Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-28
The morning stage from

Fort Worth to Fort Y una on
the 23d inst. was attacked and
robbed just within the limits of
Fort Worth. Three masked
robbers accomplished the dar-
ing deed.
The Dcnison Herald says
Alfred Johnson came into town
and surrendered himself, stating
that he had killed an Indian
near Carpenters bluff. The
dead Indian was found.
Dallas top buggies sell in
Waco at auction at ST. to $50
each; which goes to prove one
of two things: Dallas top bug
gies are of a very low grade, or
Wacoites pay very poor prices
for buggies'
- The San Antonio Express
tells how Miss Chariot Elliott
came all the way from London,
England and was married to
Mr.. Alfred Harrison, a young
Englishman to whom she was
afhanced.
AT Kingsbury the other day
J. S. Williams got drunk and
flourished his pistol around; an
old man named Wingate, a
friend, tried to take away the
pistol and was shot and killed
IN the attempt.
=. The Round Rosk Head
light says the pay train on the
Rattletrap is earnestly and dis
paringly looked for bymany who
hold claims against the concern.
The Rattletrap is the Celebra-
ted Georgetown railway.
- In Ellis county a horse
thief, Luther Bry an, who jump
ed his bond in that county and
skipped to Illinois, returned a
short time ago to a neighbor-
hood ten miles south of Dallas,
where he was captured last
Tuesday.
Three jail deliveries have
occurred in Brentwood, Brown
county, during the last three
weeks. The last one occurred
about a week ago; 80 or 40
armed men rode up and liberia
ted three prisoners in the usual
manner.
DR.. Gregg, of San Saba
county, was allowed sIoo for
making a post norton examin-
alton on the body of man in
an advanced stage of decompo-
sition. The usual fee for a post
norton on a fresh corpse is on
ly $40.
]. E. Douglass was standing
in the Darkroom Of the postof-
fee at Jacksonville, on Sunday
morning, in company with two
others, when he was shot and
instantly killed, by E. H. Ed
mondson, with shot gun. Not
a word was spoken.
"A stock owner in De Witt
county has contracted his beef
at $3.50, $3.50, SII, and SI3
| which was better than was ex-
pected and Kansas men are
rather tender footed" this
spring.-Go1yaies Mqn,e,.
The railroaders at Navaso-
ia were on a protracted spree
last week. If they had been
arrested and neatly trimmed"
the town officers would soon
have had all their money and
the spreeing would have been
brought to a termination.
"A move is on foot, says the
Courier, to abolish the city char
ter of Hempstead. 1t says abol-
ishing the city charter means
that stores will be shot into,
women and children insulted on
the streets and that drunkenness
and rowdyism be unrestricted.
= The wedding of Sam Al
exander, of Lagrange, to Miss
Hannah, daughter of Mr..
Adolph Kramer, of Houston,
took place in that city on Mon
day evening. Rabbi Voorsan-
ger performed the ceremony.
The telegram speaks of it as
very brilliant affair.
= The boys" continue go
ing to Flatonia and behaving
badly; they shoot and shout
and do many other things that
are unbecoming and rowdy-like.
Sometimes they get arrested but
more frequently they don't, and
this is why the Argus is unhap-
Ply.
The Austin Statesman says
Bedrock" was reached in
Austin last year. A man who
has for three years been getting
500 per month for store house
was the other day offered $3.50