Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-07-08
From Cav Hill.

be improper TO pen you few lines
of newsy matter. A goodly nun.
Der of us are almost persuaded 10
believe that the good Lord has for,
sakcn this section of his moral
vineyard. We havn't had 4 good
rain IN this immediate section since
early in May, and you can imagine
that it is getting a little dry. a
good corn crop is entirely out OF
the question. Cotton is not suffer
ing much yet, rams IN due season
will insure full crop.
Two of our fellow citizens,
Messrs. J. r. Mills and J. f. Gale,
returned few days since, from q
prospecting tour in the west. They
attended the sale at BaIlingcr and
journeycd thence to San Angelo
and other places. They left with
their pockets full of money and 4
seemingly strong determination to
buy, sell their lands in Washington
county and go west. Their visit
seems to have had Il good effect, as
one of them said he wouldn't give
one acre of Washington county
and for whole league of Tom
Green's best" The other said he
had decided "to be buried in old
Washington county," If few
moro of our good citizens, who
seem anxious to sell their homes.
were to take such q trip, perhaps
they wouldn't spend many more
slcepless nights with the "go-west"
fever.
There was an ice cream festival
at Mr.. Carter's residence last
Thursday night, given IN honor OF
Misses Nola Hill, from Austin, and
Mollie Bishop, from Gatesville.
To use an expression of one of the
young ladies, the cream was "super-
fine," and, though there was a
large crowd IN attendance, there
was cake and cream enough to
swceten and cool all of them, and
many more besides. All seemed
bent on having an immense time,
and conviviality abounded in great
abundance. Misses En- Miller and
Bobble Carter added much to the
pleasure OF the evening by the
sweet strains OF music which they |
made TO echo IN thrilling waves
that "rolled from soul to soul"
The crowd dispersed at II o'clock,
and all went home apparently well
satisfied. The festival was de-
servodly o complete success.
Messrs. J. W. Gee and Joe Ed
mundson, assisted by that noble
and energetic Mrs. DR.. Dill, de-
serve special mention as having
taken leading part in the enter
prise.
The general impression is that
the beautiful and charming Miss.
H. completely captured Mr.. g., and
Mr.. NJ. was somewhat moved by
the sweet smiles and fascinating
manners OF Miss B. G.
LIE uOIlnaulu DCHulASh Slh
will celebrate the Fourth of July
at Germania park. There will be
a shutzen fest during the day and
a grand ball at night. The fest
will be open to the public for 20
cents admission to the grounds
during the day, or 81 for admis-
sion to the grounds during the day
and the ball at night. The BAN
NER is under obligations for com
pIlmcntaries.
A CARPENTERS tool chest at the
new Methodist parsonage, was
robbed of lot of tools Friday
night, and to add insult to the in
jury, a pot of paint was emptied
INTO the chest, smeering and greas-
ing tho tools that were left. The
who owns the chest is
quito ANXIOUS to make the personal
of the artist who ap-
plies paint without using brush.
BRENNAN OIL MILL.-The mill
closed down on Saturday, having
exhausted its supply OF seed. II
made the longest run ever made
since it has been in eXIstance. If
the mill had had all the seed
brought to Brennan the past sea-
son it would have been able to run
until the new crop come in. Dur
ing the coming two months the
mill will be enlarged and addi-
tional improvements will be made.
Rev. NJ. D. PILE, of Rock dale,
officiated at the wedding of Prof.
Anderson and Miss Hubert at the
A. NJ. E. church on the evening of
the goth ult. The reception at the
residence of the brides parents
v as largely attended by the best
colored cii.izcns including the min
listers of the colored churches. The
bride and groom were the reciin-
tents of large number of valuable
presents.
The Brennan Protection Hook
and Ladder company No. 2, of
Camptown, composed wholly of
colored men have organized in pur-
suanco OF their charter and are
now engaged in raising money to
buy q hook and ladder outfit. This
is laudable enterprise and should
be encouraged by our citizens as
well as by the underwriters.
SHERIFF DEvER returned Tuesday
from Columbus whittier he went
to execute District Judge McFar-
lands bench warrant for the negro
man arrested in Colorado county
for stealing a horse in this county.
Sheriff Townsend, of Colorado
county refused to surrender the
prisoner on the warrant, claiming