Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-05-06
STATE NEWS.

prospects IN Austin county are
magnificent.
The Texas State Medical asso-
cIation lately in session at Dallas
adjourned on Friday.
A bone grinding mill has been
established at Houston. 1t furnish
cS fertilizers Of the best quality.
On Saturday and Sunday
nights the Houston police nabbed
and run IN eighteen street walkers.
-ShackeItord county is orderly,
there not being single prisoner
in the Jail belonging to the county
"A lodge of Knights OF Labor
with 40 charter members was or
ganized in tho town of Rockwell
last Friday.
Fort Worth is to DO tho city
of churches; the Bapfists have dc
tcrmined to build one at q cost of
$4,000.
Last Friday night burglars at
Taylor made an unsuccessful at
tempt to blow open largo safe
in u lumbcr-yard office.
-RockdaIe now has a revival
meeting in which all the churches
are taking part. The Messenger
advises everybody TO attend.
Tho town of Cleburne expects
to get the railway machine shops
and tho Chronicle says they will
add 1000 TO this population of the
place.
The larger portion of ono of
the hanGsomest residence blocks
in Tcxarkana was burned Tuesday
afternoon. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
The Dallas National and City
National banks of Dallas have con-
solidated under one management.
The name OF the new institution is
the City National.
Near Winnsboro on Saturday
last Monroe Cyrus, while drunk,
shot and fatally wounded his faith
or and would have shot his mother
had she not escaped.
The men who won't out on the
strike at Fort Worth have applied
to the companies for work and
have been refused. They express
much dissatisfaction.
AT Fort Worth on Tuesday
morning J. ]. Townsend, a 17-yoar
old white boy, fatally stabbed a
negro man named Tom Hill. The
negro owed the boy s1.25.
Will Griffin l6-year old ne
gro is in jail at Waco, charged with
u criminal assault upon the 5-year
old child of his employer. He mar
rowly escaped Iynching.
An application to the federal
court at Waco to stop the construc-
ton of $4,000 courthouse IN
Wilbarger county was refused by
Judge Mccormick. The applicant
was citizen OF Iowa.
Tho safe in Billy Shea's office
at Dallas was burglarized tho other
night and Sla5 stolen, A hole was
drilled in tho safe door and the
bolt of the lock was thrown back
without any trouble.
Tho State Military cncamp-
ment will be held at Lampasas
early In July. Sufficient money
has been subscribed to insure 4
grand success. Every military
company in the state is invited.
Bud arman, who shot and
killed one Hughston, a hackdriver,
IN Waco, September 8, 1885, has
been found guilty and was given
IA years in the penltentiary.
Tho Texas Homeopathic Mcdl-
cal ASSOCIATION held its annual
meeting at San Antonio. The So
ciety is in a,hcalthy financial aondl-
ton and has a growing member
ship:
VIM. Kramer, of Washington
county, was arrested last week by
Sheriff Lewis of Austin county on
q charge OF seduction. He was ex.
ahmed before a justice OF the peace
at Welcome and released on bond |
OF $500.
Mrs. Joe Wells, while walk
ing in the backyard OF her premises
in Houston last Saturday night
was attacked by an unkpQWn man |
and severely beaten and kicked.
No cause is known for the bastard
ly assault.
Fort Worth had q sensational |
elopement last week, Mlss Terry,
a belle of the city. ran away with
and married one Chapman, a drum
mer who is said to be partial to
and cards. Perhaps she
will bo able to reform Mr.. Chap
man.
H. Williams, q negro as black
10 the inside of tar barrel in q
dark cellar, was arrested IN San
Antonio the other day on a charge
Of forging school voucher for S95.
is o slick artist and said
he had successfully played the for
gerry game at Waco.
The authorities of the Texas
and st. Louis narrow gauge rail-
way, announce at Waco, that they
need 1000 laborers at once along
heir line to change the gauge TO
standard, Tho change Of gauge
has been in contemplation for some
lime.
The first gun of the guberna-
.orial campaign will be fred at
sulphur Springs, Hopkins county,
Saturday tho 9Th INST. A large
of Gen. Ross old command
i've IN that section of the state and
t is thought that Hopkins and the
counties will he solid tor
heir old commander.
On Sunday afternoon San An.
Onio had the heaviest rainfall for
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