Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-07-16
STATE NEWS.

Canadian wants a roller mill.
Orange was a steam laundry.
-Ladonia is boring for artesian
water.
-Greenville wants canning and
preserving factory.
"A falling meteor near Dallas
was seen Wednesday.
Memphis, Hill county, wants a
flour mill and elevator.
"A colored girl II years old gave
birth to a child at Plano.
DE Leon, Commando county,
wants more houses built for rent.
-Belcherville, Montague county,
is raising a subscription for an ar
tesian well.
The Weatherford Chautauqua,
which closed Wednesday was a
great success.
p. P. Trewitt, who was recently
struck by train at Ennis, died Of
his wounds Wednesday.
-Belcherville, Montague county,
wants more business houses and
more dwellings built for rent. 8
There will be grand re union
at Dublin, Erath county, of Exon
federates August 5th 9th and It'll.
II. II. Cofnau was jailed at
Sherman recently for placing OBJ
structions on the track OF the IL. X.
Il 7.
The Iassie Bell blast furnace at
New Birmingham is now turning out
forty to fifty tons of charcoal iron
per day.
The Methodist church at Rock
dale has received 42accessions as a
result of the labors of Messrs. Bur-
nett and Mulkey.
The tailor shop of Theodore
Kirchaff, of Sherman was burglarized
Saturday night of large number of
patterns of clothes.
Waco business men will memoir
ialize the governor to call al extra
session of the Legislature to repeal
the alien land law.
The protracted meeting at Sherl
wood, Irion county, closed last
Thursday. There were three adj
ditions to the church.
Work has been resumed on
Daniel Baker college at Brentwood,
and will be pushed as rapidly as
possible to completion.
Gonzales Caldwell, Bastrop and
Fayette counties are all suffering
FOR rain. Corn is badly damaged |
and cotton is suffering.
About $4,000 worth of machin-
cry to be used in prospecting for
coal in McCuIloch county passed
through Brady last week.
The city council of Hillsboro,
has closed contracts for a system of
waterworks, electric lights, an ice
factory and artesian wells.
The contract for the new Jail at
Carthage, Pamela county, has been
let for S425O. The building is to
be completed by January 1.
The Dallas Artillery, who re-
Gently won the first prize at the In
drill were given a grand
reception upon their return.
Bob Lucas, a farmer near Nc
Kinney, Fannin county, was kicked
by mule Saturday, from the effects
of which it is feared he will die.
The artesian well-borers have
reached depth of 800 feet at Bee
vile, and will continue going down
until they strike steady flow of
water.
Gen. Mabry will order an en-
for the five volunteer
guards, to be held in August, pro-
yided rates can be had on the rail-
roads.
Edward Slayton, near Sherman,
was struck by a freight train recent
Iy and narrowly escaped death. He
was bruised about the head, arm
and back.
Jim and George Mclean, two
brothers have been arrested at Hills
boro for the theft of side of bacon.
Heretofore they have borne good
regulations.
VIM. Moss, carpenter of Paris
took eight grains of morphine re-
Gently, thinking it only a dose, but
was saved by a judicious use of
the stomach pump.
Another one of the party of the
i'll fated fishermen that were recent
" drowned off Smith Point has
been found. Three of the party
have not been found yet.
Jas. Fisher killed his brother-in-
law Austin Hardie near Commerce
in Delta county recently. He charged
his brother in-lsw with incest, but