 Sherman Shavings
July 26, 1887 Bitten by a Snake - Base Ball - Hurt By a Fall. Whitewright's Picnic Sherman, Texas, July 25 - Lelia Stone, a little girl was bitten by a copperhead snake in west Sherman this afternoon, but is doing well at the present time. The first game of the series of local match games between the Excelsiors and the Transcontinentals was played at the park this afternoon to a small crowd. There were no hits and the game passed off without enthusiasm. Score 7 to 3 in favor of the Excelsiors. The Sherman Excelsior Base Ball Club left tonight for Ft. Worth, where they will tomorrow cross bats with the Corsicana team. The boys are in fine playing trim. After the game this evening, while at work on a scaffold in the new Hare block, 211 East Lamar street, William Batsell and 2 others were suddenly precipitated quite a distance, falling through timbers and braces. Batsell was pretty badly used up but is not fatally injured. The picnic at Whitewright tomorrow will be largely attended from Sherman. One or 2 companies from the fire department will go down and participate. Excursion trains will be run over the Sherman and Mt. Pleasant. Two boys were brought over from Denison and placed in jail by Officer Whitesides on the charge of theft. M. Drane, who has been serving out his time for whipping his wife, was released. Whitewright History Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |