Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-05-20
STATE NEWS.

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Crop prospects are reasonably
fair in Navarro county.
There are forty-two prisoners
IN the Harris county Jail.
- Efforts are beng made TO cs-
tablish Il wagon factory at iIender-
son.
\ Pennsylvania farmer last year
sold $4,000 worth of potatoes from
u acres,
Lee Riggs shot and killed Her
man Kruger IN Lee county last
week.
Il, W. Oglesby, of Collin
county, is prominent candidate
for comptroller.
Both Fair organizations at
Dallas are at work putting grounds
in order for the state fairs.
A correspondent of PhiladeI-
phia newspaper says that Miss Jen-
ME Chamberlain, tho Cleveland
beauty, has decided to go on the
dramatic stage.
Emancipation day will be
celebrated in grand style by the
colored people at San Antonio.
Attempts are being made at
Dallas to consolidate tie street car
lines.
GALVESTON capitalists have late
Iy been in Abilene with Il view to
investing IN real estate.
/ "A Mexican gentleman engaged
IN adjusting gat' on Il fighting
cocks legs, at San Antonio, on
Sunday night, was struck IN the
wrist by the gatf and very severely
injured.
A shooting alfray occurred at
Grand Saline the other day IN
which brccch-Ioading shot guns
were used. Que man will die from
an overdose Of lead. and three
others are fugiIivcs from justice.
A dance occurred Il lew miles
from San Antonio last week. and,
like at good many other country
dances, row took place and thru c
or four men were killed or badly
hurt. The ladies who were present
at the dance should be thankful
that none of them were harmed.
Arrangements have been COM
pleted at San Antonio for the
building of q new opera house. \
new opera house has long been
needed in San Antonio, and the
papers out there have been making
terrible stir to get 1t. The new
building Is to cost about $4,000.
A man named Gully was ar
rested in Fort Worth for a murder
committed in Louisiana. Instead
of locking him up in Jail he was
put IN the so-calIed calaboose-
down here VIC call them bastiles
because they are so easily gotten
out of-Gully and several others
escaped.
Judge Julius Schcutze, of Aus
tin, who delivered the German
Grafton at the Brennan Mai-fcst,
was at Dallas on Sunday, and
made the coronation speech
for the May Queen. The Dallas
News says the way in which beer
was disposed OF was a caution to
sec.
i'm 1876 the city of Denisom is
sued bonds to the amount of Sl0,-
900 in favor of the Atlantic Re
frigcrator company. The bonds
were hypothecatcd, but the reirIg-
Grating works were never built.
The case has been in court for
years, and was lately decided In
favor OF the city.
An unjust strike las lately
been undertaken against tho pro-
prictor OF saw mill, near Texar-
kama, IN this state. The saw mill
itself has been burned out twice,
and the proprIctor's residence has
also been destroyed by fire. He
gives employment TO between 10
and 100 men, and, because he was
q little behind in paying them up,
they have struck for more wages.
"A picnic occurred near Fort
Worth on Sunday last at which
several kegs of beer were in the
language OF the day, "set up" The
beer being free some men got too
much of it and the result was a
row between two men which was
settled by a regular prize fight af-
ter the manner of bulldogs. When
the fight VAS oyer the men looked
mord like bulldogs than human
beings. No officers were present
and no arrests were made.
-prnisnn proposes 10 Improve
her city park. City parks are
much needed in Texas cities. With
the exception of San Pedro park at
San Antonio, there is hardly a city
in Texas that has park worthy of
the name. The summers IN this
climate are long and hot. and there
is certainly nothing that is so much
calculated 10 add TO the comfort of
the ladies and children as Q park
with plenty 81 cnol shade.
A ciuzcns' meeting was Lately
held at Bolton, and arrangements
were made for the entertainment of
the Farmers Alliance meeting on
July 6. Hon. Geo. G. Pcndleton
presided as chairman, and Capt. J.
F. Fuller was elected snc.s.In,vr for
the occasion. NJ. PcndIeton Is a
member Of the legislature from
Bel county, and Mr.. Fuller is a
Granger and newspaper man.
There is no politics in the Farmers
Alliance.
JOKE on SENATOR FANeE.-Sena-
tors Kenna and Salisbury, upon
entering the Senate chamber Il few
moments before noon Thursday,
sped q beautiful basket of flowers
upon Senator Vance's desk. They
removed it TO the desk OF Senator
Beck, and when Mr. Vance entered
called lis attention TO the "iiOral