Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-01-17
STATE NEWS.

-Lampasas is now enjoying the
dull season of the year. A
The burned district at Hub
bard City is to be rebuilt with
brick.
I Willis, Montgomery county,
now boasts of newspaper, the
Index.
! The election for aldermen in
San Antonio on Monday passed off
very quietly.
I -'Jerked and jagged" is the
way the Dallas Herald records the
arrest of a thief.
Extensive fence cutting is 60
ing on along the Medina river in
Atascosa county.
The reported escape of pris-
oners from the new Jail at Gle
burne is denied.
The public school at Sweetwa-
ter is so crowded that pupils have
to be sent away.
The town of Marlin is infested
by gang of burglars and robber-
les are numerous.
"A lot of wooden Indians are
wanted IN Austin for policemen,
says the Statesman.
Much opposition will be made
to removing the Federal court
from Tyler to Palestine.
Temple will soon hnvo the
telephone, and also another news
paper, religious monthly.
Tho Knights of Pythias of
Temple give masqu erado ball
and supper on the 18th inst.
"A cattle pen at Willis was
struck by lightning the other night
and five fine COWS and hog were
killed.
"A wholesale attempt at in
cendiarism was made in the resi-
denee portion of Dallas q few
nights ago.
w. A. Stewart, worthy citi-
zen of Dallas county, was killed in
Cooper, by JEFF Harrison, a sa-
loonists.
"A fence cutting soiree in Del
ia county the other day resu.ted IN
the shooting ola man paGraed Crow
der by A. G, Hubbard.
"A crazy white woman at
tempted to hang herself in the
Houston Jail on Sunday. She was
discovered and cut down.
The LaGrange Journal is just
now publishing, for the first time,
the proceedings of the commission
ers' court for November.
The liberals of Waco have
built a hail called Liberal hall,
and on Sunday last Mr.. J. D Shaw
lecturod to n large audience.
Fort Worth wants a medical
college and a firm in that city Of
fers to give an acre of ground in
the eastern part of the city as
donation.
The new and enterprising
town of Wichita Falls is preparing
to hold an election to levy a tax
sufficient to run the free schools
ten months in the year.
Dawson is a new town in the
extreme western portion of Navar-
70 county, on the Texas and St.
Louis railway. 1t already has a
fine school house and church.
"A lot of Is car loads of young
mules were recently shipped from
San Antonio to Kansas City, en-
route and near their destination
100 of them froze to death in the
cars.
-Bastrop claims to be the most
orderly town in Texas. Only one
man has been killed there in the
past twelve years and he was slain
by an officer in the discharge of
his duty.
The city authorities at Austin
having done nothing to punish
Ben Thompson for his recent esca-
pade, the cattle men say they will
hold their next convention in some
other town.
The crop of cotton in the vi
cinity of Columbia is the largest
that has been made in many years;
much of it has not yet been ginned.
The Columhians are not pleased
with the management of the Co.
lumbia tap railray. M
"A young man named Wooley
is now behind tina bars of the Sher-
man Jail for stealing from his en-
ployers. A gay and festive, though
short career, landed him in jail.
Young men inclined to be fast
should take warning, l
Don Jaun zamora, a. trapeze
artistic, fell about twenty feet
while performing at the Fort
Worth variety show. He landed
on his head, but was not seriously
hurt. He was was picked up and
the show went on as usual.
Two young ladies attending
the Normal school at Huntsville
danced during the holidays. This
being contrary to the rules and
regulations ofthe school they were
expelled. They made a suitable
apology and have been duly rein
stated.
Ben Thompson took Austin
the other night and so far as the
papers show have not been dis
turbed. The Statesman says theI,
chief of police and his subordin-
ates have shown conclusively
that they are not the right men in
the right place. 1t demands their
designations.
Stage robbers have resumed I
operations, Last Friday both
stages, north and south bound, be-
tween Abilene and San Angela,
were robbed between the Colorado s
river and San Angelo. -Four {
men did the business and
the stages at the passing
point. A large quantity of regis
tered mail matter was stolen.
"A Mr.. Hannah, who has /;
sheep ranch near Williams Ranch :,
was ordered to leave the county
about two weeks ago. He didn't !