Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-07-08
STATE NEWS.
The old town of Brazoria Is to
have q daily train at last.

- Hon. VIM. NJ. Chandler, may
or of LaGraDgc, died on Friday
last.
The city assessor of Hemp.
stead has completed his rolls, they
foot up S5lI,2l6.
Wharton county expects to
raise the biggest crop of corn and
cotton ever made IN the county.
Tho Bell county Farmers al
lance held 4 meeting IN Bolton
Tuesday. Terrell was thar" and
and made speech.
"A protractcd meeting was
held at the Baptist church IN Cald-
well u few weeks ago and forty
converts were made.
Corsicana has provided four
or five horses for her fire depart
ment and soon she will rank as
frst-class in insurance premiums.
Jim Dillon and Annie DAVIS
were married in Fort Worth Thurs
day morning. Mr.. Dillon was ar
rested rs a vagrant and locked up.
Capt. T. T. Gammagc, of An
derson county, has announced him
self as n candidate for the lcgisla-
ture. Gammagc is prohibition
list.
Five negroes who were caught
playing seven up in the bushes
near CorsIcana were yanked up In
the squires court and fined S24.25
each.
John Barker and Henry Cone
fly, living near Grapevine, last
week had a quarrel about a young
lady. Barker shot and killed
Concfy.
"A vote was taken in Sherman
on Saturday last on the water
works question. There was only
forty mossbacks who voted against
water works.
- Tho labor organizations at
Bolton have called for convcn-
ton to nominate county officers.
This has walked up the regular
Democrats and politics arc likely
to be lively.
Quite 4 number of Scotch
granite cutters have arrived at
Austin from Aberdeen, having
came on representations made in
letters written by the first squad
brought out.
Tho Democratic county exc
cutIve committee of McLennan
county has issued 4 call for prlma-
ry meetings TO be held on Satur-
day the 10th inst.
Tho st. Louis, Arkansas and
Texas railway has accepted the
proposition of Sherman to build
an extension of their road to that
city and also TO erect roundhouses
and machine shops.
Tho city of Marshall will soon
vote on the question of levying
special tax OF 25 cents on the 500
for school purposes. The result of
the vote is regarded as doubtful,
Isaac Hayes, drummer for
Galveston clothing house, was
snIped by the lads at Wharton.
They were about to kangaroo him
next morning for not bagging the
snIpe, but he made his escape out
of town.
The Bell Telephone company
has filed suit in the Federal court
at Dallas against the Texas Pan
Electric Telephone company TO
restrain it from infringing on the
patents claimed TO be owned by
the Bell company.
Two men were seen to ex-
Plode giant powder or dynamite
cartridges in lake near Kerens,
Nayarro county. The Corsicana
Courier very justly wants them ar
rested and fined to the fullest OK
tent Of the law:
= The grand jury OF Brazorla
county has indicted the county
judge, and the county attorney.
Brazoria county has been under
radical rule and as usual in such
cases the radicals have been feath-
ering their own nests.
Alex Goldberg, aged IL, son of
o prominent merchant Of Texar-
kama, was sent out collecting on
the LIST INST. He collected $3.50
and skipped Tor St, Louis, but was
caught by wire at Camden, Ark,
and brought back home
MIR. Wclch, q wool grower OF
Tom Green county, is now moving
his flock of $4,000 sheep to Ncbras-
ka. He left his ranch June 10 and |
will finish his Journey by October.
He will fatten his heard in Ne
bragka and place them on the Chi:
cage market.
-Corsicana has two fire COM
panies and as usual there is blck-
erings and disagrccmcnts between
them. AT the present time boih /
companies want to elect the chief.
The Courier suggests as q compro-
mise measure that the city council
be allowed TO name the chret.
AT Longview on the 2dinst., a
fatal shooting affray occurred be-
tween the Chief OF Police George
Tabler and County Attorney Jeff
league, who was instantly killed.
Tabler was shot in the arm. The
affair is said to be universally dc.
plored by the friends OF both par
ties.
Wallace Buchanan, young
man who was under arrest for
theft, while being conveyed to Fort
Worth, knocked the constable who
had HIM in charge IN the head and
escaped.-Wm. Black was stabbed
with q pitchtork at q wheat thresh-
ing near Fort Worth last week
Jackson, the stabber was jailed.
Crop prospects IN Wharton
are better than they have
been for years. On the 26th of
June last year cotton worms were
being poisoned; this year on the
LIST of July no worms had been
seen; the crop is further matured
than for the past five years.