Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-04-04
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: Water sells in Victoria al

twenty cents a barrel. The
price of whiskey is: not given.
There has been no rain for two
months:
"A wind storm swept over
the neighborhood of Dallas on
Tuesday night. A number of
| houses and considerable fenc-
ing was destroyed.
- Mr.. Oppenheimer, of Vic
toria, has several banana trees
in his garden. one Of which is in
full bloom, NTH numerous ba-
nanas, some three inches long.
j. j. McKcnsie, aged "a,
who lived alone near Bonham.
! died suddenly last week. The
coroner's jury said he died Of
old age and an overdose of coal
oil.
= The Rtgiste, says the
walking mania has struck Sher-
man. Two fellows walked away
last night and left landlord N
the lurch for a weeks board
each.
The San Antonio Herald
warns those likely to get before
the recorder that hereafter all
persons arraigned in that court
will have their names published
free Of charge.
"A boy IL years old shot
and killed a fine venison near
Columbus. He gave the Gin
sen man mess and that's how
the public comes to know that
he killed the deer.
= Austin county, says the
Bellville Beacon does not want
to be tackled on to the 32d ju-
dicial district. The people are
well satisfied with their present
judge and district.
"A pair of masked robbers
went to the house of Jos. Wo-
tipka. living between Flatonia
and Schulenburg and deman-
ded money. Wotipka showed
fight and the robbers left in dis
gust.
When Mexicans are arrest
ed in Austin charged with snar-
ing hooking birds. they declare
that they catch them in Arkan-
| sas. For able-bodied lying the
average Mexican is hard to
beat.
TO prove that education
is a very dangerous thing the
Flatonia A,gns says a negro
who had learned the art of writ
ing was brought before the JUS
tice on a charge of forging an
o4ier for goods. In default Of
bail the mig was jagged.
= A portable storehouse
passed through Thorp's Springs
en- route for Fort Concho. 1t
was built at Fort Worth, and is
I2ox4o feet; it was loaded on
six wagons drawn by four to
six yoke of oxen each, and was
moving at a snail's pace.
Several boys ride on trains
switching at Bonham, and the
local of the Neags has a sharp
ened pencil and some manu-
script paper carefully laid away
waiting for boy to get killed,
when that pencil and paper will
be used in writing up a local
item.
A convention of colored
minister and others connected
with the moral and social socie-
ties will be held in New Orleans
on the 18TH inst, for the pur-
pose of considering the condi-
ton of the colored race in
Louisiana and putting a stop,
if possible, to the hsgira of ne
groes.
= In Paris two negrobarbers
disagreed about money mat
ter. They settled it by fight
ing duel with pistols, distance
ten PAGES. Five shots were fired
and nary a negro was hurt.
Z They were subsequently arrest
ed and held in bonds of $500
each. RS
= The Columbus Ciasen says
a number planters are shooting
and poisoning the birds. All
agricultural papers speak a
good word for the birds, which,
while they may, to some ex-
tent, damage crops, amply re-
pay the harm done by the des-
truction of noxious insects.
Let the birds alone.
= The Burnet Bulletin says
it seems that the mining inter-
ests of this section of the state |
are again coming into notice.
There is no doubt that the pre- |
cious metals exist in great |
abundance here in the rock and |
mountains of our western coun-