Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-05-06
CRY AND COUNTY.

TRADE Is reported only $3.50 b
our merchants.
TIE tomato mon are opening u
business again.
WHAT about building new cali
booso? God knows the city need
it.
THE Hampstead Hook and Lad
der company will be represente'
at our manifest.
Mrs. CHASE and family left OIL
Thursday for her new homo il
Bolton.
CROP prospects generally through
ont tho county are reported to b.
very fine.
STANDs.-The sale of stands fol
the Mai-fest will take place Nay I
Sec ad. elsewhere.
The Baltimore and Ohio tele
graph company are doing splen'
did business at this point.
IT seems that the prospects for
gas in this city is growing beauti,
fully less with each day.
PREPARATIONS are being made
for the examination OF our public
schools, which takes place In June.
WE hear nothing of the organiza-
ton of base ball club in the city
this spring. What's the matter +!
IcE.-Tho Brennan Ice factory
got up steam Tuesday evening and
by Sunday will be able to supply
the public with ice.
The town is nov very quiet,
everybody is getting ready for the
coming May-fost and large at
tendance is expected.
COURTS The commissioners
court will meet on Monday the
10th inst, and the county court on
Monday the 18th inst.
WILL CoME.-Tho Houston Light
Guards will be at our May Fest on
Saturday, the 18th inst. This an
nouncement is official.
INTEREST IN the approaching
Maifest is on the increase, and
everything now indicates an un-
usual largo attendance.
CROPS in this and Austin county
aloug the limo of the Santa Fe rail
way are looking splendidly, and
farmers are busy with pillow and
hoe.
A CONTRACT has been let for cut
ting off the weeds and cleaning out
the grounds at Firemen's Park. A
drill ground of about an acre will
be prepared for tho military drill.
THE remains of the late Col. It.
J. Allcorn were inferred in the
city cemetery on Thursday; the
burial ceremonies were performed
by the Masonic order of this place.
IT should not be forgotten that
the Hon. Julius Schuetzo. of Aus
lin, will deliver the German ora
ton at the coming MaI-fest. He
is a fine speaker and a finished
The alleged grave on the Cen
trail railway, mention OF which has
already been made, was opened on
Wednesday by section boss Lunn
and Mr.. Gillespie; no corpse or
anything else was found.
The smoke stack of the new
boiler at the Ice factory was raised
Saturday afternoon. About TWEEN
ty coIared gentlemen performed
the manua! labor, whine a number
of lookers-on did the windwork.
THE three "lo2c fishermen" who
went TO Eagle Lake last week re-
turned homo on Thur day. They
report having had a fine time,
barring a little wet weather, and
they say they caught plenty OF
fish.
THE BANNER has just received
new supply of plain and linen let
ter and note paper, bill heads,
envelops, tags and some nice we'd
ding stationery and is prepared TO
do job work neatly and promptly
at reasonable prices.
MAYORS CoURT.-Saturday-Jno
Hurd and Josephine Hunt, gentle
man and lady of color, disturbing
the peace and dignity of the city
of Brennan; fined 81 and trim
mings each. In default OF payment
they were remanded to the bastlle.
AS A rule people are on their
good behavior and business in the
Justices court is down to a sum-
mer basis. Money is too scarce
with those who are inclined TO
fight and otherwise disturb the
peace TO permit them to do so and
pay fines.
DEwBERRY gathering is an indus
try that is now quito general with
coIored people whose means are
limited. Ali the capital required
to go into the dewberry industry
is supple double-jointed back, a
superannuated bucket OF basket
and plenty of patience.
AT the regular monthly meeting
of the Brennan Hook and Ladder
company, held last Friday night, a
resolution was passed adopting the