Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-06-28
STATE NEWS.

The Dallas oil mill pays
$500 ton for cotton seed.
Good oats are selling at 20
cents and corn at s. cents in
Austin.
1t has been decided to
hold primary elections in Nc
Lehman county.
The Travis county Green
hackers will have a grand picnic
at Austin, on the 4th of July.
-Freesone county has con-
tracted for a $1,000 safe in which
to keep its money and things.
Wheat on the Cibolo in
Atascosa county is threshing
out 81 I-z bushels to the acre.
- 1t is proposed at Dallas to
give Throckmorton a grand re-
ception and to have a torchlight
procession.
Precinct No. 2. BIrleson
county. instructs for Hubbard
governor and Shepard for con-
gress.
B. F. Holman, district clerk
Of Milan county, was accident
ally shot and killed, at Cameron,
by Ed. Eaton.
- GAINESVILLE has had colored
Beecher scandal. The colored
Beecher. like his brother, says
he is not guilty.
Travis county will send a
delegation of twenty or more
students to the State Industrial
Institute at Huntsville.
The San Antonio Express
produces the figures to show
that Sehleicher is the coming
man in the Sixth district.
- The warm weather is bring
ing out the snakes. A rattle
snake with fifteen rattles was
lately killed in Denton county.
= In Houston peaches sell
at from ten to fifty cents dozen.
The Tfkeg,am says fine large
peaches would meet with ready
sale.
"A car load of lime has been
shipped from Austin to Arkan-
sas. This is the first car, load
of lime ever shipped out of the
State,
Brazos county held anoth-
er convention on Tuesday.
The delegation selected was tor
Hubbard, Throckmorton and
Lang.
DIR. Styles of Travis county
is successfully raising Italian
bees. 1t is said there is no bee
so profitable or equal to it as a
honey maker.
"A. D. Albright, citizen
of Leon county for thirty-five
years, was shot and killed three
miles from Crockett, by UNI
known parties.
= In Tarrant county the
refused to instruct
for Throckmorton. Hubbard is
than T. and Mills |
than either.
Colorado county sends her |
delegations to the State |
md congressional conventions |
lninstructed, except as to Mr..
Nc Cormick for attorney general.
The Waller county Demo- |
ratio convention met on Satur-
lay last. After much discus
ion, it instructed for Hubbard
or governor and Mills for con-
,ress.
At Fairfield. a stock dealer |
vas robbed of $500 in currency, |
which he had in his trousers
pockets, and which he had
:arelessly laid on a chair by his
Jed.
The Denton Monftor is re-
DICED at Col. Bartow's sever
nee from the Dallas Herald, |
md reproduces terrible send
IF given to the colonel by the
1aH.
: The Murphy movement
las moved on GAINESVILLE, but
lid not create any excitement.
The GAINESVILLE fellows adhere
o first principles and take sugar
n their'n.
1t appears that wicked col
red ladies are not confined to
'renham alone. In Denison
wo of the same class appeared
efore the Mayor on charge
f cussing.
The Dallas Gall and Mar
hall Herald are engaged in the
Intellectual game of throwing
lud at each other. Hubbard
nd Throckmorton is the bone
f contention.
-In Coleman county Bill
[ayes, a well digger, was shot
y an unknown man and died
ON his wounds. He refused
, give the name of the man
no shot him.
= The first load of stone for /;
lie new courthouse at Mason
as been hauled and dumped.
he building is to be IS feet
Iuare, of stone, two stories
gh and is to cost $500.
-Four thousand blank cart
dyes have been ordered for