Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-07-09

Farmers living near For
Worth report that the melon crc
will be the largest raised in yeal
and the melons the finest yet groll
in that section.
"A fine buggy horse of j. J.
Cheney, of Richmond, died of by
drophobia last Monday, having been
bitten by mad dog some two
weeks ago.
"A man named Sapps was XII
on the Missouri, Kansas & T,
railroad near Celeste Saturday
He went to sleep with his b.
the track.
-Lafayett Rogers rec1
fenced to death in Dallas
of criminal assault, is tb
man ever sentenced to
las county.
-Dallan county is
The election for eou.
county officers will be h.
Texline Is the leading cal
the county site.
Lewis Brach, colored,
tried at Anderson, found gu
given five years in the penitS
for robbing R. B. Templeman's
III Navascta
The Swear old daughter of
Capt. @. W. Pier ce, was drowned at
Cisco Saturday, falling off foot log
across creek trying to follow its
mother to the watermelon patch.
The AIyarado roller mill and
was burned Saturday morn
ing. 1t was insured for S25,
but cost originally $4,000 and ex
tensive repairs had recently been
made.
Partial showers have fallen in
Milan county but a good rain is be-
ginning to be badly needed Some /.
Of the corn is made, but a great
deal OF 1t will be short unless it gets
more moisture.
Private Jas. Wilson, of Co. A,
Fifth infantry, at San Antonio, has
been arrested for the murder of Jul
ian Jaso. Three of the same COM
pany have been arrested for cattle
stealing.
At Forest, on the End inst,
John Fielder fred load of buck
shot into Mack Beasly's corpus. Re
suit of an old feud. Fielder surren-
iered. Both parties to the fracas
are highly colored.
Several fine residences ere in
course of construction at Palestine.
The engineers are at work on the
plans for extensive improvements
on the waterworks, and the work of q
will begin as soon as
they are completed. y
The corpse drawn from the
gulf in a seine by fishermen, at Gal :
weston, on June 25th, was not that
of B. Il. Thomas, the painter.
Thomas is in Austin as lively as
cricket. The identity of the corpse
remains a mystery.
p. D. Dunwoody, an employee
Of the Ft. Worth and Rio Grande
railroad was killed at Logan's Gap
by falling from the con
struction train while in motion, five
cars passing over his body mangling
him almost beyond recognition.
W. E. Taylor, an attachee of
the Corpus Christi and South Amer
lean railway, while riding through
the Santa Gertrude pasture last
week, was struck by lightning, in
stantly killing him and his horse.
Taylor was about % years old and a
native of Bell county.
"A commodius tabernacle. or q
shed has been erected in the edge
of beautiful live oak grove, near
Eagle Lake, In which union pro- =,
tracted revival meeting is being held
by the Methodist and Baptist de-
nominations. Several distinguished
divines from both denominations
have promised to be present
Hon. Il. A. Spencer delivered
his great speech on banking with
out money" at Sulphur Springs on
the Bird inst, in which he proposes
the issuance by the government Of
certified checks secured by labor
contracts, real estate mortgages,
receipts, or any other
tangible commercial security. Hon.
Leland Standard, the California
millionaire, is one of his IA
vorites for the presidential nomina
ton in 1892.
Texas gets three prizes out of
seven in the interstate drill at India
and the state is booming
there. The Dallas artillery feel iu
bilant over first money and the Sea-
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