Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-08-05
STATE NEWS.
An Alliance cotton yard is TO
established nj Shnrn,n,,

established at Sherman.
"A reward of 1915 is now offer
cd Tor the arrest Of the murderer
OF editor Truitt, of Trmpson.
There was 4 split IN the Cooke
county convention, about onc-half
OF the delegates walking out.
j. W. lesson, sausage factory
hand IN Dallas, was found dead IN
his room Monday morning. lie
had bee drinking.
Paris is now having a railroad
boom and the North Texan thinks
her population will run up TO II. coo
within the next twelve months.
Julius Hughes, u negro. shot
and killed another negro named
Jack Harlan, near Calvert, Satur-
day night. 1t was all about n wo-
man.
Carroll Brannon, brother of
Joe Brannon, who was killed about
a month ago at Robbers cave, has
been arrested on charge of MUIR
der.
Tho last issue of the Waller
County Courier was very interest
ing as a local paper. It's chief
local item was, that It's editor had
Il shotgun for sale.
Tho State Farmers alliance
convention is now in session ut
Cleburne. Nearly three hundred
delegates are present. The meet
ings are strictly secret.
H. o. Hcnning has beer ar
rested in Hill county, charged with
being one of tho murders ct officer
Townsend during the riot at Fort
Worth in April last.
They had an exciting time in
Ellis county on Saturday over the
primaries for congressman. So
far as the returns are in WrIlborn
seems to be in the lead.
The new bale excitement will
soon be thing of the past. A
large number of towns have safe
~ gone through the trying ordeal
of receiving the first bale.
w. B. Stone WAS accidentally
shot In Andrews county by a
friend of his who was out shooting
rabbits. He died wEIlo being taken
to Midland for medical attention.
"A man giving the namo of
Hoover was arrested at Graham
last Saturday on suspicion of be-
ing the murderer OF editor Truitt,
of the Timpson, Shelby county,
Times.
-Chas. English, young man of
Calvert, rolled of a gallery where
he had gone to sleep, breaking his
neck and causing instant death.
He was 4 clerk and was very pop
ular.
"A fine rain fell at Copcras
Cove Monday night, extending
south eight miles. Rams have been
partial some farmers will make
excellent crops while others near
by will make very poor ones.
Tho Galveston delegates to the
state convention will vote as each
individual secs fit for governor.
Gen. John NJ. Claiborne was elect
cd chairman Of the delegation. Mr..
Miles Crowley will take q back
seat.
The people of HARRISON county
will hold Il citizens convention
for the purpose of nominating a
ticket for county officers. The
citizens party has heretofore been
able 10 elect good reliable county
officers.
Tho people of Hillsboro arc
at work TO secure the Dallas branch
of the Missouri Pacific railway and
the Hubbard branch of the st.
Louis, Arkansas and Texas rail
way, and they think they will get
both.
The skeleton of one Prokish,
who disappeared from near New
Ulm in June, 1885, was found in a
dense woods, about two miles from
that town, by negro, = few days
ago. The man had suicidcd by
hanging himself.
President ClcveIand's pardon
of Col. Nelson Plato arrived in
San Antonio on Monday and he
was liberated from the Bcxar coun-
ty Jail. He was heartily congrat-
ulatcd by his friends, among whom
are many prominent Democrats.
On Saturday afternoon, a ne
gro man named Shecpshcad, who
lives on Avenue L in San Antonio,
shot and killed Wren Llnkcn, an
other negro, whom he suspected
OF being too intimate with his,
Shccpshcad's, wife, an ocloroon.
John PIckern, aged 81. was
stabbed and killed by NJ. F.. Thomp-
som, a boy II years old, on Tues
day evening in the Fifth ward in
Houston. They had been quarrel
ing and it Is said Pickcrn struck
Thompson fist. Pickcrn died in
five minutes after being cut.
First bales Of cotton are now
being received nearly all over the
state. The first bale was received
at Dallas on Saturday, it being
the first new balo ever received
in July. AT Flatonia, on the Sun
set road, tifty-thrcc bales of new
crop cotton have been received.
There was bitter and pro-
longcd fight in the Harris county
convention over FAINT and Ellis
for nomination for sheriff. Over
fifty ballots were had with Ellis in |
the lead every ballot. Finally |
FAINT withdrew and Ellis was unan- |
imOusly nominated.
Tho crop failure in many por-
lions Of Taylor county has render
cd 1t necessary for their more for
tunato neighbors to assist them. !
a meeting was held at Abilene last |
week and steps were taken to aid
destitute farmers. The crops have
proved a complete failure.
Mrs. HeItmuller, a respectable |
German woman, living on the Ne
GregOr road, seven miles from
Waco, was outraged by Il negro
hend, who afterward made herl