Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-01-14
CITY AND COUNTY.
SPECIAL NOTICE.,

CRY AND COUNTY.
SPECIAL NOTICE!
Parties In arresrs for subscription to the
WEEKLY RAINIER srs requested to call
and pay the same, otherwise their paper
will be stopped. We mean business.
IoE cream and soda water are at q
heavy discount.
SEE card of E. B. McGowen, car
penter and house-mover elsewhere.
The BANNER is under obligations
to Mr.. r. Gross for a fine red fish.
DIED.-At the residence of Mr..
Gardner, in this city, on Friday,
the 9Th inst, Mrs. ]. W. BowLRs.
FARMERS report that chickens
roostlng out Of doors were frozen
to death on their roosts last week.
wooD and chicken thieves are
now in their glory; they do their
work between midnight and day
light.
DISTRICT court Is now in session
at BellvIIle, and a number of wit
nesses from this county have gone
down.
TIE cold snap still holds on and
at shutdown Tuesday there was still
snow on the north side of build
Ings.
CoTToN.-There is no cotton
coming In and none selling. The
cotton that is here is being held
for rise.
The corner loafer was invisible
on Friday-the street corners were
entirely deserted, the loafers hav-
ing retired into winter quarters.
THE total shipment of cotton
from BRENNAN up to and including
January 9th are 25, OSS bales. Very
little was shipped last week.
MoLAssEs. = The BANNER has
sampled the Texas plantation mo-
lasses now offered for sale by
Hunt & Co., and pronounce it of
excellent quality /; far superior to
many OF the so-called syrups.
Academia son of MIR. Asa /
Pennington, who lives near town
was accidentally shot in the leg on
Saturday. The leg was amputated
on Monday and at last accounts the
boy was IN critical condition.
PERsoNAL.'-Capt. r. L. Upshaw
and wife, and Mr.. Ben Estes left
on Saturday for Montana. Capt.
Upshaw has been appointed Indian
agent for Tongue river. Mr.. Estes
accompanies him in the capacity
OF blacksmith.
SKATING on ice is q novelty in
this section of the country, and it
is so seldom that the ice gets thick
enough "to bear" that very few
people here have ice skates and
roller skates are no good for ice
skating.
A VERY careful man on Saturday
teOA an accurate census of the
skates in town; he reports that
five pairs of regular skates were
resurrect.sd. 1t is seldom we have
any skating here-roller skating
does not connt.
FIRE ALAsM.-At 1915 p. IN. the
fire bell was 1,ung; the alarm was
caused by the burning OF fue at
the residence of Mr.. VIM. Cohen,
in the First ward. The fremen
res bonded promptly, but their
services were not required. f.
SNow.--On Tuesday morning the
ground was covered with the FIRST
snow of any consequence this sea-
son. 1t was little over half an
inch deep. Pas.7en gers from Hous-
ton, who left at 10 a. NJ, report a
two inch snow the re anu still snow
ing when they left.
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ARRESTED. - Sheriff Dever on
Friday received a dispatch trou
sheriff Lewis, OF Austin county
stating that he had arrested and jail
ed Albert Peters and asking that
he be sent for. Peters is white
man who formerly clerked IN this
city. We could not learn what he
is wanted for.
JUSTICES CoURT.-Frlday. Hen
ny Lee, colored, the man who was
arrested some days ago on . charge
of of shooting at Mexican, had a
preliminary examination on q
charge OF assault with intent to
murder and was dismissed. But
for hitting the SAID Mexican with
rock he was fined SIS and trim
mings.
MORE WEATHER.-The condition
of the weather is now about the on
ly topic of conversation, and 1t
the weather, not the conversation
is getting worse. About nine
O'Clock Wednesday morning it be-
gan raining in mild way and con-