Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-07-02
STATE NEWS,
The Hunter murder trial is on
at Houston.

OrSaulZeu d MILITARY company.
Jacksonville ships from ten tt
twenty-five bushels of cucumbers
daily.
DIR. Sherods handsome residence
| at Marshal was burned Sunday
night.
An effort is being made in Beau
mont to establish an electric fire
alarm.
"A national bank with capital
of $4,000 has been established at
Archer.
Orange wants a furniture fac.
tory to utilize its excellent quality Of
timber.
The crop statistics of Hunt
county this year will double that OF
last year.
A girl never goes by her brother
without saying something about "a
dirty boy"
AT San Antonio the Parks and
beer gardens are literally patronized
on Sunday.
-Wilbarger claims to have the
largest acreage of wheat of any
county in Texas.
Bolton has about completed ar
rangements for a grand ex-confeder-
ate reunion.
VIM. Styles, an Ellis county
farmer, threshed 1881 bushels of
wheat from so acres.
The wheat crop of Commanche
county is turning out an average Of
% bushels to the acre.
-Wichataw Falls is making
grand preparations for a big harvest
jubilee on July 3 and 4.
Five hundred thousand pounds
of wool have already been shipped
this season from Brownwood.
The Corpus Christi electric light
company have increased the capital
stock from $4,000 to $4,000.
Fifty motor men and conduc-
tors struck at Galveston Tuesday.
Their places were promptly filed.
Fifteen carloads of cattle,
bound for Eastern markets, passed
through Columbus a few days ago.
"A new postofice called Comet
has been established in Marion coun-
ty, with j. D. Jackson as postmas-
ter.
City Engineer Michael has COM
pleted the survey for the new United
States court and postoffice building
at Paris.
Bishop Brennan has promised
to erect one of the finest schools of
learning in the south at Dallas, if
suitable site be donated.
The wheat and oats of Brown
county have produced fine yield
and cotton is doing well and growing
nicely. Corn needs rain.
Several new bath houses were
put up on the beach at Quintana,
Brazoria county, last week, and
others will be built shortly.
Temple celebrated her tenth an
niversary Monday. Parsons old
Texas brigade held the reunion
there at the anniversary celebration.
"A collision of the NJ. K. & T.
railway Tuesday, near Trenton, re-
suited in the destruction of several
thousand dollars worth of property.
An association has been organ
lied at Tyler to be known as the Ty-
Ter fruit shippers association, for
shipping fruit, vegetables, etc, in
carload lots.
Sam Riggs, of Alvord, who was
arrested on a charge of bigamy
few days ago waived an examination
and gave bond to await the action
of the grand jury.
Ed Smith accidently shot his
brother-in-law, Joe Byrd, at Eddy
Wednesday with a hammerless
Smith and Wesson pistol, which he
didn't know was loaded.
Cameron, Milan county. Work
is progressing rapidly on our new
courthouse, and the sound of the
stonecutter's hammer is heard from
7 a. m. until 6 p. m.
Orange has temperance and
Sunday league with a membership
of over 200. Its object is to have
the Sunday law enforced and get
people to sign the pledge.
"A couple of two-story brick
business houses will shortly be
erected in Kosse. Limestone county.
The electric light plant will be put
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