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

- The grecnback Clubs Of
Fannin county claim member
ship of 1900.
- John Greer, jr., the muir
dcrcr of his uncle and consta-
BILE Cooper, has not escaped.
- The Denison Nrs1S says
that all the bad darkics that die
in that city so straight to Sher-
man.
- Houston county has to-
tai scholastic population of
! 1884; of these 1909 can not
read.
- At least sevcnty-hve thou
sand wollars worth OF improve
ments are going forward at
Sherman.
- The investigation of city
marshal Morriss of Houston
has been concluded by his re-
instatcment.
- Flatonia will make an eff
fort to get the benefit of the
Peabody fund for her public
free schools.
los in the Bonham Nfas
office Wednesday of last week.
No wonder the Meas gets red
hot occasionally.
- y large grecnback meet
ing was held at Somer's school
house, Dallas county recently,
and it is claimed I4o converts
were made.
- The Gonzales Mqnirr,
suggests to the Gonzalians that
that have ! tete-champctre in
the beautiful grove on the river,
half mile above town.
- AT the Gibbs house in
Huntsville, two St.Louis drum
mers were robbed of $50 by a
"trusty." Money recovered
and ''trusty" locked up.
- One-third Of the voters of
Williamson county are green
hackers, and no county IN the
state has a more energetic set of
men, says the Headlight.
"A Waco firm, Gates &
Smith, have been awarded the
contract for government freight
ing from Waco to Concho, and
probably to Fort McKavett.
- Major PENIS campmeet-
ing at Gee springs. five miles
east of Caldwell, is largely at
tended. There are at least
eighty tents and a large number
are camped in wagons.
- Leroy Posey, a colored
school teacher, blew what little
brains he had out with a shot
gun at Lagrange last Sunday
evening. Cause, woman. He
was lately from Florence, Ala.
- In McCulloch, Runnels
and Concho counties the range
is fine but stock owners COM
plain of the scarcity of water.
The streams are lower than at
any time during the previous
IS years.
The Gonzales Lnsni,er
says lobster about a foot long
was exhibited on the streets
the other day. 1t was caught
in the river. Perhaps it was
only a giant crawhsh and not
lobster at all.
The Fairfield Rec .,der tells
of an old negro faith doctor liv-
ing in the southern part of Leon
county. The negro cures by
laying on of hands and makes
speciality Of rheumatism, neu-
ralgia, etc.
- Eight negroes in one
neighborhood in Gonzales were
taken up and fined by the JUS
tice for disturbing the peace.
A smart negro, or leader, Undue
ed them to break the law with
the result stated.
Up to the 2Ist inst. Maj.
Penn, at the Gee springs camp
meeting in Burleson county had
made seventy-one conversions.
AT least fifteen hundred people
attended the evening services
on Sunday.
&C. w. Manning, colored,
of Freestone county publishes
a letter in which he says the
Kansas emigration scheme is
fraud and a swindle on the COL
ored race and is inuagurated
by grand scoundrels.
- Passengers who arrived at
Houston Tuesday evening re-
port that fears of an outbreak
at Suearland, Fort Bend coun-
ty. were all dispelled. The sher-
iff had returned from Richmond
satisfied there was no danger.
- The Telegram says that a
rumor is prevalent that John
Greer, jr., who murdered Ed.
Greer and Lewis Cooper at
Patterson and who was scntenc-
ed to five years, has escaped
from the penitentiary guards at
Palestine.
- Near Fairfield an escaped
convict visited the residence of
Mr.. Willard during his absence
and demanded of Mrs. w. some
clothes, upon her refusal he
went into the house and helped
himself. He was subsequently
captured and jailed.
- Trouble is anticipated at
Walker station. Fort Bend coun-