Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-02-03
AL OVER TEXAS.

about three miles west of Bolivar, shot
himself Thursday from the effects OF
which he died the following cay.
The schoolhouse at Cleveland, Delta
county, was burned 10 the ground
Monday The burning of the school
house is supposed to be of incendiary
origin,
The banks of Hillsboro have pur-
chased three cars of early cotton seed
which they win furnish the farmers at
actual cost to aid them in the boil
weevil fight.
At Midlothian, It is said that there
IL almose an epidemic of blind stag
gers among the horses here. one party
having lost three head in few days
of each other
At German the new tank for public
water supply has been erected and the
engine placed and piping the town 10
almost completed.
1t is stated that w. t. WaggoAer. the
cattleman who owns large landed inter-
ests along the Denver road, is arrang-
Ing to plant 10000 acres OF land in
cotton this year.
All farmers around Atlanta, Cass
county. are preparing their land for the
coming Irish potato crop, There will
DO so per cent more potatoes planted
this season than last.
Active steps are being taken BY the
Austin merchants and business men to
restore Austin to its former position 90
cotton market by the time the next
Heason rolls around.
Friday morning the store house and
contents of general merchandise Of
John Maberly at Ben Franklin burned.
LOSS $4,000, small insurance. The fire
was Of incendiary origin.
In dlflculty between farmers south
cast Of Parts. near Shady Grove, w. L
Short was stabbed in the arm and
shoulder with knife and sustained q
heavy blow on The back With a club
Quitting out ere Mrs. J. W.
III, OF Greenville. burned heI
hands ana face severely and burned
on the hair from her head She was
painfully but not seriously burned.
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corn, ten tons OF cottonseed and nu-
merous farming implements en- the
farm OF Mrs. Alice McAnulty. near Cir
cieville, was destroyed by FIRE, The loss
viii approach thousand dollars.
Chartered Tuesday; Home and
state Company. Dallas capital stock
$4,000. Purpose. transacting publish
ing business. Incorporators. g. O.
Rankin, Walter A. Stevens and Frank
2. Holland, all Of Dallas.
A telephone message from Mount
Enterprise states that Lee Landlord.
young single man, was killed Thurs
day night in the store OF t. ]. scoggIns
at that place. He was shot from am.
bush by an unknown party
lars. Mary II. Bernard is dead at Del
RIO. Her husband. George Barnard,
waa the first white settler in McLennan
county, and bullt the first house In the
country, and was the first settler IN
Waco. Mrs. Barnard was a sister OF
Governor L. 8, Ross. She was seven
ty-three years old,
Bessie Dean died at the sealy Hos
pital al Galveston from morphine pois-
oning sslf-administered She had been
resident of Galveston for several
years and had led a wretched life fol
tho past three years,
Frank Bounds, working at the MIL
ford gin, had his arm caught in shaft
and badly broken Thursday evening
The Florida delegation 10 the Repub-
iican National convention has been In
structed to vote for MT. Roosevelt AZ
unit.
J. A. King. living on mile east Of
Elmo, states that oil was found In
wen on his promises at depth Of 25e
feet. He offers ave acres OF land to
any company that win develop the field
where he has found the oil.
The rains OF Thursday and Friday
we're general, and the expreaAions OF
qualification were full Of enthusiasm.