Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-04-26

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cess ofthat ofany previousyrear.
A great many new sheep ranches
will be opened at an early day.
! = Phil. Claibourne, the man
had the pleasure of reading his
own obituaries, announces i,
the Bastrop 4idgofisey that he
will on the 24th inst, address
his fellow-citizens at the court
house on the subject of the
finances. y
All the sheep ranches in
Duval and La Sale counties
have been broken up by the re-
cent raid, The shepherds all run
off and the sheep scattered. 1t
IS not definitely known how
many are killed, as manyranch-
es are yet 10 be heard from.
"A dispatch from Concho
states that the surface of the
ground within the line of the
storm was covered to the depth
of over a foot with hail-stoncs
ranging from half an inch to an
inch and a haif-sin. diameter.
Damage to the public build
ings is estinnatcdsat over sac. coo.
The trial of the eases for
violation of the local option,
law, was commenced before a
justice ofthe peace at San Saba.
and pending the proceedings
some william stole all the indict-
ments. This stopped the trial.
and nothing more can be done
until the grand jury meets again
and finds new ones.
- Thomas Sullivan was once
convicted of having murdered
a negro girl, the servant Of
Judge De Witt, living in the SUI
burbs of Gonzales. A new
trial was granted and Sullivan
was again tried before the Con,
zales county District court and
again convicted Of murder in
the first degree. The evidence
was all circumstantial.
According to an Austin
special to the Galveston Nezrs,
some of the Austin politicians
are anxious to know when and
where Col. Jack viii call the
congressional convention. The
BANNER has heretofore suggest
ed BRENNAN as the place of
holding the convention. 1t
sees no reason for a changc--of
opinion in this respect.
"A dispatch from Laredo. :
received at the army headquar-
tiers in San Antonio, says the
raiders crossed fifty miles
above Fort Mcintosh. came
down to near Laredo, then in
the direction of the Nueces and
old Fort Ewell. thence TO Los
Angeles, crossing the Corpus
Christi, San Antonio and Ring.
gold roads.
"A negro named Prince Al
bert was killed while unloading
ties from a car on the Central
railway, at Eureka Mills. The
telegram complacently
He will never be able to sue the
company for damages" That's
a fact, but the negro may.
have left some relatives to
do that melancholy duty for
him.
= San Jacinto day was duly
celebrated in Galveston on
Monday. 1t was the 42d anni-
versary of the battle, the 5Sth
of the artillery company and
the nth of the FIRE department.
There was a grand procession
of the 6remen and Texas veter-
ans Supplemented by a grand
ball at night given by the ar
tilley company.
= Volney Turner. deputy
sheriff of Wood county, was
killed BY one Marion Williams
an alleged cattle thief. Turner
and a posse went to Williams
house at II o clock at night to
arrest him. Upon entering they
found Williams in bed, he open
ed fire killing Turner, the 9TH !
ers fired upon Williams. 1t is
not known whether Williams is
dead or not.
The Texas Cabitai, the or
gan of the Greenbackers, gives
it, as its deliberate. opinion, that
the Democratic convention.
shortly to assemble at Austin,
will adopt the two-thirds- rule.
and nominate a. candidate for
governor. 1t hopes for. a split
in the Democratic party OF, per-
haps. the running of two can
didates for the Office of Govern
Or; in which case, the Green
packers hope to hold the BAL
,nce of power.
: Major Jones, Will, Lieut.
Peak and twenty men. went to
he house of A. G. Collins. the
Union Pacific express robber.
md arrested Sam Pipes. Al
bert Herndon was also arrested
It the house of Tom Jackson,
me mile from Collins. Suspi-
lion has rested for some time
IN these men. but positive proof
las been lacking. which the ar
est is supposed to warrant be-
ng., secured. The prisoners
we're taken to Dallas.
On Monday the Austin
iremen and invited guests took