Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-04-26

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Marlin, Bryan, Brennan and
Hampstead. There was a pro-
-cessioh. speeches and a dance
in the evening.
Geo. Pearl, claiming to be
a dentist from Houston, put in
an appearance at Navasota and,
after proving himself to be a
dead beat, jumped the town.
He bilked the tavern keeper.
James c. Farley, a consta-
bic of the Hearne precinct, and
James Boatncr had a street
fight in Hearnc. A cane and a
knife were the weapons used.
Both parties were severely
wounded.
"A Fort Worth dispatch an
nounces the departure of Bass
and his gang westward; and,
that they had been joined by
three confederates from Dallas.
Their arrests may be expected
any moment.
Col. Frank Hardin. a Texas
veteran and a hero ofSan Jacin-
to, died at his home in Liberty,
on the eoth inst, aged IS years.
He was one Of the oldest and
most respected citizens of the
county.
= The committee appointed
at the G., c. & S. F. railway
meeting at Bolton, have issued,
through the Bolton Journal, an
elaborate address to the people
of Bell county. Another meet
ing was to have taken place on
Saturday last.
= A difficulty took place at
Allen between VIM, Richards
VIM. Ingram. a deputy U. S.
marshall Richard receiv-
ed one shot which is pro-
badly fatel. Richards was un-
der arrest. Whiskey was the
cause of the shooting.
TIC. Cole, Of Denison, had
two mules stolen from him, but
having no money to hire a horse,
was compelled to pursue the
thief on foot. After a tramp of
$50 miles across the country,
he received his property and
rode home happy. :
-Houston's city treasury
is entirely depleted. The city
is unable to repay $4,000 bor-
rowed some time ago, and is
also unable to raise a few hun
dred dollars that are absolutely
required to buy material to re-
pair bridge which is impassa-
bic.
Bastrop Adgerzi5ey:: A
telegraph line, new hay scales,
two large brick stores and nu-
merous frame buildings are in
course reconstruction and every
store and house in town Occur
pied. l, does not look much
like Bastrop is going down.
= The Bagdad correspondents
of the Georgetown Sun writes:
1t has been said by many that
strawberries could not be grown
in this part of Texas. We have
had ripe strawberries for two
weeks, the vines are yet load
ed with gseen berries and still
blooming.
William Preston Longley,
as he now signs himself, has
written letter to Rudolph
Thatcher. Esquire, a convict in
the penitentiary at Huntsville.
Bill is becoming quite religious
ly inclined. He does not rel
ish the idea of being hanged.
and would prefer a life term in
the penitentiary.
DIR. Wadzymar, of Cas-
troville is out in a card denying
that he gave the amputated
leg of a Mexican horse thief to
the hogs. Having done so he
retires upon his dignity. If
the remainder ofthe Mexican
had been given to the hogs
scarcely more fuss would have
been made about it.
ANOTHER Texas Veteran has
away. Judge w. B. |
Devices, died at his home in.
Columbus, on Sunday the I4th
inst, aged 70 years. He was
born in Kentucky, and came to
Texas in 1922 with the first 900
of Austin's colony. He settled
in Colorado county, and lived
there up to the time OF. his
death.
Hampstead Courier. 1t
IS rumored that a man calling
himself by the name of Book,
and who has lived here for a year
past, has succeeded in seducing
1 fourteen-year-old girl. He
has. jumped the town. James
Gray, OF, San Felipe, Austin
was in town last week;
he is only 2 feet 9 inches high.
md is still going upward. Il
= Columbus CihSen:,, Z.
douilhon sentenced to be hang
d on the Goth inst, has been
to the 24th of May. by
10Y. Hubbard. w. ID. Kim
trough has a piece of corn ready
% lay by, looking well and
rowing rapidly. Crops gener-
lily are most prosperous. J. H.
simpson. banker, is now ex-
hanging gold for currency at