Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-06-19

Farmers have begun harvesting
wheat il Greer county. It will
make twenty bushels or more to tie
acre and the farmers are happy over
the prospects for good crops.
Two soldiers returning to camp
from Rio Grande City with S100,
the proceeds OF a monte game, were
knocked down and robbed by a
Mexican. The soldiers fired several
shots at the robber.
Two weeks ago 6 Mexican out
ragged little girl III Lee comfy. He
went TO Williamson county to chop
cotton and was tEGiled to Taylor last
Thursday night by party Of man
who riddled him with bullets.
Rain in abundance las fallen in
Live Oak county, the corn crop is
made, wateTmelons are coming into
market and the farmers report the
appearance of cotton worms.
The government has granted an
original pension to Jas. Cox, of
Crawford, McLenHan county. and
has granted an increase to Henry
Mclean, of San Antonio.
Mrs. jane Griffith, who was al
rested at Fort Worth on the charge
of being implicated as an accessory
in the murder of Kate Grifith's
child, which was found dead, has
been released.
The physicians of the north
western part of the state net at
Abilene to organize the Northwest
Texas Medical Association. A meet
ing will be held at Cisco on the
first Tuesday in October.
Clara Julian, the young woman
who shot herself at San Antonio,
was the daughter of a respectable
farmer of Medina county and went
to San Antonio in search of the man
who betrayed her, to get him to
marry her. He refused to see the
unfortunate young woman, and this
led her to commit the desperate act.
John Cooksey was shot IN front
of the residence of ". NJ Buck
holts at Gladewater few nights
ago and died almost instantly. The
name of the murderer or cause of
the difficulty is not given.
Information from Washington
indicates that the case of the United
States VS.. Texas as to Greer county
will be postponed, as the federal at
finds that a special
appropriation will be necessary.
At a meeting of the Corsicana
BOARD of trade it was decided to in
it with an authorized capt. r
;al stock of $4,000. A directory :
vas elected and committee appoint =
ID to carry out the details.
A convict in the penitentiary a
rom Grayson county named VIM =
carey, sentenced to two years for {
burglary, precipitated himself from :
lie gallery of the upper tier Of cells
nd killed himself. He is supposed y
o have been insaneN
The Texas claim for reimburse.
nent from the national government
N account of Indian depreciation e.
,enses has passed the second comp
roller and will be reported TO tie
louse at once. The amount allowed
5 about SI4S,000.
A passenger train on the South
m Pacific road was derailed at
ibolo siding, thirteen miles east of
ian Antonio. The engine was turn
d completely over and Engineer B. \
I. Pickering and Fireman Jess .
1agerson were severely injured. t,
The deputy United States mar il
halls recently indicted for raur-
.erous assault on E. &. Walker,
ditor Of the Gainesville Register,
ave been granted change of venue :
o DENTON county. The three de-
were held i'll bonds of
1000 each for their appearance
Two Mexicans were found muir
cred near Pena the other day.
hey were citizens of Mexico and
rossed the river to take part in
feast. They were success
III in the games and won all the
honey. 1t is supposed they were CT
ollowed up by their victims. re
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