Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-06-18
STATE NEWS.

John Doroty escaped from the
Atcascosa jail Monday.
-Watermelons are already quite
plentiful in Corpus Christi.
The Sunday law of Corcicana is
said to be enforced to the letter.
The International Receivership
investigation is going at Galveston.
Moody, McLennan county, has
raised a subscription for an artesian
well.
Everything in the vicinity of
Red river at Denison has been
washed away.
Tom Clew, colored, of Marshal
had the muscle torn off his arm by
a rip saw Monday.
The Cameron ice factory is now
running on full time in order to sup
ply the demand.
The North Texas Female col
lege library at Sherman, was robbed
OF SZ,UUO tuesday.
Several loads CT cotton were
brought in to Hillsboro and mar
keted the past week.
j. J. Eads fell SO feet from a
tree near Decatur Tuesday and re-
ceived serious injuries.
Fred Gaines a well known news
paper man of Paris broke his leg at
Archer city Monday night.
Harvesting is booming all over
Coleman county. The yield is abun-
dant and weather excellent.
The capacity Of the Keystone
roller mills at Iowa Park will be ia
creased to a fifty barrel capacity.
The crops in the Brentwood
country are excellent. The grain is
now being harvested and is first
class.
The Masonic lodge at Goldth-
waite will have a picnic and public
of officers st. Johns
day, June a.
Phil Simons, colored, shot and
fatally wounded Annie Wilder, a
negro woman at Sherman recently.
Jealousy the cause.
Oracle Levy, a woman of i'll re
pute in Texarkana ended ife's ftful
fever Tuesday morning by taking
morphine with suicidal intent
The horticultural society of
Cooke county will offer twenty-five
premiums for fruits and vegetables
to be awarded at its next fair.
Claude Sparks accidentally shot
himself in the leg with a large
Galore pistol at Lockhart recently
and will loose the wounded mem
Der.
"A negro named Ben Love has
been arrested at Wharton charged
with attempting to poison a negro
family by putting Rough on Rats in
heir milk.
Oats in Concho county are
yellow and corn is growing
1t a rapid rate. From all reports
he watermelon crop this season
will be immense.
The sweet potato crop in Texas
Turing the year 1889 averaged $50 |
Der acre, and for three years past
S57.56. The average yield per acre
vas 1853 bushels.
Harvest is progressing very
nicely in johnson county, aud be-
ore many DAYS the largest wheat
md oat crop raised in this section
or several years will be safe in the
yranaues.
"A farmer by the name of Ram
beam, near CeIestia, undertook to
,hastise two younger brothers who
we're living with him, when one of
hem drew knife and stabbed him
dangerous wound.
The census bulletin at Washing
on shows that in the production of
petroleum IN the United States Tex
IS produced IS barrels in the past
'ear. Tie oil business of Texas is
4 its infancy.
-Delphine Frankius, a colored
was sentenced to ten years
n the penitentiary in the criminal
district court of Houston Tuesday
harged with the murder of George
Phillips some time since.
-Landy Suldon, who butchered
is 24-year-old step-daughter at Gar
and city some three weeks ago has
lst been convicted of murder in the
econd degree and sentenced to 81
ears In the penitentiary.
The wheat crop of Grayson
ounty, now almost ready for the
eaper, is very fine and promises a
God yield. Corn looks fine and the
otton crop, the largest in acreage
yer planted in Grayson county, is
Ding well.