Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-05-01


against the town COW in Corsicana.
It is only question of time; the
town COW must go. And she will
sooner or later have to go from
Brennan, too.
Car wheels are to be manufac- |
tured at tho Rusk penitentiary
from Texas iron, permission hav-
ing been obtained from the state
to make the necessary repairs ETC.,
to the furnaces.
1t is estimated at Wichita Falls |
that at least 100000 head of cattle
will be handled there this season.
Most of the cattle are taken there
for the purpose of driving them to |
Southern Kansas.
Temple Tribune: DIR. A. c.
Morriss has returned TO Gay Hill,
in Washington county, and his |
family will follow in q few days.
The doctor and his family will be
missed by many friends.
On Monday night Fort Worth |
was visited by a disastrous hail
and rain storm: growing crops
were considerably damaged. Other
portions of north Texas were also
visited by heavy rain storms.
Lombard and Sims were be-
fore the recorder at San Antonio !
Saturday morning on the mild
charge of discharging firearms in
the city limits-they had been
popping away at each other with |
pistols.
An exchange recommends q
man as n candidate for the legisla-
ture because he is a poor judge of
whiskey. A good Judge of whiskey
will not drink bad liquor and has
every advantage over the man who
is a poor judge.
"A petition is to be presented |
to the city council of Dallas asking
that special census be taken. 1t
is believed that a population of
$4,000 will be shown. If this is
done Fort Worth will at once Or
der a new and complete census.
AT Kingston, Sunday night,
John l.. Williams was shot three
times and the horse he was riding
was killed by one Mitchell. At
Hogeye schoolhouse in the same
neighborhood one boy was dan
gerOusly stabbed by another one.
The weimar correspondent of
the Colorado Citizen comes out
boldly in defence of the boy of the
present; he says the boy of the
past was equally as expert in lying,
playing hockey, fishing and going
swimming Sunday and all that
sort, but he does not claim any
superiority. |
1t is now stated that Eaton.
one of the cotton swindlers now in
Jail at Dallas, has concluded to
turn state evidence, and it is sup
posed that Baum, Johnston and
Cammack will be convicted.
Eaton accuses his co-swindlers
with having gone back on him in
every way. The whole tea-party
are precious lot of scoundrels.
Col. G.. Tracy, the newly ap-
pointed United States marshal for
the Eastern District of Texas, is a
respected member of the Houstonl
Bohemian club. Upon his return
to Houston on Friday, the men,
beers of the club serenaded him and
also drank beer with him-at his
expense. Col. Tracy is universally
popular with all who know him
personally.
AT Dallas it was only last
week that the town clock was set
forward to standard or railway |
time, and says the Herald, it is not
giving satisfaction. Brennan |
adopted standard time about q !
week after it went into effect on
the railroads and since there has
been no complaint. Every body |
has the same time and it works |
like a charm.
In Austin seven or eight VIOLA |
tons of the pistol law were report
ed within one week, One or two
of the pistol carriers were arrested
and fined. 1t would seem that
about one quarter of the population
are in the habit of going armed.
The war against the six-shooter
may now be said, to be fairly open |
ed. The newspapers say the pis-
toll must go and the general public
has nearly arrived at the same con-
clusion. aa
"A Dallas special of the 2Sth, |
to the Houston Post says: Anoth-
er severe storm last night did con-
siderable damage to crops and pro-
perty generally. The two storms
since Sunday have destroyed over
one-half the bridges in Dallas and
adjoining counties. The water
spout near Hutchins was worse
then first reported. The water
stood to q depth of twenty feet in
the valleys, and it is feared sever
al families is the southeast part of
the cOunfv have heep drownad.