Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-11-05
STATE NEWS.

Sherwood, Irion county, needs
grist mill and gin.
The citizens of Cleburne are
clamoring for free mail delivery.
The new wagon bridge across
Red river at Denison is finished.
San Marcos requires comma.
dious Methodist church building.
1.-Two new stone buildings were
completed IN Ballinger last week.
-Quanah now has a cotton. gin
with a capacity of ten bales a day.
Work has begun on large
stone business house at Wichita
Falls.
Pepper and wild spices grow
wild in our coast country, and I'M
der cultivation would give very good
results.
Bonds are now on the market to
secure money for an an artesian well
at Hillsboro.
Figs, apples and peaches have
been grown successfully this season
in Titus county.
Morgan, Bosque county.-Cot-
ton receipts are greater than for
same time last year.
"A colony 100 of families is expect
ed to arrive at Franklin, Robertson
county, December 1.
The order for the irsn to span
the Colorado river at Marble Falls
has been made from Marble City.
AT the new town of ,Fairwood,
Brazoria county, a fine of artesian
water was found at depth of SIS
feet.
The stock for the Knights of
Pythias building at Greenville is
nearly all taken. 1t is to be three
story brick.
"A lady in Houston has decided
to Austin college at Sherman prop
erty in the former city sufficient to
beautify the grounds.
In Wichita county the fall crop
Of Irish potatoes is good. On one
farm the yield has been estimated at
100 bushels to the acre.
The farmers in the country
around Willis say that their crop of
cotton is 20 per cent over the esti-
mates two months ago.
Recent digging at Sonora, SUIT
ton county, has shown that an
of wateer can be obtained
1t a depth eff 164 feet.
The work of sinking a test well
at Big Springs has resulted in four
wells with an abundance of water,
at depth of twenty feet.
The Velasco Times viii shortly
ssue a special editiorl which will
show up the deep-water and other
advantages of that section.
The gin and grist mill of Jas.
Davenport, a few miles north of
Gainesville, was burned Friday
Loss $4,000. Insurance $1,000.
Nine wagon loads of families
passed through Cleburne on Monday
asst. The men were undecided as
@ their ultimate stopping place.
THE Methodist Episcopal church
It Mount Pleasant has received
hirty accesslons during a recent
,rotracted meeting at that place.
The West Texas train robbers
re to be moved from Ell Paso to
San Antonio for safe keeping, on &C
count of the threat of some COW
,oys to release them.
The main span of the iron bridge
,ver the river at Wichita Falls is
100 feet, the work is progressing
apidlY and it is is expected to be
eady for use before the holidays.
The ranchmen along the Frio
liver, Kimble county, have formed,
n association to protect their sheep
interests. They pay private bonus
# 81 for a wolf, and seven have been
aptured within ten days.
The cotton seed oil mill at !
aotkdale, is now nearly completed,
nd will be ready for operation Mon
lay, November 2. A large quantity |
f seed has been purchased and |
tored for the mill, and the mana
.ers are still buying.
Farmers are we'll up with their /
york near Childress and are putting
n a greatly increased acreage of I
7heat, and are looking forward to
ext year with anticipations of a
arge yield, and consequently the
Enlargement of their granaries.
"A woman at Ell Paso tried to
ave her dog from being run over by |
he train at Ell Paso Saturday and ,
vas herself run over and ground to |