Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-06-04
STATE NEWS.

= Weatherford has a new
sI2, 900 Jail,
- Cora, in Limestone cou i
ty, has been laid by.
Car loads of rags are being
shipped from San Antonio.
The fruit crop in Bosque
county is quite promising.
Black rust has attacked the
wheat in Ellis county.
Gainesville is considering
the gas question.
Cotton worms are damag-
ing cotton in Bastrop county.
Denton has one Of the fin
est vineyards in the state.
= Sherman has contributed
| $1,000 to the Savoy sufferers.
= The fruit crop is an entire
failure in the vicinity Of Tyler.
= Ripe tomatoes have made
their appearance in Gonzales.
"A typographical reunion
has been organized at Dallas.
Wool is being shipped from
San Antonio to Philadelphia, di-
rect.
On The Goth inst, over 6ooo
head of cattle crossed the river
at Fort Worth.
-Track-laying on the La
Grange tap railroad will begin
next week.
Arkansas reports more cot
ton planted this year than ever
before known.
Sherman is said to be I'M
proving as rapidly as any city
in the state.
In Victoria county farmers
are busily engaged in poisoning
cotton worms.
= The State Educational
Convention meets in Mexia on
the Ist of July.
= The Falls county Index
hoists the name of w. w.
Lang for governor.
The mumps are having a
good run among the good peo-
of San Augustine.
Waco has compromised
her bonded indebtedness with
the Central railroad.
= The fifth annual Volksfest
held at Columbus last week was
a huge success.
North Texas contributions
to the Savoy sufferers are roll
ing in rapidly.
= There IS great demand in
Dallas county for harvest hands
and railroad laborers.
= The ancient order of uni
ted workmen are establishing
chapters in northern Texas.
= The Courier predicts that
Tyler is to be tie great city of
East Texas railroad center.
In Bexar county three
children have died in one week
from the bites of rattle snakes.
= Announcements of barbe-
cues are beginning to be made
by some of our state exchanges.
= Several arrests were made
in Houston last Sabbath for al
legged violations of the Sunday
law.
Crops near Petersburg, Va,
have been greatly improved
during the past week by heavy
rains.
= Fully matured pumpkins
and kershaws have made their
appearance in the Victoria mar
ket. -se
The Central road has pur-
chased sufficient iron to extend
their line to Dublin, in Erath
county. az ge
The governor, it is said,
examined and refused eight
applications for pardons on
Monday.
- The Uyalde Hesperian
strongly opposes county con
ventions for the nomination of
county officers.
= The Fort Worth Democrat
thinks one hundred bushels Of
oats to the acre will be harves-
ted in Tarrant county.
= The young men of Ander-
son have organized a minstreal |
club and will give their first per-
Torrance on the 24th. inst.
The county judge of Atlas
coso county was tried and fined |
500 for over-charging heirs in
settlement of an estate.
The first ball ever given in
Franklin, Robertson county,
came off last week and was an
immense success.
= The Waco matrimonial
market is reported dull, with a
full stock of manageable ma
terial on hand.
Sheriff Crutchheld, Of Jack
county, indicted for failure to
pay state funds into the treasu-
ry, has skipped the county.
= Temple Houston, son of
the late Gen. Sam Houston, re-
ceived license to practice law
at Lagrange last week.
Crop prospects in Fayette
county are good notwithstand-
ing the appearance of the web
worm in some localities.
"A large drove of Texas
mares from Hamilton county
were recently driven through
Fort Worth, bound for Colora-