Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-07-25

naming DaCnCIor.
- Montgomery county ne
grocs are holding exodus meet
irgs. The fever has not yet
fully developed itself.
- Seven ofthc fourteen al
legged, Falls county, Ku Kluxcrs
have been bound over to appear
before the federal court at
Waco.
The Columbus Raindtal,
says there is less exodus talk
in Colorado than any other
county having as large a negro
! population.
Mayor Burke, Of Houston,
has returned from New York.
He was unable to compromise
the city's debt and brings pro-
position from the bondholders.
- The bricklaycrs at Palcs-
tine, to the number of IS, struck
for $3.50 per day. Their places
are being filled by men from
other points.
- We notice from our eX-
changes that W.D.Clcvcland,t the
| popular Houston grocer and
! commission merchant, is getting
quite a number of the first bales
of cotton.
A locomotive on the south
bound freight train, exploded
at Sutton station on the 23d.
Nobody hurt-a piece of the
beh was blown a mile and
piece Of the boiler half mile.
- Victoria sends a delcga-
ton of four to the Huntsville
penitentiary. The Ad0ocah
is quite elated, remarking:
There never was a more re-
spectacle quarto of prisoners
left Victoria for state prison"
- An exodus meeting was
held at Huntsville on Saturday
last. Five delegates were sent
to the promised land to look at
the country and report. Many
have got exodus" very bad and
some have already sold out pre-
paratory to busting.
Bunk AXE, the negro rap
ist, sentenced to be hanged at
Austin on the 22d proximo, in
addition to confessing his guilt
in the rape case confesses to
another rape and the numbering
of two white men. He is a hend
incornate.
Sheriff Comstock, Of Men
ard county, and a party of ram
gers are en- route from Fort Nc
Kavett to Austin, having in
charge twelve stage robbers
captured in Llano and Kimble
counties; the evidence against
them is convincing.
| His name is Rev. Charles
| Augustus, he is colored and was
the pastor of a Baptist church
in San Antonio. Some of the
brethren discovered that Rev.
Charles Augustus was a much
married man, having a wife in
Dallas and another in San An
tonic. This created a row in
the church.
- Sixteen citizens of Falls
county have been arrested by a
special deputy United States
marshal on charge of ordering
one Williston to leave the coun-
ty. Williston was arrested in
McLennan county, charged with
attempting to assassinate Mer-
Ger and Carmichael in Falls
county. The prosecution seems
to be malicious.
- An enterprising gunsmith
in Bolton advertises Ly asking,
":Why risk your life with an old
doctered six-shooter against
the late improved arms of to-
day" He then extolls the mer-
its of self-cocking pistols, and
concludes thus: "In fact, equip
for the emergency which may
arise at any moment"
A Fredericksburg special
to the Meas reports the arrest
of ten men connected with the
gang Of highwaymen who have
SO frequently robbed the stages
at Pegleg in Medina county.
Henry Carson, stage robber and
school teacher has been sent to
Austin in default of $4,000
bond. 1t is thought the gang
has been entirely broken up.
- Hill county wants rail-
road and the Bee "6ggers" out
that a narraw gauge road to
Corsicana would save the farm
ers ofthat county 100000 year
Triggers" never lie, but exper-
fence has demonstrated that
"sureenough" railroads have not
realized the fond anticipation
of those who had previously
built them on paper.
The Marshall He,aM gives
the particulars of the killing of
John Crimins, at Crimins' mill,
Cass county, by one McAneny,
who had been superintendent
of the mill. McAneny used a
shotgun. He had been arrest
ed by officers and on the way to
Atlanta was rescued by a mob
Of his friends, thus setting the
law at defiance.
AT Cuero 100 has been
the average noon temperature
for several days. - Cotton is
beginning to come in and bus
mess will commence a month
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