Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-05-13
CITY AND COUNTY.
BUSINESS is rapidly assuming a

departments VIII DC represented
at our May feast.
CROP prospects throughout tn
county are splendid, and as gen
eral thing work is we'll up.
PROGRESSIVE men can see moth
ing but good to come out of build
ing the Brazos Valley railway.
FARMERS arc SO busy oheppins
cotton and killing grass that they
have but little time 10 come t
town.
THE serious illness of the chic
clerk in tho comptroller's Office
will prevent Col. Swain from at
tending our feast.
The Brazos Valley railway will
not pass through an undeveloped
country, but 1t will be self sup
porting from the start.
THE Houston Light Guard, the
champion military company oil
the United States, will give an ex.
hibition drill at the Brennan Mai
fest.
New HAY.-Mr. VIM. Wehmeyer,
who lives about two miles south OF
town, on Saturday brought in two
wagon loads OF hay, the first of the
season.
WITH increased railway faclli-
ties there Is no reason why Bren-
ham should not become an I'M
portant manufacturing and DIS
tributlng point.
TIE Germania society has &C
cepted the invitation of the Fire
Department TO attend tho Mai-Fest,
and will take part in the grand
procession.
HOSE CoNTEsT.-A citizens purse
has been raised as prize for a
contest between Connor Hose
company of this city, and the Bel
ton and Temple Hose companies,
at our Mal-fest. Look out for fun.
PARTIES from Brenham who were
at the Hampstead May fest say 1t
was largely attended and splcn-
did success up to the time of the
unfortunate shooting and killing of
Farr, which completely broke ii
up.
AT meeting of Mechanics En-
gino company, No. l, held on Fri
day evening, tho resignation, of
Hugh Miller as foreman of the
company was received and &C
cepted, and William. Schuerenberg
was elected foreman for the unex-
pired term.
CONVICT LIEB, our defaulting
country treasurer, is now at the
Huntsville penitentiary. He is
trusty and works in the Superin-
tendcnts Office. He is compelled
TO live on prison fare and takes
his meals along with the other
thieves and rascals in the peniten-
tiary dining room.
Conn is now in active demand
and every day wagons are haul
ing corn, from Northern Texas to
the country. A wagon with team
consisting of throe yoke of thin
oxen might have been seen the
other day going out with a small
load of corn. Those farmers who
are now buying corn need no ad-
vice in the promises.
The May Feast committee have
been hard at work and now have
all the arrangements fully COM
pleted; no effort on tho part of
the several committees has been
spared to make the feast a COM
plete success. Visitors from a DIS
tanco may rest assured that no ef-
fort on the part of the Brennan
fremen will be spared to make
them comfortable.
FALSE REPoRT.-Unknown par
ties have been giving currency to
a false report that the admission
TO the Firemen's Mni-Fest will be
fifty cents. This is a wilful and
malicious attempt to injure the
fest. The price of admission will
be only twenty-five cents, or two
dimes and q nickel. Everybody
should come and a royal good time
is guaranteed by the Brennan
Firemen.
The Brazos Valley and Bren-
ham railway is assuming definite
shape and owners of real estate
here who are afraid that the build
ing of another railroad will ruin
the town may as well begin to
prepare themselves for shrink
age In the value of property, Ac-
cording to their arithmetic If
Brennan had as many railroads as
Houston property wouldn't be
worth one dollar an acre.
PICNIc.-On Saturday the Sun
day school children of Brennan
had a union picnic at Ralston's
pasture, on Woodward's creek.
The attendance was very large and
a fine time was enjoyed by the
children, also the grown folks.
There are some few boys in Bren-
ham who do not go to Sunday
school; some of these went to the
picnic, but they behaved them
selves so nicely that the counter
felt could not be distinguished
from the genuine Sunday school
boy. All good boys should go to
Sunday school.