Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-12-06
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giving day, in order itsays, that
the printers might attend di-
vine services on that day. How
many of them went it subse-
quently omitted to state.
- A fight occurred at Gle
burn, between NJ. Dickson, a
saloonist and John Duffy, a
brewer. Dickson shot Duffy
inficting mortal wound.
James Duffy a brother Of Johns
then shot Dickson, killing him.
Duffy was arrested.
= The San Antonio Express
gives an interesting account of
a visit to the coal mine IS miles
southwest of there. The mine
is situated under a hill and is
worked bya drift. The wien of
coal is 7 feet thick and the
supply is inexhaustable.
= Andrew Walker, charged
with the murder of a man named
Graham some ten years ago,
was put on trial on habeas cor
pus at Bryan; after hearing part
of the evidence the case was
continued for two weeks in or
der to procure witnesses.
= A large business is now
done in Galveston canning fresh
oysters for shipment to the in
terror. The oysters are simply
put in the cans without any
preparation and Theoretically
sealed. The oyster trade is
rapidly assuming importance.
- There was a couple mar
ried near Rcckdale last week,
but they didn't pay the preach
er, and so we won't put their
names in the paper. They de-
serve to go down into obscurity
'unwept, unhonored and un-
sung" -Roekdale Messenger.
- The Rockdale Messenger
reports two highway robberies
in that vicinity last week. One
man was robbed of S4o4 and
another on eof s4I3. Both, rob
berries were committed on the
road by mounted men. The
same party done both jobs.
= The tables have been
turned. The negroes who had
the Grimes county men brought
to Austin on imaginary charges
of bulldozing hive been held to
bail in the sum of $1,000 on the
charge of perjury, Being una
Bile to give bond they are in jail
= Marlin has a greenback
organ called the Voice. Itused
bad language towards Judge
Stuart. Len, a son of thejudge's
proposed thrashing the editor,
who in turn had the young man
arrested and bound over in the
sum of $1,000 to keep the peace.
Saloons have green blinds
in some places, and the Denison
Meas says it never understood
their use until it was explained
by DIR. Young, the great Texas
temperance expounder, that the
blinds were intended for a man
to ZIP in" without being MOTTO
ed.
Two small negro boys, on
plantation near Bryan, quarreled
over a game of marbles, when
one of them went into the cabin,
got a derringer, and returning
shot the other boy in the head
killing him instantly. The
shootest is not over II years
old.
= Mrs Mary Stimson, a fash
ionable milliner at Sherman be-
came insane from the use of
opium. She is one of Brick
Pomeroy's mother-in-laws, her
daughter being his present wife.
Mr.. & Mrs Pomeroy went to
Shermen and have taken her to
Chicago for treatment.
- The Brazos Pilot wants to
know what Bryan has policemen
for; the ordinances are not en-
forced, the Sunday law is vio-
lated and worst of all ten-pin
alleys are kept open after 10
o'clock at night. Itknows that
the police carry large revolvers
and beat drunken men over the
head.
The demand comes from all
over the State that the next
Legislature pass a law requiring
the publication of Sheriffs and
administrators sales. Too
much wrong has been done in
the sacrifice of property for the
representatives of the people
to neglect this matter. Waco
Telephone,
The Dallas Commercial
says the perpetrators of the
numerous stage robberies that
have occurred west of Fort
Worth recently have been
spotted, and it is thought will
soon be gobbed up. They are
all residents of the country ex-
cept the head devil who is a
stranger.