Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-01-24

"A party of drunken cowboys
took the western portion of Waco
Sunday afternoon and had fes-
tive time firing their pet six-shoot-
crs. They will be caught, fined
and trimmed.
-Newall Anderson, of Fort
Bend county is regularly announc-
cd as a candidate for sheriff ut the
November election. He is the
first regular announcement pub
lished in the state.
The Fair association at Mar
shall has determined TO close out
and now offers for sale its grounds
and improvements. County fairs
have seen their best days and are
now in bad repute.
In Medina county want of rain
and two many cattle has caused
the range to be worse than for
years. Heavy losses are antici-
pated, even under the most favor
able circumstances,
Victoria expects to have wa
terworks in operation by the 4th
of July next. What Is Brennan
going,to do about waterworksy We
have six thousand inhabitants and
should have waterworks.
Bolton wants a cotton and
wooden mill. Every town in Tex
as wants many things they have
not got, and judging from the pres
ent out, look they will keep want
ing until hard times are over.
An attempt was made to burn
the town of Cameron on Monday
night. The rear end of a saloon
was well CREASED with coal oil and |
then fired. A timely discovery
prevented serious consequences.
The Bolton compress has not
proved to be paying investment
and the subscribers to the capital
stock now refuse to pay an assess
ment of so per cent made upon the
stock until compelled to do SO by
suit.
The Waco city council by a
vote of seven to one awarded the |
city printing to the Day, although
its bid and the bid of the Exami-
ner were exactly the same. The
Day very justly feels proud of the
compliment.
The people of Tyler are con-
ident that they will retain the
Federal court and also that con-
gress will appropriate 500, 1000 to
erect building for that purpose
there. Palestine is disguised at
the outlook.
-Easton and Cammack, the two
men implicated with Lohnstein in
the Texas and Pacific cotton swim,
die are now in jail at Dallas. 1t is
thought they will turn states evil
denee and startling developments
are looked TOR.
-Fence-cutters are as busy as
bees in the vicinity of Waclder on
the sunset railway. All the fences
in the vicinity were nipped on
Sunday night, and a day or two
afterwards the fences six miles
south were also cut.
One B. Hansell, an English
man, known as the "imported
dude" was bookkeeper for firm
in Tyler. He has jumped the town
leaving many unpaid bills. Con
fidence in strangers is somewhat
shaken in that town. aa
Saturday night two negroes
We're taken from the lock up at
Trinity by masked men; one was
turned loose and the other one was
logged. The reporter very slyly
says: There is not the slightest
excitement about the matter.
AT 3 o'clock Sunday morning
the town of Mineola was visited by
a disastrous fire consuming thir.
teen buildings-mostly frame.
They were all occupied as bust
moss houses, involving loss of
between s35, 900 and $40, 900.
In a row at Big Springs, a
cowboy named Love, after being
soundly whipped in asaloon, went
out and borrowing pistol CON-
firing, accidentally killing
Chas. Little, an innocent man.
Love escaped, although the sheriff
was present. II
Palestine has raised money
and sent Committee to Washing
ton to work for the renewal of the
Federal court from Tyler to Pal
estine. The citizen are deeply, IN
and Tyler will have to
Iook wellto her laurels if she re-
iains the coveted court, Inc
About O'Clock Monday morn
ng John +. Lawson, .saloonist,
was found in his saloon at Fort
Worth with his head badly wound
ID and his hand lacerated. He
lad been attacked, while asleep,
~ John High, a cook, who beat /
md robbed him. High is in jail !