Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-18
ALL OVER TEXAS.

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The corsicana cotton mill has in
creased its force and is now running
day and night
Rev. Abe Mulkey, the Methodist
evangelist, began protracted meeting
at Rockwell on Thursday.
The W. o. W. Camp at Ringgold un-
yelled the monument of ]. w. Richey
at Ringgold cemetery. Jan. 6.
There were only eight votes cast
against the proposition to issue $4,000
worth of bonds to build brick school.
house at Alice
1t is announced that commencing
in the spring s0-mlnute cars will be
run by the Interurban railway between
Dallas and Fort Worth.
A Katy switch engine and twenty
cars, half of them loaded, were ditched
at Roanoke and two men riding in one
of the cars were crushed to death.
President Prather has been advised
that the examinations for the Rhodes
scholarships from Texas will be held
at the State University in Austin on
Jan. II and 10.
w. W. Page, aged about GO fell from
his wagon seat at Roxton Friday, dead.
Mr.. Page lived about two miles north
Of town and had come to town, &C
companied by his daughter.
The Cotton Belt depot at Billiard
was broken into Tuesday night and
three hundred gallons Of whiskey
poured into the streets from the ex-
press department. NO clue
The protracted drouth at Greenville
has caused an alarming scarcity Of
water. The waterworks company has
cut off all mains and is keeping what
there is on hand for fire protection.
Much interest is being taken in the
forthcoming exhibit of the Bell County
Poultry Association to be held Jan. "a
and rs in Temple. The catalogue has
been Issued ana 10 being distributed.
Dallas is raising $4,000 by subscrip-
ton among the citizens to assist in
building home for the Southwestern
Medical College. a $4,000 structure
which it is proposed to build in that
city
Friday fire totally destroyed the Wa
co Steam Laundry owned by Louis
and Frank Grow. The total loss will
be $4,000; insurance, $4,000. OF the
loss $4,000 was in clothing in the laun-
dry for points in Waco and outside.
Union brick masons of Dallas have
served notice on the building contrac-
tors that they win expect an increase
in wages commencing tho list of March
from $500 per day to 5000, the day
to be eight hours.
An unknown man was run over and
killed by a train in Dallas Wednesday
morning. He was about So or 60 years
old and weighed 1870 pounds, five feet
nine inches high, and was well dress
ed. No sort of mark of Identification
could be found.
The formal transfer of the water
plant Of the old Bell Water Company
to the City of Waco really took place
last week and the money due on the
plant, and which had been secured by
sale Of bonds, was paid The original
price was little less than four hun.
dred thousand dollars.
Col. Frank p Holland and John v.
Hughes left Tuesday morning for
Washington to personally present to
President Roosevelt the invitation Of
the Dallas Commercial Club to visit
that City
The Great Southern Refining Com
pany, which is operating small re
fnery at Beaumont will try The ex.
pertinent Of putting its Illuminating oil
on the local market and win soil 1t in
competition with the Standard at sew
era1 cents less a gallon.
The bondsmen OF claud Wilson.
charged with killing F. o. Porter in
Commerce a few weeks ago withdrew
their names as sureties for his appear
ance in court. Defendant was placed
IN the county jail.
There are seventeen national and
private banks in Hin County and their