Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-04-02


! -HallettsviIle is getting to be a
great place for artesian wells. Foun-
tains and streams of pure health
giving water are plentiful and within
easy reach.
The Mineral Wells board of
trade was organized Wednesday
night with a membership of twenty
five. 7. Mountcastle was elected
president.
The congressional committee
that accompanied the remains OF
Senator Hearst of California arrived
in Ell Paso Wednesday from San
Francisco.
| Col. W. A. Workman, of Sulpher
Springs, who has been appointed
superintendent of the State orphan
asylum at Corsicana, will take charge
April the LIST.
The citizens of Victoria county
have determined to raise 100000
for the purpose of building a rail
road toward deep water and toward
some point north.
The marshal of Sherman has
gone to Joplin, No., armed with the
necessary papers to bring Chas.
Parker back on charge of murder
ing Conductor Brown.
| The board of trade of Waxa-
hachie has enteredinto an agreement
with the Texas State Fair and Dallas
Exposition to make an exhibit of the
products of Ellis county.
Two American eagles were
killed in Victoria county last week
One of the eagles measured 6 feet,
2 inches from tip to tip of wing
and the other 6 feet, 8 inches.
The meeting of the citizens
held at Mexia declared their opposi-
ton. to the so cents on the 500.
levy to bouild a court house, and
favored the issuance of bonds.
The 'Lucero Ranch of 1926
acres in Hidalgo county, Texas, re-
Gently sold for S23,500 while 1000
head of average stock cattle, in the
same locality, brought $4,000.
Lake Austin" and 'Mary
Lynch" two lumber schooners en-
oountered a heavy gale and were
forced to take shelter in Arkansas
Pass harbor for repairs recently.
Jerry Staples, a boiler maker in
the employe of the 1. & G. N. Ry,
company, has been arrested at Pales-
tine on charge of numbering Jack
German near Palestine last August
| A United States marshal has
been IN Baird recently and the re-
suit Is that some twenty-five Gala
han citizens are en- route to Graham
as special veniremen in the NARROW
case.
"A number of representative
farmers in the city of Weatherford
Wednesday report everything is a
little late, but i the outlook was
never more promising at this time
of year.
1t was reported in Denison
Wednesday that an emigrant wagon,
while endeayoring to cross the Doggy
in the Territory, was swept away by
the high water and a woman
drowned
j. T. Morris, charged with the
murder of Moss, in Greer county,
who recently made his escape from
Quannah, was captured Wednesday
evening seven miles from there by
Mr.. Oliver.
Deputy Marshals Joe Mckee
and George Cakes arrived at Paris
Wednesday from the Choctaw nation
with Lewis Lefore and Charlie Vii
Hams, charged with the murder of
Junius Victor.
Anton A. Seffel, the defeated
candidate for city marshal, at San
Antonio, fled a mandamus suit
against the mayor and city clerk to
compel them to permit him to in
spect the election returns.
IF. Raymond Merner. the Mexi-
can tried at Uvalde recently for the
murder of T. Flores and given life
sentence in the pen, committed sui
eide Wednesday night by strang-
ling himself with leather belt.
The committee on immigration
of the Texas. Real Estate association
met at the board of trade hall in
Austin Wednesday, and as all the
members were not present adjourned
to meet at Waco on next Saturday.
Yves Mcclure was assassinated
Wednesday night near Llano while
on his way home from dance.
Tom Duff has been arrested on sus
picion and is in jail. Mcclure was