Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-07-04
STATE NEWS.


- Mckinney had a splendid
rain on Saturday.
- Tom Green County has
six prisoners in Jail.
Open cotton bolls arc
plenty in Gonzales county.
= Pearl bearing muscles are
said to exist in the Llano river.
p. Lyons dwelling in Wa
CO was burned on the End.
Loss $4,000.
- Fort Griffin has more dogs
to the square inch than Jacks
boro has fleas.
= The Colorado CiHSen was
presented with an open boil of
cotton June "a.
= The Houston TfLcs,am
had an eighty-four-pound wa
termelon from Arcola.
= Corn in the vicinity OF
Weimar, Colorado county, will
make at least half a crop.
The vicinity of Flatonia
was visited by fine rains last
week. Crops much improved.
= The Dallas Times says en-
force the Sunday law-jt will
stop the running of street cars.
= The body of a murdered
man was found in a ravine near
Rock Bluff ferry, Grayson coun-
ty.
: Mason is soon to have a
new steam mill. The machine
ry has already arrived at Aus
tin.
= There was fine rains at
Blanco and Burnet on the 2Ist
and 2,d ult., also in Kendall
county.
= The colored people of
Fort Bend county had a rous-
ing celebration on emancipa-
ton day.
Michael Brothers whole
sale liquor dealers of San An
tonic have failed-liabilities
$4,000
| j. F. Copeland, an editor
of Thorp's Springs, was recent
ly married to Miss Belle Tracy,
of Rockdale.
= The first bale of new cot
ton of this years grownth was
shipped from Yorktown, De
Wit county, July l.
= Jim Sherrod, a citizen Of
Fannin county, was accidental
ly shot and killed while deer
hunting in the territory.
= The Castroville OmX man
says what Castroville now
needsis a female barber" The
Quillian is single goslir.
= Before many days Con-
zales will be ''graced" with num-
erous barrooms. Latterly it
has been local option town.
= Portions of Bastrop coun-
ty have had fine rains, while in
other parts there has been none
at all. Bastrop is in the dry.
= Hay is selling at SIS a ton
at Fort Griffin. Up to June
18th IoI, oIo head of cattle had
been driven through this point.
= The Flatonia Argus sug-
gests the erection of a public
tank at that place for the pur-
pose of furnishing an abundance
of stock water.
Frank Hughes was fired
upon while riding in Hamilton
county. Three shots took eff
feet. He is supposed to be
MORALLY wounded.
The Mason Mea0s-Ztem says
its buildin. : is fairly under way,
but it not stated whether the
building is marble, granite,
stone, brick or wood.
IS. Z. Hayes and w. B.
Simpson of San Saba county
have been arrested and held to
bail in the sum of $500 for at
tempting to fight duel.
Tyler Demo0at: More
than five hundred hands are now
working on the Tyler Tap from
Ferguson to Texarkana, and the
work is progressing rapidly.
= Round Rock is to have
another paper, the Morning Sta,.
1t already has one paper in a
semi-starved condition. 1t is a
beautiful place for newspapers.
DIR. Whites drug store in
San Saba was struck by light
ming and a lot of patent medi-
cines destroyed. Lightning
sometimes knows where to
strike.
= San Saba county has just
received a new iron cage for the
jail and the people are engaged
in discussing its merits. Some
think it will hold and others
have no faith.
= Ben. Gala indicted for the
murder of VIM. R. Thompson
at Waco, last December, has
been tried and acquitted. He
was brought back from the
penitentiary for trial.
= A few days ago Dock
Howell living on the Saco. Me-
dina county,was shot and killed
by his brother-in-law Mr.. Ware.
Mr.. Ware was also shot in the
arm and side. An old grudge.
= AT Marshall on Saturday
last a negro barber, named
Henry Done. struck his wife on
the head with a tumbler, inflict-
ing wounds from which she died
next day. Henry was arrested.
= The Colorado Cihsen says
there are very few worms in
the county the second Matching
have died out. Very few mil