Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-05-04
ALL OVER TEXAS.

saturday night instituted lodge OF
Red Men at Itasca.
Frank Winston. jagged six years, son
of w, Winston of Groesbeck, while
playing with 22.target rifle was shot
and seriously wounded.
The postmasters' convention re-
elected the old officers by accIamation
at the close OF the meeting at San
Antonio. Austin is the next meeting
place.
A box and crate factory has been
started at Blossom and has received
an order from the Truck Growers AS.
ISOLATION of Blossom for 1900 canta-
loupe crates.
Dr. II. G. Whitehead, former City
Physician of Fort Worth, died after
lingering illness Of several months. He
was prominent member of the Fra.
ternity of Eagles.
While G. B. Gooch, a brake, was
running on top of a swiftly moving
and he fell to the ground, but escap-
ed further injury than shaking up
and some bruises.
The Pioneers of Texas held meet
ing at Fort Worth Thursday.
Otis Hughes of Indianapolis killed
himself at Ell Paso with shotgun.
His brains were blown out.
Citizens of Cleburne have been mott.
fed by proclamation to clean up all
Nth and to store no wagons or ma
chlnery on the streets. The sanitary
laws will be rigidly enforced.
Mr.. Wilkerson, blacksmith at Fort
Worth, fell while attempting to get
off mooving street car fracturing
his skull, from which he died in few
hours. He was sixty years old.
At the meeting of the Board of City
Commissioners of Galveston. the con.
tract for repairing the waterworks
standpipe here was let to the Dallas
Boiler Works upon Its bid Of s2S6O
BY freight trains colliding in the
ssD pag sAEds~at Guthrie, Ok, a
cam from an engine and En-
gineer Sowhey OF Arkansas City was
pinioned underneath. with both legs
crushed am broken and escaping
steam cooking the lower part of the
body.
The line of telegraph between Gle
bITne and Mexia, distance of sew.
eutyiseven miles, is completed. This
line connects Cleburne, Covlngtonl
Osceola, Hillsboro, Malone, Hubbard
City, Coolidge and Mexia all towns
along the Texas and Brazos Valley
railway.
A southbound Katy train ran into
the wagon and team of Dave Hudson,
farmer FIVE miles east of Waco. The
team was instantly killed. the wagon
smashed TO pieces and Hudson only
saved his life by jumping from the
vehicle.
The Odd Fellows of Cleburne have
purchased the lot and will soon begin
The erection of an Odd Fellows hall
There are two Odd Fellow lodges in
the city and both have large and
growing membership and have now
decided to have home of their own.
A large number of Masons are max
ing arrangements to attend the laying
Of the corner stone of the Masonic
grand lodge building at Waco, May IL.
The exercise will be most impressive
and prominent members from all
parts of the State win be present.
The first solid car of the new crop
OF potatoes was shipped from Bren-
nam Friday. The movement of all
truck crops by car load lots will com
mence to pour in from different points
in few days.
r. l.. Mcmillan, Dallas, bitten by
a small dog Wednesday night, has gone
to St. Louis where he will receive med.
ical attention in the Pasteur institute.
Mr. Mcmillan was bitten on the hand
while trying to prevent his dog and
another from fighting.
John Murrah. the expert roper, has
gone to st. Louis. where he is EN-.
ployed in the Indian Congress and
Wild West SHOW to rope two steers
daily for salary Of 500 a month
and expenses.
Since the securing Of the big cotton
min and a new railroad for Mabank
new enterprises are being promoted
almost weekly. The latest imnortant