Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-07
CRY AND COUNTY.
W. mead and must have more

some complaint of bad countr.
roads. Are the overseers TO blame
X. HOFFMAN, has a change in hi
ad., and is offering some rare bar
gains.
WHEN will tho streets Of Brcn
ham be lighted by electric light o
gas2
COTTON seed IS now selling a
$3.50 per ton and is coming in very
freely.
THE louisville Schuotzen-Ve
rcins will give another fest on thu
18th inst.
THERE was q colorod festival ant
owl meeting at Camptown on Sat
urday night.
CIRoUs.-Littlo boys, save NJ
your nicklos and dimes. Coles
circus is coming.
GRASS worms are eating all the
crab grass up in the William Penn
neighborhood.
K1BER's steam candy factory is
now turning out 500 pounds OF
candy per day.
DR.. Richey still has SO much TO
do that he has again extended his
time until Oct II.
On Saturday the largest crowd OF
TIE season was in town. Retail
trade was lively.
BRENNAN needs more factories to
make her trifty and prosperous
and she must have them.
DIR. ELLINGTON, dentist, of
Hampstead, is in the city for the
purpose of opening an office.
THERE was an owl meeting about
three miles from town on tho In
dependence road Monday night.
Born the Anheuser and Lemp
beer agents at this place now have
new and beautiful delivery Wagons.
JURY SCRIP. County Treasurer
Minkwitz is now ready to pay all
jury scrip registered prior to April
2, 1886.
THE district court was occupied
all of Saturday in hearing the evil
dence in tho case of Boehm VS..
Calish.
In the suit of Hervey VS.. Mcln-
tyre, IN the county court yesterday,
a verdict was rendered for the de-
PENDANT.
THE second crop of hay is now
ready 10 cut and is every respect
much larger and better than the
first crop.
A GOOD furniture factory would
do a rafting good business in
Brenham. Factories is what the
town needs.
Mr.. Booker, who was severely
cut in a gin at Lott z. o. the other
day, will recover without any in
jury SAFE few scars.
A SON OF Mr.. ]. H. Burch, who
lives six mills from town, was
thrown from mule the other day
and had his arm broksn.
Mrs. J. MCFARLAND, Mrs. Il.
Wehmeyer and Mrs. Franz Gels
ecke took the gas and had *helr
teeth extracted without pain by
DR.. Richcy, the Chicago dentist.
Our people are becoming a little
anxious about tho building of the
Brazos Valley railway. When will
work begin? is the common in
curry now.
JURY ScRIP.-All jury scrip reg
istered to May 1. 1886 or up to No.
1882, will be paid on presentation
at the county treasurer's office in
the courthouse.
BRENNAN has just cause to feei
proud of herpubIIc schools, which
are rapidly gaming popularity
under the able management of Su-
perintondeut W. Il. Flynne.
BILL Brown, the Is year old
coon who gave the police so much
trouble here last summer, plead
guilty 10 theft IN the district court
and was sent up for five years.
RAcEs.-In this issue will be
found the programme for the races
OF the Brennan Jockey club at
their fine race track, on the 10th
and 1llh of November.
POLITICAL excitement in the race
for co unity offices is beginning TO
run hrgh. The colorcd brother Is
now a very important factor. His
vote Is eagerly sought by all can
dIdates.
THERE was a festival and politi'
cal meeting at RandIe Hill on Fri
day night. The sentiment OF the
voters present was about ninety
-four per cent. to five IN favor of the
Peoples ticket.
The courthouse square now pre-
sents the appearance of stock
yard and smells about as loud
This is caused by horse drovcrl
being allowed to herd their stocl
on the square.
ARCHY HUGHES, colored, one o
the prisoners who escaped from
jail some months ago, was captur
ed recently in Robertson county
and is now safely back in his OLE
quarters IN theJail.