Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

! OOuO Was IeCt4hSu III CetH AASS vi
the 9th.
Six new brick buildings are in
course of construction at Cuero. and
the town is on boom.
-rhe strawberry crop at Alvin
has begun to move, and the pros
poets fer a heavy yield are fine.
"A negro man charged with kill
ing his child at Austin Il years ago
has Just been arrested at Laredo.
"A new military company has
been organized at Palestine, but the
boys have not yet selected name.
A. B. Storey, of Caldwell county,
formerly lieutenant governor, will
be candidate for the state senate.
"A company has been organized
to establish union stockYards at San
Antonio with capital stock of 5000
900.
AT a negro dance at San Mar
cos four women became involved in a
row and two of them received knife
wounds.
The budget of expenses of San
Antonio for the fiscal year ending
February %, 1891, aggregates $780,
600.
The Fort Worth & Denver rail
road is hauling considerable num-
Der of immigrants into the panhan-
die.
There is an epidemic of measles
prevailing at Hockey. As many as
sever cases are to be found in sin
gle family.
While Mr.. Joe Williams, of
Middletown, was on visit to lladi-
sonville with his family his house
was robbed.
The San Antonio Evening Times
has passed into the hands of syndi-
cate and will probably be changed
to morning paper.
Efforts are being made to Or
ganize an immigration society at
Edna to advertise the fine farming
lands of jackson county.
The Masonic fraternity at Flores
vile are getting up stock company
to erect handsome brick structure
with lodge rooms above.
The county judges who met at
Dallas on Tuesday, adjourned to
meet in Dallas in June, when a state
association will be organized.
"A man named Schmidt en-
ployed in Behring'S Touring mills at
Houston had finger cut off while
working with the machinery.
The residence of J. B. jackson
was destroyed by fire at San An
gelo on the night of the 18th. The
loss was covered by insurance.
The clearinghouse of ". A.
Lanier at Sulphur Springs, two
story frame building valued at $1,000, !
was destroyed by fire on the 9th.
"A negro woman named Winnie
Jetfries committed suicide at Austin
by taking morphine. A letter left
behind indicated that her lover had
been untrue.
-Chas. E. Lawless, a railroad
section hand at Iowa Park, shot
himself through the side on the Sth
with a A caliber revolver, inficting
a fatal wound.
-Menard county has just redeem
ed $4,000 worth of Z per cent bonds
held by the state school fund, having.
issued and negotiated lower rate
bonds to take them up.
The Texas Standard Cotton
Seed Oil Mill, of Galveston, known
as the Heidenheimer mill, was en-
tirely destroyed by fire on last Tues
day evening. The loss was $780,
900.
Of the 500 new box cars recent
Iy ordered by the International &
Great Northern road, $50 have been
received and the others are being
turned out from the factory at the
rate of 25 day.
The American National bank
vas organized at Austin on the 9th
with capital stock OF 100000. Geo.
W. Littletield was elected president,
j. Il. Houghton vice-president, and
W. r. Handy cashier.
"A fire at Greenviile destroyed
residence owned by Mrs. G. W. Hill
burn and occupied by B. @. Evans.
The flames spread to the adjoining
property of Rosenberg Brothers,
which was also destroyed.
The headlight league of Gen. Al
bert Sidney Johnston granted him by
Texas, was sold at Austin the other
day for $4,000 by his widow, who
lives in California. The land is To-
Gated in Stephens county.
AT the annual meeting of the