Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-02-01
: Some men are 30 consti

slbility for them to enjoy lap.
piness. The Lampasas Dis
pateA complains that there
hasn't been q murder in that
county Tor coon's age.
: A Galveston man is pos
>essep OF what he terms a
Brazilian hog. weight one and
a half poums..I We ratherisu
pect the pig in question is a
Guinea pig, and not hog at
all. 1ai.s5: lrsQ bar is.9''gso
- A Sherman hotel keeper
made mis- appearance in Waco
looking for his wife who had
eloped with a Mexican cook,.
leaving her four childr,n behind.
That woman is not worth lock-
ing tor. ssesr a. ,,7.,
= Our neighboring city,
Bryan, has military company
called the Bryan Rifles. They
have ordered their uniform
from New York. A good idea
to send every dollar out Of the
State that is possible by any
means TO get rid Of.
: Tarrant county has re-
ceived large number Of sub
siantial citizens. mostly from
the northern and western States.
Most of the new corners have
ample means. The black
pairie lands seem to be in most
demand.
= Parson Robert McKarney
was recently ass;lssinated at his
re idenee in Wlite<borc. 1t
appears that hearing a distur-
bance in a negro cabin, late 1T
night, he went ont tc 8, Q what
was the matter, when he was
set upon by an unknown man
and stabbed. He tell dead.
= 1t now appears that Mrs.
L. S. Gardner, of Marlin, who
challenged Z Professor Cooke, the
spiritual eyposer, to detect her
in any human agency in slate
writing, proposes making gem
eraI tour as a medium. She, it
seems, claims that she cannot
account for her mediumistic
qualities.
= The Denison Ne'cs reports
the killing of brakeman on
The Texas Central road. 1t
seems he was making, what in
railroad parlence; is known as
the flying switch. He had de-
scended between the cars, and
pulled out the coupling pin
while standing on the draw
head; falling forward, he was
run over and killed.
The Bolton Jo,.raoy has
word to say in favor of small
farms, and c'tes an in5tanee in
which a man in Bell county
cleared thousand dollar a
year IN farm of sixty-five
acres. He then invested his
surplus means in place of five
or six hundred acres, and at
tempting to operate it with
hired labor finds himself IN
debt. Small farms pay the
best.
The Estray Journal,
weekly publication devoted ex
clusiveiy to the recovery of
estrayed stock, has been, so says
the Waco hammer, consoli-
dated with that paper. Grang-
ers OF Texas are invited TO bear
this item in mind. The Erama-
ner and Patron has been the
recognized organ of the Grange
in this State, and has, we be-
lieve, done its duty.
: Waco has had and main- /
taired the reputation of being
the largest cotton shipping
point i'm the State. The ErtDa>
nsr of the, 25th inst, Says that
only;69 bales were received on
that day. The shipments
amounted to about 275 bales.
Here we go again in small re
ceipts OF Texan produce. The
distance from a grain market is
too great on account OF the
enormous tariff charged tor
treighss.
= The Houston telegram
gives the details of a murder
in the southwestern portion OF
Montgomery county. 1t ap-
pears that two brothers named
Wick had a misunderstanding. =.
One OF them was married to
beautiful woman, the other
was single. The wife was the