Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

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lied the other night and robbed
Of $500 worth of dental instru-
ments.
A young man 70 or ~
years ofagc suicided by drown=
ing himself in a spring con
tanning three feet of water in
Navarro county.
Mr.. Goggan, of Goggan &
Bro, Galveston, walked off a
she'd IN front Of his room in a
house at Tyler injuring himself
seriously if not fatally.
: In Mcnard county a little
black bug appeared in the cot
ton fields and totally destroyed
the cotton worm, unfortunately
the bugs came too late.
Mr.. Dickerson, an old citi-
zen Of Seguin, suicided by ty-
ing a rope to the joist and hang
ing himself thereby. He had
been in bad health for years.
"A shooting scrape took
place at Farris the other night
between Jim Kelly and Jim Beai
in which Beal and man named
Patrick was shot. Kelly skip
ped. rqsss
Martin Collins, a stranger
aged So years, supposed TO be
from North Carolina, was set
adrift at Sherman by an migrate
full daughter, and died in power
ty. r ~
Saturday night two Of the
Dallas aldermen INDUCED in a
bit of row, one slapped the
others face and the slapee broke
his cane over the back Of the
slapper.
Two car loads of cotton
were set on fire at, the. Central
depot in Houston on Sunday
night. A number of negroes
stood by and refused to assist
in extinguishing the FIRE.
j. F. Wilson, living 8 miles
north of Caldwell, informs the
Register that from one acre
Of upland cotton he has picked
1862 pounds, and thinks the
second picking will lexceed 7the
first. ,,ft.sr
= At Texarkana two car re-
paircrs working under a car
we're fatally injured. The switch
engine was carelessly backed
against the car. The yard mas
ter, switchman, fireman and en-
gineer were all arrested.
"A republican, paper. called
the Banner of Truth, has been
started in Denison. The coi-
orado Citizen thinks it has been
named wrong. Republican pa
pers are not notorious for their
trutl-telling propensities.
The democrats met in CON
yention at Columbus on Satur-
day last ard nominated.a full
county ticket. Senator Coke
was present, but on account OF
hoarseness, was unable TO adj
dress the people.
-Mexicans have taken the
places of the striking laborers
at the Houston cotton presses
and in other places. The -strik-
ers will probably regret the
strike before they are through
with it. -.s Z .es'fs' !.
= There is in Wilson county
a species of flax grown that bids
fair to become. a remunerative
crop. 1t is indigenous to the
poor black jack lands that will
grow nothing else, and it IS now
attracting much attention. 1t
is said to be but little inferior in
quality to the cultivated hemp,
= A negro named ]. Plum
mer was shot by mistake on
Saturday, near Corsieanna.
Several deputy sherifs went to
a plantation to arrest a darkey
and plummer ran, he was not
the. one wanted. but being CALI
ed upon to halt and refusing to
do so was shot. He died soon
afterwards.
"A large lot Of oats is at the
railroad depot at Caldwell await
ing shipment to Galveston.
They were raised by DR.. Pierce
of Hookersville. We find this
item in the Register and regard
1t as worthy of special notice as
it is very rare thing that grain
of any kind is raised for ship
ment in this section of the state.
The citizens Of Marion
county met at Jefferson, irres.
aective. of party, and nominated
a full county ticket; as the coun-
ty and district clerks offices
were left the election Of the
peoples ticket is assured. The
county attorney, Haughn. a re-
publican, went to, the conven7
ton armed with a bowie knife
and by accident sat down on it,
Wounding himself, very serious
ly if not fatally, in the leg,
The mayor OF Leldville Col,
who takes a lively interest in the
welfare of the town has written
a long letter to the commissions
ers of the District of Column |
bia informing them that Lead
vile needs and'mdst have more |
outside capital; and that in his
opinion if the commissioners