Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-07-29
County Court.

County Court.
d, Monday.-Stato VS.. John Phil,
r lips, aggravated assault and bat
r terry jury trial, not guilty.
Il State VS.. Jim Brady, assault and
d battery, trial continued Till Tues
h day.
Q Several civil cases were tried
d during the day.
Tho jury was discharged for the
a term.
t Tuesday.-Statc VS.. Jim Brady,
= colorcd, aggravated assault and
}, battery. A jury was cmpancIcd
a Monday. Mr.. Brady took good
! look at the jurymcn and said he
would rather risk the court. AT
ter hearing and carefully weigh
S ing all the evidence tho court
r found Mr.. Brady guilty of q simple
assault and fined him SIS and the
trimmings, making a grand total
of SAL.
Tho court adjourned until Fri
day.
THE Republican clans arc busy
from day TO day figuring on the
chances of recognizing the old
radical layout, presenting a solid
front and putting an all-woOl and a
yard wIdo Republican county tick
ct IN the field. AT present the Re-
publican family in this county has
a family quarrel in the house
They will be left severely alone
to settle their own disputes, and IN
the meantime very large MAORI
" of the voters OF this county arc
more than satisfied with the pres
ent administration.
THE sale of tickets to members
of Green's Brigade, who desire to
attend tho reunion at Galveston
on tho 9th of Augu st, will begin at
BRENNAN on the Slh of August,
and will be good until the Nth.
Three cents per mile Tor tho round
trip will be tho rate charged. 1t
Is earnestly hopod that every NOM
Der who can possibly go, will do
so. Let's mako this the grandost
reunion of the old Brigade held
since the war.
AT call meeting of the Board
of School trustees held Tuesday
evening Miss Fanny Stone was ap-
pointed to the 18th grade, and Mrs.
Kennedy to the first primary
grade of the city schools. Miss E.
B. HcilIg was appointed TO the
position of German English teacher
in the primary grades TO be organ
Ized in the building of the German
American academy. Mrs. Konnc-
dy takes tho place of Miss Ida
Gentry resigned.
PETER Brown, q h1ack negro
about 20 years of age, who is a
cyclop, was brought ovor from
Anderson and jailed on Monday
evening. He is wantod for theft
from the house of Owen Bratchcr,
colorcd, consisting of three suits
of clothes, n collar button and two
shirts which were, found in the cy-
clOp's possession and brought back.
Peter although blind in ono eys is
said TO have been in trouble be-
fore.
FIRST BALE.--At 8 O'Clock 81
minutes, 10 II seconds Saturday
evening, by a stop watcb-tbo first
bale of new cotton arriv, ,d at ANS
lcr's warehouse. The o1ton was
raised by Mr.. Beckman, of Indus
try, weighed SIG pounds: and class
ed as strict middling:- 1t was
bought by Mr.. F. L. Knollc, a
merchant of Industry who sent
it here.
THE announcements market Isl
very dull with tho BANNER. not
withstanding that The woods are
literally filled with candidates.
The BANNER is ready TO announce
all the candidat es, provided 1t Isl
paid in advance for so-doing. III
anybody wants to announce on
bredIt they arc hereby advised 10
wait until they can pay the an
nouncement fee IN advance.
Thursd;ry-Noah Brewer, Grant
Montgomery and.Lee Montgomery,
three moro of the Buzzard's roost
coon hoodlums, were rounded up
and fined 81 each. One or two
more Of roost hOodlums arc yet To
to be run ill., The whole gang,
nine, are now doing honest labor
on the streets.
DIED.-Mr. IL. NJ. Lewis is in re-
ccipt of letter from the county
Judge of Polk county stating that
Mr.. y. IL. (Buck) Phillips, had
died recently ut the home of his
brother in that county. Mr.. Buck
Phillips resided hero for many
years and was well and favorabIy
known.
SHERIFF DEvER returned from
Austin on Monday bringing with
him Wash Young, a black negro
about % wears old. CHARGED with