Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-03-13
STATE NEWS.

There is talk of building a new
opera house and board of trade
rooms at Waco.
The republican national league
has been invited to hold its next con-
vention at Houston.
The Lone Star Iron company of
Jefferson expects to begin smelling
ore in few days at. the rate of fifty
tons per day.
The Sealy Rifles, of Galveston,
at a meeting held a few nights ago,
decided to attend the Kansas City
drill.
The capital stock of the Stay
den-Kirksey Woollen Mills at Waco
has been Increased from 100000 to
100000.
The citizens of Cotulla have
sent a protest to Washington petit
tioning against the removal of the
present postmaster.
Henry Langhammer, of Giles
pie county, convicted of an assault
with intent to commit rape, has been
pardoned by the governor.
The Austin board of trade has
adopted resolutions inviting the
state democratic executive commit
tee to call the state convention to
meet at Austin.
The trouble between the city
council of Palestine and the water
works has been compromised by the
city agreeing to pay S75 year each
for fourteen hydrants.
Nellie Douglass, negro wo-
man one hundred years old, died at
Dallas. She was the mother of six
teen children, four of whom and
about 800 grandchildren survive her.
Corpus Christi has subscribed
$4,000 of the S25,O0O bonus re-
quired to secure a new railroad be-
tween that place and Brownsville.
The latter place has subscribed
The two mercantile firms of J.
R. Hudson & Co and Hansford &
Co, at Burnet, have consolidated,
and organized under the name of
the Southern Mercantile company
with paid up capital of 100000. !
Gov. Ross has pardoned D. j.
Florey, convicted at Austin of en-
bezzling funds while clerk in the
Pacific express Office. He was con-
Victed in December, 1885, and SEN
fenced to two years.
The state rangers have arrested
TWO Mexicans at Knickerbocker, who
ire charged with shooting j. NJ.
Bowers, a stockman, last January.
Bowers detected the Mexicans skin
hing cattle, when they shot him
through the ear.
Tom Angus, who has been in
all at Dallas for over a year pending
rial for the murder of Chas. Brad
ey, a base ballist, was taken from
all the other day and married to
Hiss Martha Ship, after which he
vas taken back to prison.
The Dallas board of trade has
Congressman Abbott not
o accept an appropriation of 100000
o enlarge the present federal build
ng. Dallas proposes to wait and
axe its chances of getting a larger
appropriation from a future con
,ress.
Pick Wiseman, noted gambler
# Temple, and another gambler
famed Miller got in a row on last
Monday night and Wiseman shot at
FILLER but missed him. Wiseman is
he party who killed Deputy Marshal
Hawks about year ago, for which
n Indictment is pending against
lin.
Miss Rosa France, 19-year-old
'oung lady living with her grand
mother at McGregor, shot herself in
he right breast with suicidal intent.
The 30 caliber ball passed through
Ter body and was cut out under the
light shoulder, No cause assigned
or the rash act.
The following postmasters have
been appointed: A. C. Burleson,
Duplex, Fannin county; F. A.
Thompson, Levita, Coryel county;
!. II. Lyman, Telephone, Fannin
county. The name of the postoffice
It Wayne, Cass county, has been
changed to Bivens.
"A stranger arrived at Bryan a few
evenings ago and victimized num-
Der of citizens for small amounts.
he presented small checks payable
20 Charles Davis for small amounts
With the names of well known citi-
.ens forged, to business men late in
he evening, represented that the
banks had closed before he got the
checks, and got them to cash them.