The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-17
BUDGET FROM BRENNAN.
Agreed that Reeimental 'Encampmeht
Should Be Held.
FUNDS ARE BEING READILY SUBSCRIBED
Rainfall Has Deem Very Heavy in
the Past Few Months-Poor Out
look for Corn Crop.

BRENNAN, Texas. May 16.--As mentioned
exclusively in these dispatches last week
BRENNAN is going to make long pull
and strong pull and pull together for
a regimental encaRpment this summer.
There was meeting OF the officers OF
the field artillery and signal corps last
night at which the matter was discussed
in all its phases, and the cumulative opin-
ion Of those present was that the matter
ought to be carried through. Major Ben
Schmid, who commands the artillery bat
talon OF the State. Lieutenant Henry
Grote OF the field artillery and Lieutenant
Ignas Nowakowsky of the signal corps
were appointed a committee to make ar
engagements for grounds, finance, etc.
Stockbridge park, which adjoins Firemea's
park. is deemed an available place for
the enoampment affordng as 1t does am
pie room for the field maneuvers Being
adjacent to Freman's park makes the
pavilion OF the latter 6 convenient place
for holding the two regimental balls that
are to represent the social side of the
encampment. subscription list has been
opened by Major Schmid and several hun
dred dollars have already been subscri bed.
Colonel Gordon Boone OF Nayasota com
mands the Second regiment. Lieutenan,
Il. I. Rogers addressed him a letter IN
regard to the proposed encampment and
has the following 10 reply: Yours of the
18th instant at hand and replying thereto,
] beg TO say that we certainly want TO
have reglmental encampment. Waco is
endeavoring TO see what they can do In
the matter. The expense of the eucamp-
ment ought not to he over $1,000. and Il
good deal of this could be made back in
gate receipts If the encampment could be
held in some park. I propose TO call a
meeting in the next few days of the field
officers OF the Second infantry to deter
mine on definite steps looking tuNard get
ting the ehcampnent. | will advise you
when this will be done"
The government record kept by Captain
J. G. Sloan at the Union depot shows that
the precipitation during the year 1893 was
H.27 inches, an average OF 3.94 inches for
each Of the twelve months. The total rain
fall up to May 10 this year has been 1892
inches a monthly average of 5,22 inches
More than half the rainfall of last year oc-
Cured during the closing days OF June
and the first days of July. the precipita-
ton for ten days at that time being
fraction more than thirty inches.
Dr.. Joseph Rogers. one Of the most eX-
tensive upland farmers OF this section,
says thai not in more than thirty years
of farming has he witnessed SO poor a
prospect for corn crops. Continued rains
have made the plant assume a slckly. yell
low appearance. which promises nothing
but empty cribs and imported Kansas and
Missouri corn for the gathering time. The
cereal ~ now bringing GO to Go cents
bushel on the local market with prospects
that the dollar mark VIII be reached be-
fore the season is over.
Control the Brazos Floods was the
heading for an editorial in The Houston
Post of Tuesday that was read with much
interest by the people Of Eronham and
yicitinty, The idea OF reducing the
danger from overllows by cutting out new
channels. and thereby doing awisy with the
S shaped bends OF the river, was first sug-
gested by Hon. d, c Giddings, Jr.. and
other prominent citizens of Washington
county. A map OF the river was made and
forwarded to Congressman BuresOn with
the hope OF enllstng Federal aid in tho
enterprise, Failing in this the work will
be undertaken by private enterprise.
Mrs Elizabeth Poythress Graham Sloan,
mother OF Captain j. c. sloan, joint
ticket agent for the Santa Fe and Central
railroads at this place. died at noon today
with heart failure aged 60 years Mrs.
Sloan was apparently in the best Of health
during the early morning hours and up to
the time when Captain Sloan left home
for the Union depot to meet the noon
trains. About II o'clock she complained
OF feeling badly and physician was sum
moned 1t was apparently a trifing mat
ter and after administering a simple rene
dy the doctor departed. At ~ o'clock
Captain Sloan was telephoned TO send a
doctor at once. but arrived too late ia
see her alive, she having passed panlessly
away few moments before his coming,
Mrs. Sloan was native of Elmwood.
Lincoln county, North Carolina. born jan
uary Z, 1885,. She was married to John
Sloan March IL, 1852, at Charlotte, n. c.
The family moved to Texas. Mrs Sloan
arriving in the Lone Star State on Easter
Sunday. 1873 Her husband died in Cle-