Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-05-16

Two oil the escaped prs
oncrs from Bryan have been
heard from near the Brazos and
Madison county lines. Ware,
the jailer, who is accused of
conniving at their escape is on
trial at Bryan.
- Frank Luce was accident
iy shot and killed by Henry
Golden, two miles south of
Cause. They were preparing
to go hunting when Golden's
gun was discharged with the
| effect already stated.
| = A man named Goslin, liv-
ing on Duck creek, Dallas coun-
ty, went home and struck and
kicked his mother; a younger
brother interfered, when the two
boys engaged in a fight result
ing in the death of the elder.
- E. H. Gruber, defaulting
bank cashier of Dallas left that
city under a very dark cloud
and went to the mines in Col
.orado. According to Dallas
paper he has struck oil and is
reported to be worth cool
half million.
= On Thursday night eleven
cars Of soldiers from over the
Sunset route passed up the
Central to Leavenworth, Kan
sas. They have been on duty
on the Texas frontier for some
time and are removed to be re-
placed by others.
|. - Two sons of parson Nc
Entire, who lives six milrs from
Dallas got into quarrel about
a trifling matter and from words
got to blows using chairs, sticks
of wood-knives and such like.
But for timely interference there
would have been funeral.
- People who go to church
to giggle and talk instead Of lis
tening to the sermon are taken
to task by the Flatonia Atsns
and Navasota Tablet. The pub
LEGATION of the names Of the
misbehavfng parties would
probably be an effective cure.
District court at Giddings
adjourned on Monday. The
only criminal case tried was
that of Dave Dozier, who was
convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary. One felony and
eight nnisdemeanor indictments
were found by the grand jury.
= Wood county is an enter
prising and plueky little county,
and is running an immigration
society of her own. If the peo-
pie ofWashington county would
go Systematically to work to
get immigrants the 5000 acres
of improved lands that are now
lying idle could all be cultiva-
ted.
Judge Bacon, who was
convicted and sentenced to the
penitentiary from Burnet coun-
ey for land crookedness has
been pardoned by Gov. Rob-
erts. 1t appears that he was
innocent of any fraudulent in
tent. The Bastrop Ad0,tise,
has a good word to say for the
judge.
Colorado Cihsen: Bust
ness continues very dull, and,
as is generally the case in a
country which rears little for
market besides cotton, will re-
main in that comatose condi-
ton until the f1eecy staple ar
rives in market. Planters are
buying little, and merchants are
in state OF mastery inactivi-
ty."
= An En- glish gentleman
named Hall has bought a car
load of beef-steers which are
now being fattened in Guada-
lupe county. An accurate
account of the feed and labor is
being kept. When fat the cat
tie will be shipped to England
and if the venture proves profit
able, an extensive business will
be the result.
- Fort Worth had a nice
little harmless shooting scrape
the other day. Clinton Scott
fired both barrels of a shot gun
at policeman Woody, the dis
lance being across the street.
Woody fired SIX shots from his
six-shooter at Scott. Neither
party was hit, which is pretty
good evidence that both are
miserable shots and should new
er join a gun club.
The prisoners all escased
from the Bryan jail on Sunday
night except Scion Randall.
Tom and Jack Jones, and
Stearns, for the murder of
Morse at Calvert, Andrew
Walker for murder, and V. A.
Bond, counterfeiter, are the
ones. At 7:3o o'clock
the jailer entered to take out the
supper dishes when he was
overpowered, tied with a towel
and left. The sheriff has the
jailer, Ware, arrested and also |
offers rewards of $500 each for
the murderers and 500 for the
other fellow. Parties are in pur-
suit of the fugitives. |
= During a thunder storm at
Llano on the 5th the lightning |
struck the house of Mr.. Keesee |
and set the house on fire, which
would have been destroyed had
not timely assistance arrived to
save it. There was a lightning
rod on the house but it did not
come to the ground by six feet.
The lightning went through the
house, tore a sewing machine all