Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-09-05
ALL OVER TEXAS.

has received an unanimous call to
the pastorate of the new Columbus
Street Baptist Church at Waco.
Prominent cottc~ men in touch
with crop conditions do not expect
more than half crop around DeKi.
son.
James Sullivan, white man about
sc years of age, was found dead in
Galveston. The coroner rendered
verdict that he died of heart failure
Falls County Farmers complain OF
great difficulty in getting cotton pick
ers. The cotton fields are white and
pickers are badly needed throughout
the county.
Dave Baker, farmer near Sumner,
Lamar County, has a pumpkin, raised
on gray land, that is three feet long,
two feet in diameter and weighs Ito
pounds.
Baron Don, holder of the record for
Texas PAGERS on a Texas track. died
Sunday morning In his stall at the
Fort Worth Driving Park as a result
OF congestion.
Since the census enumerator for
1906 has filed his report 1t has devel-
oped that an addition to the new
$4,000 brick schoolhouse at Big San
dy viii have to be built at once to
guarantee plenty of room for pupils.
Mack Farris, negro, shot his wife,
Fannie, and his step-son, Chas. Hack
ney, early Monday morning. The
shooting occurred at Chalk Bluff, a
few miles west of Waco, and the
hoy, who was about 20 years of age,
died almost instantly.
1t is promised that within six
weeks from this date regular
freight and passenger packet service
will be inaugurated on the Trinity
River between Dallas and the site of
lock and dam No. G. forty-two miles
below the city.
A new building was opened at
Euckner Orphans Home on Aug IS,
and was entered by thirty-seven ba-
bies. their matrons, nurses and help
ers. This is to be the permanent. home
of Providence Nursery, which depends
upon the public for support.
Ezejuiel Cisneres, aged IL, near
Brownsville, had just come in from
hunting and leaned against the muz-
zle of his gun, which rested on the
floor, when his dog dancing around
TO welcome his master caught his
paw in the trigger and fred the gun,
Killing the boy Instantly.
The city council of Denton has
granted Newt. NJ. Lee and associates
a franchise to construct and operate a
street car system. The company ask
ing the franchise has bought 205
acres in the southwest portion Of the
city and will convert portion of this
into park.
J. A. Ferguson, who was arrested
Suuudy loT SeiiilB tichets al LaNS
Cliff Casino, which was alleged to be
violation of the Sunday law, was dis
charged by Judge Williams in the
Corporation Court last night. Judge
Williams held that selling tickets is
an amusement and not labor within
the meaning of Article 1856 of the Pc
nal Code.
A movement has been started
headed by Judge Grubbs, the indus
trial education champion, to establish
a high grade manual training school
IN Greenville. A vigorous campaign
is to be prosecuted among the people
TO that end
Lawyers are taking every precau
ton, so they say. to have the indict
ments against the Standard Oil Com
pany made out in SO clear cut style
that there will be no lodging tbs
issue.
Geo. w. Darlington was arrested
at Fort Worth charged with the thief
Of over $500, 1t is alleged that Bar
rington found check on the stree
for trunk belonging to q travelling
man and scooped the trunk contain
ing twelve sets of fine harness.
Kermit Roosevelt, son of the pres
ident, left Deadwood Sunday on ;
long overland horseback trip to thu
ranch on which his father FIRST start
sd his wild west career, located nea
Medora, s. d.