Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-14
STATE NEWS.
"A fire company is. being

lrampS ars common IN the
neighborhood OF Bryan.
Only three retail liquor deal
ers pay tax in Austin county.
= Baker & Co.'S gin house
at Marlin was burned last week.
: A negro was arrested at
Waco charged with stealing SIS
in 1875.
: Victoria merchants are
now selling goods, at Galveston
prices.
= Bryan is being improved
by the erection of a number Of
new buildings.
= The Statesman has been
presented with bananas from an
Austin garden.
= A petition is in circulation
at Corsicana,, asking repeal Of
the city charter.
-Hempstead's mayors court
nettsd sos in December and
So7 50 in January.
= Chas. SoRelle, of Giddings
died in Fayette county on Fri
day last, aged 81 years. 90
= The Typos at Waco have
organized a base ball club I'M
der the name of the "Nonpariel
Nine"
= Several farmers in Waller
county have already planted
corn and others are about ready
to plant. .s,,ae,
- Every boy in Gonzales has
a a"nigger-shooter";2 cats, dogs
and pedestrians are kept in NOR
tai terror. ;e. 9sat7
= = Coal beds FIVE and SIX feet |,
thick are said to exist in Ste
phens, Young and Eastland
counties. sH Z. 7boiied
= Dramatic troupes general
.ly give Rockdale the go-by, but,
when one does stop it is well
patronized. s.rF a osaaa
ah-- The town of Gainesville is
minus a corporation and the,
way the boys yell in triumph is
a sin to Davy Crockett ~
IS = Washington's birthday is
to be celbratsd at San Antonio
by the firemen, who viii have a
grand procession, ball, etc,
- A little boy four years old
was accidentally killed at Rock
dale BY being given a dose Of
medicine from the wrong bottle.
The Colorado Gihseu eau
tons the people to take proper
sanitary precautions in time. A
general cleaning up is sugges-
ted. a2s s75'.s ~ tl's
Sc - CIarksville must have been
a tine place for negro gamblers.
The other day nineteen ofthem
we're arrested tried and found
guilty. 80 -. q
- There IS no cause for
idleness il Victoria; farmers are
anxious to secure, labor and Of
fer reasonable wages to all who
want work. ID 4
lssTsA large meeting of labor
ing men was held in Dallas and
strong resolutions against the
tramp bill offered in the legisla-
ture were passed. 2s5siogsa
-. A Mexican tried to burn
his way out of the Rockdale cal
aboose, but the FIRE got beyond
his control and he had to cry
out for assistance.
= Ex-minister Washburne
n 6 ! B
delivered a very interesting lee
ture on paris under the COM
mune" to a large and intelligent
audience in San Antonio.
| Marlin has shipped 1900
bales of cotton this season. In
1873. money, orders to the
amount of sa9o54-45 were issu-
ed at the Marlin postoffice.
= The prisoner, in the Cor
sicana jail made an Intellectual
attempt to escape a few days
ago. A timely discovery pros
trated their good intentions.
Over in Livingston some
miscreants amuse themselves
by bombarding with brick-bats
the house ola negro woman who
is nearly a hundred years old.
in Sherman they have a
pair Of Shetland ponies to pull
the FIRE engine, The Regfste,
says a pair ofhealthy billy goats
would do as well if not better.
= Gonzales, like nearly all
Texas, is improving rapidly.
The inquirer says new buildings
are going up in every direction.
All manner of improvement is