Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-02-11
STATE NEWS.
Farmers IN Milan county are
well up with their work.

railroad they will have 10 shell
out.
Another case of small pox was
reported at Fort Worth on Friday
"a little girl about 10 Years old.
/ Winter IN the vicinity OF La
redo is almost over and stockmen
report little or no loss OF stock.
Stock IN Hamilton county
passed through the severe cold OF
January without material damage.
/ Mrs. Stoebner, wife of a teuunt
who lives near Manor, suicidcd
last week by taking Rough on
Rats.
Tho working time at the In
tcrnational shops In Palestine has
been cut down from nine to eight
hours per day.
butchers at Austin pay from
, ~ to ) cents gross tor tat corn
fed beevcs. They probably sell
beef at y II cents.
The records ofHamilton coun-
~ in the vaults IN the courthouse,
which was recently destroyed by
fire, were found to be injured.
-Weimar has shipped this sea-
son lO,I bales OF cotton. Several
new buildings are going up and all
the mechanics are being kept busy.
Mckinney had fire in the
business part of town Thursday
night. About $4,000 or $4,000
worth of property was destroyed.
R. C. Javnette, laborer on
the new capitol at Austin attempt
ed suicide by taking morphine and
stTychnlne. The doctors saved
HIM.
"A man named Franklin Prid-
dy committed suicide at the
Strother hotel, Dallas, Saturday
night by shooting himself through
the head.
Hyde, Killough a Co., of La
Grange, have made an assignment.
Liabilities about $4,000; assets
about 100000, including notes and
accounts.
Rev. Tackett, known as Father
Tackett, one of the earliest settlers
of North Texas died at his home
in Parker county last week, aged
SO years.
For some time small packages
of freight have been missed from
the depot at McDade. Jim Wright,
a negro teamster was caught with
a stolen package in his wagon.
The will of the late Col. Ashbell
Smith has been filed in the county
clerks Office at Houston HIS
estate which consists mostly OF
real estate will not exceed $4,000.
"A woman, Myra Watts by
name, died of smallpox at Fort
Worth Thursday. No vaccine
matter was TO be had In town;
some of the doctors and druggists
have ordered it from st. Louis.
-Superintenient Dow, of the
Houston public schools, was horse
whipped by F. F. Chew, Jr., Chew
claims that Dow had not acted
fairly in the matter ofthe exam
ination of his young sister. Chew
was arrested.
The Ell PaSo Lone Star clam
bered up the golden stairs about
five weeks ago, now the Daily Bull |
letin has gone up to see where the
Lone Star landed. FL Paso is still
blessed with four papers, and yet /
the 'long felt want" remains to be
filled.
Tho Howard Oil Mills of Pal
estine have closed down. An en-
gineer was discharged; the knights
of Labor insisted on his being taken
back. The superintendent refused
and instead of one man beng out
of employment the whole mill crew
Is idle.
"A special from Tyler to the
Austin Statesman says the boycott
of the Stetson hat ordered by the
knights of Labor has proved
failure, all the merchants except
two decling to be influenced by it.
The boycott is splendid aver
-isement for Stetson. +,
The Angora goat-raisers of
Texas meet at San Antonio on the
9TH inst. for the purpose Of organ
zing themselves into an associa-
lion for the improvement of goat
stock and to further the interests
ot the Angora goat-raising indus
Try. Executive officers were ell ect-
Col. J. G. Tracy, late United
States marshal, is out as 4 cundi-
late for the Office of mayor of
Houston. Col. Tracy ls personal
y very popular and has host of {
friends; he would PROBABLY make
4 good mayor. He is a Republ- '
san of the most pronounced type
md his candidacy will probably {
-esuIt in :: political race for city {
offices in Houston, {
Extradition papers have been
'eceived by Sheriff Maddox at '
Fort Worth from New Mexico |
or the notorious Jim COPYRIGHT. {
COPYRIGHT regards it as very |
lard case that he has to be taken {
o New Mexico. The Fort Worth '
Iazette says: 'If those who have s
,een accustomed to look upon
COPYRIGHT as desperate would .
ak to him or TO sheriff Maddox
hey would change their opinion" .
Moses II. Hancock, of Austin, t
who was arrested in that city on a
he charge OF numbering his wife 7
IN Christmas Eve, has been dis r
.barged without examining
witness; there was not the slight
st evidence to crimInate him. !
The warrant was sworn out by one : :
Battles, az amateur detective.
There are strong talk of having =
lin indicted for perjury. As much l
mystery as ever surrounds the !
murder.
j. A. Graham the drummer
hot and killed by Will Lamb, an :
'ther drummer, in the dining room !
f the McClelland hotel at Waco, 9
lad a preliminary examination be- Il
ore Justice Sleeper, who classified "