Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-01-04
ST 8 ZEE NEWS.
- Rockdale has shipped TO-.

Capt. W. W. Cover, of
Beaumont, will plant twenty
five acres in broom corn this
spring.
- The Citisen says consid-
cradle fencing was destroyed
along the Colorado river by the
late trcshet.
Mrs. NJ. A. PEBBLES, wife
of DR.. Il. K. PEBBLES, OF Hemp
stead. died OH the 31st inst
aged "a years.
| At 5 eSlored dance near
Bolton last week one negro
stabbed another IN the abdomen.
The knifest was arrested.
- The Hampstead police did
land-oihce business last week
arresting the knights of the
Fields of the Cloth OF Green"
Several Christmas revel-
lers at Weimar were brought
up with short turn and made
to dance tune called, Isl init
de kost."
- The Hampstead Messenger
asks a very foolish question.
GLOW many of the Friends Of
Temperance have broken the
pledge z"
| - An establishment for the
| manufacture of boots. shoes,
gloves, etc, will soon be started
in Denison. A lanyard will o.
SO be run ia connection with it.
= Lucien Whitehead, son OF
Professor Ii. S. Whitehead, was
drowned on the Goth ult., while
attempting to swim Lavaca river
On horseback.
| - The Colorado Citizen says
a number OF 2 ople who killed
hogs during the late cold snap
''lost their bacon" by a change
in the weather.
- McCulloch, Tullis and
others, of the land swindie,
passed through Rockdale last
week, en- route to their future
boarding house at Huntsville.
| = The sheriff of Lee county
has gone to Mississippi to bring
| back the notorious Richard
Saunders, who was captured
there and is held subject 10 the
order Of Texas.
! A person reading the Com
| merciat would suppose that
Dallas was small hamlet on
| the frontier. Five deer in
| group were seen 3 few days ago
| in the river bottom within a
mile of town.
The Pleasanton Journal
exclaims water, water, water !
the whole country has been sub
merged with it. II the country
| had been submerged with whis-
KEY the journal man would
have complained all the same.
The Galveston PASTOR says
on Christmas Eve. night, the
three gambling dens on Market
street were kept busy. Many
familiar faces were to be seen in
them, q 1t says "Texas ought to
have q law on the same subject.
The one now on hand is farce"
An attempt was made to
assassinate A. W. Black, a
stranger stopping at Engel-
harjt's store two miles north OF
Columbus. Three shots were
fired through the window and
one through the door. Mr.. B.
was wounded in the shoulder.
= 81. COIN &c Co., dry goods
dealers of Dallas have failed,
the sheriff has possession OF their
stores. They owe $4,000 and
the Commercial says they will
not pay four cents en- the dollar.
1t is charged that they made
away with $4,000 OF assets in
the last two weeks.
= The Houston Telegram
notes the arrival OF several head
of fine registered stock from
Kentucky, for Col. D. D. Fiquet,
whose plantation is few miles
below town. Among the lot is
a thoroughbred bull and three
heifers. These cattle will be
taken to Col. F.'s farm for the
purpose of improving Texas
breeds.
The board of directors of
the Bolton Telegraph Company
have organized by the election
OF officers. An order was made
for the payment OF fifty per cent.
of the subscriptions of the cap
ital stock, payable January 9Th,
1873. The work OF constructing
line from Bolton to Round
Rock will be at once commenced.
- after ten days trial at
Cuero, of Dave augustine and
James Hester for the murder of
Geo. Brassell, the jury returned
a verdict of not guilty. AS the
prisoners are also indicted tor
the murder of DIR. Brassell, they
were remanded to Jail. The
next trial will probably take
place at San Antonio.
The Bolton journal was
disgusted by the spectacle OF a
number CT Belton's highly re-
spectacle young roosters march