Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

w orh on the International
bridge at Austin is progressing
rapidly; tie piers are nearly up
and soon the iron superstruc-
ture will be put in position.
= Justice Homer, ofSan An
tonic, was removing a small pis-
tol from his pocket when it ex-
ploded putting small ball in
his lungs. The wound is very
serious.
= The statement that on the
completion ofthe International
railway to San Antonio, fencing
lumber will be sold at SIS a
thousand is denied by lumber
dealers.
= a. Muckelroy who lives
near Oenarville, Bell county,
marketed lilo pounds of good
butter at Bolton last week. He
had put it up in brine during
the summer.
-Rockdalc is doing a larger
business this year than ever be-
tore. improvements are con-
stantly being made and the fu-
turc of the town is regarded as
brilliant by its citizens and bus
mess men.
= Harrison Bell, colored,
working as a section hand on
The railroad eight miles above
Houston, was shot in the abdo-
men by a man named Parker
who was trying to arrest him as
an escaped convict.
= I'm extensive gang Of
highwaymen are operating in
the vicinity of Dallas. On Fri
day two more men were robbed
near town while on their way
home. A vigilance committee
is talked of by farmers.
= Robert Fields, a young
Scotchman, employed as a
brakeman on the Santa Fe road,
in uncoupling cars in the yard
at Galveston last Saturday, fell
between the cars and was crush
cd so badly that he is probably
dead by this time.
= About s o'clock Monday
evening a barge of the Direct
Navigation company, at Hous-
ton loaded with cotton caught
fire and upwards of 500 bales
were dumped ito the bayou.
The loss is estimated at from
$1,000 to $4,000.
AT Bracket, on the 73d a
Mexican shot a soldier to
death at a Mexican house
Of ill-fame. In the evening
three Mexican houses, includ-
ing the one where the soldiers
had been killed, were discover
ed to be on fire. Quite lively
time was had for while, but
by s o'clock quiet was restored.
A saturnalia OF crime has
stirred up the municipal auth
critics of Dallas and the. coun-
Gil has passed an ordinance pro-
hibiting bawdy houses; it also
prohibits persons from entering
such houses. Gambling houses
are also tabooed. The Dallas
officials will discover that it is
much easier to pass prohibitory
ordinances than to enforce
them.
The Georgetown Sun has a
column account of the killing of
Nealy and John Armstrong by
John T. Olive, near Taylor last
week. The Armstrong; were
charged with horse stealing and
one of them had just been re-
leased from jail. Both were
drunk when the shooting occur
red. They attacked Olive, who
fred six shots and hit FIVE, eth
er OF which would have been
fatal. The killing was clearly
justifiable.
Sandy Crews, a desperate
negro, who had just returned
from Huntsville, was found
dead in Beaumont the other
morning with a bullet boIe in
his body. He had been on the
war path the night before.
Nobody knows who killed him.
In the same town an attempt
was made, by two unknown ne
groes, 10 murder Mr.. James
Land. 1t is thought that more
dead darkies will be found if
these outrages do not cease.
The Gonzales Inquirer of
last week reports a horrible case
of inlanticide in the western
portion ofthe county. Ayoung
woman found herself a mother.
Her mother to help her daugh-
ter out of the trouble killed the
infant and threw it into a pond.
Here 1t was discovered and an
was held, the proof elic-
tied revealed the guilty parties.
The mother and daughter have
fed and the county is happy in
having got rid of q worthless
The wool-clip of the world
has increased FIVE times since
1890 when it was about 22o,-
600, 900 pounds in weight. In
I87S-the latest year for which
there are complete figures
Europe produced 100000,
River Platte 24o,ooo,ooo, United
States 2oS,ooo,ooo, Australia
S5o,ooo,ooo and South Africa,
100000 pounds making a
total of 1886, 100000 pounds.
Great Britain and France con-