Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-04

CoTroS seed bulls and oil cak
arc being hauled TO the country 70
cattle feed.
ELEc1IoN day was warm ant
pIeasant-ospecially pleasant fo'
the winning side.
SEVERAL school boys engaged II
q general free fight near the schoo
grounds on Friday afternoon.
THERE was a very large crowd o.
people In town Saturday, and
much electloneering was done.
BRENNAN is sadly in need of 8
new calaboose; tho old rattle-trap
now used for that purpose is dis
grace to the city.
BRENNAN is sadly in need of at
least Two good night policemen;
men who are not afraid to do their
duty without fear or favor.
QUITE a large number of our citi-
zens visited the white public school
on Friday to witness the monthly
examination of tho students.
THE day was on Tuesday almost
wholly given over to the election !;
very few people came in from tho
country except to vote and busi-
ness was very dull.
The Santa Fe railway is having
the old wooden wall replaced in
front of the D. W. Bloombargh
property, instead of having good
stone built wall as they should do.
Coon HUNTINGDON Saturday
night John Mason, coon, went
coon hunting with a revolver and
fred shot at lady coon soaring
her out of at least FIVE years OF her
life. He did not hit her.
New observation-disclosures Stone
has opened a restaurant at the
Merchants Exchange saloon and
is prepared to furnish oysters,
game and everything the market
affords in first-class style. Give
HIM trial and be convinced.
THE courthouse since the adj
iournment Of the district court pre-
sonts a deserted appearance, but
the district clerk, the judge and
the sheriff are all looking much
happier; an eight weeks serge of
court is not as easy as rolling off
log.
CANDIDATES on both sides are
now out in the county buslly en-
gagged in rounding up the sover-
eigns, preparatory TO the grand
drive on Tuesday next. The Peo-
pies ticket will get about three
fourths of the entire vote-if it
don't the Banner will always
think they ought to have got it.
FRANK Ford, the man who cut
Robt. Hill, near Independence, was
brought to town and put in the
county jail on Thursday afternoon.
Hills wounds are now reported not
TO be dangerous and 1t is likely
that Ford will be released on bail
to-day, Saturday.
DIED.-At Houston on the goth
INST, at a. m, RUDOLPH HACHLER,
aged 7years.
The funeral will take place from
the Exchange hotel at $50 q. M,
to-day. The friends of George Fl.
Wilson and Mr.. and Mrs. Hachler
are respectfully invited 10 attend
without further notice.
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diM nulfv- 1
occurred at Independence Wednes-
day afternoon between Frank
Ford and Robert Hill, tenants on
Mrs. Sallie Williams plantation.
1t seems that Hill had abused his,
Hills, wife and that Ford had
taken up for her; Hill turned on
Ford who had knife with which
he cut Hill in the abdomen inhict-
ing. 1t is supposed. mortal wounds.
Ford was arrested.
CoTToS.-Tbe market is quiet at
quotations, strict good mlddllng
sells at 8 5-S cents, but low grade
cotton is very irregular IN price
running down as low as 5 "a cents.
The rainy weather during the fall
damaged a great deal of cotton and
much OF it that was picked up off
ground is stained, dirty and sandy
and in this condition it brings but
a low price
FULLY three-quartcrs of the
bacon and the lard consumed in
this county comes from Kansas
city. Immense quantities of corn
were received from Northern
Texas during the summer and more
will be brought here next spring.
Considering the low price of cot
ton and the vast sums of money
that have been sent off TO pay for