Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-09-16
STATE NEWS.


. until X clock.
The work of rebuilding and
repairing at Victoria is progress
ing very rapidly.
Cotton worms have appeared
in force in the vicinity of Eagle
Lake and Columbus.
Tho City brewery OF San An
tonic has mado an assignment tor
the benefit of its creditors.
Fine rains have recently fall
len at Abilene and Colorado,
Cattlomcn arc IN high spirits.
Hon. John II. Reagan has
made appointments to speak at all
the county seats in his district.
Tho Republicans in Bexar are
divided on the question of holding
n county nominating convention.
Tho merchants of Navasota
arc liberal advertisers and they get
their money back in increased
trade.
-Dcnguc has full possession OF
Sherman, on the 18th inst, thorc
were fully five hundred cases of it
in town.
Trains Oh the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass railway will soon be
running within five miles of Cor
pus Christi.
Fall fights opened up in Gaines
willie tho other, day in fine style;
there was about two dozen fights
in ono day,
Society young gentlemen of
Victoria have decided to introduce
claw-hammcr tailed coats for the
coming dancing season.
AN opposition meat market
has been opened in Victoria and
the result is choice cuts of beet
are sold at ) cents a pound.
According TO the Beaumont
Enterprise L. J. Moboncy is the
prohibition candidate for governor.
Dohoncy is the man; such is fame.
Harris county has an indie
pendent ticket for county officers
and tho Democrats are urged by
tho Post to stick to the straight
ticket.
Tho Colorado Clipper says
that owing to the shortage in the
corn crop but fow cornfcd cattle
will be shipped from Texas this
season.
1t is reported that the Driskill
hotel at Austin has been leased for
$4,000. Tho Express says the
same hotel in San. Antonio would
lease for $4,000.
Jim Bealo, . negro, was shot
and killed by White man, Tom
Scott, on his. SCOTS farm, near
Clebnrne. The negro had just hit
Scott with chain.
Tho A, and NJ. college is now
filled to its utmost capacity, and
new arrangements will have to be
made before any moro students can
be accommodated.
VIM. HalIsman, an old man,
who lived sixteen miles from Cor
sicana, blew his brains out with a
pistol, last week. Poverty was
the moving cause.
-ponison is suffering from a
plethora of bootblacks. Tho Den
isOn News says Il stranger would
suppose that about twO-thirds OF
the population was boOtblacks.
1t seems from tho Victoria
Advocate that Indianola is not
to be abandoned. The railroad
track will he rebuilt as far as
tho stock pens, about mile from
the town.
-Burglarlcs have been the order
of the night in Denison for some
time and Denison paper gives it
as an item of nows that not Il sim
glo burglary occurred the night
preceding its issue. 1
Tho Farmers and Laborcrs, or
anti-monopolists held convention
at HillsbQro and nominated q
candidate for representative. The
HilIsboro Reflector says they claim
to be true Democrats.
Wharton is on n big boom
and numerous improvements are
being made. The cotton crop is
splendid and from now on, says
the Independent, Wharton will be
the Invest town in Texas.
Geronimo, Natchez and the
remainder of the captive Indians |
spent Sunday at barracks at San
Antonio playing cards and |
smoking. Geronimo wants TO be
sent to Florida, whore he has throc
squaws.
Alex Blythe, young book
binder OF Galveston, in u fit of
dependency caused by tho death
of his sister, attempted to kill him
self by taking though on Rats"
which seems to be q f:tvOritc poison
with persons bent on suicide.
WIN. Scott, a slick negro. APP
pcarod at Colorado ostonsibly to
organize Il coIored knights of
Pythias lodge. He got about 500
out of tho colored people and got
himself IN Jail. He is charged with
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses.
A now county ticket is an
nOunccd at Austin. 1t is called
peoples ticket and is supposed to
represent the knights of Labor
and Farmers alliance, both organ
izatlons having decided to enter
politics in their capacity as secret
societies.
E. G. ScntGr, for several years
connected with thp Fort Worth
Gazette and one OF the most taIcn-
ted young journalists in the state,
has retired from the field and goes
TO the State University at Austin,
to complete his studies for the law.
He will certainly have the good
wishes of the Texas press for his
future succuss.
"A young man named station,
who was living on the prairie
about u miles from Richmond.
roped Il wild stallion, and putting
on 4 saddle mounted for ride.