Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12
Local Jottings.
Mrs. D. PETERS and daush-
tiers have returned home.

Mrs. D. PETERS and daush
tiers have returned home.
A VERY fine shower fell abou
three o'clock on Tuesday after
noon.
MORE RAIN.-Wednesday W,
had several showers of rain il
this vicinity.
The county jail contains up
wards of 80 inmates at the pres
ent time-mostly felony.
MASTERS Joseph and Greer
Sauls were in town on Friday ell
route for the Georgetown col
lege.
RAMON Monday afternoon
there was a fine rain in The
neighborhood of Salem church
six miles north east of town.
THE grand jury has been bus
ly engaged for the past day Oh
two and on Friday returned
eight indictments for various
felonies.
A PIcKaR.- The other day
on the Walker place, near town,
a small negro only four years
old picked thirty-two pounds
of cotton.
During the past
few days large quantities OF
lumber have been going coun-
tryward, thus showing that i'm
provements are being made.
QUITE a number of negro
ex-convicts are living in and
near town; they are hard cases
ane when drunk are very trou-
blesome and hard to manage.
BELL PUNcH.-A. Meyer now
has the latest invention, a cigar
bell punch; those curious in
such matters can call on Meyer
and see how the ''tarnal thing"
works.
Work on the new Methodist
church is progressing, the sec
ond or main story is about half
up. When finished the church
will present an imposing ap-
pearance.
Two or three city prisoners
are now doing duty in the bas-
tile and living peacefully at the
expense of the city. If a chain
gang was organized they might
earn their grub.
THERE are now three hun
dred and thirty-eight white
children in attendance at the
public free schools cf this city
the largest number ever at
the schools before.
CorroN.-Receipts last week
were the heaviest of the season,
being 1851 bales. Yesterday
the receipts were quite liberal.
The market closed firm, but not
active at quotations.
Work on the Santa Fe grade
is progressing from the city linn
its on the south nearly to the
limits on the north. Consider
able work is being done near the
crossing of the Central.
SALEM GRANGE.-Hon. w.
w. Lang, Col. D. c. Giddings
and Col. Seth Shepard will
speak at the grange meeting at
Salem, six miles north east of
town, on Saturday next.
ARREsTED.-A negro named
Ben Glen was arrested by dep
uty sherio Walker and brought
in and jailed on Friday. Ben
is charged with having stolen
sack of -four from William Had
den grocer in Camptown.
THE CoNcERT.-T The musi-
cal entertainment at the Opera
House on Thursday evening,
for the benefit of Lee monu-
ment association, was well at
tended and passed off pleasant
ly. The receipts were so2.5o.
RAPE.-on Saturday night
near Industry, Austin county,
a negro man committed a rape
upon the person of a German
woman living in the neighbor-
hood. The probability is the
guilty party will soon be caught.
w. D. CLEVELAND, of Hous-
ton, is doing an immense bust
ness this season in receiving
and selling cotton, and also in
the grocery line. The secret of
his success is in liberal advertis-
ing and liberal dealing.
THREE CHARGES Bill Nor
MS, colored, an account ofwhose
arrest was given on Saturday
morning has been transferred
to the county jail charged with
the theft OF a revolver. assault
and battery, and carrying con-
cealed weapons.
NARROW ESCAPE. - A few
days ago, on the Matson place,