The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-28
BRENNAN BUDGET.
a Young Man Badly Cut at Dance
Saturday Ntpht,

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Brenham,. Texas, November 21.-The cot
ton receipts at BRENNAN for the week end
Ing Friday, November 20, by wagon were
1875 bales; stock ON hand, 2Sso; receipts
thus lar this season by wagon, 3o,lso' Inc
receipts during the entire season OF 1870
1888 DID not so beyond $4,000. The cotton
being br.ugs, 10 market is OF good quality
and is In quantity.
Major Abe Harrison of the Fourth Texas
regiment, now in camp at san Antonio, is
In the city on a visit to his family. TINS
is The home city OF the popular officer.
A.essrs. Geo.ge WrigEt and Tneo A.
Low. Jr., CT this city yesterday, forwarded
deer ent,ies TO houston for the soutn
Texas tennis tournament which is to be
he'd in tnat city IL December. lhey are
pract. chg daily AMI will lie IN the tiSht
Tor tie CHAMP .onshlp. 1ney are DojI 900
players, and VIII uy 10 return 10 prenAsiin
WIN the nonJr, when is naN held by
i'.n.as a. Holland or Brenham, but VINO
voluntarly Ielres.
Mrs. Il. S. Miner of this county has re-
turned from houston, waere she was called
by the SERIOUS illness OF her brother. Or.
b. f.. Stuart. 1he friends OF Or. Stuart
in this county We're glad to learn OF his
iheie was an ARRAY last n.gat at a
dan.e which was given at the old Dryer
sore on tue Dwyer place near Wesley, IN
which taui Wiese, aged 1T years, was
seriously stabbed. a puncture wound haif
an inch wide and three and one half incaes
dep is in the right breast and generates
the lung. DIT is just above the nipple,
T.eIe is a long cut ON his back but this
latter is not serious. The wound in tle
breast may be fatal one. DR.. Young OF
this city was called To attend the young
man. No arrests have been made up 10
this time although il is believed that the
guilty one Is known and will be appre-
hended.
Mr. l.. ]. Lockett returned this morning
from Matagorda county, where he was one
Of party OF hunters who have been
camped ON the Caney about twelve miles
from BAY CITY, In the party were l., j..
Lockett OF Breuhan. Joe ROutt, Joe Bob
Routt OF Chappen Hill. DR.. Williams OF
Da. as. Constable Robert Burch, William
Buchanan, County Attorney j. p. Buch
anan. Alex Griffin, Lew Stockbr.age OF
Brennan, John Routt, Jack Routt, Bob
Iide, Will Raysor and DR., Nichol on OF
Chappell Hin and Tom Num- of Bryan
They have been out about ten days aud
whsl MIR. Lockett left them they had killed
seventeen deer, six of which had been
brought down by Mr.. Lockett's excellent
to be one of the finest shots in th IS part
of the State. He has returne3 on this oc-
casion with long list of camp stories
which are Interesting. and he entertained
h s friends this nornirg with some of
them.
There was meeting OF yourg people at
the residence of Mr.. ] X. Pennington Sat-
rirday afternoon, which resulted in the
organization OF the Sweet Sixteen" olIb.
Tlr organization is so called because its
membership Numbers but siXteeH, thirteen
girls and three gentlemen, the sole cb
ject being the personal amusement Of those
who compose 1t. The charter members are
thirteen girls who are yet o. the school
aee, and to guard against making mis-
takes lu whatever they may decide In tn,
way of Their own pleasure, they hIv>
elected to full membership three gentle
mon of the cHtr. Messrs. William Lrsk.
Thomas a. Holland and james Hays
Quarles. The young ladies in the organiza-
ton are Mss Florrie Fowler, president;
Miss Lillian Lindernann. vice president
Miss Bessie E1iridge. secretary; Miss
Nelia Abbott, treasurer; Misses Ina Ed
ri!ge, Mayme Murphy, Susie Shepherd,
Matte Shepherd, Johnnie Mae Perm ng-
ton Ida Mae LInjermann, Arnie shepherd
Dee Ross Elisa Lockstt. They VIII select
two or three young ladies OF the city as
sponsors.