Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-06-13
STATE NEWS.

ing abundant in Colorado coun-
ty.
- The San Antonio general
directory contains a list of $3.50
namess
Rev. H. L. Graves, of
BRENNAN, is now stationed at
Gonzales.
A COW suffering with by
drophobia, was killed in Victo-
ria last week.
- There is a general COM
plant of want of rain through
out the state.
- The first cotton bloom has
arrived at good many news
paper Offices.
- A talented young lawyer
of Waco is charged with sleep
ing in church.
- Cotton worms are busy in
Dewitt county and also in
Lavaca county.
lessee Stancel, the land
forger has been taken from
Dallas to Austin.
- The genuine Colorado po-
tato bug has made its appear
apce at Bonham.
- Crops in Gonzales county
are needing rain badly. Corn
is already much damaged.
- Sherman has an organic.
ed band of boy thieves who
make a practice of petty pilfer-
ing.
- A central Texas paper
speaks of the late norther as
the cold end of the Kansas cy-
clone.
-Sherman's list of delinquent
tax payers, occupies four and a
half columns of small type in the
Register.
- The cotton worm has
made its appearance in Victoria
county. Poisoning has been re-
sorted to.
- James Murphy, the betray-
er of the Bass gang, is certain
ly dead. He was accidentally
poisoned.
= Jack King, a noted des-
perado, was killed at Henrietta,
by S. B. Burnett, a prominent
stock man.
John Hamilton, an old and
respected citizen of Houston
died on the 10th inst, after a
short illness.
- The town of Ledbetter is
being improved By the erection
of a new store house and also
has two hotels.
- A corps of engineers are
now engaged in surveying the
line for the extension of the
Waco tap northward.
Fifteen brick storehouses
all two and three stories, except
three, are now in course of con-
struction at Fort Worth.
= Mining operations are be-
ing vigorously pushed in Llano
county. The ore found resem-
bles that from Leadville.
= The Dallas H-C. of Sum
day last requested the ministers
of the churches to ask the
blessing of a rain, in their pray
erS.
j. Watson, sheriff of Falls
county, is used up in a commu-
nication in the Ball, and is also
treated to a two column ed
itorial.
= Polk county pays nearly
$1,000 per year to its school
teachers, while its county scrip
is worth fifteen cents on the dol
lar scant.
Recorder Maydole, of
Houston, is being investigated
by the city council. Crook
edness in court matters is what's
the matter.
A running fight took place
in Clay county between citizens
and several horse and cattle
thieves. Jim Ward was mortal
ly wounded.
- Gen. William Pelham, an
old citizen of Travis county, is
dead. He was a Virglnian and
had been a citizen of distinction
-, ea,-ar,1 ct,tae
I'm Sherman a negro assault
ted Mr.. Mercer, a local editor.
The negro was jailed. Some
of the negroes there are becom-
ing very insolent.
u. M. Peck, a leading law
yer and a democrat was elected
mayor of Denison on Monday
by 1856 majority. Grubbs was
handsomely shelved.
= Capt. Geo. w. Chapman
died at Pleasanton on the Sd
inst. He emigrated to Texas
in 1916, and was a member of
Robbins command in 1916.
Denison has been named
as one of the points at which
the federal court for north Texas
will be held. Indian terrific
ry litigation will be transacted
there.
- young man named Far
ley was murdered by MeXi-
can herder in Kinney county
a few days ago. The Mexican