Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-18
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on the dollar, at which SAYS tn
Beaumont Enterprise, jurors
will be greatly reioiced.
A large buzz saw broke
in the Eagh mill at Beaumont,
the crew scattered in all direc-
tons, aud one man, a negro,
was badly cut in the back.
: There is no money in the
McLennan county treasury to
pay the Waco school teachers
and further there is not dollar
in the treasury to buy wood.
: The cold spell will prove
a big bonanza for wood hauiers.
In Waco it was worth from S.
to SIS per ccrd last week and in
Houston twas scarce at So.
= Denison is to to have an
other daily paper, but as it is
to be out and out radical the
other two dailies need have no
fear of its injuring them in the
least.
Theodore Eschlep, the Ger
man schoolmaster charged with
committing an assault upon one
of his girl scholars, has been
found guilty bya jury at Seguin
and sentenced to 23years in the
penitentiary.
= The Whitney Bee urges
upon the citizens Of that city
the necessity of the immediate
establishment of a cemetery.
When a person dies at Whitney
the remains have to be carried
a mile,and half to the grave
yard.
= The Sanger Bros, of Dali
las, advertise in all the papers
of their section. and they do
the biggest business in the in
terror. They keep an adver-
Using clerk on a salary, and his
business is alone to manage
their advertising.
= Joseph Brooks, of Navaso-
ia, has pair of historical gate
posts. They were brought from
"old. Washington" where A
years ago they did duty as sills
in the building which held the
first congress Of the republic Of
Texas. The posts are heart
cedar.
"A number of persons in
terested in scientific investiga-
ton at San Antonio have CALI
ed upon the boy who was burn
ed by electricity the other day.
1t is pronounced a very singu-
lar freak, and no parallel case
is found on record The boy,
will not lose his sight.
IA move is being made in
San Antonio to establish pub
lie park. With the natural adj
vantages they possess the San
Antonians ought to be able to
have one of the most beautiful
and attractive parks in the
world, and we sincerely hope to
see this new enterprise pushed
to a successful termination.
Gonzales Inquirer: Those
who made trial OF the amber
sugar cane in western Texas
this year, report that the exper-
iment was attended with most
satisfactory results. The am
Der is excellent for making su-
gar and molasses, and its cult
Walton is recommended to ev-
cry farmer.
John Tolbert was shot
and instantly killed at Willis on
Monday by his cousin, young
Tom PrindIe. They were both
under arrest at the time. They |
had been quarreling. Prindle
said over the body of Tolbert, |
81 have killed my cousin and
am sorry, but it is.too late to re-
pent. l was forced to kill him
or he would have killed me. .
Two young men at Dallas,
one named Otis Curley from
Nashville, Tenn, armed them
selves and mounting on fine
horses took a stand on the road
four miles north of town and
robbed every person that pass
ed. Over twenty persons were |
robbed. A deputy sheriff got /
wind of the transaction and
gathering a crowd, and secret
ing them in a wagon drove TO
where the robbers were last
seen. They came up with them
in the act of rohhing a brother
of the deputy sheriff. A sur
render was demanded but not |
complied with. Curley was kill
ed on the spot, the other man
escaped carrying away eighteen
buckshot in his back.
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