Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-05-17
The Brenham Banner is mis-

'Dlack one. The truth being |
that this necessary appendage |
to our establishment is of about
the color of Wash Jones De-
mocracy; decidedly mixed.-Ne- |
tO,Ia Adv0cate.
We stand corrected.
- Richmond Four Counties
A man named Robinson, while
riding on the prairie near Wal
kers station, was struck by light |
ening and he and his horse both |
instantly killed. The mean
est man" in Texas does business
in Richmond. He wanted S. |
coffin in which to bury his
drowned confidential clerk, |
when a paupers coffin is worth
So.
THE Hon. Seth Shepard, can
didate for nomination by the
Democratic party to the lower
house of the U. S. Congress.
was in our town on Monday |
last, and intends spending sever
aldays in our county, making the
acquaintance of our people. On
next Saturday he will address
the people of the county at the
courthouse in Halletsville.-
Laa'aca Herald and Planter.
The Headlight says some
eighty persons failed to report
for road duty after having been
duly warned. The justices
court at Round Rock was kept |
busy grinding on the pockets
of the delinquents. Those who
did not work four days paid sII
and those who contested paid
$40. 1t is now believed to be
cheapest to pay up or work.
A man named French Rain
vile who had made himself, in |
some way obnoxious to certain
parties near Perry, McLennan,
county, was ordered away; he
retired few DAYS ago. Dur
ing the night the house at which
he was stopping was surroun-
ded by all armed mob, Rainville
Vas called out and shot to death. |
This is another clear case of |
murder.
The Denton Momto, is dis |
satisfied. 1t says the Dallas
press has pulled June Peak for
what our officers have done, and |
given Denton no credit for all |
their untireing efforts to cap
ture Bass & Co., and for the |
captures they have made. |
These puffs are without sub |
stance, and we desire, says the
M0nitor, our exchanges to note
this fact.
We find the following
item of Texas news in the ST.
Louis Republican: The Nue.
ces tract in. Southwest Texas
has been sold to an English par
ty, who is now in St. Louis.
The tract contains 2o2 900
acres. The buyer says the
lands are far superior to those
of Australia. The whole pur-
chase is to be converted into |
grazing fields, except the por-
tons along the river and around
the lakes, which, as far as posi-
BILE, will be turned into farms. |
THE fourth annual exposition
OF the Texas State Horticultural |
and Pathological Association
will be held at Houston. COM
mencing July ", 1873 and con-
tinuing three days. 1t is the
desire OF the directory that every
section ofthe State be represen-
ted by its various products, in
every stage of growth until ma
tured and prepared for market
or the table. The citizens of
Harris county offer prize of a
Magnificent Silver Fruit Stand"
valued at one hundred dollars,
to be competed for by all other
counties in the State and awar-
ded to the county which shall
exhibit the largest variety of
her natural and productive re-
sources.
The San Saba Meas gives
an account of the lynching of
two boys near Williams Ranch,
Brown county, on the Ist inst.
The parties were a negro and
an octoroon or white boy, both
about 10 years of age. 1t ap-
pears they were charged with
stealing three horses and SIS
from parties in the upper part
of Brown county. A deputy
sheriff and posse captured the
boys bringing them to town and
turning them over to a Mr..
Hutchins to guard them. Dur
ing the night fifteen armed men
put in an appearance and took
the prisoners away. The trees
IN the edge of town bore strange
fruit - the two boys were found
suspended to limbs about, twen-
ty feet apart. There was a
coroner's inquest and much ev::-
dence. 1t is not by any means
certain that the boys were gull
ty ,.bnt one thing is certain and
that is two boys have been muir
dered.
- Bellvllle Beacon: Early
planted crops on the Brazos
river are not suffering for want
OF rain......The Irish potato crop,