Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-05-08
TExANErrEs.
III cities report business good.

Ben Williams of Texarkana dropped
lead at Mineral Wells.
Gainesville is to have a mattress
factory with daily output of 100.
A number of cities observed the an
niversary of the battle of San Jacinto.
Mrs. Lucinda M. Orr, 60 years of age,
Hill county pioneer, died near Bran
don. AH
The convention of the Bnai Birth
was held at Houston, with large at
tendance.
1t is estimated that waxahachie
citizens have invested s15O,OOO in oil
companies.
Gen. Pearson of the Boer army says
the Tascosa country resembles some
portions of the Transvaal.
An unknown white man. 65 years old
was run over and killed by Katy
train at Galveston.
o. P. Brady, while on duty In Fort
Stockton saloon, was killed. Z. A.
Teel is charged with the killing.
Mrs. Sam Alexander and baby were
so badly burned by gasoline explo-
sion at Dallas that both died a few
hours afterwards.
Eight Denton county boys who had
been fighting in the Philippines were
met at the Denton depot by 200 citizens
and given them greetings.
Bud Spear was shot and killed in
school-house eight miles from Tyler.
Pick Messers, who had been counting
the dead mans daughter, was arrested.
Anthony Westheld, colored, living
two miles east of Paris, cut his throat,
but failed to sever the windpipe. He
was lodged In Jail on affidavit of lu.
macy.
A. w. Risien, a contractor, fell
through an elevator shaft from the
third story of building he was erect
ing at Oak Cliff and fractured his
skull, dying instantly.
T. A. Morris, on trial at Corsicana
charged with the murder of w. G.
Broomes, whose body was found in a
tank near that city last October, was
given the death penalty.
A mine has been discovered in Mike
Rogers pasture, four miles from Tyler.
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A stock company has been formed and
development will soon commence.
The fishing schooner Lizzie B. Adams
of the Galveston Red Snapper com
nays fleet brought in the news to Gal
weston of the loss at sea of James Car
roll, otherwise known-as Tinker Car
roll.
In train wreck twenty miles from
San Antonio on the international and
Great Northern railway F. w. Hicks,
fireman, was killed, and Pat Monahan
dangerously wounded. A switch had
been tempered with.
G. j. Benton, an ex-Confederate sol
der, was found dead on his knees in
hotel at Cleburne. He was an old
miner and was on his way to the Beau
mont oil fields He came to Texas
from Mississippi
The Junction hotel at Whitesboro
burned. The guests had to escape in
their night apparel. The building,
which was erected in 1880, was insured
for $3OOO and the furniture and kitch-
en- utensils for $1,000.
A negro boy was burned to death in
the south part of Hampstead. His
clothing caught from burning trash
pile in the yard, and before he could
rescued from the flames he was so bad
ly burned that he died.
A deal has been closed whereby Ed.
M. House of Austin, T. w. House of
Houston and other parties obtain con-
troll of the streets in the .Spindletop
Heights subdivision of Beaumont.
These streets are near the Lucas and
Higgins wells
The thIrty-sixth annual encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
department of Texas, was held at Gal
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weston, with over 100 delegates in at
tendance from the woman's Relief
Corps.
A hot water heater in the rear of T.
o. Rays barber shop at Plano exploded
blowing the top of the heater through
the ceiling and making hole six feet
long and three feet wide. 1t broke the
glass in the rear windows.
Frank Lee, colored, living near Mad