Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-06-04
STATE NEWS.


The crops of Wharton county
are needing rain.
There was a $4,000 fire al
Hearne Wednesday night.
-Lithograph stone of fine quality
is found about Santa Anna.
Paint rock or red ochre is found
in abundance at Santa Anna.
| The Avenue hotel at Tyler was
burned Wednesday morning.
The Central railway of Texas
will be extended to the northwest.
Clarendon is discussing the
erection of $4,000 school house.
Tons of ore and coal are being
received at the furnace at Jefferson.
-LaSalle county farmers will be-
gin to pick cotton in June this year.
The wheat in Brentwood coun-
ty is as fine as the people could de-
sire.
Green corn has been in the
Corpus Christi market for several
days.
The District Alliance met at
Albany Tuesday and had big bar
becue.
A summer normal school will
be held at Gonzales, commencing
July LIST.
Josephine Collins fell into a
water tank and was drowned at
Hillsboro Tuesday.
Crops are good throughout
Dallas county. Wheat is particu-
larly promising.
Gov. Hogg has returned from
his fishing trip to Mineola, and re-
ports fair luck.
Ferdinand Draub, a Mexican
war veteran of Eagle Lake, 20 years
of age, died Wednesday.
1t is rumored in Austin that I.
L. Wren is to succeed Col. DeGress
as postmaster, in that city.
Burnett & Mulkey are preach
ing to large audiences and the inter
est is increasing at Taylor.
Crosby, Fann1n, Burleson,
Webb and Kaufman counties report
plenty of rain and fine crops.
"A Paris special says that the
report of the capture of the Dalton
brothers, train robbers, is hoax,
Italy City-Farmers from every
section of Ellis county report most
fattering prospects for a fine crop.
The grape vines in Laredo are
just loaded with lucious grapes
which will begin to ripen in June.
A fire at jefferson Wednesday
night broke out in negro restaur-
ant and consumed a block of resi-
dences.
Great crowds continue to go
hear Sam Jones who is stirring the
city of Houston from center to cir
conference.
A Jewish caught in Corpus
Christi Sunday weighed475 pounds.
Who said you couldn't have any
luck fishing on Sunday.
Ben Tucker was arrested at
Leonard recently, charged with burn
ing ". J. Chapman's barn four
miles from that place.
AT Hondo city recently, Manu-
ell Gonzales stabbed and killed Ed
wardo Valdose, Valdose having cut
him out of his Senorita.
C. ". Barnhart's little girl was
stung by tarautula at Fort Worth
recently, and came near dying from
the effects of the poison.
The Victoria Advocate has been
sold by Col. J. L. Barlow 70 Prof. |
L. n. Hofer and ". A. MAR, form
erly of the Halletsville Herald.
Plenty of new oats on the
streets of Temple, and reports from
the country are to the effect that |
the crop was never before so good. |
Ella Watley was accidently
killed by a stone thrown by her
brother from a sling at Workman
Wednesday. She was II years of
age.
AT Bolton Wednesday Consta-
BILE Cal Russell, of Salado, shot and
killed L. D. Ford. Ford resisted
arrest and fired at the constable
first.
Some fine specimens of mica
have been found on Mr.. Halls farm
east of Stoco. It can be taken out
4 foot square.-Madoc North Hast
ngs Review.
-Wm. Glenn was sentenced to
The United States penitentiary at
Paris, for selling whisky in the In
iian Territory, for a term of one
year and day.
Eugene johnson, the alleged
Kansas City Sun man, on a writ of
labeas corpus, was given a hearing
1t Dallas Wednesday and his bond