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SHINER, LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 21, 1893.
NO. 12.
A, G. Wangemann,
llEAl.EH I.N
Iff Goods, Clothing, Boots,
Slioes, Hats and Gaps, Groceries,
HARDWARE, WOOD and WILLOWWARE, and
f JTI "BSlra "H ) "Si o
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Ai nt imi NEW HOMlSEWINC MACHINE, WALTER A. WOOD
MOWING MACHINES and HAKES, .JOHN DEEItE I'l.OWS,
CULTIVATORS and STALK CUTTERS ami HAN-
NEK PLANTERS.
Also Avery Stalk Cutters and Louisville Cotton ami Corn I'lnntcr,
All kinds of Country Produce bought at highest market
prices. Cash Paid for Cotton Seed.
P Wi
LumberY
aid
llcuiliitiaiters For-
long leaf pine, cypress well curb
ing, shingles, sashes, doors and
blinds.
Genuine Gliddcn and Walikegan ire. Paihn
S'ire Fence, Brick. Sawed burr oak and Mountain
Cedar Posts. Aermotor, Dandy, Perkins and Enterprise Wind Mills.
Pump, Cylinder Piping and all Plumber's goods. The celebrated
SWdeb.iker Wagons; also lkiggics, Hacks. Surreys anil Vehicles of all
hinds.
fiJOTTOWN LOTS IMPROVED and UNIMPROVED.
I atn the authorized agent of H. IS. Shiner and the San Antonio and
Ar.insiy Pass Railroad Town Site Company for the sale of all their lots
in tliitown of Shiner.
I Wropose to sell everything that I carry in stock as cheap as the same
qnaity can be nought eisewnere. l '"-'. a" cnnipeuuon. .,iy
Mr. Albert Moeller. spuiks (ierm.in, English and Bohemian.
you to call ami examine my sioci; ueiore uuymg emanncir.
O. L. WILLIAMS.
clerk,
I ask
J.E.MERSEBIJRGER
California Fruits,'
Milk'Shakes,
Soda Water,
Cider.
See our ti, lO nml 2fi cent
Bu lira In Counter!).
SiitNnii, - Tex.
iinka'and it
F70ZORIT6 SHLOON
(J. II. HUEHNER, riKii'HiETou.)
FINE WINES, LIQUORS, BEER and CIGARS.
Which are politely served at the bar. I respectfully ask the old
patrons of the FAVORITE and tho public generally to give me a call.
Shiner, ------ Texas.
HEENTLY KTIEJSEL,
SADDLE AND HARNESS MAKER.
r lCese baa secured tho sole right to sell ine ceieunueu
He has
cm hand a lino stocK 01 nauuies, nupa, uumni, e., ""
1 1 T- - - .1 TTIi sirmina
patent name hook in i.,avaca iiou ioit in .
turns mil nono but first-class work.
& JEWELER. -fc
gS5NEW GOODS AND LOW PRICES.J33?
He has a full stock of Clocks, Watches, Jewelry and Silver Plated
Ware Also a full stock of Spectacles and Eye-glasses. Watches
and Clocks repaired with care. Goods and work warranted and
lionest dealing with all.
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CITY
Messrs, Rudolph Welhausen and L. R. Ilichter have purchased tho
L market of 0. H. Flato and will supply the peoplo of Shiner with
They intend to satisiy every uouy.
----- Texas.
meat
tho best tho country affords,
SlIINEIt, - -
41-BIS1ARK SALOON.
C. W A CI E N E It.
DEALER IN
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LIQUORS, WINES, BEER, AND
CIGARS.
Texas.
ELECTIONEERING.
by jiAncrs jketess.
i
PROMPTLY at ninn o'clock tlie
parade began. It was headed
by a brats band; nextfeame a dele
gation of guaids bcaijiifi at their
heads a transparency on which
were the words "Oltiveland and
Stevenson " These were followed
by a carriage in which were tented
Colonel Styles, Colonel Radger,
Page and Sparks; after theo came
another delegation of guards; then
a brass band, then a carriage con
taining a delegation of prominent
citizens, then another Jong line of
guards marching two abreast.
These were drc-sed iiv red shirts,
blue pants, caps, and each one
carried an tinlighted torch. This
line extended as far as the eye could
reach. Great crowds lined each
sido of the street and the hurrahing,
shouting, whooping ami tho bands
made a deafening uproar. The
guards carried transparencies and
all sorts ot devices suclf as two or
three brooms aloft bearing the
words, "A clean sweep!' a banner
on which were paititedStho words.
"Turn the rascals ont,"Jetc. Every
once in a while the procession would
halt for some cause and tho carri
ages containing tho'i candidates
would bo surrounded by crowds en
deavoring to shako hands with
some of tho 'notables, such as Colo
nel Styles and Colonel Radger.
These worthies kept 'their faces
wreathed in the blandest of smiles
liko all candidates do on such days,
and shook hands right . and i
There vero ptantyof d
seemed that Jhuidrumwr
, " 'rft?k'"v5JV"i ; .VW't-
anu some snomeu ymu -"iiurraneu
until they were hoarse." ami ilery
red in the face, whilo thcy'recklesa
ly threw their hats up in the air
and then continued the inarch bare
headed. As the parade was passing
tho court house a disturbance
arose in tho very front ranks which
brought tho whole parade to a
stand-still.
"What's the matter?" shouted
Colonel Stytes, standing up in his
carriage and trying to see over the
heads of those in front. The whole
crowd appeared to bo engaged in a
rough and tumble fight and pretty
soon a man c.imo running back to
tho carriage nil out of breath.
"Well, what's all that row about
up there?" demanded the colonel,
furiously.
'The Republicans got a whole
lot of fellows drunk and dressed
them up in our Cleveland and
Stevenson uniforms and sent them
out to join our parade and they're
all fighting drunk and wo can't do
any thing with theitY,"" said the
man, displaying a bloody noso and
a very black eye to match.
"The Republicans gave them all
lie dollars a piece to git bilin'
drunk and join the parade and tho
Captain up there wants to know
what's to be done?"
"Ketch 'em and tie 'em," shout
ed tho colonel, excitedly, "we can't
be imposed on that way."
The catching and tying part
seemed easier said than dono as the
disturbers were full of whiskey and
all anxious to light, and the whoop
ing, yelling and swearing increased
rapidly and the newcomers visibly
made headway towards tho carri
age containing the candidates, a
fact that caused Pago and Sparks
visible uneasiness.
'You don't reckon they have any
spite at us. do you Colonel?" usked
Sparks in alarm.
'No, of course not," answered
the colonel, "there're only a lot ol
railroad roughs picked up by tin
Republicans and sent in here to
break up our parade."
Demoralized at first by the fury
of the onset the Democratic guards
in fr"it soon rallied in foico and
proeu Yd to overpower the new
comers by superiority of numbers.
A big lumber wagon that had been
used to carry a tiuadron of young
girls representing the states of the
Union was emptied of Its attractive
load and as fast as one of tho dis
turbers was caught and tied he was
shoved in head lirtt like a tack of
Hour and the next one w.ib piled in
on top of him and so on until the
wagon was full and the drunks
were all caught. Ropes, clothes
lines, wagon harness, toneia and
every thing available was brought
into use lu secure them, and the
driver was instructed to take the
wagon out in the country a couple
of miles and dump. There was
now general recourse to the nearest
saloons for stimulants and refresh
ments and there was a general bind
ing up of black eyes and applica
tions of sticking plasters and ar
nica, after which the march was
resumed in good order.
The crowds were all in a high
pitch of enthusiasm by this time
and the hurrahing for Cleveland
and Stevenson, Colonel Stvles and
others was redoubled while they
took up the refrain of ''Four, four
four years more of G rover; they'll
go out and we'll go in, and then
we'll be in clover."
"We have 1S00 men in line," i-ald
,'the coIonoV'iind the parade will bo
YOAKUM MATTi;ns.
trf'SKfr. ,, uireemiies:iong., k.i one. me, ne-j
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IFIIiJ vttwjtuiivc luiiKiv -j.i I v ii;uiu
An IutcrestliiK llmlwt of lltnw
From the Ititlhwty Hub.
Euitoh Gazette: Recognizing
that the Gazette is fast becoming
a leading paper wo take the libcity
of jotting a few lilies for its many
readers believing that many of them
are mine or less interested in
Yoakum.
A do?r-n or more of our citi?cns
have gone to Arkansas City mi I
Caldwell, Kan', to take part in the
National toot race that took place
with tho strippers on tho 10th.
Most of the boys have been prac
tising and claim to be good for a
48-honrracc.
Yoakum is greatly in need of im
ice factory one that can come near
supplying tho demand. We wcro
out of ice only six days last week.
Yoakum needs a few good bridge
and better roads from tho Lavaca
county direction. The enterprising
DeWitt county commissioners have
done nobly for us; they gave us all
wo asked. Col. Meyer of tho La
vaca board should take a run over
the road some time and seo what i
wanted. Election comes again next
fall and lie may aspire to re-election.
We are certainly entitled to
some contideratinn in the way of
county improvements.
W. C. Thrift, one of our enter
prising meicliants, was forced lo
assign on the llith. E. W Moitim
was named a assignee. Mr. Thrift
has been doing a big credit busi
ness; cheap cotton and stringency
ol money was the cause nt t.ulure.
but it 5U per cent, ot the orceins can
bo paid within a reasonable length
of time the total indebtedness can
be paid dollar for dollar.
T. II. Kelly, bridge foreman on
the Sap, was killed Wednesday
evening at the Sublime water tan',;.
It is said ho was slightly tinder'the
influence of whiskey and attempted
to lmssjfroui a flaticartn the water
car; theengine 'was' rrlakir.,! stop
afeVirstsuir'nrtfi"! '
big tmchlight procession to-niglit
and then wiitd up with fireworks
and some big speeches."
(Continued Next Week.)
I A Sombre Reminder.
About two miles touth of Moul
ton on the west side of the raihoad
trnek and in plain view of the car
windows of passing trains stands a
sombre reminder of one of the most
mysterious suicides known in this
part of the country. It is a stunt
ed, faded tree, ono of a group of
three or four, standing nctr a draw
or ravine. On the outmost tree of
the group there are several roots
extending out above the ground
(mining a kind of a teat, lleio on
the evening of Apiil "."th 1892,
Ernest Meitzen deliberately seated
himself and leaning his head back
against the main trunk of tho tree,
ho placed the' uuuzle of a ,'lS-cali-bre
revolver to his breast and .shot
himself through the heart. All that
evening and night the dead man
sat there with his glasy eyes fixed
and staring, and the dew wet on
hia clothes and the next morning
as the section men went by on their
way to work they saw him sitting
there and took him to be some
drunken man and to passed on and
left him. When they returned
from work he was still sitting there
and their curiosity aroused they
stopped the handcar and approach
ed and were horrified to find the
supposed drunken man a dead man
with tho revolver still clutched in
his stiffened lingers. Meitzen, a
few days before, had married a
beautiful girl; he was in the best of
circumstances financially and there
was no reason in the world why he
should not be the happiest of men,
vet with cold blooded deliberation
lie purchased a revolver and am
munition at Flatonia, boarded a
south bound truiu to Moultou where
lie set out on foot and walked tho
two miles that lav between Moultou
and the spot he had selected for
self murder. If there existed the
slightest reason why he should kill
himself his friends and relatives
knew nothing of it and taken alto
gether it was one of the mot mys
terious suicides we ever heard of.
ltlv,o i..
neiil to make the sten'tlse engine
took up the slack and he dropped
between the cars, . One car passed
over him killing him instantly.
Interment of tho remains tool;
place Thursday a', tho City eeme
tery.
Third pnrty, headquarters in Yoa
kum are with Col. .1. R. Pace in tho
chair. The colonel has opened up
a wholesale grain, Hour and pro
duce business and is selling at truly
third party ugures.
Col, A, May is driving a deal
with a Galveston firm to bore for
artesian water; they are to take it
on Hie guarantee plan. One of the
firm was here this week and prom
ised to have the machinery here by
the first of next month. The col
onel will t'.jUUO for a millon gallon
How per diem.
History tells us that Napoleon
wept because there were no moro
worlds to conquer, The weeping
was done prior to the discovery cf
Texas for if the old man wcro here
now he would have a good chance
to kill hinT-elf riding n bicycle. Wn
understand several ladies have or
dered cycles. We have not told
them nor do we intend to that
working those pedals on an up hill
stretch it will make them web-footed,
Why it is injurious as an old
fashioned loom. Maybe when they
sec it i too much liko work they
will quit it. for if there is anything
they dislike it is work.
Well, Mr. Editor we wiTi "not
worry you with a very TSfiigthv
communication this week bmi will
endeavor to solve the question of
hard times next week and prcAribo
a reined v therefor, Will also
deavor to gather a few society ncXcs
as there is said to be two or three
grades in this town.
Yours truthfully,
Ananias,
French Smith complains that
people are about to drive him dis
tracted by th"ir recklessnesi- in
spelling the word "Lavaca." Hero
is i sample taken from ono batch
of mail: I.ayvackey, lavaekur, In
vaccay, lavacea, lavakki, lavaca,
lavackie. lavawekv. lavaccio I and
lavackiskv. No "wonder French
looks pale,
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