Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-10
STATE NEWS.
The town of Gonzales has


apublic park.
Farmers in Travis county
are still wanting rain.
Bolton, now that it has got
the railway, is improving rapid
ly.
The railroad committee at
Bastrop are not as active as
they should be.
San Antonio is beginning to
talk about the free delivery sys-
tenn for that city.
There is but one church in
the town of Brazoria and that
one has a leaky roof.
Fay the land forger has
plead guilty and gone to the
penitentiary for two years..
The editor oil the Gonzales
Enquirer tells his readers what
he knows about farming.
Mr.. c. G. Lathrop, the
founder ofthe Austin Review
died last week of consumption.
The Austin police court
court collected S755 in fines
during the month of February
| Waco has a locality known
as Hungry HIP and it is in
habited chiefly by thieving ne
groes.
Two of the sixteen prisoners
in the Laredo Jail made their
escape through the roof the
other day.
- Freeman's store at Nava-
sofa was entered and robbed of
500 worth of bacon and jewelry,
last week.
Tho Caldwell Register
says the population of its town
will double itself during the
present year.
The Caldwell Register is
now in favor of increasing the
population of Burleson county
by immigration.
Deputy sheriff John Purcell
Of Bastrop county was thrown
from his horse and killed, near
Elgin last week.
"A bogus book agent vic
timized a number of citizens of
Navasota; he got their money
and scampered.
The steam gin at Mason,
has closed for the season, hav-
ing ginned upwards of a thous-
and bales Of cotton.
Ed. Linn. of the Victoria |
Advocate, has been elected one |
Of the directors of the New
York, Texas and Mexican rail-
way.
Bolton is already calculat-
ing on the fine dramatic COM
panies that will appear there
when the Missouri Pacific rail
road is completed.
"A shooting bee took place
at Dodge. between the Spratt,
and the Cleveland brothers, two
of each. One Spratt and one
Cleveland were killed.
Last weeks Bellville Times
was under the editorial control
of the devil and while he did
not get out a develish good pa
per, it was a fair average one.
- AT the last term of the
county criminal court of Milan
county thirty-one gamblers were
convicted and fined in sums
ranging from $40 to $50.
"A row occurred at Viii
liams' Ranch, Brown county,
between AL. and Pad Chandler,
Zulus, father and son. Pad
struck the old man a blow on
the head with a board fracturing
his skgll.
= AT the municipal election
in Galveston on Monday Col. !
L. c. Fisher, was elected mayor
by plurality of rs votes. The
people voted in favor of the ;
city taking charge Of the public
free schaols.
AT San Antonio, Emma
Grutzner. aged twelve years
and her sister aged ten, went :
INTO neighbours yard, when d.
hey were set upon by feroci- :
Jus dog, and Emma, in her at
:empt to escape, fell dead from :
right.
Mania Bush, q negro wo- Y
nan Lying On Bfnson's place in i.
3urleson county accidentally n
hot and killed herself. She G
vas trying to break a gun h
;aught it by the muzzle, the i
hammer struck against log Il
he succeeded in breaking the +,
run and killing herself. is
About 9 o'clock on Friday s.
light, DR.. Taylor of Austin, and :.
son of Dr.. EsyVthers, Of San u
tntonio, we're met by two men },
bout twelve miles west of San q
Antonio, and robbed of forty n
r fifty dollars. The robbers u
lso took two valises, two shot y
.uns, two Winchesters and c Y
air ii! Of Of RRi isstasls ~N y
-fhe Bellvllle Times OPP d,
oses the Incorporation of that SC
OWN, regarding the machinery w
{ a city government as a use v,
.ss expense. 1t is also unable m
} discover any advantage IN "
raded seSoots, Experience st
as shown that where the num- h;
err of pupils arc sufficient tbe :.