Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-11-07
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.

A large number of people from the
vicinity Of Denlson have organized a
,olony and will settle near Texico,
New Mexico.
Friday was Confederate day at the
State Fair, and the city was filled
with delegations from all over the
State.
The Shoe-Bar arnch OF 5000 acres
IN the Panhandle, was sold by Fort
Worth broker one day last week for
million dollars. The deal includes
$4,000 cattle.
Marshall Tankersley, Jr., is dead
in Houston from two pistol sht S in
the abdomen. Z. B. Nichols,
cousin Of the deceased is under ar
test.
The Minister of War has intro
duced a bill into the Cortes calling
for the complete reformation of the
Spanish army and bringing 1t up to
modern requirements.
]. B. Calvert, a prominent lumber
dealer of Ada, l. T., lost his wife In
q hotel fire at Fourche, lumber
town near Little Rock Ark, one night
last week.
To prevent corn famine, Gov. Ahu.
mazda, of Jalisco Mex, has made an
appeal to the General Government of
Mexico for the removal of duties from
American corn for importation.
Three men are dead and two others
are injured IS the result of head-on
collision between fast freight train
and light engine on the Southern
Railway near Winsboro S. G. Sunday
The inventory and appraisement OF
the estate of jesse Shain, deceased,
was led in the Collin County Court.
The total value of the estate is $780,
1880
at an election held at Rogers, Bell
County to determine whether the town
should be Incorporated the vote stood
as follows For incorporation 76.
against incorporation s.
The machlnists and the Texas and
Pacific management at Marshall have
come to an amicable settlement OF diff
ficultles that at one time looked
threatening.
People who buy silverware for holt
day presents will pay higher prices
than formerly, on account of the in
creased price of bullion and cost of
labor.
Colonel w. N. Tibbs, one of the
lew remaining Confederate congress.
men, died at his home at Dalton, Ga.
early Friday. lie was ninety-two
years old.
The thirty-third annual session of
the National Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union met in Philadelphia
Friday, with about $50 delegates from
all over the country in attendance.
Fifty teams with incidental grading
equipment that have been In use on
the Trinity and Brazos Valley rail
road have gone to Sherman for work
on the Sherman-Dallas Interurban.
The pecan shipments out of Austin
this season will be match lighter than
for several years, it is stated by deal
ers. The crop is practically fail
IRE in most localities of the Colorado
River.
Sunday was the largest day in the
history of the State Fair of Texas.
The crowd that entered the grounds
is estimated at 100000 persons.
Transportation to and from the CRY
was so congested that many who
waited at depots were unable to get
on the cars.
The Carriage Builders National AS
sociation opened in Atlanta, Ga, in
the first session Of its annual conven-
ton. The trade is represented by
about four thousand delegates from
all parts of the country.
In cleaning a choked gin at Buda,
some twenty miles south of Austin,
Will Meridith received injuries which
caused the loss OF an arm.
Over a hundred arrests were made
in Dallas Sunday for violation Of
Sunday laws.
An engineer has commenced pre-
iiminary surveys of the proposed troll
ley line between Bryan and the A. and
NJ Coilaro