Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-09-16

body gambles, the Judge. the
bar. and jury, sll join in speca-
lating in the Fastoboards and
ivory. Whites, Mexicals- and
negroes all drink at the same
bar.
Waco is now having a wood
famine; wood sells at from So to
So a cord in small loads. Farm
ers and freedmen are so busy
in the cotton fields that they
won't take Ting to haul wood
to town.
At Manor, Mrs Spence
administered. as she supposed, a
dose Of quinine to her two little
boys, from the effects Of which I
both died. She had made 4 s
mistake and given them NOR
phine.
-Flatonia neigborhood is in
tested by band of highway
men, who watch negroes going
to town with cotton and en-
deavor to rob them of the pro-
ceeds as they go home.
= William Burton, charged
with the murder Of Jack Rush
at house Of i'll fame at Wealth
erford, in May last. has been
found guilty Of murder in the
first degree, the jury assessing
the death penalty.
The dead body Of Aunt
Isabel, an old negro woman. was
found short distance from her
house. near Hampstead. Her
head had been broke with 4
hammer and her house had been
ransacked. A negro named
July is suspected.
= The republicans Of Waco
have organized Garfield andY
Arthur club. A coIored orator.
made a speech in which he said,
that there was a great many re-
publicans in Waco but thev
were slow in coming TO the.
front.
In Houston the ca1wsss IS
not conducted in a bec6n,;nr,r
and peaceable mannsr. Mar
shall Tanlersly, candidate fcr.t
the legislature, was stopped on
the street and dunncd- A 6st<
Fight ensued but friends inter
vened before any serious dam
age was done.
"A FIRE broke out in Phil
lips saloon, in Columbia, at half 1
past one Monday morning and
destroyed sixteen stores. The
loss is variousIy estimated at
from 10000 to $4,000. with
little or no insurance. Il is sup
posed to have been the work Of
an incendiary. II
All Chin Que, a Chine1
washee, washee at Waco, "a
cured a marriage license a
was joined in the bonds OF we
lock to Mary Brown, an And
lean lady Of blonde complcxio
Mr.. Que had his queue cut
prior to the ceremony.
"A young man named o.
S. Roberts, route agent on the
international. has been taken to
Austin under a cloud. He is
charged with having robbed
registeredpscksges to the extent
of $1,000. He had been very
lavish with money and presents
to his trends Of the demi-monde.
Harmony does not exist
in the republican camp in
Grimes county. The Gibbs
wing of the party convened at
Navasota and nominated tick
ct last Saturday. The other
wing met about three miles from
town and nominated another
ticket. Between the two they
are likely to be beat.
Bill CrowdeI just out Of the
Austin jail. met Sheehan, the
hide-incpectoI, at the foot Of
Pecan street, and drawing Wiz
famous looking pistol he indnc-
ed Sheban TO dismount and
mounted the animal himself.
Crowder rode Off in the direc-
ton of San Marcos. This IS a
very bold game considering that
it was played under the caves
SO to speak. of the capitol of
Texas.
AT Buffalo Springs. Clay
county a great battle was fought
on Monday last. Seven men
were engaged in if; the shoot
ing was promiscuous. shot guns
and pistols being brought into.
requisition. Lamb, Geo. Ed
wards, co.'s. Young and Chand~
Ter were all shot and seriously
wounded. Wright and Dinwid-
die are credited with doing f,,e
most of the shooting> The
whole difficulty originated about
a hog belonging to one Cook.
NEIeHBoklNe tow ms are max
ing a vigorous BUT Intellectual
war on the Bsenham compress.
and Brenha.n bankers. They
cry monopoly, monopoly, but
still cotton comes here and
farmers go home with their
pockets full ofrloney. The com
press facilitates the handling Of
cotton and thus facilitates bust
ness. The compress is not a
monopoly as the compress char
ges are only fifty cents bale,
the same as the warehouses.
1.-THE compress charged Is cents
or a dollar a bale and compeII-
ed farmers to take their cotton
to Il. there would be inst Grounds