Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-04-29
L. W. Ellis. who had contract.

IL. w. ElllS, WHO nau CODlIaCl-
cd to deliver 800 head of cattle at
Wills Point on the 22d inst, and
had drawn $3.50 OF the money has
turned up missing.
Mrs. V. A. Owens received a
divorce from her husband, in tho
district court ut Cleburnc last
week, and Immediately married
man named Elijah Forester.
The knights ofLabor and the
Farmers Alliance of Palo Pinto
county have nominated a full coun-
ty ticket, and still they claim to be
nOn-political organizations.
Tho tair of the Williamson
county 1--we Stock Association, at
Taylor, on Wednesday and Thurs
day last was n magnificent success.
The competition in all depart
mcnts was strong.
Crews and Mooring, employees
at the Agricultural college, near
Bryan, amused themselves with
swapping guns at each other on
Monday, whom Crews pistol fired,
killing Mooring instantly.
Miss Sarah Goss has been ar
rested at Nacogdoches charged
with tho theft of $500 from MISS
Nancy Strahan, an old maid, and
has confessed TO the theft. Sarah
is now in Jail in default of $500
bond.
Tho democrats of Colorado
county will hold their county con-
vcntion on the third Saturday in
juno to elect delegates to state. the
convention, and to attend to such
other business as may come before
them.
Sanford Lewis, colored, who
has had the contract for conveying
mail TO and from trains at Waco,
has been found guilty of abstract
ing money from mail pouches.
Sanford will serve the state at
Huntsville for a while.
In the competitive cxamina-
ton at Galveston OF applicants for
the appointment to scholarship in
the U. S. Naval Academy, Mr..
Geo. II. Law, Jr., and W. J. Reese,
Jr., carried OF tho honors, and
will be recommended by Congress
man Grain for appointment.
An unfortunate difficulty oc-
Cured between John and Ed.
Burke at Galveston on Monday
last. John, while drunk, stabbed
his brother in the neck with knife
and aftcrward shot himself with a
pistol. Neither are expected to
recover.
An attempt was mado in Gal
weston, at s o'clock on Saturday
night, to outrage q respectable
white woman on Church street,
which was prevented by the arriv-
al of two gentlemen. The young
lady was chokcd and badly used
up. The scoundrel escaped in the
darkness.
The large four-story Touring
mill owned by the Brown county
Milling company at Brownwood,
was consumed by fire on Sunday
morning; loss $40, 900; insured for
1000. The flames also caught
and destroyed the M1llspaugh ice
factory, valued at s25, 900; partially
insured.
"A cyclone struck Killeen, Bell
county, on Sunday night, tearing
up things generally. The residence
of Mr.. Usleton, near town, was
torn to pieces, injuring the whole
family; the house ofNorman Bros,
was also destroyed-the family
being saved by taking refuge in n |
storm house. Hail fell as large as
hen egg. Great damage was
done to property.
- Superintendent Baker issues
the following instructions to rln-
clpals of summer normal institutes:
Open July II; close August I;
open to all visitors enroll as men,
bers only teachers and those ex-
pecting TO teach at an carly day,
instruction being free. He will
issue normal certificates on recon-
mendatIon of the institutes. Teach
ors can attend any institute IN the
State, irrespective ofresidence.
Martin McGrath and VIM.
Shamrock were convicted in the
district court at Sherman of will
fully showing contempt of court IN
refusing to obey wrIts of Injunction
issued restraining them from inter-
fering with the property of the
Missouri Pacific railway company,
and sentenced them TO three days in
the county Jail. This light sentence
was given them on account of their
being poor men, with families de-
pending upon them.
"A very destructive hail storm
visited Rockdale on Tuesday even
ing; hail stones measuring two
inches and over in diameter fell,
destroying all manner of vegeta-
ton; large holes were punctured
through tin and single roofing,
windowpanes, sash and blinds on
tho west side of houses wore
broken; fruit and crops are
completely destroyed ; a number
of buildings IN town were badly
damaged.
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