Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-01
STATE NEWS.

-lue OOuJlSlu GclnC railway
company is erecting Il beautiful
brick depot at Beaumont.
There are at present 315 STU
dents enrolled at the Sam Houston
Normal Institute from lis counties.
The McGregor Cooperative as
ISOLATION of HcLennan county with
capital of $4,000 has flied a char
ter.
AN aged Mexican named Ju-
liano Benayides was killed by a
train on the Southern Pacific road
at Fort Bliss.
The First National bank of
Fairfield with capital stock of $780,
600 has been authorized to COM
mence business.
George Petersen, captain of a
schooner, has been arrested at Gal
weston on a charge of embezzlement
preferred by Gus Yoltz.
An application has been filed
with the comptroller of currency for
authority to organize national bank
at Hico, Hamilton county.
There is a movement on foot
among prominent business men of
Houston to erect a big cotton mill
there in the course of a few months.
"A large vacant lot has already
been selected on which to erect
pavilion for Rev. Sam Jones to hold
his services in next Summer at Pales-
tine.
"A new afternoon paper is to be
started at Austin. It will be called
the Austin Conservative and will be
conducted by Major Joel H. B. Mil
Ter.
The colored grand lodge of
Freemasons Of Texas met in special
called session at Dallas the other
day to fill vacancies in offices caused
by death.
The grand jury OF Tom Green
county has instructed the sheriff to
put stop to gambling, dice throw
ing and card playing in public places
at San Angelo.
An excursion of about $50 per-
sons, including the pupils of the
high school, went up from Rockport
to Beeville on San Jacinto day and
enjoyed basket dinner.
An italian child fifteen months
old was killed at Corrigan junction
near Lutkin by passenger train
The child had wandered on the
track and was playing between the
ties.
Heavy rains near Columbia
caused the rising Of many of the tri-
outary creeks of the Grazos. Lem
Ford, anegro, in attempting to cross
one was swept from Lis horse and
drowned.
Sim Garrett and Jerry Teel.
'he two negroes who were lodged III
all at San Augustine for attempting
% poison the family OF Col John
q. Brooks, were taken out By mob
IN the 22nd and lynched.
Jim Stanfeld and Polk Moselev
,wo cowboys, had a desperate fight
With pistols at ATosley's house, six
niles out from Waco, on the Dallas
Dad, last Wednesday afternoon, in
which Mosley was killed.
Mission Valley was visited on
he night Of the Goth by one of the
most terrific thunder storms Ger
there. The lightning vas
frequently so constant as to nlaNe it
ppear like day light.
John Smalley, familiarly known
s Butch while riding in front of
he Pickwlck hotel at Fort Worth l
ell from his horse, his head striking s
he curbstone, causing fracture of I
he skull, from which lie died in five
minutes.
1t is reported that a refrigera-
or company with a capital stock of
100000 is to be organized with
}orpus Christi as its headquarters,
Thile cold storage houses will be To-
ated at New Orleans. ST. Louis, !
Philadelphia, New York, 3aii. .e
nd other cities.
The E. Paso Water car. ny
made application III the federal court
o Judge Maxey for Injunction res
raining the city from issuing bonds
or the purpose OF raising funds for
oring artesian wells and building
'aterworks. Judge Maxey refused
be injunction, basing his decision
n the case of Brennan VS.. the Wa
er Company, 81 Texas, as conclu-
i've against the company.
The following Texas patents :
ave been granted: VIM. Evans, t
channel cleaner; E. NJ. '
fields, j. Pegs and S. Bassinger. y
taly. Ellis county cotton 1oo6,no, .