Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1888-02-23
STATE NEWS.

have suffered great loss of cattle
from the cold spells.
DR. F. NJ. Burger has been APP
pointed superintendent of the public
schools of McLennan county
The Dallas Building and Saw
ings Association, with capital stock
of 100000, has been chartered
Two suits for SANDER and defa-
nation of character have been insti-
tuted il the district court at Dallas.
Laredo has contracted with the
Electric Light and Power company
for the lighting of the city by cleo
tficity.
The Weatherford Savings and
Loan Association, with an authorized
capital of 100000. has been char
tered.
-Allard & johnson, grocers at
Cleburne, have made a general as
signment for the benefit of accepting
creditors.
The voters of Burnet county
Will vote coon on a proposition to
levy a tax of II cents for public
school purposes. ~
The Cisco bank robbers have Eot
yet been apprehended, although they
are supposed to be surrounded and
cut off from escape.
The Waco Light Infantry held
a largely attended and enthusiastic
meeting and decided to enter the
lists at the Austin drill
"A military company styled the
Rutherford Rangers" has been or
ganized at Houston and sworn In un-
dec, the state militia law. \
The county commissioners court |
of Runnels co1nty- advertises for
bids to erect an iron bridge over the
Colorado river at Ballinger.
II. S. Lovenskiold, material and
construction ageEt of the Arkansas
Pass goad, has been arrested at Eagle
Lake en- the charge of theft.
The citizens of Cameron are en-
thusiastic over the prospects of the
Brazos Valley railway being built
between that place and Waco.
II. G. Burks, a farmer of Marion
county, living eight miles from JEFF
ferson, lost his gin and several bales
of cotton by fire day or two ago
The steamer Lark laden with
heavy cargo of merchandise for
points between Orange and Starks
landing, eaeeendd and sank few
days ago.
The tax due and unpaid fort
1887 in Dewitt county amounts to{
less than S100, which is claimed to]
be less than any other county of its
size in the state.
Hon. John VI. Stayton of Veto ,
ria county, who is associate justice ,
of the supreme court of the state, ,
has been appointed chief justice
vice Judge Willie, resigned
H. j. Simmons, a one-armed {
man living near Longview, was as
saulted on the 14th by a negro with
a Ratchet and was cut several times !
about the head.
John Mayberry was struck ov-
Ell the head with tamping iron at I
on Tuesday by Newt. J
Johnson and had his skull fractured. a
Both parties are colored. S
Hon. Henry E1all, chairman of b
the democratic state executive COM .
mittee, says that he will not fxupon |
the date for holding the convention
until the national committee meets. !,
Frank Metz, anAustrian, hurl- .
ed a brick through the handsome /
show window of Levine Brothers at j
Waco the other day. He gave as his !
reason that he wanted to get in jail +
and get fed.
The Laredo city council has
donated to Dillon g. Sons ten acres
Of land and FIVE years exemption
rom taxes, on the condition that p
hey establish an iron foundry and
machine shops.
The Arkansas Pass Railway Com
oany is planning to connect its sys-
;em east with the Illinois Central,
md west with the Chicago & Rock
Island road, and will be assisted by
stockholders in the two roads.
Gus Albert, a youth II years
I'D, was stabbed on Wednesday night
It Houston by a negro named Tom
Brown. The difficulty originated by
Albert pushing negro girl from the
who claimed more than her
hare of it.
The bar assoc; alton of Sherman
leld a meeting and endorsed Judge
Head, of the Grayson and Collin
county district, for the vacancy ON
he supreme bench created by the
of Judge Willie and pro-
notion of Judge Stayton.
John Tippett, mullatto barber,
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