The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-03-04
NEWS BUDGET FROM BRENNAN
FUNERAL OF c. w. RANKIN WILL
TAKE PLACE TODAY.
ancc Rally He1d-IIow an Attor-
ney Lost Calf

Brennan. Texas. March 3.--charles W.
Rankin. killed at Yoakum yesterday after
noon. was born In BRENNAN in 1864, while
the bloody conflict between the Union and
the confederacy was at It's height His
boyhood and young manhood were passed
at this place. After his marriage at Hal
letsville, in 1892. he became resident OF
Yoakum. and has been engaged in business
at that place since that date. lie was the
youngest son Of D. II. Rankin and broth
er OF Editor J, G. Rankin OF the Daily
Banner.
The remains were shipped TO this place
for interment, arriving on the Central
passenger this afternoon. The funeral
will take place tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock at the Masonic cemetery.
Frederick Weiss. one Of the most VEN
cradle citizens OF the county, died at his
home at Salem Friday evening at $40
o'clock in the elghty-third year OF his
age. Mr., Weiss had been resident Of this
Immediate nelghborhood for more than
nifty years.
y prominent attorney OF this city, who
does the milking for tho family, went out
To tho milk shed the other morning, ae-
eompanied by his little nephew, VINO was
on a vsit from a neighbprug city. While
tho milking was in progress the frisky
calf succeeded In running against and
overturning tho milk bucket. The attorney
Is mild hammered man, and Instead Of
'cusHinG blue streak" as some men
would have done, he merely remarked with
emphasis that ne would give -four otis"
10 anybody TINT would kill that plagued
CALI Tho attorney went to breakfast and
then to town. and by noon had forgotten
tho incident Ills little nephew was svl.
donty watching for the return of uncle,
TOR he came running up. exclaming, "Oh,
nuke give me my four hltel | killed tho
calf And this, upon investigation. proved
10 DO true.
The spring term OF the district court
VIII convene Monday. There are more tnan
zoo old cases on the eivil docket, Besides
these there are sixty new cases. or tnese
there ara nineteen divorce and two tax
suits.
Hon. ]. Booker and Miss Elizabeth
Booker OF Suffolk. Va. arrived today. and
are guests OF Mr.. R. S. Booker Hon. MIR.
Booker is editor OF the Suffolk Herald and
a member OF the National Editorial assoc
citation, being ono Of the state executive
committeeman from the cold Dominion. Z"
National association. leaving the gang at
New Orleans.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Cemetery asso.
cation Will meet at the residence OF Mrs.
sarah Dwyer at $3.50 O'Clock Monday af-
I ternoon.
NJ. ]. Hawkins, one OF the pronineAt
grocery merchants OF Somerviiie dle5 sd
1880 o'clock Friday night. after an III
ness or only two days duration. Mr.
Hawkins was SIS years of age, and leaves
wife and two children. Fred SNYDER.
VINO came down Saturday morning after
the colin. stated that the funeral weul1
occur at High Prairie that afternoon at
2 o'clock. NONA
several members Of the juvenile dancing
fraternity attended dance al the resis
denee OF Mrs, BETTE Clay at Independence
last night.
Postmaster ". Z. DIVER will Iea,. "a.
morrow TO attend the State republican CON
ventlon. Mrs. DIVER will accompany hin,
AZ the court house today William Hasse-
brock and Miss Lima Dietrich were unltes
IN marriage by Justice ". r. Ewing
IN tne county court today W. +. Mya.t
ensersa a plea OF guilty to aggravated
assault aud battery. and was fnoa S9s
Mr. Myatt was one OF the parties - ,hn
snootlng scrape that occurred al William
Fem last week
Dr' Il. 0. hynes says there are only s,x
yellow hags In the city al present. ana
mat the smallpox epidemic is decliniup
very rapidly. 'nus
MIS-, Helen stoddard, State presiden, Of
me Woman's Christian Temperance Union
arrived from Austin this afternoon ana
songht a parlor meeting was held AZ the
, ~. OF Mrs. Mary D. Ross Tomor-
HnntfEf Nh,