Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-06-05
STATE NEWS.
: Moro rains are, reported in
Northern Texas

More rains are reported in
Northern Texas.
In Navarro county tho crop
outlook Is very fair.
In the vicinity of McGrcgor
the wheat crop is fine.
Another national bank has
organized in Fort Worth.
The State Woolgrowers Asso,
citation meets at Taylor on the 5th
inst.
/ Last Monday Victoria was Wis.
tied by a tornado doing immense
damage to crops.
At Columbia the Brazos is out
OF its banks and spreading rapidly
over the country.
-Chas. Lee was drowned IN the
Brazos river near Wallis, by the
upsetting of his boat.
Cotton is too grassy in most
portions of the state for farmers to
dabble much in politics.
Crops of all kinds in Wilson
county are fine; corn will average
30 bushels to the acre.
The city council of Austin an
nulled the contract tor city print
ing made with W. Y. Leader.
There was heavy rains up the
Santa Fe railway from Cleburn to
Fort Worth on Sunday night.
Tho Brazos river at Richmond
is higher than ever before known
and crops are seriously damaged.
Waco is now building a now
opera house with a seating capacity
of 300. 1t is to be completed by
next fall.
The BraZos river was on big
red rise at Waco Monday evening.
1t had risen between twelve and
fifteen feet.
Cisco was visited by heavy
rain and water spout on Thursday
last, the bottoms were overfowed
and fences were damaged.
1t is reported that Menard.
vile, Menard county, was struck
by a water spout last week and
thirty houses washed away.
"A dispatch from Trinity dated
on Sunday reports the river rising
and two feet higher than it was
when it commenced to fall.
AN election will be held in
Austin on the 18th inst. for mayor
to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mayor Sayfor.
Gainesville now has q line of
street cars. The assessor is TAX
ing the census of the city; the pop
ulation will be upwards of 5000.
The Santa Fe railway has al
ready carried 159 trains of cattle
to Fort Worth this season and will
carry 800 before the season is
over.
The Dispatch is trying to
boom Lampasas as winter resort.
1t is too early in the summer to
begin talking about winter quar-
tiers.
AT Fort Worth the water heat
er in the White Elephant saloon
exploded severely injuring two
men and blowing the range to
pieces.
AT Columbus on Saturday the
Colorado river rose about twenty |
feet. 1t is now said that crops are |
not much damaged as at first sup
posed.
The Texas and Pacific -a;lwav
has had lot of Cotton seed shin.
pea /" Iongview for the free use
of the farmers who wish seed to
replant.
Judge Collard, of the district
court at Franklin, Robertson coun-
ty, charged the grand jury special
ly on the offence of carrying six
shooters.
The Sherman Courier says
the men on the TranscontinentaI
railroad are only allowed to work
half time. Dull business is assign
ed as the cause.
Houston has some genuine
.hings. Saturday night a man
vas knocked senseless, robbed |
md thrown from bridge into the
bayou to drown.
Ripe peaches are reported at
several places in Texas. There are
'ome fine peach orchards near
BRENNAN, but no peaches have been
brought in this year.
Farmers in Austin county were
10 busy with their crops last .Satur-
lay that Bellville looked deserted.
here being a total absence of the
Usual Saturday crowd.
= Marshall is stirred up over a
ase of small pox, and cabin in
he suburbs was burned for santa
Y purposes on account of small
'ox case in the house.
The Navasota Tablet says
armers in the overfowed districts
f the Brazos bottom speak of re-
lanting cotton if the water SUBJ
ides within a few days.
Whitney is a curious town,
er delegates to the county con-
ention were instructed to vote for '
rec grass, Sol Ross, compulsory {
ducation and majority rule. 8
The scholastic census of Gain +
svllle is 973 against 672 last year. {
'errell has scholastic population I
f Gil against $50 last year. North ,
'eSas must be on big boom.
1t seems from the Bastrop Ad-
ertlscr that there is considerable
selling against the Miles boys late d
7 arrested and brought back to 8
astrop on charges of murder.
George Cunningham, who for o
ne past four years has been sup s
rintendent OF the Gulf, Colorado =
nd Santa Fe quarrie near Gay I
ill, has resigned his position. P