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

-Bellevllle wants new sidewalks.
-Comanche wants waterworks.
commencement exercises every
where.
Limestone county wants coun-
ty fair.
Abilene is soon to have an
electric railway.
| Abilene will have ten months
school next year.
The work at Ropes Pass is be-
ing pushed vigorously.
-Crowel is building up and
townlots are selling rapidly.
There was a destructive cy-
clone near Abilene Monday.
Haskell has organized a stock
company to build a roller mill.
The Victoria normal college
will open on June % and run two
months.
The crop prospects of Bowie
county are fine. The fruit crop will
be good.
"A. J. Nanquin, of Orange, will
put in an extensive repair and ma
chine shop.
"A home building and loan
association would be agood thing
for Decatur.
The prospect for a corn and
cotton crop was never better in vii,
Hanson county.
The building of new and hand
some residences in Abilene con-
tinues right along.
Decatur, Timpson, Wills Point,
Bartlett and Luling report coplous
rains and fine crops.
The range grass is now awful
fine all over the plains country and
cattle are getting fat
Harvesting is about over in Val
Verde county, and fruit beginning
to come in at Del Rio.
Farmers from every section of
Randall county report most fatter-
ing prospects for fine crop.
Capt. Thos. Watson, for many
years book-keeper in the land office
department at Austin is dead.
"A fire at Black Jack Wcdnes !
day. burned q livery stable and two |
vacant houses. No insurance.
Mrs. Clayton, of Edgar, while on
a visit to her son John Clayton at
Yoakum Tuesday, dropped dead.
"A, Gilmer's new dry kiln at
Orange is nearing completion. It
is one of the largest in the city.
The wheat and oat crop of Bell
county was never finer. The early
oats are generally safely garnered.
johnson, Bosque, Rusk, Ellis
Callahan, Polk and Milan counties
report crop prospects never brighter.
-Anson wants a laundry, an
elevator, boot and shoe house, ice
factory, corn mill and more houses:
Cut worms have made their ap-
pearance in some places near Cor
man, but no fear of damage exists.
Talk at Fl. Worth is taking
turn which will probably lead to dis
lodging the gamblers from that city.
Minnie Lee Yarbrough, negro
girl, was run on er and killed by the
train at Big Sandy day or two
ago.
-Texarkana's two postofices are
to be consolidated, and this will
entitle them to the free mail de
livery.
The Breckenridge summer
school will open on the first Mon
day in July and continue twelve
weeks.
The contract for the buildings
for the wooden mill has let and
work commenced in Southeast
Greenville.
"A Dine-months old baby was
shot at Fairfield by a colored boy
supposed to have been ac-
,identaI
At Navasota Monday Chas.
Dorsey killed his brother Luc1an ,
with a pistol that ne didn't. know ,
vas loaded.
The eight-year-old son of A. H.
tray near Gorney was killed by a 8
horse kicking him Monday, dying
Tuesday.
The body of Dizzy Smith was :
found in Waco creek near Waco !
tuesday. The verdict was acciden- !
al drowning. !
Beaumont is to have a street a
ar line, work already having COM c
nenced on it, and it will be rushed
o completion.
C. NJ. McCroquordale went to a r
ariety theater at San Antonio Mon v
ay night and while there fell dead h