Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-12-13
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at Troy, in this county. He
was a desperate rufian and was
obliged to flee from Bell coun-
ty. One by one the hard cases
go up.
VIM. R. Thompson, a young
man late of Austin, was shot
through the head and instantly
killed in a Waco saloon on last
Thursday night, by a young
man named Gala. The trouble
was about a woman of loose
character. Gala was arrested
and jailed.
A number of strangers
have lately been in Columbus
prospecting for locations. The
Cih.sen mildly, yet firmly, sug-
gests that it would be a good
idea for parties having farms
and lands for sale to advertise
them. In our opinion the Git
isen is correct.
The Bryan Pilots Burleson
county correspent still insists
that the hangingof FIVE men did
| take place in the Yegua bottom,
but he has been unable to learn
the names of the gentlemen
hanged, except one, party by
the name of Johnson, who was
a notorious horse thief.
= McLennan county is in a
very prosperous condition. She
has paid off an Indebtedness of
$4,000, built $4,000 court
house and now has on hand
$4,000 in addition to special
fund of $500 for the purchase of
a poor farm. She has not had
a republican administration.
= At Bremond in a tenpin
alley man named Thomas cut
a dentist named Mellender in
the abdomen so that his en-
trails protruded through the
opening. Thomas then escap-
ed = While the railroad folks
were at dinner a thief broke into
the ticket office and stole SII.
= Reverend Johnson Reed,
a colored preacher of San An
tonic, but formerly of Galveston
has made himself very obnox-
ious to his congregation by
Beecherizing. The colored cit
liens held mass meeting and
got up petition asking that
the very reverend Johnson be
removed.
The Bellville Beacon has
just received a new job office
complete including a fast job
press. Bellville folks can now
have their job printing done at
home. There is no occasion
for sending to Galveston. Bren-
ham has three job printing Of
fees, yet some folks send off
for their work.
= Strange to say Dallas is
wonderfully short of political
aspirants. The city election is
to come off in April next and
SO far only little half dozen
aspirants for the mayoralty have
come to the front. The Com
me,eiaiis' yet hopeful and thinks
there will be a "few more" be-
fore election time.
Wissian, a German shoe
maker, in San Marcos was liv-
ing with his second wife; there
was discord in the family and
the wife went to the beautiful
San Marcos river and ended hel
troubles by drowning herself
AT this Wissian became melan-
choly and with a shot gun put
an end to his troubles.
Quiet has prevailed in Dalla:
for several days but on Mondcy
last Tom Speney tried to con.
fiscate a negro boys donkey
when the mig struck him on the
head with a slung shot.-Jery
Brison quarreled with his mis-
tress baout a watch; she Knock
ed him down. He arose and
stabbed her three times.
= Everybody has read OF
heard of horse-hair snakes. A
man sends one to the Polk coun-
ty Banner vouches for its
genuineness. He says: THE
present specimen is some eigh-
teen inches long. and, at the
time of leaving me, in high
health and spirits Does any
one doubt that horse-hair turns
to snakes?
= The people of Bellville
having abandoned all hopes OF
ever living to see the Santa Fe
railroad built, have turned their
eyes towards the Narrow Gauge
road and appear to have much
confidence therein. The cross
ing of the Brazos river has been
definitely settled to be at
Crump's plantation two miles
north of Mill Creek.
= Warren Brown, a negro
prisoner in the Waco Jail under
a ten years sentence to the pen
itentiary, took big dose OF
oxalic acid with the intention
of Crossing over the river"