Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-05-14
STATE NEWS.

Three houses were burned at
Gainesville, Tuesday night,
"A summer normal will not be
held at Salado this season.
The master plumbers of Texas
meet in San Antonio May Is.
"A clothing establishment has
been recently located at Ennis.
Two negro boys were poisoned
with arsenic at Paris Thursday.
Jos. G. Bouldin, prominent
citizen of Belmont, died Tuesday.
Arrangements are being made
to have system of water works at
Rockdale.
Work on the new catholic
church at Palestine has been re-
sumed.
The county court of Anderson
met Monday with 80 cases on the
docket.
The Leon Smith Manufacturing
Co., of Houston, was recently char
tered at Austin.
-Erath county has enough lime
stone to furnish all the world with
lime for thousand years.
Sam Woodward was arrested in
Overton, Tuesday, charged with the
theft of horse in Trinity.
The young men of Amarillo
have organized military company
as the Amarillo Light Guard"
AT the 5th annual convention of
Texas bankers recently held in Aus
tin there were SO bankers present.
Pete Griffith was killed and his
brother, Jack, was stunned by light
ming near Orange, Tuesday.
"A new postofice has been es-
tablished fifteen miles south of Har-
rold. The name of the office is
Num-.
Burglars at Uvalde break open
a blacksmith shop, a hardware
store, and a saloon all in the same
night.
Why can't we have COWS kept
off the streets and commons? They
bother the dogs.-BloomiDg Grove
Rustler.
WIN. Benton, who was badly
burned by a powder explosion near
Santo, Monday, died Wednesday
morning.
Toe Lee Hughes was accidental
ly killed near Dallas, Tuesday, by
the accidental discharge of a pistol
in the hands of Will Collier.
"A number of gentlemen who
are interested in the contract for
deep water have been inspecting
rock quarries near Huntsville.
Laura Ida Brevort, of Dallas, |
was killed by a man named WILDER
in a concert saloon in New York, |
Tuesday, who then shot and killed |
himself.
The Fifth Infantry have re-
ceived orders to leave Texas at |
once. Some of them go to LOUIS
lana, some to Florida and some to |
Alabama.
VIM. R. Edgars plead guilty at
San Antonio of uttering counterfeit |
and was sentenced to
eighteen months hard labor in the
Detroit prison.
The city council of Ennis have
decided to erect a new school build
ing at that place. At present there
are about 200 more scholars than
there is room for.
The store of A. Gabel, of Fort
Worth, was robbed and his safe
blown open Tuesday night. The
thieves obtained S25 in cash, a
watch worth $50 and some valuable
papers.
The Sol Richardson trial at
Dallas for the theft of $4,000 from
the Wells Fargo, Express Co., is in
progress. The evidence is said all
to be circumstantial and hardly suf-
icient to convict.
The man who shot Jones and
at Felts ranch, near Mid
and, Thursday last, has been cap
5ured. The men were seated at
supper when they were shot, and no
Known cause can be assigned for the
act. Strickland may die.
The Rusk, New Birmingham,
and Dallas railway company was
chartered at the capitol last week,
capital $4,000. The line of this
;oad is from New Birmingham via
Rusk and Great Northern between
Palestine and Troupe.
The cyclone played some queer