Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 52, Ed. 1, Wednesday, May 24, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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TEXANETTE
It L Stmlths twoptory resldencfe at
Paris burned
Prof Turner was reelected superin-
tendent of tho lyilneola public schools
Fire broke out In a Tyler warehouse
and destroyed several Hundred bushels
of corn
Mrs kary Ann Croft a Canadian by
birth birt a resident of Duval county
for twenty yeais Is dead
Tho moalon for a new trial In tho
rase of the state vs W N Mott In tho
district court at IBalrd was overruled
Notice of appeal as given
John T Melton a prominent farm-
er and stockmen of Collin county
died near McKlnnoy >
Tho ranch house of V T Petty
jP manager of the T Bar ranch ninety
TrV f miles noith of Colorado was with all
M
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iy
Its contents destrdyed by fire
A three days shooting tournament
will be held at Burton on Juno 26 27
and 28 Target shooting and shoot-
ing at llvo birds will be the principal
events
Mrs D M Hlgglns had her buggy
demolished In a runaway at Gaines
vllle but fortunately she and her
daughter who accompanied her es-
caped without Injury
John II Prldemore of Waxahachle
lost his 1000 maro In an accident
The animal was very highly bred r id
was possibly the fastest traveler t his
side of tho Mississippi
Some one attempted to burn tho
lumber yard of II Y Cox at Hlco Oil
was poured on the lumber and It set-
on fire Fortunately tho lumber was
piled close together and but little dam
ago was done
William Campbell aged CO years
was convicted in the Federal court at
Paris of manslaughter His two sons
Charley and Albert Jointly indicted
were acquitted
News was received1 at Georgetown
that Claudia Snow son of C S Snow
of tho Whltehouso neighborhood was
thrown from his horse and killed The
father of the boy is In western Texas
looking for a location
The Texas and Pacific railway turn-
ed out of its machine shops at Mar-
shall Texas and Pacific switch engine
No 133 that Is used In the pards there
and has been pronounced by ralldoad
men as being firstclass
The residence of City Tax Collector
Stewart at Longvlew was struck by
lightning Tho wall paper In the sit-
ting room was badly torn Mrs Stew-
art who was nursing a child was par-
tially stuned
A gold medal contest was held at
Leonard participated In by Llllle
Wright Kington Earl Luper Caddo
Mills Will Pruett Blue Ridge W H
Wright Leonard and Miss Winnie
Brown Bailey Prof Wi W Trank
lin of Dallas acted as Judge awarding
the medal to Mr Wright the Leonard
representative
During the shut down of the wool
tcourlng mill at Coloradi thieves en-
tered the building and stole the brass
parts from the engine presumably to
sell them for old metal Parts to the
value of 20 were taken New parts
nad to be ordered from the east
The old settlers of Cooke county aro
Deglnnlng preparations for their reun-
ion In August This will be their sec-
ond coming together and the executive
tommlttee who have been designated
lo make all arrangements are determ-
ined to make the August meeting a
luccess
Rev L Nanger pastor of the M E
thurch at Mcranltc assisted by W II
grown of Clarksvlile have closed a
meeting there Theie wore seventy
tight conversions aur thirtyeight ad
lltlons to tho church Great Interest
was manifested In the meeting
hioughout
The 10monthsold child of Axel
Halberg a prominent Swedish farmer
living a few miles out from George-
town reached up tp a pan of water on
he stove and pulled it over on itself
icaldlng Itself from the effects of
which the child died
Messrs Charles D Frazler of tho
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass ra ilway
ind Great Northern were before tho
ommisslon on th matter of tho fix-
ing and adjusting of rates on bone
oal from points on tho Rio Grande
tnd Eagle Pass railway
PASTURE AND fARM
Prom many sections come favorablo
reports of the corn crop
Grass is plentiful and corn pros-
pects bright about San Diego
Corn and cotton are doing splendidly
around Blooming Grove
Jim Dale has made three shipments
of cattle to St Louis recently from
Bonham
A Paris gardener reports that potato
bugs are eating his plants and doing
great damage
At LlndalerSmlth connty from one
to two carloads of strawberries are be-
ing shipped dally
During tho month of April S20 car-
loads of cnttlo wereshipped Horn San
Angelo to the Indian teirltory
Sorghum is pronounced by practical
men to be one of the most profitable
forage crops known In Texas
George Powers one of the most
prominent horso breeders of west Tex-
as died at Haymond of German meas-
les
The recent sixhour rain at Amn >
rlllo has caused grain to grow rapidy
and raised the spirits of tho stockmen
considerably
Two train loads of cattle consisting
of sixteen cars each were shipped
from Corpus Chrlsti tq Red Fork I 1
They were put on grazing lands near
Red Fork
The finest rains known In the vicin-
ity of Del Rio for ten years fell 10
cetnly The rain extended west as fni
as Devils river and east nearly to
Standart
Parties In from the Indian nnd Okla-
homa territories report good seasons
and flattering crop prospects Cattle-
men especially aro In good splilts and
say catle are doing splendidly
Homeraised vegetables at Dcnlson
are supplying the local market alto-
gether now and sometire being shipp-
ed north Despite the late sprfng and
bad weather spring gardens came In
early
Something like 1200000 horses are
owned In Texas but a great number
aro of little value Texas soir and cli-
mate are well adapted to ra tslug thp
finest breeds and great progress is be-
ing made
In tho strawberry districts of tho
state this berry Is fast ripening and a
Brcat many carloads are being sent to
various parts in the north and east
while quite a number aro being shipp-
ed to various points In this state
A fine rain fell at Sanger that In-
sures a fine Irish potato crop and all
garden stuff Corn will be auvanced to
the shooting stage without more
rain Cotton on many farms is up and
looks fine The rain pulverized a great
deal of freshlysodded land that can
now be put lr cotton The whole coun-
try looks bpautiful and prosperous
Tliu nreeds of cattle raised around
Graham now are greatly Improved over
the oldtime cow Many of the ranch-
es are stocked with thoroughbred Her-
efords and Durhams Taking the situ-
ation all In all the country seems
upon a basis of substantial prosperity
The Cotton Belt railway is hauling
many carloads of strawberries from
eastern Texas to northern cities
Messrs Richardson and AlhaUgh of
San Angelo have returned from a trip
through the sheep country south and
west They viewed nbout 15S000 sheep
In good condition though not yet
ready to buy for shipment The range
of grass and weeds is in good condition
and the rains make the outlook full of
promise
A fine rain tho first since December
fell in Armstrong county several days
ago putting a good season In the
ground Early crops were suffering
some on account of the continued dry
weather but now they will come out
all right and the pastures will be fine
in a short time From reports from
tho country surrounding the rain was
general Farmers are planting largo
crops and are nappy over the pros-
pects
W A Pearce shipped out twentyone
cars of cattle from Italy destined for
Cuba via Galveston Ho purchased the
cattle there from E B Harrold who
had COO fed there this season Harrold
shipped two cars the remainder of tho
bunch to St Louis
Compound loc TinntWe
A dozen or moro of tho Ai consol-
idation compound fielght locomotives
recently ordered for use on the south-
western division of the Baltimore
Ohio rullroad are In service and two
giving splendid satisfaction On the
Mississippi division tlicy lmvo In-
creased the train hnul 11 per ivnt over
the old Hup When tho grade reduc-
tions uro completed the Improvement
will be even more noticeable The
compound ten wheel passenger en
glues have developed unexpected pull
lug power nnd unusual speed
Six Thouuntl Allliw < > r Itmlronil
It may be Interesting to note the fol-
lowing statement of mileage of the
new York Central leased and operated
lines which shows the total miles of
track east of Buffalo us 011481
It Is of course generally known that
some of the western lines have a
greater mileage but their tracks run
through a number of sparsely settled
states while the trackage of the New
York Central and leased lines Is all In
the densely populated States of New
York and Pennsylvania accommodat
ing by its numerous trains millions of
passengers each year
Here Is the mileage of the New York
Central leased and upprated line3
Jew York Central
and brunches
New York llailem
Snuvten Duvvll 4 Port Morris
New York Putnam
Troy Oreenbush
Mohawk Malone and branches
Home VVatertown Ogdensbure
If your merctouit doesnt handle send us 1 and eet prepaid to anv part U S or Canada
iss io-
n 01
6JH1
BOO
18150
and branches CM 35
Carthage ft Adirondack 4Hli
Oouerneur OaweKatchle U 05
New Jerev Junction i v
West Shore and branches 4115 20
Ileech Creek und blanches ioui
Walklll Valley 3 SS
Syracuse Geneva Corning and
branches M
Pall Brook and branches 10070
Pine Creek 4 u
Tlvoll Hollow 123
St Lawrence fc Adirondack 5b40
Terminal Hallway of Buffalo 1100
Total 2MM6
Miles of track f 4 lit M
Miles ot siding 1 M
Total number of miles of track and
siding 0111 SI
Buftalo Express April G 1899
In certain partK of Hntilvu where
tho most absolute confidence is impos-
ed In tho honesty of people a very In-
formal postal system Is In vogue As
the mail steamer reaches a landing
place a man goes nshoie with letters
which ho places In an unlocked box on
the pier Then the passerby who ex-
pects a letter opens tho box tuins over
the letters nnd selects his own un-
questioned by any one
The chief amusement ot the emperor
of China Is the tiWInlug of goats and
monkeys The former he has by dint
of much patlencty taught to do tricks
of every kind Ojie Is to Jump tluough
the paper vvlndch which are found
everywhere in China fiom the palace
to the cottaite It Is said that the palace
pressdowager complains of the ex-
pense of having dally to replace the
breakage
Are You UmIiik AllenN 1 tmtKHRe
It is the only cure for Swollen
Smarting Binning Sweating Feet
Corns and Bunions Ask for Allens
FootEase a pon der to be shaken Into
the Bhoes At all Druggists nnd Shoo
Stores 2 r > e Sample sent FREE Ad-
dress Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y
Arabs find the cactus to be an ex-
traordinarily useful plant They Hurt In
it food nnd drink and also fodder for
their cattle nnd camels The Arab eats
the figs and dilnks the abundant sup
ply of Juice In tho fleshy leaves The
camels chew up eagerly what is left
over
duties to many women seenvmore Important than
HOME
No matter how ill they feel thoy drag themselves
through the daily tasks and pile up trouble
This is heroic but a penalty has to be
paid
paidA
A woman in New Matamoras Ohio
Mrs Isabell Bradfifld tells in the
following letter how she fought with
disease of the feminine organs until
finally forced to take to her bed Sho
says
Dfar Mrs Pikkham I feel it my duty to write to you to
tell you that I have taken Lydin E Pinkhams Vegetable Com-
pound and think theroxis no medicine in the world like it I
suffered for nine years and sometimes for twelve weeks at a
time I could not stand on my feet I had female troubles of
all kinds backache and headache all tho time
SeVen different doctors treated me Some said
I would have to go to tho hospital and
have an operation performed But oh
how thankful I am that I did not that
I tried your Vegetable Com-
pound instead I cannot say
too much in its praise nor
thank you enough for what it
has done for me I want you
to publish this in all the papers
for the good of other
suffereis
The wives and
mothers of America
are given to over-
work Let them bo
wise in time and at
the first indication
of female trouble
write to Mrs Pink <
ham at Lynn Mass
forheradvice This
advice is promptly given without charge
The present Mrs Pinkhams experience in treating female
ills is unparalleled for years she worked side by side with
Mrs Lydia E Pinkham and for sometime past has had solo
charge of the correspondence department of her great busi-
ness advising and helping by letter as many as n hundred
thousand ailing women during a single year
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WHEAT
WHEAT
Nothing but wheat what you mlffht
call a sea of heat Is what was said
by a lcturer speaking of Western Can-
ada For to routes rail
particulars as
way fares etc apply to Superintendent
of I mm I jern tl on Department Interior Ot-
tawa Canada or to Capt E Barrett
Houston Texas
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on r ieni l > niu nnd ilttad Book max IO rr tin
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frlco SO cent ot all druceliti or R 1 1U11 A Co
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ovor SO degree colder than Q
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It is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form
Groves is the only Chill
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out the entire malarial
sections of the United
States Every dealer is
authorized to guarantee
Groves No cure No
Pay Price 50c
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1 outness headache etc At druggists Wo It I
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Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic
First Tasteless Tonic
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Habermacher, J. C. Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 52, Ed. 1, Wednesday, May 24, 1899, newspaper, May 24, 1899; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth111406/m1/3/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .