Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-11-20
STATE NEWS.

w. A. Sommerville, of Fort
Worth goes under for 100000.
The new opera house was open
ed at LaGrange Saturday night.
In parts of Cass county the cot
ton yield is good, in others very
small.
Anderson county will market
about $4,000 bales of cotton this
year.
| Wise county cotton will ali be
out in a few days with good wealth
er.
| d. A. Stards, a negro, was
elected to the Office of district clerk
of Waller county.
Reports from Swisher, Floyd
and Brisco counties speak of de-
structive prairie fires.
The people of district No. IA,
Hood county, have just completed a
new SCHOOL DuLulnS.
Two men were seriously hurt
while loading a ship in Galveston
harbor Saturday evening.
The Van Alstyne college build
ing is looming up rapidly, and when
finished will be a fine structure.
The Young men of Mckinney
have organized brass band, and
will soon be thoroughly equipped
Geo. Washington who was shot
on the 18th at Wharton died Satur-
day. Mic Kelly did the shooting.
Eleven Immigrant wagons from
Arkansas, bound for Brentwood
passed through Beldun Saturday.
Florida has quarrantined against
Texas hogs, cattle and horses on ac-
count of reported prevalence of
CHAMBERS.
Columbus Reid was arrested at
Pittsbury Saturday charged with
murder of Nose Wilson at Danger
field Nov. LIST.
The city school building in
Greenville is again taking shape and
will be magnificent building when
completed.
The recent bad weather has
done very little damage to crops in
Cass county, as the cotton is nearly
all gathered.
Art Grumpy, of Dallas, fell
while trying to board an electric
street car Saturday and received Sc
rious injuries.
Austin college will organize its
third company of cadets in a few
days if the date of increase in atten-
dance continues.
Miss Clara Weigle, who eloped
from Texarkana with E. NJ. Jones, q
defaulter was deserted by him and
has returned home.
"A board of trade has Just been
made permanent organization at
Cuero and vigorous action has been
determined upon.
-Four children lay out near Paris
Saturday night in the rain and cold.
They were travelling on foot to the
home of relatives near Bonham.
In the vicinity of Kemp, Kauf-
man county, it is believed. that a
larger crop of. cotton has, been gath
cred than for a number of years.
"A military organization will
probably be formed at Ballinger
soon The Acknowledgement of the
state has signifed his willingness to
furnish arms.
The Bartlett high school opened
last Monday morning under favora-
BILE auspices with Professor P. S.
Jones, late of Arkansas, as princi-
pal.
Col. L.. jerks, prominent and
successful farmer, from near Chiffon
and ex-commissioner died suddenly
at Marlin Saturday of hemorage Of
the heart.
The new Episcopal church at
Montell, Uvalde county, is now COM
plete with the exception of the chan
Gel window, which will be presented
by New York lady.
Burglars continue to get in
their work in San Antonio. The safe
of Joske Bros, was cracked Satur-
day night and between six and seven
hundred dollars taken out.
Subscriptions for the erection
of an African Methodist Episcopal
church at Palestine are being OBJ
tanned. The site for the church and
school have been donated.
The erection of the opera house
at Uvalde will soon be commenced.
The plans have all been arranged
and the building will be pushed to
completion as rapidly as possible.
1t is said that the number Of