Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-06-11
STATE NEWS.

Red river is still Oh the ram
page.
-Kerrville wants large first
class hotel.
-Halletsville and Terrell report
fine growing crops.
w. NJ Anderson was drowned
at Galveston Sunday.
The fruit crop is abundant in
the Abilene country.
-Rockdale ships carload of vege-
tables to Kansas City.
The railroad bridge across Red
river was washed away.
-Pearsall votes for school incor-
poration, almost unanimously.
Wheat harvesting is now going
on in earnest in Cooke county.
A large quantity of prairie will be
saved in Hood county this year.
-Luling will harvest the finest
grape crop in her history this year.
Carpenters and brick masons
are all at work in Sherman at pres,
ent.
The berry and fruit crop of
Delta county is most excellent this
year.
The Milan county grand jury
| found SO true bills-23 felony cases
and 70 misdemeanors.
Shelby county farmers say there
will be some peaches, plenty of
apples and an abundance of grapes.
There will be grand 4th of
July barbecue at Cameron. Senator
Horace Chiffon will be the orator of
the day.
Wheat, oats, corn and grass
never locked better in Fannin coun-
ty. Cotton is looking well, but is a
little late.
William D. Kenor was found
near the track of the I. & G. N. rail
road south Of San Antonio Sunday,
dead and terribly mangled.
The San Antonio Light of the
End says the first load of water
melons and cantaloups were brought
in yesterday and sold for 81 each.
The 14year-old daughter of B.
F. Whatley near Fairfield was killed
last week by her little brother shoot
ing her with a rock from a 'tnigger
shooter"
The Herald predicts the Aran-
sas Pass railway will lie completed
to Cameron by the middle of Sep
tember-ln time to help move this
years crop. i
For awhile the cotton crop
around Henderson was looking rath-
er sorry, but warm days are bring
ing it out beautifully, and the pros
pect is fattering.
-Karnes county was visited by
magnificent rains last week which
insure splendid yield of CORE, and
will send the cotton far along the
road to big crop.
Farmers of Hood county re-
port material improvement in the
oat crop since last weeks showers.
It is believed the yield will be more
than an average.
Only "seYen drunk and down"
cases in the Mayors court at Hous-
ton Monday. A pretty good ''only"
for city where it is said you
couldn't buy cigar on Sunday.
Jim Seals, of Bonham, has been
arrested charged with criminally as
saulting his little sister-in law, Miss
Rhoda Williams, a pretty little
thirteen-year-old girl. He doesn't
deny the charge.
-Ex-Sherif Alfred Y. Alice shot
and killed W. G. Bowen, of the Cot
tula Ledger, on the south bound
train at D1lley Station Thursday.
An article published in Bowen's
paper led to the difficulty.
+ Thursday night four miles south |
of Mertens, Frank Night and Jno.
Shaw had difficulty with a man
named Morris and his son, which |
resulted in the last two both getting
shot. The son cannot live.
Numerous good rains have
fallen throughout Randall county |
during the past two weeks, visiting
most localities, and making water
abundant and filling all the water
holes and lakes throughout the
plains country.
The citizens of Livingston, in
Polk county, are making extensive
preparations to entertain the mem
bers of Hoods Brigade in grand
style upon the occasion of their re-
union in that place June 9th. Re-
duced rates upon all railways have
been secured.
A woman in one of the London
hospitals is afflicted with an ovarian
c,I,,,,1. Ill.,