Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-06-25

Gated third party. He advocated
the sub-treasurY scheme and OPP
posed National banks.
Near Nacona, Montague county,
Sunday morning Bill Pinkerton
shot and killed Colbert Pembroke
Pinkerton escaped and went to st.
Joe where he attempted to commit
suicide by taking morphine but
medical aid saved him from death,
and he was placed under arrest by
Deputy Sheriff Geo. Howard.
Robert Coleman; deputy sheriff
of Gonzales, searched the premises
of borden Bryant, colored, and found
some wearing apparel that had been
taken from A. H. Johnson residence.
Coleman tried to arrest Bryant and
was struck on the head, his assailant
running. He fired at Bryant the
ball taking effect in the neck aud
jaw. Bryant was then arrested and
Jailed.
The completion of the jetties at
the mouth of the Brazos river is sn-
nounced. These consist of parallel
walls SOS feet apart extending to
deep water a distance of $500 feet.
This work has cost S1,SOO,0OO. As
result there is now depth of
water on the bar of Is feet, as
against only 3 feet before the i'm
provelnent was made. This, it is
claimed, will be increased to 20 feet
by the erosion of the river current,
Active work has now commenced
towards building a town at that
point to be known as Velasco.
About three weeks ago Peter
Lucid, an italian tailor, and Miss
Henrietta Ranert, young German
girl living about nine miles from
Bryan, were married by Judge Har-
man at the court house. Mr.. Lucid
has been very unkind to his wife
since the unhappy union. They
separated a few days ago. The
young married woman on her return
home Tuesday from Bryan was
taken very suddenly and peculiarly
i'll. DR.. F. NJ. Hall, Of Bryan was
called, and upon his arrival found
her dead on the road side having
taken the contents of full bottle of
morphine. Mr.. Lucid has gone to
parts unknown, taking the midnight
train that night. Much excitement
prevails among the friends and re-
lations of the woman.
"A vast bed of Ignite coal has
been discovered % miles west of
San Antonio. The vein is forty-Gve
feet beneath the surface, three feet
thick, of unknown width, and so far
as tested, five miles in length. The
Ignite is of superior quality, burns
freely and leaves but little ash.
Such shafts as have been sunk show
no variation in quality or quantity.
State Geologist Dumble will make a
personal examination of the find. If
his report is favorable the manufac-
ture of briquettes or pressed lig-
mites by the Germao process will be
begun. By this process the Ignite
is made to give better and cheaper
coke than can be obtained from BIZ
luminous coal. This discovery is
regarded as OF great value as fac
tor in the location of the Govern
ment Gun factory at this point.
"A hole known as ''Deyils. Sink
hole in the geographical center of
Edwards county has recently been
explored by J. c. Curran, an old
Texan One man was let down by
a rope $50 feet. There he found a
ledge and passage way leading from
it seven feet high, wide enough for
three men abreast and running at
steep incline downward. He fol-
lowed it 800 feet and came to an i'm
mense lake of water ice cold. He
had no means of determining its ex.
tent, but stone hurled with all his
force splashed in the water fully
seventy yards away. The bank of
the lake was covered with pieces of
rock looking as. though they had
been blasted. Some were brought
to the surface and assayed about
thirty ounces of silver to the ton.
All that region is rich in silver indi-
cations and it is supposed the mys-
terious cavern is an abandoned
Spanish mine and has other exits
and entrances, 1t will be thorough
ly explored by competent prospec-
tors.
Commodore Hooper and War
den Miller, aged respectively S and
10 years, have lain in the Tarrsnt
county jail for over four months as
United States prisoners, charged
with burglarizing the postofiee at
Lipscomb, Lipseomb county, in the
Texas Panhandle. The postofice is
situated in a general merchandise
store. Upon several occasions the