Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-04-08
CITY AND COUNTY.

CITY AND COUNTY.
VERY little sickness in the cit,
Business is quite dull just {
present.
EGas and butter is plentiful an
cheap in this market.
The weather yesterday wa
warm and pleasant.
Mr.. FRANK FOWLER Is the fathe
of bouncing baby girl.
LOOK out tor sneak thieves, bul
glars and night providers.
The prospects for large dew
berry crop is promising.
MEASLES are prevalent in tn
Gay Hill neighborhood.
THE firemen's Mal-fest at Bren
ham will be q grand affair.
EARLY vegetables are beginning
to make their appearance in tn
market.
LIGHT is wanted in Brennan
let us have the electric light o.
gas works.
Miss HARRY BEDELL, of Hemp
stead, is in the city visiting Mrs
Morris Fisher.
THERE is now fifteen prisoners IL
the county Jail; eleven negroes anc
four whites.
The appropriate celebration o
the 2lst-San Jacinto day-by the
fire department is an assured fact
DIED.-At Weatherford, Texas
at ] o'clock on the I'd inst, A. Y
HUTCHINSON, formerly of Brennan
-
THE street sprinkler has been
brought into requisition again, and
our business men are correspond
ingly happy.
BRENNAN wants a system of sew
erage in order that the water
works may be utilized In the bus
iness portion of town.
IT is the intention OF the Bren-
ham Water company 10 lay three
or four miles more of water pipe
within the coming year.
Mr.. IL. S. TARvER, an old citizen
of Brennan, left on Thursday for
Santa Anna, Tom Green county, to
mako that place his future home.
MAY FEsT.-There will be a
NEE ting of the May Fest CON-
mfttees at Mechanics Engine COM
pany's hall at 7:45 on Monday
evening.
The incoming city adminlstra-
ton should see to IL that the sani-
tary ordinances are strictly en-
iorced-at present all the time is
absorbed in the canvass.
BHT few people from the country
come IA town now, unless to attend
the district court. The weather is
fine and se'ssOnable and farmers
are busy with 'heir crops.
THE artificial /. axe or tank at
Firemen's park has Neen dug deep
or and when 1t is full o. water viii
add materially to the NtractlVe-
ness of the grounds.
CoTToN.-The market is urn
and active; receipts have ma, G
rally increased in the past few
DAYS. We quote middling at s Il;
good mlddling 8 GIG cents.
THE election being over quiet
once more quiet relgns supreme on
the streets and the colored man
and brother has for the time being
ceased to be an object of interest.
THE Houston Light Guard will
in all probability attend the May
fest and give our people an exhi-
bition of their skill IN drilling.
This ought to prove a trump card.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. Val Herbst left |
on Monday for Germany to visit
his mother, whom he has not seen
for about fifteen years. He ex-
poets to return about midsummer.
New BRIcK.-Mr. J. W. DAVIS,
contractor, has commenced work
on a new two-story brick building
fronting the q. & 7. G. Railway !
for Wood & Low and Amsler
Brothers.
FRosT.-We learn from Mr.. John
Bartels that the frost on Tuesday
morning damaged vegetation in
the Greenvlne neighborhood, rem
derlng it necessary to replant q
large portion of the corn.
FIRE.-About II o'clock on Mon
day night the store house and con-
tents of II. Ringener & Bro, at