Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-10-25
ALL OVER TEXAS.

Mr. Leo Horney Of Germantown sold
his gin to Herman Berger for $3.50.
A Beaumont rice mill paid 1857 per
sack for 10000 sacks of rice at Cros-
by the other day.
The bond for the men indicted at
San Antonio on charges Of murder and
train wrecking was fixed at $500.
The Lane City Rice Mills commenc-
ed work Monday. They have received
about 10000 bags of rice up to date.
1t is estimated that the Rice 1nsti-
tute at Houston will get $2,177SG1.92
out of the estate of the late W. M.
Rice.
The frontier quarantine on Red riv-
er will very likely be abandoned for
lack OF funds, says dispatch from
Denison.
W. T. Eldrldge has purchased 1OO,-
900 feet of lumber for the purpose of
erecting a convict camp at Faber, near
Eagle Lake.
Col. Cecil Lyon, upon arriving at
Fort Worth on Sunday last, again adj
vocated another nomination for
Roosevelt"
Active work was commenced Mon
day by the contractor on the altered
plans of the s15O,OOO government
| building at Laredo
DR.. Tabor has been unable to locate
the train inspector who circulated the
report that there was case of yellow
fever in Houston.
Max Marten found another valuable
pearl in the Llano river near Mason
few days ago. 1t is supposed to be
worth several hundred dollars.
A horse ridden by D. o. Caraway at
Edna stepped on bird dogs tail. The
dog bit the horse and the horse
threw its rider into the hard road,
breaking bone in his right arm.
Swarms of butterflies invaded the
main street Of Calvert the other day,
apparently in search of water, as they
at once covered the freshly sprinlSled
streets.
George w. Greenhouse, charged with
assault with intent to murder at Con
zales, and who has been out on bond,
has been rearrested and placed in jail,
his bondsmen having given him up.
Some days ago young man by the
name Of Biggs accidentally swallowed
a pin at Lampasas, from which he suf
fered greatly. 1t was located by
means Of the X-ray and removed
meeting was held at College Sta
ton by a number of members OF the
faculty Of the Agricultural and Ma,
chanical College for the purpose Of
organizing a scientific association.
w. R. EubanlSs' planning mill plant.
just north of Paris, was destroyed by
fire. All the machinery buildings,
and dry sheds and $4,000 feet of lum-
Der were consumed. Loss between
$4,000 and $4,000. No insurance.
The Retail Merchants Association
was organized at Fort Worth last Sat
urday with membership Of twenty
five. Advertisements will be placed
in newspapers adjacent to Fort
Worth in order to draw trade to the
members of the association.
Twenty leading citizens of Ell Paso
have been named to devise ways and
means of the perfecting an interna-
toinal exposition for that city, begin.
ming in 1906 1t is planned to make
the event principally an exhibition OF
the products of the Southwest and
Northern Mexico, and during the event
many amusements peculiar to the Dor
der will pervail.
F. H. Holloway Of Marble Falls has
purchased more than twelve tons OF
pecans along the Colorado river, and
will ship them from Lampasas to Mar
BILE Falls to be polished and gotten in
shape for market. The pecan crop is
far above the average.
Farmers in the Vicinity of Franklin
bring cotton to town, but refuse to
sell, preferring to hold for better
prices. Very little is being sold. The
continued drouth has enabled the
farmers to gather most all the crop
without loss.
Daniel Davis, compress hand al
i3rownwood. was shot through the
head a night or two ago and mortally