Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-05-15
STATE NEWS.


LOCAL option is talked of al
Elgin, Bastrop county. q ii
Laredo has q fine large chain
gang working on her streets.
7 IA large dungeon is being
erected in the Fort Worth Jail.
Bellville Mai-fest will
come off ouSFriday, the 23d inst.
There are thirty-nine males
and two females in the Sherman
Jail.
Capt J. G. Ogle, has been duly
installed as postmaster at LAM
pasas. ..
Smith county has two Demo
cratic parties and two party organ
izations.
Sabine Pass is coming into
notoriety as market for alliga-
tors skins.
-Bryan's new hotel will be
three stories high; work on it has
now reached the second story.
-Bellville will have one of the
summer normal schools. Miss N.
Breeding will be the principal.
The Colorado Citizen reports
the heaviest rain ever known in
its section of country, last week.
arrangements are in progress
at Temple to celebrate the third
anniversary of that thriving town.
The Dallas Herald says there
was no damage to crops, worth
mentioning, during the last cold
snap.
The Calhoun county Demo.
cratic convention instructed for
ireland for governor and Grain for
congress. a.na
The grand jury of Grayson
county have found n true bill
against Prentis, the outrage fiend
Of benson.
"A military company to be call.
ed the Lampasas rifles has been or.
ganized at Lampasas; it has fifty.
two members.
-Fannin county is overrun with
candidates; they occupy whole
column in the Bonham News with
announcements. -s
-Thcre will be great deal OF
high kicking at Waco as soon as
the increased rates for fire lnsur-
ance goes into effect.
The new Jail at Bolton is near.
ly completed and will be turned
over to the county soon. It is said
to be a handsome structure.
jackson county claims to have
a negro school teacher who car
out lie Joe Mulhatton. The negro
believes what he tells and Joe docs
not.
The Colorado Citizen thinks
that five days road work is hardly
sufficient to keep the roads in or
der such rainy weather as we have
had lately.
AT Brownsville, one Contu
Gen. Gomoz's coaehman, wa.
caught in the act of stealing sad
dlery from a store the other day
He was jailed.
Business at the custom-house
at Laredo on Saturday was quite
lively; among the Importation was
10000 pounds of kite and $4,000
pounds of beans.
The Riohmond Nation says i
any petition for tho pardon o.
Bud Rohanon has been circulated
in Fort Bend county it has moi
been seen or heard OF.
The old town of Bastrop now
boasts ola handsome new court
house and $1,000 town clock.
THERE'S life in Bastrop yet, All
she needs is o railroad.
According to the Bellville
Times the Saxons, of BRENNAN
will play the Coshattes, of Bell.
vile a game of ball for $3.50 aside
at the Manifest on the 2Sd,
zThe merchants and business
men of Bellville have formed an
association for securing good roads
and they will pay out money to
accomplish their purpose.
Main street, San Antonio, will
probably soon be paved with mes
quite blocks. A majority of the
property owners have signifed 8
willingness to have the work
done. .=.ltr,,
"A Richmond negro was struck
In front of the ear by ball fired
from a 44-calibre pistol. A flesh
wound was inflicted, that's all
His skull was harder than cas-
iron.
"A Mica war is in progress IL
Fort Worth between the Santa F,
telegraph company and. the Fri,
telephone company. Wires have
been cut and arrests have beer
made.
Sunday afternoon two Ger
man girls, sister, one aged Is anC
the other Is years, were drowned
while fording Onion crock neal
Austin. Tho accident was a very
| sad one,
-Four prisoners have beef
transferred from the Gatesvill,
jail to the Waco Jail for safe keep
ing. They are the parties themol
wanted TO take out and hang a few
days ago.
AT WACO, ono Hickman, :
hqnka steerer, was fined $1,000, tn,
extreme limit of the law, for feec
ing innocent victims. The gener
Bl verdict is, says the Day, servet