Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

= A well digger at Elgin put
FIVE blasts in a well and suppos-
ing they were all discharged he
descended and began drilling
for another. His supposition
was not well founded as blast
exploded nearly killing him.
: The Fairfield Recorder
reports that several families who
left Freestone county and went
west to grow up with the coun-
try, have returned poorer and
wiser than they went; they pro-
pose staying in Frcestone for
the future.
- The editor Of the Henriet-
ia Journal left it in charge ofa
protein who was tinctured with
greenbackism and turned the
paper over to that party, upon
the return of the editor de facto
the paper was restored to the
democracy.
- The body Of a dead man
was found near Cremer's store
in Fayette county last week.
The body was found in the
woods in a decomposed condi-
ton. 1t is a question whether
he was sun struck or murdered.
He was a Bohemian.
The Fort Worth Demo-
crat of Friday last contains a
lengthy account of the ravish-
ing of a sick white lady by a
brutal black negro drayman.
The fend was arrested and rec
ognized by the lady, after which
he was put in jail. Hanging
will be almost too good for him.
Frederick Deitrick, a Ger
man, aged 20, got drunk in Dali
las and squandered two or three
hundred dollars On women and
wine, and being without money
determined to maintain his rep
utation as gentleman, commit
ted suicide in a barroom. His
parents in Germany are respec-
table and wealthy.
- At Anderson work on the
new county jail is progressing.
The Sentinel thinks the build
ing will be an ornament to the
town. The idea of a Jail being
an ornament" to a town is a
sad comment on the morals of "a
community, yet jails are an abb
solute necessity, and in new
counties, are generally built be-
fore churches.
= The Gonzales Inquirer adj
vises farmers to plant as large
an acreage in winter wheat, oats
and miIlet as possible. thus get
ting good winter pasturage and
a paying crop in the spring.
The farmer who is able to pock-
ct a hundred or more dollars for
produce in May or June is in
fair way to bridge over the sum-
mer until cotton is ripe"
The man who makes locals
on the Caldwell Register is noted
for his patience and mild dispo-
sition. He recently made a trip
and on his return found that his
dog had run off; he didn't get
mad and rant and swear, but
says if anybody knows where
the dog is, they will say nothing
about it as if there is any good
in that dog it is still there, un-
developed.
Three bales of cotton were
received in Waco from Ross
station on the extension of the
Central; this is the first shipment
over the road. Aquilla, a new
station 20 miles beyond Waco,
mas been laid off in lots. The
work on the bridge across the
Brazos is progressing and will
De completed by October 10th.
is finished to Steele's
creek in Bosque county.
"A woman got drunk on the
other side of the San Pedro at
san Antonio and was outraged
~ two negroes; they were ar
ested and jailed. Similar out
ages by negroes are becoming
If alarming frequency and sum-
nary measures will be resorted
o if it is not stopped. A day
IT two ago the BANNER reported
he raping of a white woman by
/. negro near Industry. Austin
county.