Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-01-12
STATE NEWS.

San Angelo has town clock
which cost $500.
The Oddfellows are building
handsome hall at Hearne.
The state treasury receipts on
Saturday last amounted to 100000.
Unusually severe weather has
prevailed in all sections of the
state.
Demand for fine and improved
stock in North Texas was never
greater.
The name of Embree postofice
in Dallas county has been changed
to Garland
The citizens of Brentwood
have formed a permanent immigra
ton society.
The thermometer fell forty-fve
degrees in a few hours atNWiehita
Falls on Saturday.
Palestine is enjoying boom.
There is not vacant house in the
city, and rents are high
Hood county claims to have
more fine building stone than any
other county in the state
e. E. and c. C. Satherwhite,
brothers, have been arrested at JEFF
ferson for Illicit distilling.
Officers raided negro gamb-
ling den at Sherman on Saturday
night and made several arrests.
Local immigration meetings are
being held throughout the state and
organization is being perfected.
Huntsville is to have a new
courthouse to cost $4,000, and work
on it will be commenced at once.
DR.. E. Kemper, who has been
leading druggist at Hampstead for
many years, has made an assignment.
There are said to believer steers
in Texas at present than was ever
known before in the history of the
state.
The Central railway will con
struct switch at Austin from the
depot to the interstate drill
grounds.
j. S. Bingham. a brakeman on
the Santa Fe road, was killed at
Alvarado on Sunday night while
coupling cars.
Capt. VIM. H. Lancaster, a
prominent citizen of Orange, who
was an old schooner captain and
steamboat man, is dead.
One of the seven banks at DaI-
las received more deposits during
the past year than all of the banks
of the city did four years ago,
"A R. Fields, prominent lum-
Der dealer of Greenville, has failed.
Executions amounting to $4,000
are in the hands of the sheriff.
The Critico, Mexican paper
published at Brownsville, says that
the sum of $500 has been offered for
the assassination of Sheriff Brito.
The two men killed at Madi-
sonville the other day were alleged
horse thieves. The citizens party
has dispersed and all is now quiet.
"A canning factory company was
organized at Jacksonville few DAYS
ago. The stock was all taken on the
spot and charter will be applied
| for
"A Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation has been organized at Alya-
RADIO, and many of the best young
men of the town have become mem
bers.
In fight at Galveston between
Joe Williams and j. Seaman the
other day the former had large
piece of flesh bitten out of his
cheek.
The city council of Tyler has
enterd into contract with response
bic parties to furnish the city with
electric lights for period of ten
years.
From the first of August up to
date Weinar has shipped 1920
bales of cotton, $50 bales of hides,
81 cars of cotton seed aid IS cars of
oil cake.
"A. W. Bunsen, a real estate
agent of Austin, accidentally shot
himself the other day while survey
ing lands near Dripping Springs, in
Hays county.
Six cars of southbound freight
train ON the Santa Fe were deraiIed
near Hillsboro on Saturday night,
and the track was torn up for con
siderable distance No one hurt.
-Gregorio and Edwardo Ramos,
two of the Mexican bandits who
were concerned in the robbery and
kidnapping of Juan Barrera, have
been captured and lodged in jail at
Rio Grande City.
j. D. Rippy. a merchant of
Black Jack, has been missing for
several days and his disappearance