Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-09-17
GENERAL NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of Happenings
in the State, the Nation and
the World.
STATE.

ADDRESS meetings in this section dur.
ing the three days of the County
Fair. Among those chosen is Judge
Charles w. Ogden, candidate for
Lieutenant Governor on the Republi.
can ticket.
Lampasas--The cotton crop is ex-
ceptionally heavy in the vicinity OF
Lampasas and pickers are very much
in demand.
Tyler-Robert Harrison kills him
self by placing a 3S-caliber revolver
close to his breast and sending a ball
crashing through his heart. Harrison
was SO years of age and was the son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. William Harrison
who live a few miles from Pales-
tine.
Hondo-Cotton shipments from
Hondo for this season, so far, have
amounted to 1900 bales. Very little
cotton is being held.
Ell Paso - John McGargle has
bought the Dallas and New Mexico
railroad from the receiver and given
bond to build a road from Dallas to
Roswell
Greenville-The residence of G.
w. Lewis is utterly destroyed by fire.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
San Angelo The Fair Association
have decided to increase their capt.
tai stock from $4,000 to $4,000. A
new site will be purchased for the
use of the Association.
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Eagle Passover $1,000 has been
expended during the past ten days
by the Government authorities in
paying return fare for laps who had
been caught crossing the Information
al boundary, and ordered deported
this month.
BeevilIe. -The District Court CON
yenes. Among the more important
cases on the docket, is that against
the Morales brothers for the killing
of Gregora Duffey, the customs
guard at Rio Grande City in Janu-
airy, 1907.
Hondo. w. Robertson files
suit for $4,000 against the Gall,
weston, Harrisburg & san Antonio
Railway for alleged injuries to his
son which caused his death in Feb
ruary last
GoIiad. John Gunewa, farmer,
drinks dislnfectant in mistake for
whiskey and is unconscious for sew
eral hours. He is finally saved from
death by the use of emetics.
Llano.- The state Fair opens with
q in ln
city isNgaily decorated and the ar
rangements for the entertainment of
visitors are excellent.
YoalSum. Gus Ryan, who was
scalded while firing S. A. P. engine,
dies as the result Sof his injuries.
Laredo.-The Government author
tiles advertise for bids for the COM
pletion of the $50, 900 Federal
building which was left in an unfin-
ished condition since about year
ago.
Ixingsville.-The business houses
of the Williams Mercantile Company,
DR.. J. s. Ragland, druggist. the Har-
per building, Daffneys billiard hall
and a barber shop are entirely de-
stroyed by a fire which originated
in the billiard hall owned and oper-
ated by H. Daffney. The loss is es-
timated at 100000 with but $4,000
of insurance.
DaIlas.-A conference is held at
Dallas by the Republican leaders
with reference to the lineup for the
coming campaign. Among those
CA1nna1 EAofI A
Colonel Simpson, Judge Charles Og- |
den, w, H. Atwell and e. H. Thayer
FL Paso.---W, w. Llewelyn, Assis-
tant Attorney General of the United |
States. opens the local campaign With
an address at the Crawford Theater. |
The hall was filled with an enthu- |
siastic audience and the outlook for
the welfare of the Republican ticket |
in this section is first class.
Victoria. The dredge boat Qua
dalupe has reached point four miles
below the city and is making good |
progress. The channel, when COM
pleted under present specifications, is
to be forty-six feet wide and six feet
deep.
Houston. Frank Gautier, cook,
aged so years, is found dead In his
room. Though the room showed no
of a struggle, there are
marks Of violence on the body which
lends color to the belief that Gaut-
Ter was murdered The deceased
served in the CiYiI war with Compa-
ny X of the Twenty-fifth Massachu-
setts Volunteer Infantry.
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Orange Walter Lewis is found
in the Sabine river. Lewis
has been patching it on a houseboat
on the river this summer. When
found the body was clothed In a