wife. Jesse Purcell, IA years
Id, filed the AFFIDAVIT, asserting, it is al
legged, that he saw his father do the
deed by beating her to death.
The examination of the books Of the
Akron (O) Varnish company shows
that the defalcation of former Treas
urer Homer j. McCrum amounts to
$29 600 McCrum disappeared some
weeks ago, and is now supposed to be
in South America.
BY a sudden rise OF water in the pro-
vince of Kwang ST, China. many drown
ing occurred. The city of Fuh Shan,
where large ironworks are located, was
completely inundated and great num-
her drowned
Noah II. Sutherland and Miss Nettie
Purcell were married at Washington,
Ind. Upon returning to the home of
the brides parents to partake OF the
wedding feast the mother Of Mrs. sutn.
erland dropped to the floor and died in
few minutes.
p w James rowed bis wife, helpless
with paralysis, in skin from Pitts
burg. Pa, to Cape Girardeau, dis.
iFnce OF 1000 miles. His object was to