Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-04-10
STATE NEWS.
AT Beaumont all the lumber
mills are now running.

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large attendance.
-Slugger Sullivan gave an ex-
hibition at San Antonio on Mon.
day night to large, if not fashion
able audience.
"A temperance council has been
organized at GIddIngs with TWEEN.
ty-seven members.
The Nictorians are now lux,
uriating on green peas. Peavines
are now in bloom here.
The water works at Waco are
pronounced to be complete fail.
ure, for fire purposes.
A Baptist revival has been go,
ing on at Huntsville for some time
and on Sunday night thirteen con.
verts were baptlsed.
Victoria is now on o big boom
the last issue of the Advocate re.
ports the opening of a big Keno
room with free lunch.
Tho city election in Dallas
Tuesday passed off quietly. The
proposition TO levy special high
school tax was carried.
The mineral well at McGregor
is now the center of attraction and
it is thought the town will become
q noted summer resort.
An Is year old boy is in Jail
at Breckenridge on a charge OF
horse stealing. He owns up that
he committed the theft.
1t is asserted that Morgan
Cammaok, the cotton swindler, has
been recaptured and is expected
soon to arrive in Dallas.
Morgan Cammack has return
ed to Dallas of his own account.
He came from Mexico, where he
had been to see his brother,
Pink Smith, o mulatto, who
has been wanted in Jasper county
for the past two years, was arrest
ed in Houston on Monday.
The Gainesville Register OF
last week devotes seven columns
to a report of the races, under the
caption of:"Fun and Glory"
Last Thursday negro named
Sims killed another negro named
keaton, on the Sims plantation in
the eastern part of Burleson coun-
ty.
-Navasota now has a full-hedg.
ed base ball club, No Texas town
seems to be complete without one
or more base balls club and brass
bands.
Rev. Harvey Stearnes is on
trial at Fort Worth for murder.
He killed his man by hitting him
on the head with a fence rail dur
ing q quarrel.
The grand jury of Grayson
county reports the roads in very
bad condition and demands the i'm
mediate attention of the commits
sioners' court.
"A Mrs Kelly who lived five
miles from Willis was found dead
in her yard, burned to death, Tues
day morning, Tho accident is not
accounted for,
Prank Brown, the thief who
stole watches of Mr.. Driskell and
Rev. Smoot, Of Austin, has boon
tried convicted and sent up for nine
years, on two charges.
The completion of the new
courthouse at Bastrop WAS cello,
brated with q grand ball Friday
evening. Hon. G, W. Jones deliV.
cred an appropriate address.
Houston is well fixed in the
way of domestic animals. The
Journal estimates that there are
so cats and rs dogs to every man
woman and child in Houston.
-Ihere are two cases of small
pox in Laredo, both have been re-
moved to the hospital two miIes
from town and no fears are enter,
tanned Of the disease spreading,
Sheep men in the San Saba
neighborhood are delighted with
their prospects; the increase in
lambs will be about 100 per cent
the wool clip will be exceedingly
large.
The subject Of abandoning the
city charter is being discussed by
many of the best citizens of Mar
shall, and it is likely the matter
will be submitted to a vote of the
people,
announcements are few in
Tyler and the Courier now wants
to know if the Smith county candI-
dates will never come forth. Offer
a chrome to the first man who an
nounces.
Tom Stanley, one of the men
who helped to kill Montzingo, has
been convicted by the jury at
Crockett and his punishment has
been fixed at fifty years in the
penitentiary.
William Whiteside and James
Riley, partners OF Jim Burns, who
were arrested some weeks ago in
the act of blowing open a safe in
Texarkana, escaped from Jail.
Burnes is still in.
Sunday evening about dark
at Elgin, Walter H. Mills shot and
killed Harry Taylor. Canonors
jury in session and all particulars
withheld, Whatever the cause
may have been the six.shooter has
gained another victory.
Two spoonsful of Paris green
in five gallons of water applied
with an ordinary sprinkler will des-
troy the Colorado potato bug. 1t
has recently been tried in Victoria
with complete success.
Mr.. Peter Reusche, one of the
oldest citizens of Victoria, has left
for a visit to France, his native coun-
try. He came to America in 1887
and to Texas during the revolution.
He is now 81 years of age.
AT Austin on Monday night
nj Il bapniO. Fred Callahan. q no.