Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 31, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 29, 1897 Page: 8 of 8

                                
John Emler
jEmler Sr died Sunday
jer u long illness of malarial
ho deceased was a member
Jder of Hermanns Eons and
fed by them Ho leaves a
Id four ehildien Ho had
gving in Shiner about tort
Uticious Mischief
Si one entered flute A Gi eons
ards Thursday night with a
Bin tied to a io > e and loped a
Ivor a horn The steer ran
Ion all tho cattle in the pens
Stampeded and huiu lecoveru
ftuieted with difficulty Ben
an and a negro boy were on
at the time
Fritz Loessin
Jitz Locsin died at his home
JaGrangc Sunday R II Loes
sin received a telegram hero Sunday
evening announcing the bad event
and left at onco for LaGrango in a
buggy Fritz was the next to the
youngest of five boys Thoy were
August Herman Rhinard fritz
unci Willie
Tho deceased leaves a wife but
jio children He had been ill two
weeks with malaiial fever He was
in tho employ of the LaGrango oil
mill at the time of his death
Christmas
This was tho quietest Christmas
in tho history of Shiner The file
worka display was only moderate
alid nobody was hurt or burned
Uut very few sixshooters were
rxercl ed and for onco Wilks elec-
tric light wires escaped serious in-
jury Christmas day dawned as
bright and fair as a marriage morn
iind the air was crisp and cool
Most Shinerites spent tho day
jjxiloUy t Ucmio > y Uioiv firesides
Jir else played dominoes There
Jwas not even a fisticuff for tho
Gazette to report Nearly every
family had a Christmas tree and
there scorned to bo a general dis
position to observe Christmas in
tho proper way
A Sudden Death
Frank Tichaeek a farmer living
on Fitzgeralds land went to Gon
yales Saturday with his brotherin
law John Gallia to pay his taxes
After attending to this thoy went
into n barrel houso and filled up on
cheap whisky Frank drank until
ho fell over on tho floor After a-
while Gallia got him in the gig and
tho two started for homo When
about four miles from home Ticha
eek suddenly collapsed in tho gig
and died Gallia turned around
and drove back to Gonzales with
ii > e body and we understand was
arrested together with soveial
others on suspicion of foul play
Tichaceks remains were brought
back to Shiner and buried Sunday
Ho was about thirty years old and
leaves a wife and several children
He married one of Gallias daugh-
ters
Gus Nollknmper and Ben Mai
koether are two neiv subscribers
Philip Wolhauson attended the
bankers convention at Houston
Monday
Iouis Lukas and wife spent
Christina at Ellinger
Hillie Wendtland got C B Wei
hausens little stove She had 743
wmpons Selma Jungbeoker bad
f > 14 and Clara Flato 420 Rudy
Vlato and Doctor Nave counted the
votes Friday evening
Said a physician the other day
When you eat pecan3 bo sure and
jiick out tho little thin pieces of
iiliro out of the cracks in the kernel
JC you do this peeanB will never
aaake you sick
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DEALEK IN
Buggies Hacks Surries Farmer Carriages
and Road Wagons
o A Full and Complete Stock of o
Saddles Harness Collars Bridles Etc
Always on Hand
Give 3MIe st Oall
WM WENDTLAND CO
SMner
Banquet and Ball
Remember tho grand banquet
and ball to be given by the fire-
men December 31st They expect
to have a good oldfashioned good
time Come early and stay late
The blacksmiths union will meet
in Shiner next Monday A full
attendance is expected
Mrs R B Hollingsworth of
Santa Anna is hero visiting her
son and family
Tell Amsjer came home from
LaGrango to spend Christmas He
is working at tho cattle pens there
Mrs Chas Hardt and babies
spent Christmas at Yoakum visit-
ing relatives
Mr and Mrs Frank Zbranek
spent Christmas at the home of tho
formers parents at Ellinger
At tho convent tomorrow night
the concert given two weeks ago
will bo repeated Tho60 who at-
tended two weeks ago say it was
the best entertainment of its kind
they ever caw The raffles will
also tojto placo tomorrow
Among thoso heme from school
to spend Christmas aro Misses May
Hughs from Nash College at Sher-
man Norma Flato from Ouoro
Messrs Willie Koch from tho State
University at Austin and Edwin
Flato from Cuero
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AND TCALEUS IN
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lqsrjfs Top cr < za =
Jer ere ° vfmlmetfops
Texas
The New Store
In the Opera House Building
GROCERIES IS
Cheap for Cash
Tho Entire Stock Is Fresh and New
KRAMER GRAMBERG
Palace Saloon
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2Tresll Bread from Yoakum alwayB on hand
Kresfrt Oysters
on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays
cl W 0 EMLER
Mrs G A Fry of San Marcos is
here visiting her son Earl and wife
Tho best Christmas present the
Gazette got was the ten silver
dollars which ten of our subscribers
handed in this week
George Hassman called Monday
to have us send him the Gazette
to Cost Texas
Four generations celebrated
Christmas at Major Gellhorns
home this year They were the
major and wife their daughter
Mrs Barrington their grand-
daughter Mrs Payne their two
grandsonB Bishopt and Rhoderiek
Blake and their two greatgrand
daughters Mrs Paynes babies
Walter Askey son of Clint Askoy
of this place was married Sunday
at Devine Texas to Miss Edna
Hughs Monday they arrived hero
and were tendered a reception by
the grooms parents Mr Askoy is
in business at Senior Texas beyond
San Antonio and the young couple
will mako that place their future
home
What is the matter with Waco
and San Antonio Nobody has
been murdeied attKe former place
or committed slilride at the latter
place since day before yesterday
Something must bothematter with
these towns They are in danger
of losing their reputations
Eschenburg Blohm
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