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

German paper.
There is to be a big barbecue at
Hampstead July. the 1st
Burnett & Mulkey are holding
series of meetings at Lagrange.
Fine Irish potatoes are being
sold in Luling at so cents per bushel.
Peaches sold on the streets at
Cisco last week at so cents per
bushel.
-Bastrop has not had such a
corn crop in 25 years as it has this
season.
Jim Wood was stabbed severely
at the emancipation celebration at
Palestine.
Peter Gere, Mexican was drown
ed in a fish pond near Weesatche
Wednesday night.
-Chas. Griffith was arrested at
Victoria Thursday charged with
horse stealing.
"A new bridge is to be built oyer
Mud creek between Lone Star and
Jacksonville.
The celebrated Dick Duncan
case has been affirmed by Judge
White, of Austin. He will hang.
u. A. Callison, the gambler of
San Angelo, was shot two weeks
ago died Of lis wounds Tuesday
! Every county official of Childress
! is a church member, and an honest,
upright Christian Childress Index.
MIR. Amos Beans spring clip of
wool consisted of 5000 pounds,
which he sold at Seymour at 16
cents.
The citizens of Rusk and New
Birmingham will join Palestine in
building new railroad between
those places.
e. II. Bracket, the defaulting
agent of the Union News company
at Denison was bound over in the
sum Of $500.
Fifteen newsboys and three
dealers were arrested Saturday in
San Antonio for selling the Kansas
City Sunday Sun.
Burglars entered the sleeping
room Of II. Il. Adams in Dallas one
night recently and was met with the
contents of a shot gun.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage, on June 30, of Peyton
Brown, editor of the Austin States
man, and Miss Ellen D. Miller.
The third regiment band, of
Bellville, are providing themselves
with a new uniform preparatory to
attending the state encampment.
Miles Station, Runnels county,
has twenty-six children within the
scholastic age, whereas last year
there was not one In the neighbor-
hood.
The market at Ladonia has
been crowded with peaches the
past week. A canning factory ought
to be paying investment in Fannin
county.
"A fire in Taylor Thursday night
burned the livery stable of Buck.
Wills. His loss was $500. The
house belonged to III. A. Riddle.
Loss 1,400.
Near Calvert a Chinaman re-
Gently committed suicide by hang
ing himself to a rafter. The reason
was that he had to. go before
grand jury.
-Rhome, Wise county: The new
wheat crop is still rolling in, and
our roller is humping itself turning
out new -four, which is being taken
as fast as made.
-Jno. Glanton held up a man in
the ice factory at San Antonio last
Tuesday and relieved him of SIT,
and Saturday was convicted and
given fifteen years in the peniten-
tiary.
The Henrietta driving park and
agricultural association is inclosing
its grounds north of Henrietta. 1t
is the intention of the company to
inclose forty acres In time for fall
exhibit.
Saturday, at Burleson, johnson
county, Geo. Lewis was struck with
a pitchfork by Eugene Richards,
colored, who not being satisfied
drew his revolver and fired two
shots at Lewis without effect.
Many fruit trees in Coleman
county are so heavily laden that
they are actually breaking down,
especially the peach trees. Corn
and cotton never looked better.
New oats are selling rapidly in Cole
man at so cents.
Joe Blaine while on way home
from Gonzales, was waylaid by two
men and shot at several Wednesday
night. -Four of the shots took effect,
and he is probably fatally wounded.