Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-07-19
STATE NEWS.

= Cotton worms have appear
ed i'll Liberty county.
Dallas now has FIVE daily
papers. Too many to thrive.
= The Pathological exhibi-
ton is the next big thing at
Houston.
- Genuine cotton worms
have appeared in Waller
county.
Judge J. L. Conoly, a
prominent citizen of Falls coun-
ty, is dead.
The corner stone OF a new
Odd Fellows hall has been laid
at Paris.
= Nelly Donneliy, aged four
years, died of lydrophobia at
Houston on Tuesday.
= Considerable quantities of
wheat are going to waste in San
Saba county for w n: of thresh-
ers, e,
- Crops in Fort Bend coun-
ty are in excellent condition;
no signs of worms and not too
much rain.
"A three-year old boy died
in Fort Worth from getting
several grains of corn in his
windpipe.
Ed, Eaton, who killed
Bob Holman at Corsieana, has
been admitted bail in the sum
of 5000.
Wash Jones addressed the
citizens of Milan county at
Rockdale on Saturday. He
told the same old story.
= A shoemaker named Lit
Teton Martin sytrchnined at
Dallas a few days ago. About
a year since he made an ineffec-
tual attempt to poison himself.
The San Antonio Express now
runs its power press by water
power in place of the "nigger
caloric" formerly employed.
The new water moter works like
a charm.
On Thursday last VIM. Ja-
mison, while riding on horse
back on the prairie in Harris
county, was struck by lightning
and he and his horse both kill
ed.
= The city physician of Dali
las declined making post NOR
tenn examination of the body of
a Mexican on the ground that
he had been dead too long.
The remains of the Mexican
smelled badly.
AFTER the first of October
there will be a new mail route
from here to Brenham, twice
week, via Travis, and Pleasant
Hill. 1t will leave Bellville Sat-
urday and Wednesday and re-
turn same day.-Bell1lle Bea-
con.
= Col. Bass has again been
heard from. On the 18th inst
he and his command were still in
Denton county. A man nam
ed Carter was shot in the shol al
der by Bass party, 1t seems
to be impossible to capture the
gang.
The Dallas Call claims
that John Spotswood and lisa
Jones, alleged train robbers,
charged with completely in the
Allen Station affair, have been
released from the Collin county
jail on straw bonds.
A ruffian attempted to
clress a lady while walking in
the streets in Fort Worth. He
was arrested and jailed. A party
went to the Jail for the purpose
of lynching him; while the jailor
was tusseling with the men,
his (the jailor's) wife stepped out
and rang the fire alarm bell.
This stopped the business"
= The citizens of Hampstead
have held two mass meetings
designated as numbers 1 and :.
Meeting No. favors the aboli-
ton of the cooperation. Meet
ing No. ? is unwilling to abolish
the city government and looks |
with suspicion on those in favor
ofso doing. Thus the matter
stands.
The Houston Telegram re- |
ports that in Fort Bend county |
a rabid dog bit mule. The
mule went mad; negro horse
doctor went to attend it when
he was attacked by the mule
which seized his leg and had to |
be killed and its jaws priced OPP |
en- before the doctors leg could
be released.
= Chris. Ruttlesberger, an
industrious dairyman, of Dallas, |
saved several hundred dollars for |
the purpose of paying his ex-
penses to Europe. While he
was working in his garden
thief entered his house and made
away with the wealth. He
won't go to Europe for some