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| LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
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oHAs. wENAR & oc
sole Agents.
INSURE with TT. Robertson, who max
speciaitv of Fire and accident lnSuranc
Cab on him u his Office at No III Ma
Stree., between II. Hodde.s and Pzmpel
Hnrrison's store, through the telephone or B
mail, and YOU viii have prompt attcntic
sSd insurance in only frt-class cOmpanie
MEASLES are quite prevalent i
the city,. ESQ .
The Purim bali on the 1St
inst, is now all the talk.
To say that business is dull bu
family expresses the condition G
trade at present. gaStF
THERE will be MASQUERADE bal
at West Mill Greek Turner's hall o,
next Saturday night.
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SPRIHe FEsr.-The citizens o
Pleasant Hill will hold a fest Of
Saturday the 10Th of April
Mechanics Engine company.-F
W. Wood, C. G. Banks, o. Linde
mann, W. z. Ewing, NJ. Fischer.
It is the intention of the commit
tees to 20 to work at once to pre-
pare for the fest which will TAXI
place in the Fireman's new park.
Our people are becoming patri-
otto; there is now some talk OF
holding agrand Fourth of July
celebration at the Firemen's Park.
EsrlMArE.-Those who ought to
know, estimate that there is still in
the country, tributary to BRENNAN
between 1900 and 1000 bales of
cotton.
The sisters of Mr.. NJ. J. Jacob,
who have been quite i'll with pneu-
1nonia at his residence, are i'm
proving slowly, and it is hoped
will soon recover.
MARRIED. Near Beilville, on
the 18th of February, by Judge
S. R. Blake, Mr.. F. w. Kalchele,
of Ksnncy, to Mss Alone schon-
ert ofAustin county.
MARRmD.-At the residence of
H. C. Mcintyre, ST., on Wednes-
day evening, by DIR. c.. c. Chap
lin, Mr.. Charles Parks to Miss
Hattie Lusk, all of this city.
MAYOR WILKINS had a large
force ofhands at work on Thurs
day on North street repairing and
putting it in order SO that the
Firemen's Park will be easy oGac-
cess.
BASE BALI-Arrangements are
near about perfected for grand
match game of base bali between
the Saxons and Red Stockings of
this city. The gameis to be play
ed next Sunday for 500 a side.
CoTroN REcErPTs.-Mr. William
Thompson furnishes the BANNEE
the following report: Cotton re-
ceipts up to the 18th inst, 25,147
bales shipments 1851 stock on
hand about. $50. The excess of
shipments over receipts is account.
ted for by the stock on hand on
the lst of September.
billiard SAIooE.-W. II. Murphy
of the Merchants Exchange Saloon
has 1saken in" the building adjoin-
ing the. bar and has converted
it into an elegant billiard room.
He has the saloon and billiard
room nicely fitted up, and his bar
is supplied with the best ofliquors,
wines and cigars.
MAY FEST CoMMIrTEEs.-The fol-
lowing named gentlemen have been
appointed committees 10 make ar
rangements for the Firemen's May
Fest, on Friday and Saturday, May
I'd and Sd: TWIN
Hook and Ladder company.-A.
Simon, A. Meyer, W. A. Wood, R.
A. Schuerenburg, H. Cohn.
A BRENNAN special to the Austin
Statesman says, "a light rain. fell
here last night" It rained bull.
frogs and pltehforks for two or
three hours and it would be inter-
esting to know what the States
mans reporter would call heavy
rain,-Ifhe was deluged by q water
spout he would perhaps call it
gentle rain to distinguish it from a
light shower.
The funeral of Rev. Ben Wa
trcus on Thursday was a very
lasge one. Watrous was a color
ed man and was the first settler of
the suburb of the city now known
as Watrousville. He was upwards