Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-10
STATE NEWS.

ItOChudlS OLlSh WIN ttAAA
have commenced shipping brick.
VIM. Greger has been arrested
at Galveston for robbing the mails
The grand Jury recently in ses-
sion at LAGRANGE returned % true
bills.
The residence of W. J. James
was burned in Fort Worth Monday
night.
Forty divorce cases were fled in
the district court now in session at
Caldwell.
The freight agent at Italy says
1916 bales of cotton have been ship
ped from that place.
AT Saturday night festival in
aEuscow, Polk county, Welseh Baker
was shot by Jim Franklin and will
die.
Ed Burke was arrested at Bon
ham Monday charged with stealing
some blankets from an establish
ment of that place.
Editor Hec McEachan, late of
the Arson Western, has purchased
the Colorado Clipper, and Editor
Tolar retires from that paper.
The mill and gin burned Mon
day morning at st. Joe. Loss $4,000
with no insurance. Thirty bales of
cotton, three wagons and several
hogs were burned.
The negro q. W. Watkins who
was killed Sunday near Texarkana
was buried with great pomp not
withstanding he had been chad Mig
ger" and stranger to grace all his
life.
Sheriff Huchins of Halletsville,
Monday arrested and jailed Sam and
Zeke Selph for forging an order for
a marriage license. Sam wanted to
marry the 13-year-old daughter of
A. J, Hickman.
&C. W. Bulger has instituted
suit against the city of Galveston,
for allowing dogs to roam at will
through its streets a pack of vicious
ours attacking him as he went home
one night recently, seriously wound
ing him and permanently disfgur-
ing him.
Monday morning fire destroyed
five buildings, including the Com
mercial hotel and the Godsey Gro
Gerry company at Kyle, loss on stock
$4,000, insurance $4,000; II. Fl.
Daniels hotel fixtures $4,000, in
surance $500; W. B. Cannon & Co.,
stock and house, $4,000, insurance
$780, The Commercial hotel build
ing belonged to G. L. Williams of
Bonham, valued at S25,OO0, insured
for $4,000. Other losses S1700,
insurance $500.
Monday was red letter day for
the Texas exhibit cars. Over 1000
people, including Gov. Northern,
his family and state officers, visited
the cars. The governor originated
Georgia on wheels" and said the
Texas exhibit was on as much
grander scale as Texas was larger
than Georgia. He gave the Texas
exhibit warm welcome in Georgia. |
We left Tuesday over the Richmond |
and Danville road. Send exhibits |
and advertising to Atlanta; care of
R. A. Williams, for fifteen days. He
will promptly forward same to the
cars.
"A fire occurred on the South
Side at Terrell Monday morning
about 7:30 o'clock. The residence
of Mr.. ". J. Stovall was burned to
the ground, with an adjacent small
outbuilding. The fire department
but the fire was outside
the fire limits, and of course they
could not apply the water The en-
tire buildings were consumed.
Nearly all the furniture and contents
OF the buildings except one room,
we're also consumed. Loss of build
ing, about $500; insured, S4OO on |
building and 5000 on household
goods in the German American.
-Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad company submitted its an
nual report to the board commits
Monday morning. The re.
ports is the most favorable showing
ever issued. There is no floating
debt and 2per cent interest was paid
IN the income bonds. Gross earn
ngs are S24,654,426, operating ex
oenses S15,745, $40, income from
operation S7,9O8,S14, revenue from
,oads operated separately, divi-
lends, etc, S1,ff91, 12O Total in
,ome S9,SS9, 1897. Interest. taxes.
,tc., amount to SS,4O3,S25, leaving
let income S146,172. The surplus
S S2,261,O95.
The first suit in the State under
he alien land law was filed at Waco
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