Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-07-12

has been promoted to the dig
nifty of a money order Office.
- District court is in session
at Bellville. A negro horse
thiefhas been sent up for nine
years.
= The North Texas papers
contain glowing accounts of the
celebration of the Glorious
Fourth"
The Denton county Green
hackers will put up a full coun-
ty ticket all the way down to
constable.
VIM. J. Smith, an old citi-
zen of Liberty county, was kill
by lightning, while standing I'M
der a peach tree.
-Forty-two car loads of cat
tie and two car loads of horses
were shipped East from Fort
Worth on the 4th.
= The Ledger says Mexia
has many widows and they are
the handsomest and smartest to
be found in Texas.
Geo. Solomond, colorcd
was hanged at Fairfield, on the
18th of June, for the murder of
his wife and step-child.
The Houston Tsleg7 am
reports the cotton worm trou-
blesome on Brazos river planta-
tons. Picking will begin soon.
McLennan county sends a
delegation for Lang.
There is not a Hubbard or
Throckmorton man on the list.
The Austin Gasehe thinks
that if Hon.(?) Matt Gaines, was
sent to Huntsville he would get
more than his just de-
serts.
= The Communicates are in
ventive cusses. Perpetual mo-
ton, pumps. Jail cages and vo-
ting machines are now being
constructed.
= Cattle stealing on the Tex
as frontier is again assuming
alarming proportions, Powder
and lead is the only effective
remedy.
S. A. McFadden, ofDallas
county, has over one thousand
bushels of fine wheat in his
granary. the product of this
years labor.
= Returns from the primary
election held in Lavaca county
Saturday indicate large MAORI
ties for Hubbard, Savers, Nc
Comrrick and Shepard.
= The shipment of fruit from
Denison northward is rapidly
assuming Importance. From
three to four hundred boxes a
day are now being shipped.
The Denton Monitor of
the 9Th inst, publishes the Dec
laration of independence in full'
1t is a document that, may per
haps, be new to many OF its
readers.
= The Beacon reports that
Mr.. H. Chatham, whose plan
tation is located two miles south
of Bellville, brought in limb of
cotton containing the genuine
cotton worm.
In Tarrant county the wheat
is said to be considerably DAM
aged from sprouting, while in
the shock, and it is feared the
dampncss of the grain will cause
the flour to sour.
= Dave Wade and Geo. Wa
tiers, negroes, had a light in
Freestone county. Wade was
killed and there is one Repub-
lical vote less. Waters surrcn-
= The Mcxia Ledger says
1--WE do not believe any man of
the Hancock-Jones stripe can
defeat Shepard and would will
lingly stake the result upon 4
decision at the polls"
= The Waller county Radi-
cal convention will be held on
1 ,th inst. The Courier thinks
two tickets will be put in the
field in which case it will be i
fine thing for the Democrats.
= John Sherrod, lately re-
leased by the Federal court at
Austin. on the charge of rob-
bing the Marshall postoftice,
was tried at Marshall for lunacy.
The jury stood 6 and 6. y new
trial will be had.
= The Beacon says Mr.. J. ].
Ioscy, of San Felipe, has in his
possession some pieces of a can
non used by Santa Anna while
Capt. Bakers company
on the Brazos. The cannon
buret J,,rincr The c1Dpcnol.-