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AUSTIN COUNTY.
Editors Banner:

Editors Banner;
BELLvILLE, Now goth, 1873.
In enclose you the official vote of Austin
county, to wit:
Roberts, 1901; Hannah, III; Norton, GA;
Sayers, 1882; Raines, =. I6I; Allen. 624;
Mccormick 1854; Chandler, S.; Minor, 6S4;
Darden, 1894; Spencer, "a; Siemering. 1872;
Lubbock, 1882; Milestone 81; Wood, ia;
Walsh, 49,. SO; Keuchler, 1872;
Moore, $3.50" I4o5: Bell. ........... $40;
Bonner, 1895; Cooper. 592;
Hancock. ....II39; Jones, 1901;
Thompson, ...IIS2; Holman, ...... .IooI;
John Wilson. a hard-looking customer
(cow boy) from FRO county, got on big
drunk al jacksonville and took a shot at
MessrS. Christoff and J. T. Shelburne.-
He was arrested, waived an examination,
and was committed to jail in default of
$3.50 bail. Two splendid revolvers were
taken from his person.
Our County Commissioners met Monday
to examine the bonds of officers elect.
Several of our merchants, who have been
ordering goods from Galveston, via Chap
pell Hill, have for some time missed por-
tons of their goods. A detective was en-
ployed to work up the case and see wheth-
er the robbery was committed in transit on
railway, or otherwise. The whole stealage
has been traced to wagoners. Rich devel-
opments are looked for The stealage COW
ers a space of three years and embraces
many hundred dollars.
The Santa Fe outlook is rather gloomy;
causing much depression of spirits here.
HARRY.
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JONES.

From the figures published
in the Galveston Meas of Tues
day, it appears there is no
doubt of the election of Jones
to congress by a majority of
perhaps six hundred. His cleo
ton will be contested. The
causes that led to his election
are so well understood as to
need no comment. We regard
the election of Jones as a mis-
fortune to the district and the
State at large. He owes his
election chiefly, if not entirely
to the vote of the negroes in
Washington and Bastrop coun-
ties. In the latter county they
were thoroughly in subsection
and were not allowed to vote
scratched ticket; by this means
1900 votes were polled for
Jones. In this county the col
ored troops were owned, ma
nipulated and voted by the rad
ical office seekers, who in turn
are owned, manipulated and
voted by his ex-excellency ex-
Governor Davis. 1t is true that
the Norton ticket got about
100 votes, but Jones name as
well as the name of the radical
county officials were on each
and every ticket. 1t certainly
seems as though the colored
element were owned by the
RAIDS as completely and as abb
solutely as ever a master owned
a slave before the late unpleas-
antness..
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A GRIMES county negro had
two white men arrested on a
charge of intimidating him and
preventing his voting. An ex-
animation was had before a U.
S. Commissioner and it was
proven that the negro called
one Of the white men j liar on
Wednesday evening. the day
after the election. and had been
hit in the mouth therefor. The
men were promptly discharged.
The Tablet thinks the negro
should adorn the penitentiary
for not less than three years.
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The oRsial Returns.

At last we are enabled to
present to our readers the Off
cial election returns of this
county, in tabular, form. The
county judge did not finish cast
ing up the vote until yesterday
afternoon. We have to defer
our remarks on the result till
another day; meanwhile our
friends can amuse themselves
making calculations.
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One by one the roses fall,
and one by one the greenback
papers of Texas retire to obliv,
ion. The Comanche CAaef has
been run through the green
back chute and the election
being over its greenback crew
retires. It will be continued
by Mr.. Hill, late one of the
proprietors, in the interest of
other parties. Greenback pa
pers in Texas have been far
from successful.
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THE press of the State is
earnestly advocating the pass
age of law by the next leg
islature requiring the publication
of all forced sales in newspa-
pers. This is very important
measure and one that should by
no means be overlooked. Such
a law is in force in nearly every
state in the union and Texas
certainly should notbe fifty years
behind the age.
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The papers continue to dis
cuss the result of the late cleo
tons. Although the result was
not such victory as was hoped
for there is nothing discourag-
ing to the Democrats. Had it
not been for the differences be-
tween eastern, and western and
southern Democrats on the hard
and soft money question the
result would have been far diff
ferent.
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IT is related that one Rug
giles, a noted highwayman in
California, came to an untinely
death through gross carlessness,
He had just robbed a man of
his watch and money, but neg
iected to take the mans pistol.
As Ruggles was bidding him an
affectionate good-by the man
shot him dead.
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THE Dallas Commercial says
there is no necessity for send
ing north for such produce as
apples, potatoes, cabbages etc.
That they can be grown athome.
This may be, and is perhaps
true, but the people have NOT
yet discovered it. Several hun
dred thousand dollars are an
nually spent in Texas for ives
tern and northern fruits and
vegetables.
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The Bolton Iou,mal solemnly
avows that several Galvesto-
mans went all the way to Waco
to see the circus. Ifithad said
Beltonians, there would have
been more foundation for the
assertion.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

ONE of the most glazing de-
fects of our criminal law is the
ease with which continuances
are obtained. In nearly all
criminal cases the chief object
of the defense is to obtain a
continuance. The next legisla-
ture should devise means to put
summary stop to this.
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a roLL
In PspnsylvaT
alloweA0 cas-
he shall have
Massachusetts 3 not
but he must knoN5w to read

Massachusetts 3 not
only required 5 taxes,
but he must knoNQl5w to read
and write. In the Senegambian
districts of Texas of which
Washington county, thanks to
the greenbackers, is now one,
the reading and writing qualif-
cations would debar many of
the newly enfranchised. Itis
hardly to be expected that the
freedmen. as a general thing,
have all learned to read and
write. This is not their fault
and they should not be made
to suffer for it by denying them
the right to vote. A poll tax
is or should be assessed against
every voter and payment COM
PEELED as a qualification for suf-
frage. Were this rule strictly
enforced a large number of COLI
olored and white citizens would
have to pay their poll tax or
abstain from voting. As the
law now stands the poll tax
cannot be collected unless the
parties pay it of their own free
will; this they do not do and
never will unless compelled to.
At present the only poll tax
paid is by persons who are as
sessed an advalorem tax on
property. real or personal. 1t
is a fair estimate to say that full
ly ninety per cent. of the non
property owners never pay a
dollar in poll tax. Were every
voter required to exhibit his re-
ceipt for poll tax a large amount
of illegal voting by negroes
would be done away with and
the State and county treasures
would be materially enriched.
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The Houston fair opened
yesterday. Thursday and Fri
day there viii be a baby show,
both white and black babies
will be exhibited and handsome
premiums are offered for both
kinds.
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Gov. HARrRANFr. of Pennsvl

Gov. HARrRANFr. of Pennsyl-
vania, has decided to issue war
rants for the hanging of FIVE
Mollie Maguires on the 18th of
December next. One of them
IS convicted ofhaving murdered
a man in 1862.
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Thompson 4o3; Holman oo2; Wilder IS.
Adams. 500; Aubrey. .43I; Sledge. 1898.
Que box giving Hancock "a majority was
thrown out-the returns not being made
according to law; at another box II votes
were cast for "Hanck", which were no
doubt intended for Hancock. On con-
test tones majority might be geduced rs.
THOMAS NJ. Hunt.
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The town of Comanche has
just gone through the farce of
electing full set of municipal
officers. About no votes were
polIed.
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The Austin Statesman says
Hon Wash Jones arrived from
Bastrop on Saturday on horse
back. It was not advised
whether he came to the show
or to get his commission.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

HEMPsTEAD has working
mans party and that party has
nominated city ticket upon
which there IS not single Ia
boring man or mechanic. Work
ingmen's party are usually ma
nipulated by designing politi-
clans.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

THos. H. Powers, of Powers
& Weightman, Philadelphia.
manufacturers of quinine, is
dead. He leaves property val
ued at ten millions.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

Col. Edward w. Upshaw,
long connected with Tennessee
journalism, had no relations in
Holly Springs, but when urged
to leave, he said My duty is
here with this people. If | live,
my master viii approve. fl
die, my friends win have the
satisfaction of knowing I died
at my post" He did die there.
-Hcayiue Sep. 20.
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The Austin spacial to the
Me7us referring..to the arrival of
several Grimes county men,
charged with bulldozing, very
pertinently asks why those par
ties were not examined before
the nearest commissioner.
These bulldozing charges are
becoming very frequent of late.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

As A commercial paper the
Austin Gasette is a little behind
the times. It's market report
has not been corrected since
last July.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

a PRIVATE letter from the
city Of Mexico TO a gentleman
in San Antonio says the gov
eminent pays nobody bat the
army, and that only partially.
The government is harder press
ed for money than it has been
since the French invasion.
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TNE recent advance in cotton
in Liverpool is attributed to
manipulation on this side andthe
consequence. is a decline to
former rates.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

A RuMoR is in circulation at
Austin that the International
railroad viii be extended from
that city to San Antonio.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

A RIOT occurred at Mount
Sterling. Kentucky, in which 20
or so shots were fred. Two
men were killed and three
wounded. One ofthe men kill
ed was disinterested spectator.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

= The steamship Whitney pas
sed down Bolivar channel on
Tuesday evening en- route from
Clinton to New Orleans. Sew
tral Houston passengers to
Galveston came down on her.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

GEN. GORDON has been cleo
ted United States senator from
Georgia. There was but four
or FIVE votes AGAINST him.
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Novel re,ture


Presents itself to those who use Tsrker's
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and remarkable merits. Many have writ
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that it works ike charm Its disinfect-
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rendering it healthful, cleansing and heal
ing are bearing fruit, and the beautiful hair
it produces, with the clean, healing scalp,
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arations and that Parkers Hair Balsam.
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come gray or faded, it restores that beauti-
full natural color of youth, and produces
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one. Buy bottle from your druggist R.
Z. Luhn, and test its merits.
Our Baby.
With its CHEEKY prattle, exempli6es why
every mother should freely use Parker's
Ginger Tonic to preserve her checrfulness
and strength, and to secure her regular
sleep and rest; her nursing little one viii
show in it happy playfulness. in freedom
from pain and fretfulness, and its DISPOSE
ton to refreshing sleep. II this were all
to be said Of this remedy, it is enough to
give ii inestimable value IN the household,
but there are ladies' without number who
suffer untold mis- .ries frum functional de-
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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

ALL the counties in the dis
trict, save two or three, have
been officially heard from.
Jones majority stands 1866.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

THE Hampstead Cowie, has
donned its winter suit and now
struts ina patent jacket
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

The safes in the Tyler FIRE
all melted like lead. Many of
them were the latest improved
afre-proof.n
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

Gov. HUBBARD IS at his old
tricks. He delivered the. open
ing address at the Georgetown
fair.
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In this terrible fight we are
now waging with the grim des-
troyer, where SO many noble
ones are sacrificing comfort,
prospects, ay! and perilling life
itself, it were invidious IN sing
ling out any one to whom the
medal should be awarded; but
common sense of justice inn
pels us to give to the world the
name of DIR. r. M. Swearingen of
Brennan. Texas, who for meas
urless energy and conspicuous
devotion to his sick is faeik
br7neeps.-HolLy Springs Oeea-
sfonai, Oct, IIM.
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Grimes County.

NAvosoTA, Nov. 20. Is.
Editors Bannre:
There is quite an excitement here over
the arrest of halfa dozen Democrats on a
charge of bulldozing radicals at--the late
election. A United States deputy marshal
left yesterday for Austin having under his
wing Messrs. Yarbrough, Deadrick and
Picket. With this exception quiet pre-
walls.
1t is thought the county is $1,000 poorer
since the departure of 4-paws.
Plenty of cotton is coming in despite the
low prices.
Many of Grime's most intelligent planters
are making extensive preparations for SOW
ing wheat which they think will do well.
LITTLE sH'' No. ?.
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l.'.--.
ms of expense allowed
nmissioner's court
al Eth ioelsing-inte- There

sfc Eth ioelsing into. There
is a havy bill for feeding and
guarding prisoners, all Of which
the hardwofking tax payers of
the county have to pay. Che
only reason for most of this bill
is the tomfoolery of justice,
which allows lawyers to post
pone criminal cases from one
end of the year to the other.
In Washington county the
heaviest item of expense is for
feeding and guarding prisoners.
By some means the Jail is al
ways kept comfortably full of
prisoners. The last term of
the district court was so far as
criminal business was concerned
a mere farce, not less than a
dozen prisoners were held over
without trial. As stated by the
Commercial the expense of
keeping them is saddled upon
the honest tax payers.
The ve,y able delegation from
from Washington county to the
legislature will doubtless pay
particular attention to the
change needed for the relief of
over burdened taxpayers.
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Repor. of Relief Committee.

The committee of Relief for sufferers by
yellow fever, appointed at meeting of
the citizens OF Brenham on August goth,
1873, reports the following:
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In Travis county the Demo-
Gratis elected a majority of the
county ticket. Roberts leads
Hancock by SIS votes. The
Austin papers contended early
in the canvass that Hancock
was the only man who could
beat Jones. Even Travis coun-
ty gave a large majority for
Jones, notwithstanding the fact
that it is Hancock's home
county.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

On the goth of June 1873.
there was so,a5S post Offices in
the United States.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

The Norton ticket did not
receive a single vote in Burle-
son county,
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THE grave robbers at Zanes-
vile, Ohio, have been indicted
by the grand jury.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-11-22

I,o49 so
dollars from other sources were sent with
out passing through the hands of the COM
mittee.
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A WRITER in the Galveston
Meas favors selling out or CIV
ing away the G., c and S. F.
railway to any one who will
agree to finish it TO Bolton in
time to move the next crop.
This road seems doomed to
misfortune. As work is stop
ped on this road it is about to
be resumed on the Houston and
New Orleans railway. This
Galveston does nj t like.
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COUNTY papers are making
frantic appeals to their patrons
to come to the front and pay
their subscriptions. This is an
annual Occurrences.
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: Willie Grace a LITTLE bo,

= Willie Grace, a little boy,
living at Weimar, was playing
on the cars as they were pass
ing; he fell on the track and
had his right leg cut off below
the knee.
Little boys in Brennan are
sometimes in the habit of play
ing on moving trains and we
hope they will takesswarning by
the fate of little Willie and keep
away from the cars.
THE Mexia Ledger says char
ity forces the conclusion that
a kind of craze came over them,
and that SO soon as they have
time to reflect upon the wrong
they have been trying to do.
they will retrace their erroneous
steps. This refers to Demo-
Gratis who went greenbacking.
As King Humbert wasssenter-
ing, Naples in his carriage he
was attacked by poorly-clad
man who attempted to stab him
with poniard. The assassin
is cook and says he does not
like the King. Hewas arrested
on the spot. The attempt is
charged to socialism.
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THE St.LouIs Times, Bourbon
Democrat and the J0wnak. radi-
cal republican, have been con-
solidated. The political course
of this ill-sorted couple has not
been defined.
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The Appellate court at Tyler
has affirmed the decision of
Judge Moore, of the Fayette
district court, in refusing bail
to r. J. and w. B. Moore, ac-
cessories to the murder of Capt.
Killough.
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The San Saba Meas man
says: The man who cannot
write a respectable lie, when
truths are scarce, has no bust
ness editing a newspaper"
Perhaps the truth is very scarce
commodity up in San Saba.
DIED, At Corsicana, on the
10th inst. Hon. Frank P. Wood,
formerly district judge
Mr.. Wood was a brother of
DIR. H. A. Wood of the city,
who was summoned to Corsi-
cana a few days ago.
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AT Austin there is consider
able talk of contesting the cleo
ton of Jones. Hancock's repre-
sentatives in Brennan have al
ready announced their intention
of contesting the vote in this
county, the grounds for which
have already been given by the
BANNER.
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In Cincinnati a man was kill
ed by an oyster. He had drank
an immense quantity of whiskey
and afterwards swallowed sew
eral very large oysters. In an
attempt to vomit one of the
oysters lodged in the upper
opening of the stomach thus
producing death.
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Burleson County.

CALDWELL, Nov. is, IS.
Editors Banner:-
The following is the official count of thi
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1878-09-24
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