Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-06-11
STATE NEWS.

-Denison now has a chain
gang. City prisoners look well
at work
= Fort Concho's lodge of
Odd Fellows is increasing in
number.
The Rothsehild case comes
up for trial at Marshall on the
I4th inst.
Many Shermanites. are go
ing on an inspecting tour to the
Pan Handle.
The Bryan Pilot gives the
full particulars Of the McCraw,
Davis scandal.
= In Harris county candi-
dates have already began COM
ing to the front.
Fifty thousand pounds Of
wool arrived in Fort Worth in
two days last week.
= Major Penn is billed for a
camp meeting at Luling, COM
mencing on the 18th inst.
An occasional robbery
and murder vary the dullness Of
things at Brownsville.
General Doyle, a tramp
printer, was seriously injured at
Dallas the other day.
The Bastrop Advertiser of
last week says the Colorado
river at that point raised 22 or
IS feet.
EIGHTY one delegates to the
State firemens convention as
sem6led at San Antonio on
Tuesday.
= Near Paris during heavy
lightning storm last Saturday
two men were instantly killed
by lightning.
The first shipment Of peach
es arrived at Galveston on last
Wednesday and were sold at
So per bushel.
= Sarah Huff a fiye-year old
girl was accidentally killed
in Gainesville, Coryell county,
cause; old pistol.
Work on the Denison and
Southeastern extension will con-
tinue until connection is made
with the T. and P. railroad.
"A Mexican was shot and
killed in Robertson county, a
few days ago, by another Mex
lean, who made his escape.
If man was to go into
Kerrville with a stove pipe hat
on he would have to pass in his
checks.-Austin Statesman.
= A. Backstrum, a Houston
tailor, took laudanum on Tues
day highland is in fair way to
convert himself into a corpse.
= Near Corsicana little
son of Mr. Tom Wilson was
playing with a pistol. He shot
himself and almost instantly
expired.
= Mr.. Rosser, stockman
from Corpus Christi, was drown
ed in the Colorado at Lagrange
on Tuesday evening while
swimming cattle.
Two young men of Deni-
ison have disposition to lead a
sea-faring life and have tuilt a
dug-out and set sail for Shreve
port via Red River.
Palestine had a shooting
scrape. Robinson, a saloon
keeper, and Wilson, a railroad
man, were the actors. Robin
son was badly hurt.
= The wheat harvest in
Travis county is about over
the yield is very large. Can
not Washington county raise
wheat as wellas Travis1
= Judge Robinson, of Kin
ney county, lost his entire flock
of sheep by a freshet. His
neighbors have all contributed
towards giving him a new flock. |
The Austin Review remarks |
that an ice factory is a cool
place, but at one in this city two |
gentlemen met and got SO hot
at each other that they had to |
fight.
= At Dallas they are going |
to have tremendous emanci-
patton celebration on the 18th
inst. Had Grant been nomina-
ted it would have been still lar
ger. /
= Twelve coach loads of
United States soldiers arrived
at Dallas the other day. They
were from Dakato territory and
were en- route to the Rio
Grande.
Major Robert Schmerbeck,
formerly Of Brenham, has turn
ed missionary and is now doing.
missionary work for several
Galveston mercantile establish
nents. He was in Bastrop the
other day.
- Inc Au5tln StdteSnlan
says that at Columbia, Brazoria
county, DIR. Seeds was guilty of
conduct, conse- E
luently there was a scandal
md Seeds will have to light
,ut.
-,
= Some boys were about to
light on the streets last Sunday.
5oys, don't you khowsuch con-
luct is wrong. Ifyou get mad,
ust as soon as you find it out, /
un home to mama and remain
With her until you get in good -,
lumor.-San Augustine Saxon.
= James Hunter, school /
81 aoad about tu-enfvy =