Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-03-04


We had a light norther yeste
day drying the streets conside
ably.
TIE magistrates court was OIL
gagged yesterday in trying civ
cases by jury.
THE mayors court is doini
nothing; things generally are yer.
quiet and the election is comm
on.
The weather Sunday and Mon
day was all that could be desired
though the indications are favor
able for rain.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. J. G. Rankin, o
the BANNER returned from Cincin
natl Tuesday evening. lie Is de
lighted with his trip.
FARMERS generally say the CROP
season never opened more aus
piciously than the present; the
rain came in the right time and
when needed.
The sheriff's deputies have been
quite busy for some days summon.
ing parties and serving various
papers in connection with the ap-
preaching term of the district
court.
The deep water schemes, says
the Austin Statesman, seem to be
all smoke and no fire. All favor
deep water, but are unable to
unite on the available point.
THE recent sloppy weather has
again forcibly presented the need
of sidewalks of some kind IN the
business portion of town. A light
coating OF gravel would make an
excellent temporary sidewalk.
THE university regents have
lately succeeded in leasing
$4,000 acres of the university
lands at net rental of 4 cents an
acre per year, they to retain all
improvements made on the lands.
THE celebrated case of Thomas
Dwyer VS.. The City of Brennan,
involving a claim of about s22, 900
for printing, was q few days ago
reversed and remanded by the su-
preme court now in session at Gal
weston.
CANDIDATES can have owl moet-
ings, sardine barbecues and lobster
festivals from now on till the day
of election if they feel inclined 10
pay the fiddler. The colored pol
iticians will do the dancing and
eating, too.
A CONSIDERABLE number of drum
mers visit Brennan daily and
Judging from their conversation
they arc all doing a tOleraJly fair
trade. This may be taken as an
evidence that a good business is
anticipated during the coming sea-
son.
MANSON BROWNING, an old negro
who has lived in this county for
many years, is wanted in connec-
ton with crookedness in horse
flesh. Manson was arrested at
Hearue the other day. The sher-
if will send after him.
LAMPKIN LINDSEY, we'll known
colored man of this county, was
arrested on Saturday on complaint
OF another colored man charging
him with horse stealing. All the
trouble grew out of a debt and it is
not likely that the charge will
hold water.
STREET FIaHT.-Monday morn
ing Pete Lotion, colored man,
met another colored man on the
street opposite the courthouse
and nearly wore him out. 1t seems
that the whipped man had been to
Pete's house while drunk and mis-
behaved himself.
GEN. Sui Ross has been inter-
viewed by the Galveston News,
the interview making three col
umns of solid matter. The inter
view covers o wide range of sub
iects and his replies to the ques-
tons were, says the reporter,
frank, manly, concise and straight
forward.
WEDDNes.-County Judge Kirk,
although not married himself, was
on Monday called upon to marry
two couples, first Alexander
Rosecranz and Cbarlott Hermann,
white, and Perry Whiteing and
Matilda Benefited, colored. The
judge delivered to both couples
moral lectures on their duties to
themselves ami to mankind and
babe them go and sin no more.
The gospel meetings will be con-
tinued through this week at the
Presbyterian church. The meet
ings to-day are as follows: Ser
vices at each church at II a. m.
Union services at Baptist church |
at 8 p. m. Union services at Pres
byterian church at 7:45 p. m. Not
outstanding the rainy weather
during most of last week the inter
est in these meetings has steadily
Increased. The general feeling
seems to be that the meetings
should be continued.
On Saturday afternoon there
was meeting In this city of the !
old-style Republicans of the regu-
lar faith and order, such as used