Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-09-18

WIN WILL OO SuopSuueO luz Seferd
days.
l The News says that more house.
and more water is wanted at Alvin
l The town is evidently inhabited by
Bohemians.
The first State annual encamp
ment of the colored militia will be
held at San Antonio from the 24tl
to the Goth inst.
w. H. Brown, arrested at JEFF
ferson recently for a murder com
mitted in 1882; was given bond in
the sum of S1,25O.
The high school for boys at
Boston is under the care of Prof. G.
q. Wedemeyer, and is in a most
prosperous condition.
Jim Kelley, a notorious negro
tough of Gainesville, was shot and
killed by his brother, for slandering
the wife of the latter.
Henry Georges manager is
trying to get date in Fort Worth
for the second week in November to
speak on the single tax idea.
An attempt is being made to
build reservoir at Breckenridge,
and secure power for pumping and
lay mains for distribution.
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"A collision at Honey Grove
Friday caused Santa Fe engine to
get turned into the ditch, considera-
bly, damaged. No one injured.
The jury are expected to acquit
Prof. Hines, who is under charge of
arson at Bonham for the alleged
burning of the Savoy Seminary.
The Fort Worth Evening Mail
says there is not a street in that city
where a lady can walk and not be
covered with dust from the weeds.
Hon. c. Welhausen, j. F. Me-
CURE of Fayette county, both rail
road commission men, have been re-
nominated for representatives from
the 10th district.
"A Texas and New Orleans
freight train was wrecked near
Beaumont Saturday night. Several
cars loaded with merchandise were
badly broken 49,
For the wesI ending Friday
Houston received 34,62S bales of
cotton as against 26,2SS bales for
the corresponding week last year.
Houston is a humming.
Mrs. Willie Edens, wife of the
late DR.. B. F. Edens, died in
on the 18th. Her funer-
al was attended by quite number
of relatives and many friends.
The deadlock of the judicial con-
vention of the Huntsville district !
has been broken, Dashiell being
chosen after more than 500 ballots
for the district attorneyship. /
The Baptist State convention
Of Texas is to meet n Waxahachie,
October 10th, and that city is al {
ready preparing to do the noble {
thing in the way of entertainment. {
An eastern syndicate have pur-
chased the Hugo and Schneider S
on Alamo plaza, at San
Antonio. The price paid was $780,
200. This property four years ago L
vas bought for $4,000.
AT Abilene Sunday Mary Foster b
plunged three inch knife blade in T
George Fields just above the heart.
The doctors say Fields is in a dying "
condition. He refuses to speak Of Il
he cause of the deadly assault. "
Edward Degeuer, aged 50 years Il
lied at his home in San Antonio on n
he II. He was a German by birth II
ut went to San Antonio at an early I
ge. He represented that district
l congress in 1902. He leaves
lrge family and a fortune. h,
Cora Halton, fair dame, of Ill
Talveston while taking spin in i,
uggy Sunday afternoon in turning -
lie corner of Market and fremont Va
reefs, collided with a post, upset tn
ng the vehicle and seriously in W
lring the lady. ki
Contractor Byrnes, of Galveston, tr
at present looking after the dig ri,
ng of well in Hidalgo county for
assedonia Villa, who has an extern
We ranch near Edenburg, Texas. on
e is also interested in boring well =,
Laredo which has up to the pres 81
1t time been dug to a depth of sh
80 feet. ca
Will Atkins, colored, of Yarbo, be
rs run over by the train, neor Col Ca
is mill Wednesday, and horribly de
both legs and arms being ba
oxen and several gashes cut in his -