Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-01-07
STATE NEWS.
-Gonzales is to have new pa-
per to be called tho Gazette.

factory progress.
The San Antonio recorders
court collected SSS52 IN fines dur
ing the past year.
Millions of wild ducks infest
the swamps of the Sabine in the
vicinity of Carthage.
/ R. T. Clark, of Moody, and J.
7. Chambers, of McGregor, both
merchants, have failed.
/ The Post says there is good
opening in Houston for a large
bank with plenty of capital.
/ A local paper at Paris insists
that that town is wholly without
any fire protection whatever.
/ -Demson is to have an ice tac
tory; n lot has been bought and
work is to be commenced at once.
In San Antonio two more
cases ofsmaIlpox were reported in
different portions of the city on
Tuesday.
Tho number of freight trains
on the Sherman division of the
Texas and Pacific railway have
been reduced.
, Mrs. Leftwich was burned to n
crisp on Saturday, near Dallas, by
her dress catching fire from 4 pile
of burning grass.
I San Antonio sends five luna
tics to the State Asylum at Austin.
They have for some time been con-
| fed at the county poor farm.
| AN up-country county paper
says any one competent to fill
county Office can raise So to pay
for his announcement In advance.
Eugene Williams, an able
young lawyer of Waco, has been
appointed district Judge of the 10Th
district, vice B. W. Rlmes, resign
ed.
No new cases of small pox
have been reported atSan Antonio
since Saturday. The four cases at
the pest house are doing we'll. No
alarm was occasioned.
AT Palestine on Saturday
evening Louis Muse, a mulatto
shot and MORALLY wounded Mon
roe Bradley, a black negro. 1t
was all about a woman.
Mr.. ]. L. Watson, manager of
the Houston Post, gave an elegant
dinner to his friends on New Years
day. Dan Notary was there and
he says the champagne sparkled.
1t is understood that county
attorney Clint, OF Dallas, will at
once proceed to enforce the Sun
day law. and will also try his hand
at suppressing the variety theatres.
j. l.. Cherry, of Terrell, went
to Denison on business and put up
at hotel. Upon retiring for the
night he blew out the gas. When
found next morning he was nearly
dead.
The citizens committee at
Austin has officially offered $4,000
reward for The arrest and convlc-
ton of the party or parties who
murdered the women in Austin
during the past year.
A few days ago Mr.. Julian,
jr., OF the San Marcos Free Press,
and Mr.. Hull of the Cresset, of the
same town, had q shooting bee,
which grew out of matters pub
lished in the Press. Nobody was
hurt.
Devices & Strickland. cattle
men, have closed q lease on 100,-
600 acres of land on the Mexican
side of the Rio Grandc, opposite
to mouth of the Pecos. Tho firm
owns q ranch on this side of the
riverln the same locality.
DIXON Williams, evangelist, is
now tackling the sinners at FL
Paso. Sunday afternoon he de-
livercd y lecture to men only and
handled them without gloves. He
said if the moral atmosphere was
not purified destruction would en-
sue.
One Daugherty. q Laredo des-
perado, got on q big spree at
Brownsville and rode through the
streets firing his pistol into houses.
He shot a 16-year old girl through
the ankle and her leg will have to |
be amputated below the knee. He
was arrested and jailed. A long |
term in the penitentiary would be
almost too good for him, |
Miss Mamie A. Wallace, of
Fort Worth, has sued Thomas Fl.
Daggott for breach of promise OF
marriage and seduction, claiming
$4,000 actual and $4,000 exem-
plary damages, occasioaed DO Dag
gett failing to comply with the
terms of marriage contract. Ihe
father Of hiss Wallace has also
sued Daggett for $4,000. Dag
gett is 81 years old and the young
lady is 2s. 1t is said they had /
been keeping company for eleven
years. lfnot compromised a rich
scandal is expected, and If there is
III this world that trckles
the palate of the general public it
is a scandal,