Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-13

-keeran is the name of a sta
ton on the New York and Mexi-
can railway near Victoria, it is the
location of the stock pens and tits
expected that $4,000 head of cattle
will be shipped this season.
A street preacher held forth
in Houston on Sunday afternoon.
While he was preaching an IRE
verend spectator brought out a
glass of beer and offered it to the
preacher. He did not drink it.
Last Sunday week at Colum-
bus, a negro boy was making n fire
in a room; he found a selfcocking
revolver and proceeded to monkey
with it. In fifteen minutes he fur
nished a corpse for a second-class
funeral.
"A base ball club is about being
organized at BellvilIe. Brennan
has challenged BellvIlle a couple
oftlmes and she now proposes to
respond by organizing a club that
will come up here and get away
with our boys.
Two cutting ARRAYS are repor-
ted in Houston on Sunday night.
In one case a boy was severely cut
in the side by a couple of Dagoes,
and in the other case q prominent
railroad man was set upon by three
roughs and badly cut.
Business is SO dull with the
Galveston cotton men that a num-
Der of them standing on the corner
of Centre and Strand sent r false
alarm to police headquarters by
telephone, just to see the peelers
come on a double-quick.
Bob Tatum, an itenerant
freedman was captured at Bellville
the other day. He had on.store
clothes, a pair of revolvers, three
horses, a mule whip and q loaded
quirt. 1t appears that Bob is wan
ted in Colorado county.
in Huntsville the other night
II negro voters reinforced by a
number of non-residents, held a
political caucus in a church with
locked doors for the purpose of
putting out a candidate for city
marshal. 1t was sort of an owl
meeting.
The police authorities at La
redo the other night arrested some
police officials from New Laredo
who had come across the river to
capture some Mexican horn-blow-
ers who had deserted and came
over to Laredo to make music in
the variety theatre.
The Wichita Falls Herald is
blowing some trumpet blasts cal.
ling attention to its town. Last
year 200, 900 pounds of wool were
shipped from Wichita, and now
there is talk of establishing an
immense factory for the purpose
of canning fruits and vegetables.
AT Longview Mrs. Morrison
refused to give a tramp q meal; he
thereupon drew his revolver and
shot the yard dog, He left; Mr..
Morrison followed him with VIM
chester rifle and catching him near
the junction brought him back
and turned him over to the town
authorities,
2oweetTater. a new town out
o@ :. tue Texas and Pacific railway
is now having a boom, and an eff
fort is being made to put in water
works. 1t begins to look rs though
every town in Texas with as many
as two thousand inhabitants would
have water works before Brennan
gets in good way talking about
'em. s.-..
Col. Cunningham, of Sugar
Land, informs the Richmond Ma
ton that last year he made 5000
pounds of dry sugar to the acre of
cane and he expects to do even
better this year. Sugar is worth
fully two-thirds the price of cotton
and two-hundred and fifty or three
hundred pounds oflint cotton to the
acre is more than an average. As
a paying crop all the advantages
are on the side of fugar.
Capt. Barns, of Lampasas, has
block in the Barnes ad-
dition, valued at $500, to the
Centenary college committee as a
site for a college building; the
building committee propose build
ing at once. The prospectus of
the Christian Citizen, a 32-eolumn
weekly paper has been issued.
The Citizen will work in the inter-
est of the college and the general
religion and good morals.