Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-10-01
TENANETTEs.

wheat acreage.
Dexar county Republicans will put
out county ticket.
District court opened on the 18th at
Abilene with a large docket
Henry Long, a well-known citizen
of Beaumont, died at Hot Springs.
State Insurance Inspector Jalonlck
pronounces waterworks of Wichita
Falls excellent.
Messrs. John Brock and Will Parks
are feeding a large number of cattle
near Ennis.
Collin, Grayson Fannin and several
other north eTxas counties had a fine
rain on the 18th
Charles Gaertner, a Katy railway
postal clerk, died unexpectedly at
Denlson on the 10th
President Britton of the Cotton Belt
Railway company and other officials
We're in the state last week.
A man pleaded guilty in a justice
court at Temple to writing obscene
letters and was fined SIS and COSTS
Work on the new Santa Fe railway
deport at Cleburne will soon com
mence. 1t will be a modern structure
A lamp exploded in the hands of =
Miss McDavd at Omen, near Troupe.
The young lady sustained serious
burns.
Rev. e. L. Wessons of Sardes, Miss,
has accepted call to the First Bap-
fist church of Marshall, assuming
charge Nov. /.
Two coach loads of negro cotton
pickers arrived at Hubbard City one
day last week They were from south
Texas counties.
The assessed valuation of the city Of
Dallas for 1902 is $25,934,5O0 The in
crease shown in assessments on real
estate is S114,075
John Bowman, colored, was shot
and instantly killed four miles from
Clarksville. Domestic troubles cause.
Slayer fled to the Territory.
The recent grand jury at Marshall
returned fifty felony and forty-two
misdemeanor indictments, the largest
number in the past twenty-five years.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Texas Car Service association was-
held at Galveston on the 18th. Moth
ing but routine business was transact
ed.
The Concho Valley Baptist assoca-
tion held a meeting last week at Ozona.
Twelve churches were represented.
Rev. T. Synes of San Antonio was
chosen moderator. Du
Frank Hall, Hawkins saloonist.
was hot in the breast while seated In
front of a store. Two loads of No.
birdshot was the ammunition and a
shotgun the weapon.
Corporal Richard Capers stationed
at Fort Sam Houston, and Miss Ida
May McFadden of Glory, Lamar coun--
ty were united in marriage at the
courthouse in Paris on the 18th.
The new Roman Catholic Cathedral
of the Sacred Heart of Dallas is to be
dedicated Oct 26 The building is
1O4x16O feet. Many distinguished prel-
ates are expected to be present.
The Bell County Press association
was permanently organized at Temple
on the 18th j. F. Crouch of the Bolton
Journal was elected presidents and
]. D. Crow of the Temple Times, vice
president Miss Maud E. Allen of the
Bartlett News, secretary, and w. E..
Bennett of the Killeen Recorder, treus-
urer.
In district court at Bolton last week
the heirs of the late ]. D. Howard got
judgment against the Santa Fe railway
for $4,000. Deceased. who was a hust-
Ter in Temple roundhouse, was killed
in February, 1901.
Judge E. D. Simmons. assistant at
torney general. has returned to Austin
FROM a ranch fifty miles north OF
Marba, where himself and family
spent several weeks. He reports that.
section of country as being in splendid
condition, with an abundance OF grass.
Locating Engineer Waller of the
Mexican Central Railway company has