Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-04-22
STATE NEWS.

- -Bellville is to have Ma
Fest; the time has not been dcto
mined.
Tho Santa Fo railway has b
les gun the construction of Il new d
red pot at Temple.
e's' Tho Grand Lodge of III
ms knights of Pythias meets at re
OF rell to-day, the goth inst.
ito Fort Worth is always wantin
.cJ somcthing-a shirt and underwoa
Ms factory is the latest want.
ow - BollvIlle will soon have
ty. hook and ladder company; ncarl.
Nj enough funds have been raised t
Is. buy an "Outfit."
II. Tho Temple Times says tn
!. Santa Fo railway pays $1,000 {
"a month to telegraph operators EN-
10 ployed in Temple.
c Mrs. Eliza Converse, the frs
y child born in Houston, was burieC
v. last Friday. Nearly all the ole
citizens attended.
Tho RockdaIe Messenger
3. claims that there is less trouble
and more business in Rockdale
than IN any town of its size in the
d state.
AT Dallas on Sunday Shaareth
IsreaI synagogue was dedicated,
with the assistance OF the rabbi,
choir and congregation ofthc Tenn
5 pie Emanuel.
The funeral of Judge o. Y.
Tyler took place at Bolton on Sun
day. He was an old resident of
; Bell county, having settled there
f in 1854, and was rs years of age.
Tho Columbus Citizen returns
thanks TO 4 friend at Eagle Lake
: for fine string of fish, and then
by way OF parenthesIs adds: 1--WE
suppose they were caught with 4
silver hook"
AT Texarkana, on this side of
, the line, all tho saloons and gamb-
bling houses were closed in accord
ance with law. The thirsty Tex
ans, it is presumed, stopped over
into Arkansas and wet their whis-
ties.
Mrs. Mollie Morris living in
San Antonio, became jealous OF her
husband and took large dose of
rough on rats. Had it not been
for doctor and stomach-pump
the potion would have been rough |
on Mrs. Morris.
AS the long summer days APP
proach the editors of many of the
country weekly papers are looking
anxiously forward TO tho timo
whel the horde of office seekers
will come to the front-with cash
in hand to announce.
-Corsicana is now illuminated
with electric light, 120 feet above
the street. The light attracts all
kinds of bugs a new kind of bug
2 IL inches long and 8 IA of an
inch broad was found dead under
the light.
Walter Nicholson, Corsicana
young man 10 years of age, ran off
with o young widow, Mrs. Bette
Bryan, who Is the mother of two {
children. They went to the BeautI-
full Indian Territory, married and
returned.
The Hay makers, an improved
order ofthe Ancient Sons of Malta,
of Rockdale, will inltlatc the men,
bers of the Milan county Medical f
association, and after the ceremon- i
les such of the doctors as are able {
to sit down will be gwen a ban c
quet. /
The Collin County Farmers y
Alliance is SAID to number 5000
male members, and to include the
best farming element in the county. n
They have decided to build a flour c
mill with a capacity of2OOO barrels O
at Mckinney. u
The Columbus Citizen says =
counties of Colorado, Fayette, \
Lavaca, Gonzales and Austin are
blessed with five of the best shariffs
in the state. The BANNER would y
amend by adding Washington coun- II
ty to the list. Our sheriff, Mr.. N. il
Z. Dever, is justly entitled to rank q
with the best in the state. a
An alleged Georgia dynamiter u :,
named Abe Jackson, was Jailed at
Waco Sunday, to await an officer
with requIsItlon from Georgia. "
BE IS charged with attempting to G
destroy Sam Jones property IN Ii
Georgia. Jackson says it is all a a
that he is warm person n
Il friend of Sam. b
Temple Times: 'Nolan as q,
jembly K. of l.. have made ar
to entertain all dele
rates of the Farmers Alliance, at a
! union meeting to be held on the d.
'4th inst" ain some sections of D'
he state the two orders seem TO ST
work together tremendously. &c
- Huebent Bros, safe IN San m
Antonio was blown open with n,
powder the other night and rob-
Jed the explosion was heard for
ONO distance, but no one knew m
What 1t was until the store was re
'pened in the morning. &C
Rev. Albert, colored preach tv
n from New Orleans, is IN Waco tv
Getting up q temperance boom "
Imong the negroes. The time is hi
because the colored
olks have no money to buy
and can't get it on credit. sh
-Chas. Pennock Tasker, re- re-
young Philadelphia society man, en-
las been arrested at Ell Paso. He tb
S wanted for forgery, his opera aT
ions amounted, it is said to $751; ar
100. He had Just returned from fo
Iexico and was putting on q great st
leal of style, nj
The journeymen carpenters of tn
galveston are getting ready TO pr
trlke, they want after May l, to
naugurate the eight hour system m
Without any reduction in wages. ST.
'he bosses are unable to see the IN
Utility OF this move and will proba- M y,