Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-06-03
DoN'T forget the school test at
Pleasant Hill next Sunday.

COTTON is still comming in slow
ly; the market is quiet at abou
S1-4 cents for good mlddlng.
II it don't rain ON the change o.
the moon several weather prophets
herosbouts will be "bustcd."
Mrs. MARY P. WRIGHT has left
the city to spend the summer with
her children IN Austin and Dcni
son.
Mr.. ALEX SIMON, who has been
quite sick for the past few days,
was reported to be out of danger
and doing well last evening.
The BANNER is in receipt of an
invitation to the commencement
exercises of Chappell Hill Female
college, juno 6 to 8.
THE Brennan oil mill Is now
crushing seed, having several
weeks supply on hand, it being
surplus seed left over after plant
ing.
CoTToN blooms are now getting
plentiful and the crop generally
is in fine condition, tho long dry
spell having gwen farmers ample
opportunity to get 1t perfectly
clean.
The prevailing warm weather
seems TO have tendency to arouse
latent deviIment in some persons
and TO bring it to the surface in
such manner as to get thom into
mayors court as defendants.
OUR elegant new courthouse,
standing in the square without any
fence around it, is calculated TO re-
mind one of q fine picture without
any frame hanging on parlor wall.
1t looks us though there was some
thing wanting.
FooT CUT.-CharIey Murray, g.
year-old negro boy, went into a
pool of water bathing on Sunday
last and stepping on piece of
glass cut the bottom of his foot; I'M
der the instep, 10 the bone. A doe
tor coopered him up and he is do
ing tolerably well.
CELEBRATIoN.-Thc colored peo-
pie OF the Randle Hill ncighbor-
hood, near Pleasant Hill will cele-
brate Emancipation Day. June 10.
This celebration is not gotten up IN
opposition to the one at Brennan,
but for the neighborhood and for
the colored people of Austin
county living in that vicinity.
CoTToN BLooM.-Sam Wilbur,
colored, who lives on the Trayn-
ham place near ChappelI Hill and
owns his own farm, was in town
on Friday with sample of cotton
plants, nearly hip high, and some
of which had blooms. His cotton
is on rich bottom land and was
planted about the middle of March.
BANouET.-A number of the
friends OF Gen. John Saylcs gave
him a farewell! banquet at the Ex-
change hotel on Monday evening.
The tables were all that could be
desired, wine flowed freely and
toasts were abundant. The occa-
sion was an exceedingly pleasant
one and will be long remembered
by tho participants.
YELLED AND PRAYED.-A very bad
l2-year old coon got religion, at
short notice, Monday afternoon.
The marshal run HIM INTO the Bas-
tile, where for half an hour he cried
and prayed by turns. He said,
"Good Lord, como down and take
me out" After half an hours in
generation he was restored TO
liberty and promised to be extra
good in the future.
THE necessity for the mainte-
nance of first-class military com
pany in Brennan has been np-
parent more than once. Our people
should aid and encourage the
Brennan Grays in keeping their
organization up to high standard.
The members, of course, are young
men,-manY of them clerks, and,
whenever possible, employers
should be liberal in allowing them
time to drill, etc.
FIRE.-By an oversight wo neg
lected to make any note of Thurs
day afternoons fire in Fridays
issue. About three o'clock IN the
afternoon a fire broke out in the
residence of Dick Mackey on
North Market street. The build
ing was a wooden one and beng
located some distance from the
center OF town was total loss be-
fore the tiremen could reach it.
Very little furniture was saved.
Mackey was ont in the country
and his wife was not at home.
The loss an building and contents
is probably $500, and will fall
heavily upon Mackey,
ARREsrED.-Agrippa Watts, q ne
gro who lived near GrabalI in this
county, was captured near Rich
mond and jailed. Sheriff Dever
went down Thursday evening and
brought Watts back with him on
Friday mornings train. He is
charged with having murdered his
own child by literally whipping 1t
TO death. This occurred last Sep
TENDER and since which time he
has been a fugitive from justice.