Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-24
STATE NEWS.


The Southwest Silver Conven-
ton is in session at Ell Paso.
The telegraphers strike has
ended the strikers gaining their
point.
ALI West Texas has been blessed
with good rains which were much
needed.
"A store house and the postof-
fee at Valley Mills burned Wednes-
day night.
Burnett & Mulkey have just
closed meeting at Lockhart with
over 100 conversions.
AT West, Wednesday night
burglars entered the store of Cog
den Bros. and carried off SIS worth
of goods.
Judge B. W. BYrnes, promi-
nent attorny of San Angelo was held
up while on his way to the depot at
San Angelo.
Tuesday morning at Bracken-
ridge, Davis Flynn shot and killed
his brother in-law, John Catspy.
The shooting was the result of fami-
" trouble. Both men are highly re-
spected. Flynn was arrested.
S. Wedgman was arrested We'd
nesday at San Antonio on charge
of forging the name of Address
Ochoa to check for S125 on Gold
frank, Frank & Co., which was drawn
by Joseph Carrie, and which check
Ochoa lost on October "A.
Mrs. j. D. Parker, who lived
three miles east of Grandview, was
burned so badly Tuesday that she
died in the evening and was buried
Wednesday. Her clothes caught
from the fire and buried off before
any assistance could reach her.
News reached Jacksboro We'd
nesday morning that Jim Hardin
was killed Tuesday night by Jim
and John jackson at a dance. about
twelve miles southeast of there.
Hardin was shot twice. Deputy
Sheriff Maggard left at once for the
arrest OF the Jacksons
Smallpox has been discovered
on two ranches very near the town
of cactus, which is on the Interna-
tional and Great Northern railway,
half way between San Antonio and
Laredo. Cactus will be quarantlned.
In Cotulla there have been eight
deaths from the disease. Nine cases
have been discovered and ten are un-
der treatment. 1t is not spreading.
About o'clock Tuesday even
ing at Wharton telegram informed
Sheriff Dickson that Frank Sparks
had killed o. G. Delmore and Ben
ton Duke at East Bernard and to
look out for Sparks, as he was at
tempting to escape. Late Tuesday
night Sparks came into town and
gave himself up to Sheriff Dickson
The details of the killing are not
known in full.
The city government of San An
gelo is now thing of the past. The
suit to abolish the incorporation,
which has been consuming nearly
two days, was decided by District
Judge J. W. Simons Tuesday, abol-
ishing the incorporation on the
grounds that the city limits en-
braced too much territory There
are over $4,000 worth of bonds
outstanding, held by parties in New
York. An effort will probably be
made within short time to re incor
porate the city, but it will likely be
met with strong opposition.
Frank Sparks, B. B. Duke and
o. H. Delno became involved in a
difficulty in Wharton county in which
both Duke and Delno were shot and
instantly killed by Sparks with
double barreled shotgun. Imme
diately after the killing Sparks got
on his horse and left, and we under
stand Went to Wharton and gave
himself up to the deputy sheriff.
When the news of the killing
reached Eagle Lake, Joe. NJ.
Duke, the father of B. B. Duke,
armed himself and went hastily to
the bloody scene, and soon after his
arrival got into a difficulty with
james Doolan, and, after shooting
Dooian in the arm with a pistol was
himself shot through the bowels bv
Doolan with the same gun so effec.
tually used by Sparks, From the
effects of this wound Mr.. J. NJ. Duke
cGed. Doolan has been arrested Inv
the sheriff of Wharton county.
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