Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-11-07
ALL OVER TEXAS.

Watel Wolhs DonuS IOr wore City, be-
ing fifteen 4Os, bearing per cent.
Deputy United States Marshal Bot
Short was assassinated Monday night
at II o'clock as he was retiring to bed
at his home in Hugo. I. T. He was
killed in the presence of his family.
The board of estimate has agreed
upon a tentative budget 1t will cost
about s125,OOo,OOO to run the city gov
eminent of Greater New York next
year.
The gin at Hereford has just turned
out the first bale Of cotton ever ginned
in Deaf Smith County, it being the
property Of ]. f. Dollars, who lives
about six miles south Of that town.
One case of smallpox was reported
from Hillsboro last week, a negro fe-
male school teacher, but as the chill
dren were picking cotton, no school
was in session.
Dr. l.. A. Decker, of Marshall, sold
fine three-year-old colt to Ringing
Bros circus for $500. The young colt
has plenty of style and action and was
beauty.
Following thefts of thousands Of dol.
lars worth of clothes the chief Of 20.
lice Of Fort Worth has asked the city
council to pass an ordinance reQuir
ing liscense for wash women.
Major Dreyfus of the French army,
who was detailed for duty with one Of
the artillery regiments at vincennes.
has been given an Independent artill-
cry command at St. Dennis.
Dispatches from Centerville, Miss,
say that Tom Champion, u negro, was
lynched by hanging near there Thurs
day. 1t is said that he confessed to
the murder of ely Whitaker, farmer.
The State Superintendent Of Peni-
tentiaries recommends the building of
a cotton mill and binder Irvine plant
at Huntsville, and the working of all
female convicts therein.
Will Roberts of Llano county, has
leased 1000 acres Of the south part or
the Elm ranch and will stock it with
800 head of cattle. He is preparing
to locate in that section.
Three hundred chauffeurs are on a
strike in New York for higher wages.
Mrs. Louisa Smith, the Oldest Gypsy
in America, died recently in a camp
near Freehold N. J. She was 1oI years
two months and twelve Gays old.
According to the bulletin issued
Thursday by the census bureau there
had been ginned up to October IS, A.
91O,290 bales Of cotton OF the growth Of
1906, counting round bales as half
bales.
Methodist bishops frornm al. over
the world met in Rochester, N. Y, last
week in the first session of the con-
yention of the Methodist bishops of the
world in Asbury Church. The conven-
ton lasted through the week.
Frank A. Mack, for many years Ii
newspaper man, and formerly superin.
tendent of the Eastern division OF the
Associated Press. died at Santa Ana,
California, of consumption after lin
ger'ng illness.
Effective November IL, additional
passenger service between the North
and Texas points will be put in oper-
alton to supply the growing demands
Of travel. Trains Nos. IS and SO, for
merly run between Kansas City and
Chickasha, I. T., will be continued
through to Fort Worth and Dallas.
Walter Miller, of New York, holds
the record among jockeys for riding
the greatest number of horses to vic
tory in one year. Altogether, he has
won more than 800 races this year,
beating the best previous record of
297, and has earned. all told, some
thing like $4,000.
The Gulf, Harrisburg and San An
tonic Railway will put on another daily
train west of San Antonio, beginning
| December 16. The Texas and Pacific
will also put on another daily train
west OF Abilene after November a.
r. G. Johnson, who lives about two
miles south of Marlin, had his arm
caught in his gin and amputatlon was
necessary.
A promising movement is on foot
at Taylor looking to the building OF
a $4,000 sanitarlum in that city.
A fire swept seven business houses