Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-05-28

= "A Eed River county iarul-
er named Canterbury, has been
held to answer the charge OF
swidling. He sold seed cotton
for cotton, having made plated
bales.
During the past few
weeks some three or four new
papers have been startedon the
frontier. The press keeps pace
with the..march of civilization
and papers are frequently start
ed before there is sufficient
population to support them.
Men who embark in the news
paper business are very venture
some.
A gentleman Of San An
tonic is talking Of planting fax,
to produce linseed oil and lint.
The prairies in the neighbor-
hood are covered with a species
of wild fax and it is believed
the proposed enterprise could
easily be made to succeed
There seems to be partically no
limit to the productiveness Of
Texas soil.
"A cotton seed oil factory is
proposed at Cuero. A good
seed oil factory, gin and press
at this place would not only
prove highly remunerative ina
short time, but do a great deal
towards encouraging and devel-
oplng the cotton growing indus
try in that section.
= On Wednesday the Cal
weston News was was presented
with fig measuring nine inches
in circumference. 1t was rais-
ed orthe Island, and was GER
tainly more valuable than an
ordinary "6g" which is the
minimum Of value. When a
thing is said to be mot worth a
fig it is valueless.
= John Walker convicted OF
felony and sentenced for FIVE
years, in Crockett county, has
had his case reversed and re-
manded. The Patron says he
is the same rascal who set the1
Jail on FIRE and was taken out
dead the Patron thinks il
would have been about as well
if he had remained dead.
McCuistion & Lambeth,
who have been doing business
at Blossom Prairie, Fannin coun-
ty, have done and gone and
failed" for $40, 900. McCuistion
has skipped the country carry
ing with him some money that
had been deposited with the
firm for safe keeping. The fail
ure, it would seem, was preued-
itated. ssas
The Houston Post says
there is some talk among low
ers of piscatorial sport Of organ
ising a fish protective associa-
ton, to work upon the Iegisla-
ture in getting a bill passed in
connection with the game law,
to protect fish as well, and TO
prevent their being taken from
the streams at improper seasons
of the year; also to take mea-
sures for having Texas streams
stocked with FISH not native to
them.
According to the Times,
Henderson must be beautiful
place. The corporation has
been abolished, hogs and fieas
are abundanb negroes make
night hideous and guns and pis-
tols are fred with IMMUNITY day
and night. Henderson had a two
story college, which was t,owa
down by the storn. Since the
people have an aversion TO two
story buildings. Merchants adj
vertise their goods by hanging
them out on pegs, etc. etc.
Henderson must be a delight
| full town.
old negro women are in
demand, every wei, regulated
neighbofhood has one over a
hundred years Of age, and an
other requisite is, they must be
natives Of Africa. The Marlin
Ball has found one that is one
hundred and twenty years old
and whose youngest daughter
is just eighteen. The BANNER.
does not know exactly what
Washington county is able to
show in the ancient negro line,
but it has no doubt that there
are several who are a hundred
and thirty years old and up
wards. In Brenham there are
several negroes, who while they
do not exhibit any outwardap-
pearance OF extreme old age.
are mean enough and have done
deviln,ent enough to be two
hundred years old, or more. II
the ancient negro business is to
be kept up Washington county
will be found in the lead. The
BANNER wants to hear of the
oldest one before introducing
the champion.
The cotton Planters associa-
ton a society composed oiplan7