The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-06
BRENNAN BUDGET.
Eiahty-Eight Thousand Boil WecVil Have
Been Bought

Ei1hty-Eiuht Thousand Boil WccVll Have
Been Sought.
BRENNAN, Texas. July h-The regular
weekly meeting Of the Merchants congress,
organized for the purpose OF making war
on the boil weevn. was held at Schmid
Bros. hail Friday morning at 10 o'clock,
Captain Ben Schmid presiding Purchasing
Agent August Krug reported that he had
paid 10 crnts per loo for SO 100 boil wee
VII, expenGlag sls2 is and that there was
still about 500 in the treasury.
on motion az Mr.. G, W wlnkclman
Schmld Bros were paid $40 for the usc
OF their hall for the weekly meetings
1t was decided mat after saturday no
weevn would be purchased. An the re-
ports showed that very few were heing
brought In now, and It was considered
useless 70 continue the purchase. Some q
those present attributed the scarcity az
them how 10 the fact that the contnpcd
dry weather has been untAvofahle 10 their
propagation. One gentleman who had In
teivtewcd a Colorado bottom farmer report.
ed that he gave u IS hts opinion that with
Out the dry weather the farmers never
WOULD have been able TO cope with them.
but the fact remains that there Is not
enough OF them In the county Ia do very
much damage IN the farmers continue 10
pick up the dead squares.
The meeting adjourned To convene again
next Friday morning, when 1t Is expected
that every ofacer win have fun report
and the business OF the association be
closed upN FOR thls year.
After an illness of only few DAYS when
started with choleca morhus lasr Saturday,
Mrs. Ophelia Gelsecke wife OF Mr.. Har-
mon Geisecke died at o'clock Friday
morning Mrs Geisecke was the daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Steck Of Zionsyihe,
where sne was born and raised, She was
married TO Mr.. Gesacke six wears age,
and three children are the result OF thei,
union, the Youngest OF which Is left moth
erless AZ Z months of age. Mrs. Gelsecke
was a most estmahle lady beloved by al
a source of great sorrow TO a large circle
Of loving friends aud relatives, TO whom
I the sympathy Of the community Is extend
! ed la their sore bereavement The funeral
( viii take place from the family residence
on East Main street this afternoon at {
! o'clock, and the remains viii be laid &c
1 rest at Prairie Lea cemetery.
1 Mt Jack Portes, on whose farm in Rut
( Lesson county. John Williams. alias Prince
/ Hin, spent the twenty-five years intcryen
| Ing between his escape from the penlten
tlnry and his recent capture. telephonet
1 Constable II, II Burch this morning that
1 he would send him by this afternoons mai
Prince Hli. Mr. Burch saws that nc car
get over 800 signatures here, and II +
/ generally believed that the governor vii
! pardon him.
Engineer Christi and corps of tho SAINT
Fe, who have been making BRENNAN head
]
! permanently, and will make Temple head
| quarters Mr.. Christi has made man,
! friends during his soIourn in Brenham
/ who will regret to learn that this is n,
longer to be his headquarters
The lawn social given to the childrel
! OF the Presbyterian church Thursday even
! Ing was well attended and the little folk
! were highly entertained Refreshments
! consisting OF cake and cream and water
melons, were served, and the pretty lawl
! around the church was n nay scene O
youthful animation until time for them T.
! diSperse to their respective homes
The BRENNAN field artillery and plsnee
signal corps. through their captains, Henr
Schultz and Theodore Schirmacher, hav
received orders from the adjutant genera
to report at Camp Mahry on July 10 t
remain In camp until the 2Tth
MIR l.. r Wilkle, section hogs on I'll
Central railroad, residing at the sectlo
west Of the city. will move 10 town wit
his family.
The thermometer registered 0s in To
shade here nj o'clock this afternoon.
Born 70 Prof. and Mrs Klearncr Thur,
day night, a fine girl Prof Klearner wa
celebrating the day when the iltti
stranger made her advent and this cnv
an excuse for further demonstration
Mr VIII Griffin, contractor of TIL
city. has gone 10 Conroe to bid on som
Of the buildings TO he put up there TO +,
place those consumed In the recent Ore