Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-09-30
STATE NEWS.
Tho Bellville Times wants the

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liabilities arc about $1,000.
Tho campaign liar is ubiqui
touS; the Houston Herald says he
is in the turf in its town.
-Safo breakers got into a safe
in saloon at CIcburnc the Other
day and stole $3.50 IN money.
Cotton has been successfully
cultivated in the vicinity of Wichi
tn Falls this season, dry rs 1t was
Tho postofliccs at Henderson
and LaGrangc have been raised
from fourth-class to presidential
class.
-Twonty-four stone masOns
from Chicago arrived at Austin
Monday and went TO work on the
new capitol.
According to the Waco Ex'
amincr the ncw-tanglcd soda flavor
ing called moxic, is nothing more
than sarsaparilla.
Dave Moore who was shot by
Petric at Paris last Saturday died
at 1854 on Tuesday. Jackpot was
the cause of the fight.
"A Waco boy, Isaac Sanger.
aged Is years. has invented and
patented an automatic weighing
mechanism for elevators.
Temple is soon TO have daily
paper to be called the The Bee. 1t
will be under the management of
the Brentwood Bee men.
Tho Sunday law is now dead
letter in Dallas and n large num-
Der of drunken men were to be seen
on the streets last Sunday.
Tho st. Louis Arkansas and
Texas railway between Sulphur
Springs and Mount Pleasant, is be-
ing wIdcnod to standard guagc.
-Austin's new hotel, the Dris-
kill house, has boon rented by Il
San AntouIo man for $4,000 Il
year. 1t will open December 1st.
Tho total cotton shipments of
Navasota from August l to Sept
cmber Is, inclusive, were 1850
bales. During the same time Brcn-
ham shipped 602l bales.
Philip Mengic, aged 60 years,
was arrested in ccdcr brake, near
Austin on Monday, with q full set
of tools for making counterfeit dol
lars and half dollars.
Tho Houston papers all knew
that the Franklin street bridge,
where the fatal accident occurred
on Sunday, was IN a dangerous
condition. The city authorities
are 10 blame.
Tho Paris North Texan says
farmers are gathering considerable
moro cotton to the acre than they
anticipated several weeks ago.
The crop will average at least half
a bale to the acre.
Tho city of Victoria owns its
water works and is now preparing
to extend them over a considera-
bio territory. People once accus-
toned to water works do not care
to be bothered with wells.
Last Sunday will be known in
Corsicana as tho dry Sunday. Ev-
cry bar, beer saloon and cigar
stand was closed as tight as wax.
Men who went dry last Sunday will
provide for future contingencies.
Tho canvass for county officers
in Galveston has so far been a
"dry" one. There has been a
absence of free drinks. 1t
Is very bad style of citizen who
can be bought fora free drink.
There was a strike at the coal
mines on tho Rio Grandc above
Laredo the other day. The miners
wanted higher wages which were
refused. Work resumed and two
OF tho leaders in the strike were
ordered off the grounds and warn
ed not to return.
"A man and woman who arriv-
ed at Houston on Tuesday morning
from New Orleans were arrested |
and locked up. The woman was
dressed in mems clothes, but when
locked up acknowledged her sox.
She said she had no female APP
parel.
Paris bothered with that first
class nuisance known IN all the
cities as the town COW.
The town martial refuses to i'm
pound cows because he is unable
10 distinguish those that hahitual-
y run on the public square from
Tho occasional visitors.
Albert Robinson, q negro, was
ound guilty of the murder Of his
wife at Tyler on Saturday last,
he jury assessing the death penal
y. This is the first death sentence
n Smith county in twenty years,
,hough there has doubtless been
many murders committed during
hat time,
Tho Republicans ofthc Eighth
district held a con-
'ention at Columbus last week and
nominated Hon, W. O. Hutchinson,
# Hays, No proceedings were
tho Citizen and 1t did not
NOW any convention had been
Ield until it was over. The Rcpub-
leans, like owls, prefer darkness
o daylight.
- They have q pleasant way of
Ioing things IN Mexican society at
laredo. The other night while
was in progress at the
Iouse of a Mexican named Ayola,
we men came TO the house, broke
p the festivities and carried away
he wife Of the host. 1t is said the
eader of the band was one of FL
coyotes right bowers.
On Sunday morning l. Wagner :
yas driving spring wagon over J
he Franklin street bridge IN Hous-
on. He was accompanied by his =,
wo little boys. The horse fright :.
ned at the approach of u street 9
ar and shIod to ono side running :
gainst the railing, which gave =
'ay. Wagon, contents and horse :
-cnt to the bottom, Il distance of :,
venty feet. Ono boy was instant =
2 killed, Mr.. Wagner had his arm