Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-07-11

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County court is in session.
Garden truck is getting scarce.
Carpenters and painters are busy.
: Good flour Is worth So per barrel.
Ripe figs arc plentiful and cheap.
The streets are getting dusty again.
More new business houses opening.
Texas is in need of a good paper mill.
Mr.. Stephens reports no rain at Gay Hill
Fair prospect for an average cotton crop
Mr.. Otto Cornitius has returned TO the
city. 3
Peaches are beginning to rot upon the
trees.
Capt. ]. E. Gray has returned from vii,
hanson county.
Now is the time to make preparations
for fall gardens.
a new tin-shop has been opened on St.
Charles street.
Several side walks in the city are sadly
in need of repairs.
A new bar-room has been opened near
the passenger depot.
There is entirely too much killing going
on in Texas just now.
The finest lager beer made in the State
is brewed at BRENNAN.
Try Lunn's soda water il you relish a
cool and healthy drink.
The grass on the prairies looks green
and fresh since the rains.
Millet seed are in great demand, but there
is none to be had in town.
Some of our farmers are busily engaged
putting out sweet potato slips.
The duck pond on Sandy street has been
filled up by the city scavenser.
L. a. Daffan, the prince of railroad con-
ductors, was in the city Monday.
Some of our citizens are planting early
varieties of corn for fall roasting-ears.
The average darkey ought 10 be happy
cotton picking time will soon be here.
Washington county can show some as
fine stock as can be found in the State.
The price OF Irish potatoes has advanced;
they are now selling at $I.5o per bushel-
Farstina Kiber will soon occupy his new
quarters with his confectionery and fruit
store.
The days are rather uncomfortably warm,
while the nights are delightfully."- cool and
pleasant.
I. n. Brown has charge of F. A. En-
gelke's banking house during his absence
in Europe.
Quite number of country people were
in town Tuesday, some Of whom were from
Austin county.
Baling and ties continues TO be in active
demand; farmers are procuring supply
for their first bales"
Peaches are ripening very fast, and since
the recent rains have commenced falling
from the trees rapidly.
ericksberg, and reports feeling better than
when he left Brenham.
Mr.. Hugh c. Mcintyre, jr., and lady,
left for Galveston by yesterday evenings
train, on pleasure trip.
Ollie Lyons, of Mill creek. was in town
Yesterday, having Just recovered from Sc
we're attack Of congestion of the brain.
c. C. Garrett and vile left Wednesday
for Luling, by private conveyance, to at
tend the Baptist convention at that place.
The prospect of the building of the San
Ia Fe railway has caused the prices OF city
real estate to take an upward tendancy.
The cutting ants in the new City Gene
tery ought TO be killed out, as they very
destructive 10 the shrubbery on the grounds.
Potter & White have their carriage upon
the streets again. Jim Brady is the con-
ductor OF this convenient vehicle of trans
portation.
Ben Temple has returned to Brenham,
looking hale and hearty. His trip 10 Lake
Charles, La, seems to have had 4 bcneh-
cial effect
The ball at Germania hall on the even
ing Of the 9Th was rather slimly attended,
nevertheless a pleasant evenings enjoy
ment was had.
DR.. ]. W. Watkins died at his residence
in this city Wednesday evening. His funeral
took place from his late residence at 5
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon.
The members of the Brenham colored
Bible Societies and Sunday Schools will
hold grand Union celebration at Hutch
inson's Grove, on Monday the 4th day of
August next.
Brenham is sadly in need of public
garden, or place of amusement, where
picnic parties and pleasure-seekrs could
pass day shielded from the burning rays
of summers sun.
Honorable competition is 10 be common
ded by all first class business men, but rat
ting should be severely condemned by all
men. BRENNAN, at this time, has a first
class '.ratter' in the job printing line.
Wood s. Low, our popular, wide-awake
lumber dealers, are doing a heavy business
Judging from the number of wagons to be
seen daily leaving their yard heavily loaded
with building material and farm machin-
cry.
Our young friend, a. ]. Radford, was
busily engaged in receiving, opening and
marking new goods Monday. He opens
in the Schwarz's building, and being very
popular young man cannot fail to do agood
business.
Our kind and much esteemed little friend,
Miss BERTHA COIN, who has been on a
two months visit 20 friends and relatives in
New Orleans, returned home Wednesday.
Her trip seems to have been beneficial, as
she looks, ifpossible, handsomer than ever.
Put OUT.-Tuesday evening as Burke's
gang on section 4 were going home, they
discovered the railroad bridge near Krei-
gers, two miles west of town, on fire. BY
hard work they succeeded in extinguishing
the flames before the bridge was seriously
damaged.
The infant son of Frank B. and Mary Z.
Knapp died on Saturday evening, aged
years, 2months and 7 days. The interment
took place at the new Cemetary Sunday
afternoon. The BANNER tenders its con-
dolcnce to the young parents in the loss of
their first born.
BRENNAN has an ordinance for the pro-
lection of its sidewalks and street crossings
but ii likes enforcement. Scarcely day
passes that street crossings are not obstruct-
ed by wagons, teams, etc, and ladies com
PEELED 10 abandon the sidewalks and take
the streets in consequence.
Mr.. VIM. A. Wood returned home yes
terday with his bride, having married Miss
FANNIE WHEELER, Of Houston. Mr..
Wood being an active and honored men,
Der OF the BRENNAN Hook and Ladder Com
pany, they will tender him and his beautiful
bride a complimentary reception and ball
shortly.
Mr. NJ. Russo, of the new firm of Russo
& Cornitius, has returned from the East,
and informs us that they have now in tran
sit the largest and most complete stock Of
Furniture and Undertakes goods ever
brought to Brennan, which they propose
selling remarkably cheap. Look out for
their advertisement next week.
FLUID CoMFoKT.-our genial friend, Mr..
]. c. BROWN, the clever proprietor of the
Cotton Exchange Saloon, has the thanks OF
the BANNER editorial force for handsome
mixture of stimulating fluid comfort, COM
pounded in the latest style Of the art =
Charley has no superior as compounder
Of stimulating and exhilerating beverages.
The case of Daniel Morriss, charged with
the murder of Thomas Loggins in Waller
county, came before Judge Burkhardt. at
Matagorda on the 18th, upon application
for bail, which was refused after a careful
examination of the evidence taken before
Justice Harvey and one additional witness.
Morriss is confined in the Brennan Jail.
Alabama Ex-Radical prosecuting attor-