Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-24
STATE NEWS.

Hiram Little, one of the Sar
Jacinto veterans, died at his home
near Willis Monday.
The painters are working on the
interior of the Sherman seamless bag
factory. The work is progressing
rapidly.
The fifth meeting of the Grimes
county livestock and fair association
will be held at Navasota September
90 to October 2. The exhibits arr
expected to surpass that of any pre-
vious year and several new feature
have been added.
Walter Fitze and Vetener Bal
lev, of Houston, secured fine wire
and threw it oyer the wire support
ing the trolly wire for the purpose
of getting a shock. They got it
The wire came in contact with thu
trolly, knocked them down anc
burned them severely. Fitze hsc
his right hand SO badly burned tho
he will probably loose it.
I'm duel between E. M. Tate
of the Hopkins County Echo, ant
Everett Moore, editor the Alliance
Vindicator, at Sulphur Springs
Wednesday, Tate received Sigh
wound in the left arm, and Moore
received five wounds, one in the
groin, two in the side and two IL
the leg, and lived but a few hours
They used large pistols and boil
we're emptied.
"A few nights ago couple o
Mexicans rode INTO Realities, small
railroad town in Duval county, ant
proceeded to take in the town. OF
fcers attempted to arrest them whe1
regular battle ensued which closed
however, without. anyone being
killed. Friday night the same Mex
leans returned to the town and re
peated what they did Oh their othel
visit. They were not so lucky thi,
time as before and both were killed
by rangers who had been ordered il
the meantime
John Tools has flied suit in the
United States court at Galveston tc
recover $4,000 damages from the
Southern Pacific company for the
loss of an arm on the 18th of Octo.
Der last. Tools was walking along
the track at Liberty, Tex, when
some trainmen we're making a flying
switch, when he was knocked down
and his arm so badly mangled that
amputation was necessary. He
charges gross and criminal negli
gence upon the part of the company
and prays for damages for the above
amount.
"A gentleman writes the comp.
troller from Farmersville, saying
that he has a boy monstrosity whom
he wants to exhibit, and asking if a
license from the state for that pur.
pose is necessary. The boy was
born in Hunt county, June Is, 1888,
and is therefore three years and
three months old. He was normal
in all respects, it seems, until about
January 1 last, when he began to
grow in bulk and height at the rate
of an inch in height and two
pounds in weight per month. He is
now three feet ten inches tall and
weighs sixty pounds. He shows all
the usual indications of having
reached the years OF puberty, and
exhibits remarkable developments
all around.
Near Fredericksburg, Tex, a
dog belonging to a man named Hin
ernann, went mad. He was chained
up until the disease had fully devel-
oped, when he was shot. In the
meantime he had bitten a hound
which approached him. This hound
also went mad. Before dying he
bit a hog, and the hog went mad
and bit others, which developed ny
drophobia. Friday every hog on
Hinernann's place Che owned 100 is
dead or foaming at the mouth and
everything in reach. Sew
eral COWS and two horses have been
bitten, and are expected to go mad.
So far no human beings have been
bitten, but the neighborhood is ter
rorized, as some of the mad swine
are at large. The virus has now
been four times transferred, and is
more yirtulent than ever. The out
break has cost Hinernann $1,000.
The original dog went mad from a
snake bite.
"A few nights ago a couple Il
Mexicans rode into Rehto, a smad
town in Duval county, ano
proceeded to take in the town. Of
icers attempted to arrest them,
when a regular battle ensued, which
closed, however, without any one
being killed. Saturday night the
same two Mexicans returned to the
town and repeated what they did
On their other visit. They were not