10 Jan 1899 Page 1 Personal Mention Robert Smith has the grippe today. Dudley Brown, of Anderson, is in the city. V. A. Mapes left for Dallas this morning. C. E. Tribble has a very sick baby at his home. C. A. McMillan returned from Madisonville last night. Col. E. L. Bridges left this morning on a business trip to Dallas. Mrs. Skelton, who has been ill for some weeks, is somewhat improved today. Mrs. May Wilson and Miss Madeline Baylor went to Galveston last evening. Abbie Nolan went to Wellborn this morning to spend a few days visiting relatives. John Thomas, Ed. Foster and Marion Thomas were here from Mustang Prairie today. Miss Kirk, who stopped over here yesterday, has departed for her home in Baltimore. Mrs. A. W. Hurst returned home last night after a visit to her daughter at Ledbetter. Lawyer Brigance went to Austin yesterday evening to assist in the Bennett-Wasson contest. Dr. G. W. Emory and Lieut. Thos. P. Buffington will leave for New York and other eastern points tonight. Mrs. M. Pfeffer, of Kenney, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Gus Mittanck, returned home this morning. Mrs. R. L. Sands returned to her home in Lyons this morning, after spending several weeks with her parents in this city. Miss Leeana Herren returned to her home in Conroe yesterday, after spending a couple of weeks with her sister, Mrs. James Garloff. Claude Smitheal stopped here a few hours last night, on his way from Calvert to Beaumont with the Thomas Book Auction company. Miss Sallie Ross and Mrs. Emma Talley returned last evening from Millican, where they attended the funeral of J. J. LeFebure's little child. Miss Lestarjette, of Beaumont, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Chinski, left this morning to make a short visit to friends at Bryan. *************** Page 4 A cute little girl and boy were born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Gus Black, at their home of Mrs. L. J. Wilson's plantation. **************** 11 Jan 1899 Page 1 County Capital Notes Anderson, January 11 - Frank Miner shot Henry Ward yesterday. Both parties live on John T. McGinty's place and are colored. It appears that Ward took a sweet potato out of the fire that Miner had put in to toast. He ran out of the house with it and Miner shot him with a gun, using No. 4 shot; the charge took effect in his feet and legs. Dr. Bell and Lawyer Meachum were in town Monday on business. Commissioner Gillespie opened the sealed bids for the bridge across Dickson creek yesterday evening, and it was found that M. Gibney's bid to build the bridge out of oak for $2 per foot was the cheapest. The bids on the rock crossing of the Singletary creek resulted in showing that E. Parks' bid for $95 was the cheapest. Mrs. Lizzie N. Throop and Mrs. Hattie Taylor attended the theatre in Navasota last night. The Knights of Honor held their regular meeting last night and installed the new officers for the year, as follows: Dr. F. B. Johnston, dictator; C. B. Nichols, past dictator; W. G. Howard, vice dictator; T. L. Thomas, asst. dictator; J. R. Howell, treasurer; J. E. M. Reid, financial reporter; R. W. McDonald, reporter; Gifford Smyth, guide; Dudley Brown, conductor; W. B. Loftin, sentinel; Rev. J. R. Cason, chaplain. ****************** Page 4 Personal Mention Rev. J. W. McMahan is in the city. W. W. Sangster went to Bryan today. J. M. Shaw is in Plantersville today on business. Judge J. H. Teague returned today from Austin. Allen Pundt left this morning for Somerville on business. W. C. Connor, South Texas commercial agent of the Frisco, was here today from Houston. Mrs. J. A. Conns, of Independence, after spending several days visiting relatives, returned home this morning. S. D. Hearne, of Bryan, is spending a few days here and keeping up W. E. Wilson's watch repair business, while the latter gentleman is on a business trip to Wharton. ******************* Mr. and Mrs. G. K. F. Gille requests the EXAMINER to thank, in their behalf, the very considerate people of this city who have generously assisted them in taking care of their sick little girls. Eleanor Colson