Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-05-13
STATE.

DalIas.-The State Fair manage
ment has closed a contract securing
Liberati's band of forty-six must
clans as the main attraction for
Music Hall at the Fair this year.
Signor Liberati will bring with him
in addition to the members of his
band four members of the Manhat-
tan Opera Company, who will APP
pear as vocal soloists.
Laredo.-J. P. Wright formerly
of Nueces County, brother of Sheriff
w. d. Wright of Mills County, was
shot and instantly killed in this City
last Monday. Former Sheriff w. T.
Hill Of La Sale County, surrendered
to the officers, claiming self-defense.
Arkansas Pass.-Under the auspices
of the Arkansas Pass Commercial
Club there will be held in this City
June 4, 5 and 6, jubilee to cele-
brate the opening Of the Arkansas
Channel, which is now being dredg
ed from the Morris & Cummings
Channel to the City of Arkansas Pass.
Point Isabel.-Tne work of ex-
huming the bones of soldiers buried
here during the Mexican War, in
1S46, is progressing. Forty-nine
corpses have been taken up already.
A silver watch, quite a number of
buttons, a bullet and brier-root
pipe, the latter in state of perfect
preservation, and a gold pen which
is untarnished and as good as new,
have been found In one grave was
n txua mn
fourteen beads.
Beaumont.=Mrs. John T. Kirby,
mother of John Henry Kirby, died
at her home, Chester, Tyler County,
aged "a years.
Dallas.-Hard times makes mean
people. Last Sunday night thieves
broke into the Sacred Heart Cathe-
dral and stole one Of the charity
boxes. The receptacle contained
about SOC or 40c, which had been
deposited by the communicates.
Later Detectives Brice and Austin
found the box in an alley between
Flora and Juliette Streets. Beside
it was an ak, which had been used
to break open the iron box.
HondO.-T. R. Cameron was con-
victed of assault with intent to kill,
and sentenced to flye years in the
penitentiary. Cameron was charged
with stabbing his nephew, Milton
Berry.
Austin.-.The Fraternal Order of
Eagles met here in State convention
for three days session.
Taylor.--As a precautionary meas
ure to provide against a possible
epidemic of smallpox In that vicinity,
City Health officer F. c. Ffoeckin-
ger was called to the New Bern set
Element, eight miles northwest of
Taylor, Monday, where he vaccinated
sixty children.
Austin.-The Texas Commercial
Secretaries Association has called a
mass meeting at Dallas on Wednes-
day and Thursday, May 10th and
goth, of the agricultural, manufac-
turing, Industrial and commercial
interests of the State. The develop
ment and conservation of the re-
sources of the State and cooperation
between all lines of industry will be
the theme for discussion and able
speakers will be secured to handle
all subjects. given a place on the pro-
gram.
KerrvilIe.-T annual shipment
OF Kerrville wool is 100000
pounds, and this years crop will ex-
coed that The price was very low
last fall and many ranchmen did not
shear. The result is a large amount
- ,1l, hot Al Co.. III
springs clip.
Gonzales.-Fifty negro converts,
the result of big protracted meet
ing which has been in progress in a
colored church here, were baptized
in the Guadalupe river last Sunday.
Uvalde.-The City Council has
granted franchise to Cincinnati
parties for the installing of gas
plant at Uvalde, work to commence
on same in ninety days.
Sour Lalxe.--The we'll at the head
of Fannin street, on the west side
of the thoroughfare, known as the
Dr. Thompson and Jack Johnson
we'll, came in as a gusher Wednes-
day between the hours of 4 and
O'Clock and is flowing at the rate OF
200 barrels of oil day The well
came in before 1t had been bailed
Victoria. case of the United
States vs.. Manuel and Deodora Guer-
ra, Desiderio Perez and Gabriel and
Juan Morales is now on trial In the
United States Court in session in
this City. They are charged with
the killing of Gregorio Duffy, in.