Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-08-16
STATE NEWS.
- Corpus Christi guarantees
against lndianola.

The cotton crop in the vi
cinity of Mexia is needing rain.
- Honey Grove boasts of
three handsome young dentists.
- The Waco Telephone wants
a strong boy and advertises for
negro.
The cotton crop of Bas-
trop county is estimated at co.
900 bales.
1t is claimed that William
son county has eight hundred
Grccnbackers.
Cotton picking is brisk in
Colorado county. The crop is
very large.
- Taylor Pounds, the incen-
diary, who set fire to Paris goes
up for four years.
There is much sickness of
a malarial character reported in
Limestone county.
= The Record reports i'm
provemcnts going on in every
direction in Georgetown.
= The GAINESVILLE BaRNfrhas
pulled up stakes and will here
after be published at Paris.
The Richmond -Four Conn
ties wants 5000 new subscribers.
We wish it may get them.
- Grayson county has
bought a tract of land will es-
tablish county farm thereon.
- Gen. Hamman, the G. B.
candidate governor will open
the campaign at Austin on the
24th.
- The colorcd, voters of
Victoria and adjoining counties
will vote as unit for Col.
Schlcicher.
- John Rcinheimer, of Gid
dings, died suddenly at that
town on Sunday. Whiskey and
heat.
Dallas CaM Well they
have nominated Mr.. Hancock
and that is all we have to say
about it.
The Columbus CihSen says
good many Republicans were
permitted to vote at the prima-
ry election.
Mr.. McCune. formerly edi-
tor of the Burnet Bulletin, was
killed by the Indians recently
near Kimble.
- The Denison merchants
have agreed to abandon the
system of street drummers for
this season.
= The Denison Mcsos opens
its columns to a religious discus
sion. 1t will soon be glad to
close them again.
- The Pamela Watehman has
discovered that Hubbard is
looking forward to a seat in the
United States Senate.
The Flatonio argus gives
due notice that hereafter it will
embellish its columns with the
names of all law-breakers.
The veritable cotton worm
has appeared near Flatonia ;
they are not numerous, nor have
they done any damage so far.
= The cotton dealers of
Sherman will give two gallons
of frst-class whiskey to the pro-
Queer of the first bale ofcotton.
The corner stone of the
new church-St. Pauls Episco-
pal-wilI be laid in Waco, by
Bishop Garrett, on the 18th
inst
Miss Dora Ruch, a young
lady living near Pilot Grove,
committed suicide by deliber-
ately throwing herself in a deep
well.
With the division of the
State and the question of circu-
lation the Dallas Herald and
the Commercial manage to keep
themselves very busy.
= A San Saba county juror
tells the Nc5os that he will never
again serve as a Juror unless the
county guarantees him against
personal difficulties.
- Eight new business houses
are now building in Honey
Grove, all of which will be two
stories high. Seven will be of
stone and one of brick.
- a. Z. Towns, a young law
yer of Austin, committed sui
eide in that city by shooting
Want of business is
supposed to have been the cause
A man named O'Hair was
on Cowhousc creek in
Bell county by unknown par
ties and forcibly carried away. |
Sixty armed men went in pur-
suit.
"A colorcd orator made the |
wind up speech at the Waco G.
B. convention, saying he would |
support the ticket and
hoped the white folks would do |
the same.
The Dallas police made a
raid down to the river bottom
in that vicinity and surprised IS
negroes engaged in gambling.
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