Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-05-17
STATE NEWS.

eS Ouildlng new JAN.
The tiger" lives and
thrives in the city of Dallas.
WHEAT harvest is now in full
blast in McLennan county.
The Waco Star has set.
Its existence was short timed.
Bell county holds her DEM
ocratic convention on une Sth.
The Mai Fest at Dallas was
!! complete success. 1t lasted
two days.
The Bellviile Argus HOSTS
the name of Seth Shepard for
congress.
= New wheat is arriving at
Dallas. A car load now awaits
shipment.
Crops in Victoria and Jack
son counties are looking very
fine.
Waller county has a Re-
publican jubilation at Lewisburg
last week.
"A clothing store man in
Tyler advertises a good coat
for 50 cents.
The Tyler Democrat calls the
delinquent tax list an interest
ing local item.
Young county has held
its convention and instructs for
Throckmorton.
= The State is buying about
three fourths of the land sold
in Colorado county.
Smith county farmers are
happy and prosperous. Crop
prospects are fine.
At Flatonia arrangements
are being perfected for a grand
barbecue on the 4th of July.
= Peaks command having
about completed their term of
enlistment will soon be dischar-
ged
Arrangements have been
made for keeping Halls force
in the field and paying the ex-
penses.
Eight dollars per capita
from every person in Texas
would extinguish the State
debt.
Mr.. Huttel, of La Grange,
is experimenting with silk
worms. So far they are doing
well.
A new silver-mine claim
has been located in the south
ern portion of San Saba
county.
D. Mr.. c. w. Hurley, of Gal
weston, is zealously working in
Bell county for the Santa Fe
railroad.
= The commissioners court
of Bell county will exempt the
G., c. and S. F. railway from
taxation.
= The Denison Ne7us notes
the arrival of car load of fine
horses from St. Louis, en- route
to Houston.
The Brazos bridge between
Hampstead and Austin county,
will be completed by the mid
die of June.
= The Colorado Cietseu of
last week says the crops are not
actually suffering, but rain is
badly needed.
- Work on the street rail-
way and also the laying of wa
ter pipes is progressing rapidly
in San Antonio.
"A San Saba county man
has forty acres of wheat, but
couldn't find a pitchfork in the
town of San Saba.
About 5000 pounds of
wool has been shipped from Fla
tonia. Wool is quite an impor-
tant item of export.
THE Dallas Call dominates
DIN Wellborn as a suitable man
to succeed J. w. Throckmor-
ton in congress.
1t is said that the Dallas
and Wichita railroad will reach
Denton in time to ship the next
cotton crop sure.
James T. Bell, a school
teacher, of Birdville, was murd-
cred in the suburbs of Fort
Worth last Saturday night.
The new courthouse at
Carpus Christi was taken pos
session of by the county on the
18th inst. 1t cost $4,000.
John Conner, a citizen of
Austin, has been arrested for
forging land titles. He is in
Jail in default of $4,000 bail.
The Dallas CONNIE, ciaL re-
ports the return or Lieut.. Peak,
and men after long, hard and
fruitless chase after Sam Bass.
The citizens of Round
Rock are growing tired of their
"city government and talk
of abandoning their corpora
ton.
The Victoria county jail is
a favorite resort. There are
now fourteen guests in it await
ing the action of the district
court.
The Bastrop ddpertiser. Col.