Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-12-03
STATE NEWS.
Amarillo is to have a broom ia,

urday night.
Coleman county schools are
well attended.
Immigrants are pouring into
Potter county.
-Quanah's broom factory is do
ing good business.
Sterling City has recently had a
large hotel built there.
The schools of Angelina county
are reported fiourishing.
A successful religious meeting
has just closed at Yoakum.
Heavy rains are reported from
all the dry western counties.
The residence of Mrs. Clary
burned at Henritta Tuesday.
Young Mems Christian associa-
ton organized at San Marcos.
The long dreuth in Angelina
county has at last been broken.
The Quannah bank has declared
Is per cent dividend this year.
The Warren lumber company
still guarding its track at Warren.
-Theresidence of Mrs Eisenhower,
of Fl. Worth, was burned Sunday.
-Jno. E. Durkee's residence in
Houston was burned Thursday
night.
"A car loaded with eighteen bales
of cotton was burned at Denison
Wednesday.
$. D. Bond and Tom Pagitt
have been arrested in Dallas on a
charge of arson.
The loss on the Marx stock of
groceries burned at Corsicana Mon
day was $500, and the barber shop
$500.
Jack Davenport, formerly a JUS
tice of the peace in Fort Bend coun-
tY has been charged with obtaining
cotton on forged order at Houston.
"A farmer named Swafford was
held up and robbed of small sum
money two miles north of Weather
ford Tuesday by two masked horse
man.
"A. Bert, man about Texarkana
shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Mar
ney at Richmond in the next county |
asst Saturday. The murderer was
Some time since the court house
and jail at Homer was burned and
now the people of Lufkin propose
% duplicate it if they are given the
county seat.
There is a general jubilant feel
ng at Mount Pleasant over the cost
y improvements of the springs there
md the rising of the college for the
Methodist church.
Major Shaw, negro rs years
# age, was called to his door near
Terrell Tuesday and shot by Mindsey
ellis, mulatto boy 20 years of age.
lie was sent to Jail without bail.
Frost Hutchcraft, tried at Sher-
nan for assault to murder Marshal
Blaine in the general shooting there
asst July when three persons were
rounded. was given four months in
all and $500 fine.
DIR. J, L. Hawkins, an old and
citizen, died at Navasota
tuesday from an overdose of chloro-
orm, but whether taken accidentally
+ not is not known. After he took
be drug he asked to be let alone
nd was found dead afterwards.
Frank Palmer, of Albany, is
harged with filing false affidavits
o the bounty on eight cayotes that
,ere not killed by him. He was
laced under $500 to await the
ction of the grand jury. This is
he first case of the kind growing
ut of the scalp law.
George W. King, one of the
IaSalle county stockmen who was
ldicted last May in Laredo for
5ealing cattle, died in Seguin. A
,legram received there by G. W. =
lhausen, his partner, who is a CO. 5
efendant. announced his death at
lie residence of his father. -
Five young men of Denton
ounty, near Argyle, who formerly
God well in the community are
larged with the serious offense Of
Lula B.CockseY, a fifteen :
ear old girl, and John White, Earn :
It and Jake Clayton have been ar
.sted and are in jail, the other two
ot having been arrested. 1t is
,ora.a1 4ho4 +1,o ,-o,,ro- 1oJ-- 1900.