Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-07-10

better.
The American Trust of Fort
Worth with capital of 100000 has
been chartered.
There is considerable sickness
reported through the section of
country around Salado.
"A Sneed, indicted for murder
ing DR.. Thompson at Waco, has been
released on $4,000 bond.
The Austin city board of assess
ment has increased the taxable values
nearly million dollars.
MIR. Chas. Burnet, the new super
intendent of the confederate home at
Austin, has taken charge.
L. W. Emery, manager OF the
Waco poorfarm, was fatally hurt in a
runaway few nights ago.
July interest on the state bonds
held by the special funds, amount
ing to SS73S, has been paid,
The Waco street-car lines have
been sold to Kansas City and st.
Louis parties for S23,5OO.
The comptroller has purchased
$4,000 worth of Clay county bonds
on account of the school fund.
"A Mexican has been jailed at
Austin charged with attempted out
rage some miles below the city.
While Tom Morrow, of Waco,
was out hunting on the Bosque he
shot and fatally injured himself.
According to the census returns
the population of Luling is a little
over 100, one-third of which is col
ored.
The carpenters strike at Yoak-
um resulted in a reduction of hours
of labor to nine hours with ten
hours pay.
New postofices have been es-
tabIished at Downs, Chiffon and Lott,
on the Waco branch of the Arkansas
Pass road.
John Brown was shot and in
stantIy killed at Ell Paso on the End
by VIM G. Cole. They we're sporting
characters.
R. L. Jennings shot and instantly
killed his uncle, George W. Jennings
at Livingston on July 1. He was re-
leased on $1,000 bail.
-Chas. Crompton, car repairer
On the Texas and Pacific road, was
caught between two cars in the yard
1T Marshall and was instantly killed.
The Central Texas Teachers
association have opened their normal
school at Marlin with Prof. J. c. |
baltimore principal. The attendance
IS good.
An election was held at Del
Rio on the End to decide whether
5he town should be incorporated for
school purposes and carried by a
1ote of IS to Is.
Lulu Laird, a ten year-old girl
living at Gainesville, attempted to
start q fire in the kitchen stove and
vas horribly burned by the explosion
which followed.
-Four cars containing merchan-
lise and crude oil ran off the track
lear Atlanta, Cors county. Two of
he tanks burst and 10000 gallons
If oil was lost.
Annie Sanders was accidentally
;hot by her little brother at San
Antonio while playing with gun sup
posed to be unloaded TIE gun
vas loaded with bird shot.
-Bonifacio Martinez, a notorious
murderer and revolutionist of the
Texas border, escaped from Jail at
Corpus Christi, where he had been
confined for safe keeping.
The real estate transfers on
,ecord at Dallas aggregated for the
month of June the sum of S2,192,000
against S1,S70,0U0 for the cores
bonding month last year
Jack Thatcher, a United States
of customs, was SHOT aud
by a Mexican at Carrie,
sixty miles below Laredo. The
Mexican fed across the river.
-Postofiices have been estab-
ished at Hannibal, Erath county,
with A. d. Settle postmaster, and at
Rocky Branch, Morris county, with
John W. Bowlin postmaster.
Geo. Munster, grocer and con-
.ectioner at San Antonio, aged So
years, committed suicide by blowing.
MS brains out with a pistol. III
health was assigned as the cause.
The Fort Worth board of trade
leld meeting and decided to pay