Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-10
STATE NEWS.
-YeIasco is to have a bank.

-Alvarado shipped 10000 pounds
of grapes up to Sept. LIST.
The storm Monday did consid-
cradle damage near Navasota.
The Colorado country has re.
Gently been blessed with good rains.
"A Stingaree weighing Ito
pounds was caught at Galveston last
week.
Miss Isabelle NJ. Keesey, of Ell
Paso, committed suicide Tuesday by
taking strychnine.
Owing to continued dry weather
the cotton crop of Lufkin is cut
short about fifty per cent
The Commercial hotel at Millsap
fell on the drug store of T. D.
Pinchan and ruined his drugs.
"A water spout and hail storm
passed near Greenville recently and
destroyed crops almost entirely.
Galveston has resolved to be-
gin the construction of grain ele-
vator, of million bushel capacity, at
once.
Geo. Brown, colored, of Ander-
son, swallowed silver dollar, and
had to haYe the doctors push it
down.
-Thirty-seven criminal cases will
be brought up before the grand jury
at the next term of the court at Fort
Worth.
-Jno. Stewart, a bar tender at
Palace Royal, Fl. Worth, while
asleep was robbed of 5000 watch
and a $3.50 diamond.
The fat men who were recently
in Galveston, were invited to an
oyster roast and then charged 50
each for their entertainment.
&C. H. Howard, in the employ of
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, fell
off a box car at Wallis station We'd
nesday and was severely hurt.
-Waxahachie had big fire Wed
nesday on Franklin street. I. Go
bert's residence and one or two ad-
joining buildings being burned.
w. B. Newsom's nurse, by mis-
take, gave his baby dose of arseni-
cal face powder at Mckinney We'd
nesday and came near killing it.
August Baden, barber at Ft.
Worth, dropped dead while shaving
customer. He was a member of
The G. A. R. and the Turnverien.
The NJ. K. & T. OFFICIALS have
ssued circular reducing the wages
Of men on the car bridge, motive
and other department 10 per cent.
One of the prisoners in the
all at Columbus made his escape re-
GENTLY, but was recaptured a short
lime after at Giddings, concealed in
! box car.
Two cases of smallpox have ap-
oeared in Del Rio, one white and |
me black patient. Every effort will
'e made to prevent the disease from
"A young man named Edwards,
wing a short distance IN the eoun-
~ from Denison, accidently shot
himself with shot gun in the leg
Wednesday.
Rev. Sid Williams, the Baptist
has been preaching at
asper for week and captured the
own. Many prominent citizens
ave Joined the church.
September the LIST was the time
i Fl. Worth when the gamblers
7ere warned to close, and it is SAID
hey were closed, not a game of ,
nance is in operation there.
II. P. Yeager was killed by
ghtning while picking cotton on {
is farm near Copeville Thursday.
his should not be used as warn
lg against cotton picking however. ]
j. D. Patton, we'll known San
business man, was shot and j
lied by burglar with whom he l
rappled in his bed room Tuesday I
light. His life was insured for $780, h
90. 4
The wife of Mexican police t
ian, named Manuel Mendez, was |
aot through the right lung at Ea- I
lie Pass Thursday by her husband.
lie says an enemy of. his did it try I
e to shoot him.
Lula Mitchell, coIored girl of G
.ouston lighted the fire with kero- >
'ne and lighted the path to glory.
RS. Hodgkins, for whom she was I
orking, was badly burned in at. I
to save her. l
Martin Larelle, a switchman, d
as caught in collision at Denison =
uesday and had his foot crushed, Il
9TH arms and legs were bruised y
i'd mashed, and it is believed inter d
Il injuries sustained. =
The twenty seventh fire in Dial Is
5 during the month of August was y