Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-08-14
STATE NEWS.

The new Methodist church at
Archer City was dedicated last
week.
Thomas CraveEs, an insane man,
attempted to kill himself at Waco
last Wednesday.
The tax rolls of Maverick coun-
ty show an increase of S24S,00O in
the taxable values.
The governors proclamation or
dering the November election is
ready for publication.
Capt. J. c. Arthur, prominent
citizen of Lamar county and founder
of Arthur City, is dead.
The Corslcana Land and I'm
proyement company with capital
of $4,000 has fled it's charter.
Lawrence Emgar, II years old,
was drowned in the Trinity river at
Dallas few days ago while bathing.
"A farmer of Runnels county
claims that be will gather thousand
bushels of corn this fall from thirty
acres.
"A temporary school building to
cost $4,000 will be erected at Sey-
mour until the $4,000 structure is
built.
The Beeville gun club will have
a big shoot on the 3rd of September.
Excursion rates will be given over
the roads.
james Scholes was found dead
on the Gabriel ranch, nine miles
from Taylor. He was killed by
lightning,
The city council of Columbus
has purchased the old Colorado
Academy property for free school
purposes.
-Frio county has been blessed
with plenty of rains, in consequence
of which the stockmen and farmers
are both happy.
The grading on the streets at
ALBANY is about completed and the
next public improvement will be an
artesian well.
Mrs. Alice Curtin, the wife of
Martin Curtin, county tax collector
ot Harris county, died at her home in
Houston few days ago.
The annual reunion of Parsons
brigade took place at Weatherford
on the 9Th instant. Fully 10000
visitors were present.
in saloon row at Fort Worth
James Trinity cut the throat of Jack
Sullivan from ear to ear, inficting a
probably fatal wound.
A blacksmith named Mangum
living at CARA, ten miles south of
Denton, was run over and mangled
by passing train the other day.
Charley Shankle, hostler for the
G. C. g. S. Fe railway at Temple,
was severely crushed by falling off a
truck which he was loading on car
at the roundhouse.
There are at present fifty inmates
of the confederate home at Austin.
The executive building has Just been
completed and the superintendent
and family moved in.
The section foreman and Mexi-
can laborers at Clyde, west of Baird,
became involved in difficulty which
resulted in the shooting of one Mex
lean and the clubbing of others.
"A dispatch from Paris says that
Deputy Marshal ". L. Ladd at
tempted to arrest JEFF Sholas, no.
torious negro outlaw,near Goodland,
Indian Territory, and both were
killed.
The board of trade and city
council of Corpus Christi have ex-
tended cordial invitation to ex-
President and Mrs. Cleveland to
visit that place on their trip to Texas
this fall.
s. Il. Law, a well to do farmer
living one mile from Leonard. went
to Bonhan, and while returning
home on a mule he was thrown and
his head struck a tree. He died in
an hour.
4 Prof. F. A. Gully. late director
Of the Agricultural and Mechanical
college experiment station. has gone
to Tucson, Arizona, where he has
been rendered similar position at
SALARY OF $4,000.
Two residences on Canton street.
Dallas, were destroyed by fire. One
was owned by Mrs. Livingstone and
insured for $3.50. The other was
owned by Mrs. Fabyan and was in
sured for $4,000, The contents were
saved.
"A party named Doty employed
in the Ward Manufacturing com
ESany's establishment at Laredo was