Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-20

weston.
The city pest house at Houston
took fire few mornings ago and
was entirely consumed.
Miss Carrie Bell, of Willis, drew
$4,000 in the Louisiana lottery at
the drawing last week.
The contemplated special April
term of the district court at Laredo
has been abandoned.
Senator H. D. Mcdonald, of
Lamar county, announces that he Is
candidate for governor.
Arrangements have been made
to organize a strong Knight OF
Fythias lodge at Goldthwaite.
The Masonic fraternity at Kerr
vile will commence the erection Of a
lodge building in few days.
The Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio will meet cut rates of
the other railroads centering at Ell
Paso.
The artes1an well at Kerrville
has reached a depth of $50 feet and
has had to be cased through two
caves.
Judge J. G. Veal, of Jefferson,
died at Dallas the other day and his
remains were carried home for inter
ment.
The street car line between
Rusk and New Birmingham has
been completed and regular trips
are now made.
The charter of the Waco, Trini-
ty and Sabine railway company, to
connect Waco and the lumber re-
gion, is ready for filing.
Edward Jacks, the 11-year-old
son of D. R. Jacks, was mysterious
~ shot at San Antonio while playing
Will Gull pdulOA.
Senator Reagan has introduced
a bill for the re-establishment of
Fort Duncan at Eagle Pass, which |
has abandoned in 1883.
The county commissioners
court of Fayette county has decided
to build a new courthouse at an ex-
pense not to exceed 100000.
The thing in the new state cap
toll continues to swell up and break,
and large amount of repairing at
considerable expense is necessary.
The people of Huntsville have
been corresponding with 6. P. Hunt
ington to try to get him to build a
tap road from Nayasota to that place.
A Mexican named Jesus Soils,
living on a ranch near Edenburg,
committed suicide by shooting him
self through the left breast with a
The Progressive Telegraph
club of Marshall has filed charter.
Also the Financial Securities com
pany, of Dallas, with capital stock
Of 100000.
Activity in real estate transac-
tons at Galveston continues unabat-
ed. Over three hundred thousand
dollars worth of sales took place in
1 single day.
AT Tucker the other day just
after Mrs. II. F. johnson had ate
Inner and was sitting on the side
Of the bed nursing her baby she sud-
lenly fell over dead.
The attorney general OF the Uni
led States has appointed E. w.
Crawford special attorney to assist
n the prosecution of the Marrow
murder cases at Graham.
District Judge Key of Travis
county has appointed W. NJ. Giles,
d Wood county, receiver OF the Tex
rs East Line and Red River railroad.
The bond is fixed at $4,000.
The city council of Bonham has
passed a resolution joining the local
lodge of Knights of Pythias in soil
citing the grand lodge to hold it's
next regular session there.
"A fire insurance company with
a capital stock of 100000 is being
at Waco, and from the
amount of stock already secured the
company is certain of existence.
"A board of architects employed
by the county commissioners court
Of Fayette county has examined the
courthouse at LAGRANGE and pro-
nounced it dangerous and unsafe.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas
company has been purchas-
ing considerable ground at Sherman
lately, and it is thought that work
on the extension from Denison will
begin soon.
Rev. Father Louis Genolin, pas
tor of San Fernando cathedral at