Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-05-21
STATE NEWS.
-Rey. Sam Jones is in Houston

There are about twenty cases of
smallpox in Wharton county.
Rev. J. Jones is running a sue
cessful protracted meeting at Ter
rell.
The grand jury recently in SEES
sion at Mt. Vernon, returned 25 in
dictments
The Texas Press Association
resolved to make an exhibit at the
Worlds fair.
The first schooner of lumber
has been landed at Yelasco for the
"Hotel Yelasco.a
"A proposition has been mades
by out-of-town parties to erect
wooden mill at Sherman.
An excursion train for Firemen
was to leave Houston Saturday
morning to go to Galveston.
District court convenes at
Claude Monday with "a civil and II
criminal cases on the docket.
Thieves broke into the store of
S. D. Hughes, at Prairie Grove We'd
nesday night and robbed it of $40.
Dick Wash has been jailed at
Woodville for the murder of a w.
man in Cass county fifteen years
ago.
John Seigler was found dead ate
his brothers residence in Palestine
Tuesday morning. He died of hem
orrhage.
The officers of the Arkansas Pass
railroad were in session at San An
tonic recently for the purpose of re-
organization.
N. L. Jones, who fell under the
train at Quannah, has had one of his
legs amputated and the doctors say
he will recover.
AT the park in Houston We'd
nesday night Dave McNally was
dangerously cut in the abdomen by
Reginald Ollse.
"A water-spout near Evant We'd
nesday destroyed valley farms and
ruined the crops, though it only
lasted about 20 minutes.
1t is said the Maverick bank in
San Antonio, which recently failed
for S850,000, will soon be able to
pay up its creditors in full.
The farmers of East Texas are
turning their attention to rice Gull
ture, and jefferson county has start
ed out by planting 1900 acres.
The state convention of the
Momen's Christian Temperance IN
ion began in Tyler Wednesday,.
There were about so delegates pres
ent.
The Travis county grand jury
has begun the investigation of the
text book bill which had its enact
ing clause left out and was thereby
killed.
"A negro convict escaped from
the chain gang near Whitesboro,
Tuesday, Six shots were fired at
him and dogs put on the trail, but
he was not captured.
DIR. J. G. Colley was cut by Bill
Cecil, at Italy, Texas, recently and
is in a precarious condition. The
negro was taken to Waxahachie to,
prevent lynching.
State Chemist Heradon, who
brought unsustained charges against
State Geologist Dumble, has re-
signed, his resignation to go into eff
feet on the 18th inst.
"A Mexican named Ortiz was
given SO years in the penitentiary
on charge Of criminal assault at
San Antonio He outraged the 15-
year-old daughter OF Juan Flores. 4
The forthcoming 'tNorth Ameri-
can Silva" of Prof. Sargent viii com
prise over 400 species of trees. In
Europe, according to Prof. g. S.
Boulger, there are probably not
more than half that number.
The entire mail edition of the
Fl Paso Times was confscated and
refused transmission through the
mails Thursday on account of its
containing synopsis of the Louis
lana supreme court decision to CON-
pei the Secretary to submit to the
people at the next election the
extending the next
20 years.
AT Paris, Monday night, Jack
Smith, colored, forced his daughter
to marry negro school teacherS.
named Halbert. She protested,
kicked and screamed but the knot
was tied. Tom Hillens, her real