Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-07-16

clothing house OF Mr. b. doHmann,
has accepted position with Messrs.
A. &. II. Harrison, where he has al
ready entered upon his duties.
Miss Clara Alderman who won
the Houston Post scholarship, IN
Houston, acknowledges in very
grateful terms the receipt of the box
of candy from Kiber's candy factory.
The Santa Fe will give excursion
rates to the camp-meeting at this
place for 100 miles up and down the
road at 4 cents per mile for the round
trip tickets good for ten days.
MEssRs. E. P. Curry, D. II. Watson,
and Richard Scurry spent Sunday
in Chappell Bill. This is out Of
the Judges precinct but under some
circumstances his Jurisdiction to pre-
side in ''court" has no restrictions.
CONSIDERABLE improvement has
been made at the Heidenheimer oil
mill, a considerable force of hands
having been at work there for several
weeks, putting everything in readi-
ness for the approaching cotton
season.
ROUND trip tickets to Chicago,
good for thirty days and at one fare.
will be on sale the 18th, 18th and
18th. On July Both to August 3rd
inclusive tickets will be sold to
Detroit for one fare good until Sep
tenn 30th.
The Brennan Light Guard will
leave for the State encampment at
Austin Friday at IL o'clock. For
weeks they have been drilling regu-
larry and are prepared to make a
strong effort to capture the few
prizes in sight.
The honorary members of the
Brennan Field Artillery presented
the company with a handsome
guidon flag at the Germania park
last night, and rendered them ban
quet, but owing to the late hour of
it's conclusion full report of it is
deferred for a subsequent issue.
The crowd of horse traders that
congregate near the barrel house on
Quitman street, every Saturday even
ing was unusually large last Satur-
day evening and quite a number of
horses changed owners. The crowd
was about equally divided between
whites and colored.
Mr.. G, FREEMAN, representing the
Texas Advertiser of Dallas, whose
whereabouts has not been known
by his family since the 18th of June;
and whose unknown whereabouts
now is causing his family consider
able anxiety, was here on the 9th
and left for Giddings.
The BANNER was led to believe
and thereby led the public to expect
that the long absent sprinkler would
be put on Monday, but alas, for
such expectations. The streets are
still dusty, the sprinkler has not
been seen, nor the proprietor to as
certain the cause of its non-appear-
ance.
A REPRESENTATIVE of the Colorado
& Texas Exchange Journal is in the
city for the purpose of disposing of
the Texas edition published some
time since, in which Brennan has a
column write up, and for which all
other Texas towns save twelve others
paid 500. He expects 81 per copy
for the papers.
ENGINEER Waumbean was in the
city Saturday looking after the i'm
proYements contemplated here by
the Santa Fe in the near future.
They viii probably put in two or
three spur switches, lengthy side
track which will straighten the curve
to the Central, build new freight
depot just south of the present one
In the county court Saturday Mrs.
Charlotte Stuckert was adjudged in
sane by Judge Kirk. She was ad-
judged insane IN 1887 and sent to
the asylum where after a years con-
fnement she was discharged, but 60
ing insane again, before she could
be returned to the asylum she had
to be tried on the same charge
again.