Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-03-25
ALL OVER TEXAS


There are ten cases of smallpox in
the pesthouse at Houston.
Money is being raised at corsicana
for the construction of an armory.
The big cattle meeting at FL Paso
last week was in every way success.
An eleven-year old boy was arrested
at Fort Worth on charge of robbing
a mail box
Stock losses are very light in Knox
county; perhaps will not reach 2 per
cent in this county.
Blooming Grove will vote on prop
os.tion to issue $4,000 bonds for city
hall and $4,000 for water works at the
regular April election.
Tilda Johnson, white woman en-
tered plea of guilty to theft from the
person and was given two years in
state prison at Sherman last week.
Last Friday the pope received in
private audience Bishop Edward
Dunno of Dallas, Tex, who has pre-
sented the pontiff with a jubilee offer
ing.
G. d. Sanderson owes his life to his
two faithful bun dogs who rescued
him from being devoured by savage
boar. AS 1t is he is now lying on a
bed in the Houston inflrmary.
Oak Cliff, Dallas big suburb, is torn
assunder over a movement to annex
the city. speech-making, hand bills
and personal canvass are being used
on every hand.
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson
lectured at Dallas Thursday night. His
theme was principally America, and
American expansion, naturally through
the enlargement of the navy
The Southwestern company has pur-
chased the Denton telephone exchange
from Carmichael Bros, and will take
charge Of the system April 1. The
system will be enlarged and bettered
Frisco surveyors are in Vernon lay
ing off a twelve-stall roundhouse. Sew.
eral cars of brick are being unloaded
and other material is coming in. They
have regular passenger service now
to Blackwell, Ok.
During the last few days several
valuable horses have died around Bel,
m blind staggers. t Is claimed
" Some that this might be caused by
feeding dry hard. fiinty Northern corn
without soaking 1t.
The bill for the establishment Of an
asylum for the care, treatment and
support Of idiots and imbecils OF Tex
as has passed and only lacks the Gov
ernor's signature to become law,
The bill carries an appropriation Of
$4,000 for building purposes.
John H. Kirby announces that with.
in years time he will have several
OF the largest paper mills in the world
in operation in Texas The paper mill
at Orange has proven success in the
manufacture Of white paper from pine
shavlngs.
The officers report that tramps are
more numerous at Hillsboro recently
than they have been for some time.
About dozen are reported to have
come in on the blind baggage of the
trains and on freights In one night
The highest price paid at TIE sale
just held in Ney York of seyenty-oae
pictures, eleven of which are said to
have been in the De Peyster family
for many years, was $500 for "The
Cleaner" by Judge Breton, The pur-
chaser was ]. N. Thornton Of Houston.
t. M. Sleeper, t. M. Furis and s. p
Skinner have bought the Moffett mill
at waxahachie and will operate 1t I'm.
der the name Of Modern Milling COM
pany, and will enlarge double pres
emit. capacity.
The election Of officers by the Texas
Cattle Raisers' association at 81 Paso
resulted as follows; w. W. Turney,
president; Ike T. Pryor, first vice
president; Richard Walsh. second vice
president; Capt. John T. LytIe, secre-
tary.
Seguin has hammered away on the
cotton mill question until there are
good prospects of one of the largest
mills in the south being built there
one that will employ at least 1000
hands.
The Drohibitionists Of Denison held
q rnaatinp rarantIv and perfected an