Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-04-15
STATE NEWS.
The lunatic asylum at Austin
has 5S7 inmates.

votes III the late city election.
An Ice factory Is to be built at
Abilene; work has been begun.
The Paris North Texan is a
warm supporter of Swain for the
gOvernorship.
Tho LAGRANGE ice factory is
now in full blast and has a capacity
of 5000 pounds per day.
-Adjutant General King is re
ported TO be quito sick at his cid
homo IN Sulphur Springs.
John Bowers, an Engllshman,
is in Jail ut San Antonio he rails
cd an order from 81 to S34.
Tho cX-voluntcer fircmcn Of
Galveston will celebrate San Jacin-
to day by aparadc and picnic.
Tho United States court is in
session at jefferson, and the con-
tempt cases are under considora-
ton.
There Is considerable rivalry
between DcnIson and Sherman !;
they are always poking fun at each
other.
- The delinquent tax roll of
Fayctto county does not contain
the name of u single resident tax
payer.
Waco has new evening paper
called tho Rambler; how long it
will continue to ramblo is another
thing.
"A public meeting was held at
LaGrange and Il May Fest commit
tee was appointed. Over $500 was
subscribed for the fest.
Gardens IN the vicinity of AL
win were not materially damaged
by the late irosts and the prospects
Tor u peach crop are very fine.
Norman Poggonpohl, one OF
the victims of the Laredo riot,
died on Monday afternoon. lie
was an innocent spectator.
VIM. Manigk who lives near
Burton, shot and killed Ludwig
Boehmer on Friday evening last.
The shooting was purely accidon-
tai.
-Twelve-pago Sunday papers
were all the go last Sunday. The
Fort Worth Gazette, tho Houston |
Post and the two Newses all ISSUED |
l2-page papers.
"A Donison saloon keeper named |
McChesney, shot and killed a
switchman named Tom Morgan,
Saturday evening. McChcsncy |
was drunk at tho time.
Fritz Dielman, aged 60 years,
an old citizen OF Marion county,
and his son Gus are both under ar
rest for outraging an orphan girl
only 10 years old.
The official canvass OF the vote
in the late city election at Houston
was made on Saturday and Mr..
Smith was declared elected by
plurality OF four votes.
On Sunday night white wo-
man named Alice Walkin attempt
ed suicide by jumping off Labadie
wharf at Galveston, but was res
cued and taken to the hospital.
The Farmers Alliance of Dali
las county are figuring on building
n cotton-yard and storo-house at
Dallas where cotton can be stored
until satisfactory price is offred.
Tho Dallas Farmers alliance,
to the number of 400 held a meet
ing IN Dallas to discuss tho pro-
prietY Of o fusion with the Knights
of Labor. Tho proposition was
voted down.
Geo. s,mmons, negro stabbed
and probably fatally wounded Bob
Winters, white man, in East Dali
las. The negro owed Winters d /
bill and tried 10 sott'- ;. Inv
StabbinG him ~ y
Tho Grayson county Farmers
hold three days session
at Sherman. A proposition from
knights of Labor looking toward
q consolidation of tho orders in the
coming fall elections was after due
deliberatIon rejected.
On Saturday night an attempt
was made to assassinato deputy
sheriff. John Maddox OF Fort Worth.
He was fired upon by two
men who were concealed
behind school house. Maddox
has used strong language to some
of the strikers.
AN item is going the rounds
stating that castor oil company
has been organized at Weatherford
with capital of 100000. There
is no occasion for 4 castor oil COM
pany; any oil mill can easily add
machinery to press castor beans
and make oil.
At Palestine number of
strikers who are out of employ
nent are III distressed circumstan-
1es. Committees have been among
he farmers soliciting aid and tax
ng money and provisions. Some
Of the young mon whom the COM
Dany refused to take back have
eft and it is thought there will be
IN exodus.
The local assembly of knights
IF Labor, at Clarksvillc have pass
I'd resolutions fully endorsing the
views of the Standard on the labor
question. The Standard believes
D arbitration and blames the man
lgement of the Missouri Pacific
ALWAYS for not arbitratlng.
-Joo Griffin, the desperate,
shot at Clio, Brown county, is
lead. He was bad man he sent ,
word to deputy Butler, of Brown ,
county, to come out and meet HIM I
md he would take his, Butlor's, ,
lorse and pistol away from him.
No man gets so bad that he Is not
,aptured or killed in time.
IN. NJ. Loving, district master 5
workman of assembly rs, knights
VI Labor, lately released on bond S
It Fort Worth, has been re-arrest-
ID on charge of melting riot.
The grand jury is investigating =
With a view 10 indicting Irons, who Il