Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-03

Several new houses, both for
residence and business, are going
up at Floresville.
The ladies of Laredo have raised
S316.45 for the benefit of the con-
federate home at Austin.
The Bonham improvement COM
pany, with a capital stock of $780,
600. has been chartered.
"A gentlemen's bicycle club and
young ladies' gymnastic class has
been organized at Houston.
1t is getting dry again in the
southwestern portion of the state
and rain is beginning to be needed.
Oscar Smith was fatally stabbed
in a row with Charley Coleman at
San Antonio. Both parties were
colored.
An epidemic like la grippe has
affected horses in Dallas and sur
rounding counties and a number
have died of it.
VIM. Turley, an old resident of
Denison, was run over and killed the
other day by train on the Central
road near Sherman.
MIR. Henry ExalI has sold to
Adolphus Busch, the st. Louis
brewer, piece of property located
in Dallas, for 100000.
"A half interest was sold the 9th
er day in the old Waco Female uni
versity property and Waco Driving
Park for $4,000.
The Fire Association of Texas
with an authorized capital of $780,
900 and a paid up capital of $780,,
900, has been organized at Waco.
Isaac Nusbaum tried to commit
suicide at Mexia by swallowing nine
grains of morphine Two doctors
and stomach pump saved his life.
"A trades and labor federation
has been formed among the working
people of Fort Worth to advance
the eight-hour movement.
Col. G. G. Scale, prominent
stock-raiser living near Benchley,
was thrown from his vehicle the 9TH
er day and was seriously injured.
The farmers of Cook county
of the ravages of an insect
called the coats lice," which are de-
stroying the growing wheat crop.
james Pistole, an old man IS
years of age, has been convicted at
Texarkana of the murder of bis sons
wife's father and given seven years
in the penitentiary.
The Austin National bank of
Austin by c. W. Gilfillen, of Frank
lin, Pa, and his associates, has APP
piled to the comptroller of currency
for authority to do business.
"A shooting ARRAY occurred at
Valley Mills on the evening of the
25th, between J. B. Knox and Geo.
Crutchfeld, in which Knox was
slightly wounded in the foot.
The Crawford house, a hotel
standing near the Santa Fe depot at
was burned at 8 o'clock
Oh Tuesday morning by an incen-
diary. 1t was unoccupied at the
time.
There is a movement on foot to
construct railroad from Leon juno
tion on the,Cotton Belt to Lampasas.
It is said a bonus of $4,000 and
right-of-way will secure the road in
six months.
While Mr.. Arthur Oaks, his
wife and two children We're driving
in a buggy at Columbus the vehicle
was overturned and all of the occu-
pants were more OF less injured, but
not fatally.
Patents have been issued to the
residents of Texas: Alfred
e. Bailey, Palestine, folding frame
or support for mosquito canopies;
Newlin W. Lee, Sherman, gun
powder can; Quincy S. Shuferd,
Tyler, anal speculum.
AT Denison last Tuesday Jim
Parks, a workman on the city sewers
following after the men who were
preparing blasts and tamping the
holes before making ready, was
frightfullY and fatally injured by a
premature explosion.
in a collision between two
freight trains on the Fort Worth e.
Denver near Decatur lobe Hogan.
IN engineer, attempted to jump and
slipped and fell. The train ran over
MS leg just above the ankle, almost
;eyering his foot.
Reports come from San Angelo
Of heavy losses to several large pas
5uremen in the prairie fires which
covered a vast territory in the south
western portion of Tom Green
and in the northwestern por-
ion of Menard county. Twenty
niles of fencing was destroyed and