Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-02
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| AoiSo io~N ~ ShN$ OOAANs
The merchants of Hous-
ton are contributing of their
private funds to have the street
crossing put in a passable con-
dition.
Two wrecks were reported
on the Texas ond Pacific rail-
road on Tuesday night, one at
Elmo and the other at Marshall.
Nobody killed.
- a man named Darst shot
Louis and August Burchard,
storekeepers at Gonzales, woun-
ding both of them seriously.
Darst was drunk.
Whitney wants fire COM
pany. AT present the town is
at the mercy Of the flames; there
is no organization and no ap-
planes for putting out fires.
"A baggage car on the Tex
as and Pacific railroad was
burned near Sulphur last Friday
night, a large lot of baggage
and fifty sacks of through mail
were burned.
A young man named Tul-
len went to Gainesville and af-
ter few Weeks married a girl
only thirteen years old-he liv-
eG with her three days and left
for parts unknown.
AT Sherman on Monday
night thieves entered Robersons
store and rolled out his safe
weighing a thousand pounds;
while endeavoring to open it
with crow-bars they were inter-
rupted and ran away.
A Mexican living with NJ.
Green, near Weimar, stole into
his room and attempted to as
sassinate him with an axe,
wounding his hand severely.
Mr.. Green shot Mr.. Mexican
with a load Of bird shot.
There hasn't been an arrest
for theft in San Antonio for so
long a time that people are be-
ginning to think all the rogues
are dead. There is plenty of
work for everybody now and no
occasion for stealing.
Russell Kingsbury, tried in
the district court at Waco on
Monday-for embezzlement, has
been acquitted. Kingsbury is
a highly respectable but fast
young man. At least his fast
ness got him into trouble.
= A fire broke out in the
Reed building in Bolton OIL
Thanksgiving day, burning out
the inside work and destroying
a stock of bar fixtures and BIZ
lard tables. Supposed to have
been the work of an incendiary.
= The epizootic or pazoot
broke out among the horses at
Denison last week and is pre-
vailing to an alarming extent.
About a dozen horses have
died and others are seriously
affected. Livery stables are
practically closed.
= Miss Tennessee Hayes, of
Gonzales county, has been ar
rested on a charge of infanti-
eide and held to bond in the
sum of $3.50 to answer to the
grand jury. Mrs. Mary Hayes, |
her mother,sswas also held in a
a SIoo bond as an accessory.
= At Columbus, last Satur- |
day night week, a negro named |
Willis Reed resisted arrest and |
tried to shoot the officers. AT |
ter putting three bullets in
Reeds body he was captured
and turned over to a doctor for
repairs. The doctor thinks he
will cure Reed.
= Reports from the sugar re-
gion in Fort Bend county are
to the effect that the crop will
not be much short. Juice in
the stalks was not frozen. The
sugar yield is from one and q
half to two hogsheads per acre.
One plantation is taking off two
hogsheads to the acre.
g The Waco Telephone of
the 18th inst. says, the Gull,
Colorado and Santa Fe survey
ing party are now encsmped at
Perry in McLennan county.
The people Of Perry claim that
the final survey has been made
and that Waco had as well
make up her mind to be coun-
led out.
In Corsicana a gentleman
made an engagement to carrya
lady out riding, and while
'ut riding popped the question.
On the way back the gentleman
;alled at the clerks office, got
| apair of marriage licenses"
md going before the justice of
he peace they were married at {
'nce. This may be called dis t
,atching business. }
"A yelling cowboy was fol- r
owed by the town marshal of :
and arrested out
ide the "city" limits, brought .
Iack and fined $40: The
ow boy called at the .
Zee office to find out how I
was that he could be arrested !.
ut of town. He said he had Z
elled in Fort Worth, Cleburne Il
nd other towns and rode out
'ithout being arrested. Fl
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