Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-02-05
-Ranresentatire Tilson

Representative IlIson mas
introduced bill in the Legislature
to abolish fees in the county clerks
office and pay salaries of $1,000 4
year.
The handsome new Catholic
church at Sealy, Austin COUNTY. is
progressing rapidly AID without
accident VIII be compl .eted in about
six weeks.
Waller cor.aty has contracted
for and locate d nearly 400 families
in and aborlt Hampstead for the
purpose of developing the surplus
lends thrAre.
label Woods, whose right name
was. jackson, took morphine at a
b .ouse of i'll fame in Fl. Worth and
, died Tuesday. Sue had attempted
this six times previously. ~
@-Texisn Press: People about
Estaeado are boring so many wells
this winter, that it keeps all the
well-boring outfits busy as bees to
keep half way up with their orders.
Negro burglars called Mrs. Tony
Anderson to her door Wednesday
night and one of them seized her by
the throat and choked her while the
others robbed the house in Houston.
Rosa Harrington, one of the
demimonde, after viewing the re-
mains of Mabel Woods who suicided
at TT. Worth, took a dose herself
with suicidal intent and died Tues
day.
e. F. Glaze, manager of the
Chrystals ice. and manufacturing
company of San Antonio is figuring
on establishing an ice factory at
Austin. Why not put up one at
Brenbam?
In the eastern part of Smith
county a whole family were found
down with the smallpox. Mr.. Love
was dead and his wife children and
sister we're all down with the loath-
some disease.
Snyder, the San Marcos wife
murderer, has been taken to Austin
to escape being lynched. Mrs.
Snder's brother from Rome, Ga, has
arrived at San Marcos to take care
charge of the children.
The case of the State VS. Mr..
Pete Hammond, appealed from the
District court of Webb county, where
be was given a life sentence for the
murder of a drummer. has been
affirmed by the court of appeals.
|. "A bill has passed the Senate
providing for the appointment of two
men whose duty it shall be to codify
the civil and criminal statues this
being the second legislature that has
been held since they were codifed,
Five carloads of silver lead ore
were seized at Eagle Pass Tuesday
by CUSTOM officers, and a libel against
it for payment of duty will be
fled in the United States court. The
are was consigned to the Omaha
and Denver smelling works.
0LMr. Kirby has a billibefofe the
state senate, which prohibits any
person WHO may hereafter be .di-
'vorced, from marrying any other
person for twelve months from the
date of the final Judgment and pro-
viding penalty for the violation of
the provisions.
3 -Concho Herald: The weather the I
past few days has moderated con
siderably, and we trust this section
will not be compelled to undergo
such another experience as it has
just passed through. From no por-
ton of the country yet heard from
there are no great losses reported.
From Fisher, Scurry and Bor-
den counties we have news, says
the Colorado Clipper, that the immi-
grafton continues to pour in every |
day, and in Mitchell county the |
roads leading into the city are dot
ted with covered wagons every hour
in the day and every day in the
week.
The report from. Hardeman
county is that "wheat looks better
than ever before. Flows are run
ming again, and a great quantity OF
new land is being prepared for
spring crops. During the storms
the mercury was only few degrees
below the freezing point. Stock is
in good condition.
"A bill has been introduced in
the legislature providing that no
person shall hereafter engage in the
practice of medicine in the state un- d
ess such person shall have regularly
graduated at some legally chartered 4
institution and received a
diploma which must be approved by
! state board of medical censors.
-Tm1niorakion continues 70 aou