Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-02-07
STATE NEWS.

-Gatesvillo now rejoicos in 8
fire company.
"A Columbus firm advertises
"new and active drugs"
"A German college is to be es-
tablished at San Antonio.
"A $4,000 Touring mill is be-
ing erected at Brown&ood.
Beaumont has an ordinance
against tramps and fire arms.
i -Fence-cutters have common
ced operations near Beaumont.
Work on the Laredo market
house is temporarily suspended.
There is talk at Navasota of
building a town hall and market
house.
| -Hillsboro is on boom prop
erty is changing hands at good
prices.
Columbus claims to DO on u
boom and new buildings are being
erected daily.
Sherman ladies ratified off the
old bachelors of that city at their
Leap Year ball.
Tho city council of Columbus
has levied tax Of rs cents on the
800 for city purposes.
Mr.. Victor Girardin, citizen
of Galveston since 1852, died there
on Sunday, aged 6s years.
"A good quality of stone coal
has been found in Robertson coun-
ty, seven miles from Bremond.
-TerrelPs new school house is
to be three-story brick and will
have a seating capacity of 1000.
CLAY station now has two
stores and a saloon, and another
store house is soon to be erected.
The Oxford variety show at
Houston is no more. 1t has sue
cumbed to attachments sent out by
creditors.
1t is expected that the New
York, Texas and Mexican road
will be extended to Houston this
summer.
Tho artisan we'll at Bryan is
SIT feet deep and not completed
yet; they are now in strata of
quicksand. -.
Tho Gainesville Register re-
ports an attempted suicide by q
woman whose moral character was
frail.
Six prisoners, charged with
fince-cutting were taken from De-
vine station and jailed at San An
tonic on Saturday.
Miss Minnie Hall, of Temple,
Texas, is said to be the oldest old
maid in America, having lately at
tanned the age of 100 years,
-Four burglars were arrested
ut Houston last week and are sup
posed to be apart of the gang who
operated in Brennan q few days
ago.
Tho Temple Times thinks that
home talent had something to do
with the recent following in its
town,
George Reinenger, a farmer
living at Davenport station on the
1, and G. N. railway, suieided last
week, by shooting himself in the
head.
The jury of inquest on the
body of Sandy Robinson, lynched
at Crockett, returned a verdict
that he was hanged by unknown
parties.
The Continental Neat compa-
ny of Fort Worth, after months
work and preparation, began
slaugbtering beef for shipment on
Monday.
Members of the Christian
church at San Antonio are taking
up subscription to build new
church. They are meeting with
success.
The grand jury of Hunt coun-
ty has found $50 indictments, the
largest number ever found in that
county; q number of them are
against fence-cutters.
The Caldwell Register sug-
gests that owners Of property !
around the square are holding it !
at exhorbitant prices.
The stockholders in the Bel
ton compress have agreed to lease
the compress to a party in Corsi-
cana for an annual rental of IL per
cent upon their investment.
-Tobe Russell, negro aged Is,
enjoys the distinction of being the
first man convicted offence-cutting
in Bell county; he was fined $50
and given SIX months in Jail. !
On Tuesday the Columbus oil
mill was sold under deed of trust
and was purchased by J. II, Simp-t
sons bank for $4,000. 1t will be
operated by new company.
The Texas Panhandle gives
vent to its indignation in this wise:
Mans inhumanity to oxen and
mules will cause countless humans
to sizzle in the "red-hot beyond"
Eleven men have been arrest
ed on charge ofwhipping a negro
in the northern part of Leon coun-
ty. They are to have preliminary
hearing before a justice of the
peace soon.
Near Sherman a party of fun
lovers engaged in a charivarl 4
they were politely requested to
desist, but refusing they were fired
upon with shotgun and one man
was wounded.
The Gainesville Register an
nounces that one Norton, of Mis-
souri,, will lecture on Bob Inger-
soil, and that as Mr.. Ingsrsoll will
not be present he will be handled
pretty roughly.
The Whitney Messenger re-
nn,.ts tho cnttinnr Of Inn H..I;n,.