Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-02-05
STATE NEWS.

La OranSe-
Dallas has decided not to extend
her city limits.
-Overton is very much wrong hit i
up over the smallpox.
There are twenty cases OF small i
pox reported in Austin.
MIR. Williams prominent citi-
,-zzen near Kosse has the smallpox.
Jacksonville raised the amount
to build first class school house.
The live stock in the west are
reported to be in excellent condi-
ton.
The Hubbard City artesian wssll
is down over 600 feet and still sink
ing.
JAS. Harris who was shot at
Gainesville few days ago died We'd
nesday.
"A detail of army officers are pre-
pairing to go from San Antonio to
Mexico. N
The Marshal compress in five
hours compressed SO bales of cot
ton recently.
"A. L. Phillips shot and mortally
wounded Jas. Harris near Gaines
vile Tuesday morning.
The Baptist church frame at
Iowa Park is up and presents a
handsome appearance. fgE,
Plans for a new Presbyterian
church at Corpus Christi are in the
hands of the architects.
"A man named Beard was held
up six miles from De Sofa and rob-
bed of s13O Wednesday.
Capt. H. NJ. Marshal United
States engineer is surveying Cypress
river and is now at Jefferson.
Geo. Heartwell shot and serious
" wounded another negro named
Meadow at Corsicana Tuesday.
-Bernold Bart, veteran of the
Mexican war, fell dead Wednesday
night while winding up clock.
The probability now is that the
Legislature will adjourn to take in
the Galveston Madi Gras carnival.
The Republicans of San, An
tonic have nominated city ticket,
headed by Geo. Kaltyer for Mayor.
Is 4ESmallpox has appeared at Oak
Cliff Dallas and a boarding house
with so boarders has been isolated. |
Work has commenced on the
Denton normal college. and several
spb7contraets made on the building.
B. B. Higgins was shot end in
: { sfantiy killed in his saloon at Chiffon
Wednesday night, by his clerk John
Gallagher.
The Collinsville Baptist church
is nearly completed and presents an
atrectiYelapp earanee. It will be,oc-
cupied soon.
~ jealous Mexican at Corpus
Christi who seriously stabbed, his /
lover and fed few days age, has
been arrested.
The Baptist church building at
SveetYater, Nolan county, is soon
: to be remodeled from top to bottom,
inside and out.
Mr.. I. W.. House of Houston is
putting up an Is, 900 residence. Ii
is of handsome design and will be
lastly finished.
Walter Bargraves for the killing
of Henry Tackett last October gets
FIVE years in the penitentiary by a
Fort Worth jury.
The quarantine against Houston
all along the line of the Southern
Pacific is considerably interfering
with railway travel.
MIR. W. B. Fraley, of Marshal
was shot by some unknown person
with squirrel shot while in caboose
going to Shreveport.
w. Bluesteim's store at Orange
was burglarized Wednesday night
and 5000 worth ofgoods stolen. The
goods were recovered. !
Geo. Vineyard has been appoint |
ed general, passenger and ticket i
agent of the Corpus Christi and
South American railway.
The divorce bill providing that I
a man could not marry until the ex- I
piration of II months after securing i
a divorce, was laid to rest. @
Lee, and jay E. Adams, of San
Antonio have discovered that they :
are defendants of British ROYALTY
and heirs to SfIO,0OO,OOO sterling.
Mickey Finn, of Dallas, issues a a
challenge TO fight any man. of his s
weight-l23 pounds Ito a finish for b
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