Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-04-02
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STATE.
rias.--Falfurria sends out
the first car of onions on March 25.
The car contained $4,000 pounds and
was sold for $500 on the track, and
was grown by Hart & Crosh.
Austin.-Will Garner, who is serv-
ing a term of two years in the peni-
Tertiary, made his escape, went home
to get some affivadits for use in his
application for pardon and walked
700 miles to present them to Gov
ernor Campbell. He returned to the
penitentiary, taking with him let
ter from the Governor exempting
him from corporal punishment
Ell Paso.-Work ON the great dam
at Engle, N. NJ, has begun, which is
to reclaim 10000 acres of land in
Mexico and New Mexico. 1t will take
six years to complete it.
Rockdale.-B. ]. Acock, principal
of the colored school, shot and killed
Alonzo Kennedy and wounded an
other man, all colored. The trouble
seems to havea risen by Acock hay
ing whipped Kennedy's boy, but the
shooting was done in self-defense.
Corsicana.--J. A. Aston, City Mar
shall of Frost, was shot by a Negro,
whom he was attempting to arrest.
After chase of several miles the
Negro was caught and jailed.
Ell Paso.-Charles e. Jones and
Charles r. Logan, two mounted Gus
toms Inspectors, were found dead in
the old bed of the Rio Grande, each
with a single bullet wound in the
body. There were no witnesses to
the tragedy, and several theories are
advanced. The coroner's verdict is
that each came to his death from
pistol shot wound from the hands of
the other.
Beaumont.-EXperim to make
paper pulp from rice straw are be-
ing conducted by w. d. Wing, a CAPT
talist of Bangor, Me-, who is interest
ed in paper mills in his own State.
Austin.-Thomas Mosely of San
Marcos was awarded the Cecil Rhodes
scholarship by the Board of Univer-
sity Presidents.
Corpus Christi.-The new joint
Texas-MeXican and Brownsville pas
ssenger station has been opened to the
public and all trains leave and arrive
there.
TerreIl.-A merchants trades dis
play has been arranged, which will
be opened April in the City Taber-
nacle and will continue till April 49,.
About forty business firms will have
displays.
Ennis.-The local relief societies
here have been dissolved, owing to
notice from the State Department of
Insurance that they were violating
the State insurance laws.
Austin.-The Great Western Life
Insurance Company of Kansas City,
Mo-, has withdrawn its application
for a permit to do business in Texas,
and will cease doing business in the
State.
Victoria.-The dredge boat being
built here for the Guadalupe River
is being planked and it y thought
will be ready for launching in an
other month.
Observation-Disclosures Waldo p Ayres
of the Ninth United States Infantry
stationed at Fort Sam Houston, in
spected the Marshall Musketeers
Comp. D. of the Texas Guard.
Laredo.-S. v. Madrigoe, loaded
and shipped the first two cars o.
onions March "a, which went out
over the International & Great North
ern Railroad. 1t is estimated tina
Webb County will ship about 1905
= cars of onions this season.
Alpine..-Alpine and vicinity were
treaetd to rain and snow last Sunday
Monday morning the surrounding
mountains were wrapped in white
but the bright sunshine soon melted
the snow.
Fort Worth.-Senator Bailey hal
left Washington for Texas to be pres
ent at the Bailey meeting at For
Worth and is expected to arrive sat
urday.
DOMESTIC.
Washington, d. C.-The Hous'
passed the pension bill, which carries
an appropriation of $15O,S69.OOO.
New Orleans, lathe Italian
cruiser Eturia, which has been a
New Orleans for several weeks, re
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