Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-03-15
STATE NEWS.
= Dallas now has q steam
cand, factory.

= Burglars are plying their
vocation in Dallas.
The Comanche Greenback
club has forty members.
San Jacinto day will be
duly celebrated at Houston.
- a temperance movement
has been organized at Marlin.
- Eggs are selling at five
cents dozen at Durango, Falls
county.
The trees in the vicinity of
Dallas arc leating out beauti-
fully.
- Navasota has a grand
Purim masquerade ball on the
10Th inst.
The small grain crop in
the vicinity OF Schulenburg arc
looking thrifty.
Beaumont shipped thirty
car loads OF lumber the first
week in March.
A young man named Rob-
ertson Mas hanged by u MOB in
Denton county.
THE Round Rock HeaGiqht
has again donned its ulster or
patent outside.
= Home made bacon is SELL
ing from wagons in Bolton at
8 cents a pound.
The San Saba steam mills
are now turning ont All excel
lent quality of flour.
- Hon. IL. L. Ray, q prom
inent politician and member Of
the Dallas bar, is dead.
The grocery store of Mr..
Elijah Pinder, at Houston, was
buglarized the other night.
= The cracker factory at
Sherman was burned on the
18th inst. Loss $25, 900.
There are now thirteen
cases IF small pox at Rremond.
Three deaths have occurred.
j. R. Stark, manager of
lumber yard near Crockett, was
shot while in bod and killed.
= The Hampstead Messenger
reports that two new brick
stores are to be put up at once.
The Columbus Citizen
notes larger quantities OF lum-
Der gong west via the Sunset
route.
: Corn is up in many farms
in Colorado county. Cotton has
been planted by many, though
not generally.
= Farming lands, improved
and unimproved, are selling in
Colorado county at from IS to
SO per acre.
= Pigeon-droppers are ply
ing there vocation in Dallas.
A countryman was plucked to
the tune OF $50.
The Waco Mai Fest will
give premium OF 5000 for The
best brass band and 500 for
the second best.
THE Galveston Neacs of the
18th inst. contains account OF
five murders committed within
the last two days.
= The matrimonial market
in Colorado county is quoted as
being remarkably dull-hard
times, you know
AN organized band OF horse
thieves are supposed to have
their hes dquarters in the yicin-
lty OF Round Rock.
: Four hundred Scandina-
Wan families are located in
Bo.que county. They are ex-
cellent and thrifty farmers.
THE Waco Mai Fest comes
off on the Sth and 9th OF Nay.
BRENNAN will have q Valkstest
OH the 10Th and 18th of May.
"A telephone has been cree
ted between the offices of the
mayor and chief OF police in
Dallas. 1t works like charm.
ID. K. Francs, county sur
veyor of Robertson county, has
been arrested on the charge of
being connected with the land
grab.
- Galveston's Greenback
Club held meeting on Sat-
urday night, and appointed a
delegate to the convention at
Austin
= The theatrical season at
Houston closed with the en-
eagemement OF Frank Mayo,
which was the least profitable
of any.
"A correspondent of the
Galveston Meas gives a graphic
description of the boiling wells
in the vicinity OF Sour Lake,
Hardin county.
A new brick store 25xSO
feet is being erected in Hemp
stead. The Messenger thinks
much building will be done
the coming summer.