Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-07-25

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Doran'S pistol has been returned.
Too warm for picniS or ti>h-frics.
Jewhillikin5. amt ii hot. though?
But few peaches remain ta b. shipped.
The Council building is nearly finished.
There is not an ice cream saloon in tn
city.
Stock in this immediate vicinity are in fin
order.
\ good rain would prove quite bcncf
cial just now.
The city ''swine-scavcngcrs" present
thrifty appearance.
The County Court convened Wednesda
for civil business.
The prospect for cheap pork next fall
not very promising.
Loafcrs are plentiful; enforce the vagran
law and clean them out.
Contemplating is becoming general il
all parts of the county.
Mustang grapes are selling from wagon
at one dollar per barrel.
Weather. distressingly warm and dry
with no prospect of rain.
! Judge ]. d. McAdoo returned home oil
Wednesday from Georgia.
Texas bacon is plentiful in this market
and sells at 7 cents 4 pound.
The continued dry weather is literally
parching vegetation 10 crisp.
Woody Johnson, of Brown county, is il
the city on visit to his parents.
But little activity manifested IN real cstat,
transactions during the past week.
DIR. ]. 7. Norris, Burch's attending ply
stefan, thinks he is about out of danger.
Several colored persons left town Mon
day in search of work in the cotton fields.
Several spring branches in this county
have gone dry for the first time in ten years
One bale to FIVE acres is the estimate pu
upon the cotton crop by some of our far
| mers.
Large quantities of fire wood is being
hauled and stored at the wood-yards fol
winter use.
| BRENNAN is said to have more colorec
wash-women than any town of its size il
the state.
Our energetic city marshal ought to stil
| up some of our citizens on the sanitary ques
ton.
A forty-six pound watermelon, raised by
Shack Mann, colored, was brought TO towr
Saturday.
Hon Seth Shepard left by Wednesday
evenings train for Louisville, KY, thence
to Canada.
A large number of colored people were
| in town Saturday, very orderly and seem
ingly happy.
Mrs. Geo. Stofilet returned home from
Galveston Saturday, looking much improv'
ed in health.
]. E. Slater, of this city. has gone to Mem.
phis to fill position in the telegraph o&ce
| at tina: place.
Stock are destroying crops in some fields
in this vicinity, which will likely result in q
few damage suits.
I.aboring men, who want to work, have
no difficulty in finding employment in this
county at good wages.
Weis & Korff, orr new butchers, are do
ing good business. They keep only the
best quality of meats.
Potter & White have purchased hand
some new Hearse at St. Louis, for their
livery stable in this city.
c. r. Breedlove and family have gone to
Lampasas Springs, via Maj. PENIS camp
meeting in Burleson county.
]. H. Burch, who was shot by 10 Har-
Gin last Saturday, is recovering rapidly and
will soon be able TO go out home.
Several wagon loads of watermelons were
brought to town Saturday, which were sold
at more liberal prices than heretofore.
The city presented lively and business
like appearance Saturday, the streets being
well filed with people from the country.
A liberal application of lime about the
premises of our citizens is recommended
by the Board Of Health as precautionary
measure.
Mesdames Simon and Zekind have re-
turned from Galveston and report having
had pleasant and interesting time; bath
ing in the Gulf was delightful.
The celebration on the 9TH of August by
our colored friends, will take place at the
Fair Grounds, instead of Hutchinson's
grove, as heretofore announced.
A white man and colored gentleman
had ''some words" on Sandy street, Satur-
day morning, drawing quite crowd Of
amused spectators.
Mayor Kerr and Marshal SWAN will start
out on sanitary inspection tour of the CAY
this morning, and hope to find everybody
premises clean and in good condition.
The Sunday law took effect on the 24th,
partakers Of fluid refreshments will hereaf-
ter be under the necessity Of laying in their
Sundays supply on Saturday evening.
Mr.. ]. X. Lee, of Travis, Austin county,
was in town Monday. He says cotton is
opening rapidly, but that the plant is small,
and but few bolls. Cause, dry weather.
Frank Mcclure, of Glddings, has con-
tract for the grading of two miles of the
Santa Fe railway, and has about IS men at
work on the same 3 miles south of town.
II. Fisher received car load of ice on
Wednesday, which is being utilized by our
citizens in their efforts to keep cool. Fish
er says sit can't be beat, to keep down heat. "
Quite a number of hands pass through
town daily from the Santa Fe railroad camps
en- route for home, being white men who
are unable to stand hard work in the hot
sun.
Reuben, Henry and Williford Loggins,
charged with the murder of Reuben Nor
riss, near Hampstead, have been commit
ted to jail. bail having been refused by JUS
tice Harvey, before whom the examination
was held.
Our young friend, Mr.. Harry Haynes, Of
Independence, was in town on Friday
He is talented, studious. energetic young
man, and if we mistake not will, ere long,
occupy 4 prominent position among the
leading men OF our State.
Our young friend, Master r. A. Mason,
of this county, left on Monday evening for
Lexington, KY, where he proposes placing
himself under the tutorship of Prof. A.
Drake, an experienced educator, for two
or three years. We wish him success.
REAL ESTATE transfers for the
week ending July 24th, reported
by c. F. Herbst, of the county
clerks Office:
E. M. Campbell to J. c. JUS
tice, lot in Cappell Hill, sIo5.
J. B. Applewhite ct ais to J.
R. Pennington, s. acres, J. w.
Cole league, $500.
VIM. Hammer and wife to
Charlotte Ramsel, tract No. II,
Gail Borden league, $3.50.
Chas. J. Randle, by attorney,
to Christian Cramer, lot in Bren-
ham, SIPS.
]. H. Blue and wife to David