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


As WILL be seen by his published
card elsewhere, Mr.. E. L. Salley has
withdrawn from the race before the
democratic convention as candl-
date for county assessor.
MEsERs. JACKSON, Horst and Mil
Ter, of Austin, Tiller from Fort
Worth, Stewart from Galveston, and
Hammond, Wheeler and McDade
from Hampstead, were among the
visitors at the shooting contest.
PERFECT order will be preserved
out at the Germania park to-day and
ladies will find everything prepared
for their especial comfort and con,
venience. There will be plenty OF
refreshments of all kinds on the
grounds.
The Germanla society has receiv,
ed two beautiful flags and flag stats
from the North, one of which has
been unfurled on top of the pavilion
out at Germania park, and the othel
will float to the breeze in the pro
cession this morning.
VIXEN the Light Guard were re
turning home from Burton on Fri
dav afternoon the conductor ano
brakeman objected to their taking
their guns in the passenger coach
A Hebrew drummer had a gooo
deal to say about it and one of the
Brennan boys pasted him on the
jaw.
In the contest which is going OIL
in the Houston Post for the prize
sword for the most popular soldier
among the Texas Volunteer Guarc
Capt. ]. NJ. Byrnes' vote, of this city
has gone up from four to twenty
three. Capt. ". E. Sloan, of thu
Field Artillery, has been entered il
the contest.
Two young men of the city en-
gagged in battle royal on Wednes
day night. They fastened them
selves up in a room, locked the doc
and went at it fist and skull
Neither was seriously hurt, fartu
nately, but one of them was severel.
punished and was badly worsted il
the contest.
IT is too bad to have the impress
sion go abroad through the census
that Brennan only has population
of a little over FIVE thousand, an(
that the increase in ten years ha
been only about nine hundred. TIL,
BANNER doesn't charge the census
takers with Sinking their work, bu
the full census of the city has no
been reported.
DIED in this city at 1:30 o'cloci
on Thursday morning of choler,
infantum Henrietta, the infan
daughter of Abe and Ada Harrison
aged nine months, one week and fiv
days. The funeral took place at
o'clock in the afternoon. The de
ceased was the second child and it
death was rather sudden shock t
its parents. 1t was taken Ill on tn
Tuesday preceding its death.
AT meeting of the Akiba Ega
Lodge No. 249, 1. o. B. B., the TO
lowing officers were elected for tn
ensuing term: A. Simon, president
G. N. Hyman, vice-president; Henri
COIN, secretary; Isaac Cohen, treas
urer; R. Gross, warden; Isaac Louis
guide; trustees of the endowmer
rank, Joseph Fischl, Henry Gonna
r. Gross.
The funeral of Mr.. John Il. Gra
bow, who died at his residenc
about two and half miles south {
BRENNAN on Wednesday evening
took place Thursday afternoon. Th
:interment was at the city eemeter
and the obsequies were eonducte
by the Masonic fraternity, of whic
organization the deceased was
member.
On last Thursday while Mr.. Cha
Krammer, who lives on Brenhal
Prairie, south of the city, was dri0
ing along the road his team BEGAN
frightened and ran away, THROWN
him out of the wagon and breakin
two of his ribs. While he was S
verely bruised, however, his WOUND
were not dangerous.
Nh. WIN. JARNKE, a farmer WI
lives IL the Schawe neighborhoo
south of Brennan, had the misfo
tune to have his barn, buggy hous
and harness and new crop of ha
entirely consumed by fire at thrt
o'clock an Thursday morning. TIL
o,.r.,,, of Eba 6ra 1,oe, N yo-cEor,