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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-25

Editor Star:-The Washington and George
town Street Car Company is making itself con-
spicuously odious by its new edict requiring
passengers to dance attendance, rain or shine,
on those uniformed magnates stationed at the
TIN. street and avenue junction. This is a new
dodge to extort in the most offensive way, dou-
Bile fares from passe agers. as In my case last
Wednesday evening, when the cornpany's agent
refused me Ith-street transfer, because, he said
he din't 'see me get of the car" was not only
refused my transfer, but the manner was just
as insulting as this chartered monopoly could
desire. The company thus collected double fare
and very pretty little swndle 1t is. This Illegal
and offensive transfer (or rather want q it) sys-
tenn is apologized for on the ground that news
boys buy or beg transfers from passengers and
thus damage the finances OF this highly accom-
modating and sweet-tempered board of direct
Ors. This is very sad for the ..newSboys,D very
distressing TO the money barrel OF company.
whose stock can't be bought on account of vast
profits drawn from the pockets of our people, In
spite of the gigantic financial operations Of the
''newsboys" The boys should stop selling the
papers and hire out to Tilden and smash an eieva-
tedra1lroad. Was there ever such a paltry excuse
for mean swindle? Thanks to you, Mr.. STAR
that you were the first to protest against this
scandalouS infringement of the rights OF our
people. ANOTHER CITIZEN,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-25

MADAME LIE GARvIN, 9O7 Pa. ave-, fashionable
modesto, Will exhibit some elegant costumes
Monday, Oct. 9th. The ladies OF Washington
are invited TO inspect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-25

THE LAND PATENT MANDAMUS.-Yesterday Sec
rotary SchurZ by District Attorney Wells, filed
his answer to the mandamuS suit OF Thomas Nc
Bride to compel him to issue patent to tract
of land In Grantsville, TOoele county, Utah. The
answer admits the execution OF the patent and
its recall before issuance, and the order OF can
collation., and holds that the acts of the Secre-
tary or OF the land Office relative to the disposal
of lands, are executive. and the jurisdiction OF
the court in the matter is, therefore, brought in
question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-25

RUN OVER BY HORSE AND CARRIAGE.-YeS-
terday afternoon well-known old colored man
named jeremiah Sheban was run over by a
horse and carriage, corner 9Th street and Penn
ried into Drew's drug store, where his injuries
were attended to. His wounds were quite Sc
rous. subsequently he was sent to the Freed
mans Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-25

FINE engravings, paintings, water colors pho
tographs, ETC., elegantly framed, will be sold at
MetZerott's store. They are now on exhibition
See adyt. +
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-25

CHARGED WITH ROBBERY.-Frank and Edward
Gordon. two colored boys, were arrested yeSter-
day for robbing the house of Mr.. John Burrows,
No. 307 street They had been employed in
putting away some coal, and had taken advan-
tage of their knowledge OF the premises to enter
the house late in the night. A quantity OF CLOTH
ing with some silver articles, spoons, &C., were
taken. They were locked I'D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-25
Prudent Stock Speculate

THE only safe and sure cure for Gravel O
Urinary troubles, is Hop BitterS Prove it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-25

$40 TO 800 INVESTED IN WALL STREET Stocks
makes fortunes every month. Send for Pamph-
let explaining everything. Simpson & Co., 40
Exchange Place. New York, 9.16.e6:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-25

GEO. JUENEMANN'S
MOUNT VERNON LAGER BEER BREWERY
AND PLEASURE GARDEN,
BETWEEN 4TH AND 9TH AND E AND Sis. NE
ap29 Washington n
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il at II. II. HEMPLER'S, the Opt
clan, 453 Pennsylvania avenue, COR
ner ~ street. apps - q Z
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15
The Yellow Fever.

MEMPHIS, August II.-Twcn-
ty-nine new cases reported on
Sunday with FIVE death. To-
day thirty-four cases were re-
ported-2o whites and LANG,
groes. There was 6 dealt
Two cases of fever occurred
Forrest Ill.,, IS miles fl
Memphis.
Sr. LOUIS, august Io.S
meeting of citizsnsof Memphis
was held at the Espdep hotel
and sI555 was subscribed on
the spot for the support of the
poor in Memphis.
HAVANA, August, II.-Thcre
was 90 deaths from yellow for
the week ending 9th inst.
MEMPHIS, Aug. IL Twenty
new cases in all reported to-
day, ten of which are colored.
Six deaths have occurred. A
case of fever is reported at
White haven eight miles south OF
this city.
y private letter to the -d2pea!
from Corinth, Miss, August
nth, says a stampede is in pro-
gress owing to the illness Of the
mayor and president of the
board of health, who are sup
posed to have the fever. Citi-
zens of Corinth are fleeing to
the country, but many farmers
have Guaranteed against them.
MEMPHIS, Aug. I5.-Twenty
three new cases reported-7.
white, 10 colored. Twelve
deaths occurred.
The mayor and the president
of the board of health of Cor
inth, telegraphs that there is
not Il case of fever of any kind
in Corinth.
MOBILE, Aug. I5-The board
Of health give notice that, I'M
less otherwise advised. quaran-
tine restrictions against New
Orleans will be raised on the
18TH inst.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

| John McAuliff. a leading So
cialist and Workingnlan of
Chicago, who has a habit of
looking at some things in very
plain. practical way, addressed
his Acknowledgment recently
on the subject of what Eight
Hours a Day VIII Not Do for
the Nottingham" He told
his hearers plainly that their
movement, even if successful in
reducing the hours of labor in
Chicago, would bring them no
substantial advantage in the
end. The theory that itwould
make an artificial scarcity of la
Dor. and thereby increasing the
price of it was a delusion. By
reducing the working day in
Chicago one-fifth they would
increase the cost of manufacture
ing in that city and compel CAP
italists to remove their establish
ments to other places just as
English manufacturers are re-
moving their mills to Belgium.
To make the eight-hour move
ment successful, he saidit must
be exteaded not only through
out this country but all over the
world, and the Chinese persua-
ded to adopt it as well as our
own people; because in what
ever country it is adopted ex-
clusively, the manufacturers
thereof viii be placed at a disad-
vantage with those of other
lands. And as the entire world
can never be converted to the
eight-hours rule; the object pro-
posed by those who advocate it
can never be accomplished. In
other words, Mr.. McAuliff in
timated tfat the eight-hour par
tisans are throwing away their
energies on a movement from
which no good viii ever come.
-S. Lexis Republican,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15
Rrerham m, Friday. Aug. Is, 1919.
NOTICE.

Mr.. Edmund Lockett will,
during the next few weeks, call
upon the subscribers of the
WEEKLy BANNER for subscrip-
tons due. The sums due by
each individual are small, but in
the aggregate amount to con
siderable. We have to pay
cash for labor and material and
need the money due us. The
time of the proprietors is fully
occupied in getting out the pa
per, SO that it is impossible for
either Of them to call personal
ly upon their patrons. They
hope that all who know them
selves to be indebted to the
BANNER will be prepared to pay
on presentation of their bills.
In this connection we would
state that the first issue Of the
paper in September will be en-
larged by the addition of two
inches to :he length of the col
umns. which will be equivalent
to adding four columns to its
present size. This entails adj
ditional labor and expense, but
it is the intention of the BAN
NER to keep fully up with the
times and to publish the best and
nescsiesf weekly paper outside
of the large cities in the state.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

If any one doubts the utility
Of the free schools and their
benefit to BRENNAN let him read
the following from the Houston
ZcLeg7am. One of our promi-
nent real estate agents now has
applications for more than
twenty dwellings; numerous
new residences are in course of
construction in various portions
Of the city and still the cry is,
more houses. BRENNAN has
improved very rapidly during
the past four years and will i'm
prove much more rapidly in the
future:
The effect of free schools is
already evident in BRENNAN,
where there is less crime and
more refinement probability
than any of the small interior
towns Of Texas. The other day
at the election for imposing a
school tax there were $50 votes
for and only IS against the
proposition. Bronham is taking
Il course that will attract, if she
is not already attracting settlers
of the right sort from the old
cr states.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15
The Brsnham BANNER upo

The BRENNAN BANNER upon
being rebuked for wasting time
in replying to the ill-tempered
remarks of a cotemporary,
states that hereafter It will pay
no attention to such assaults.
We take a different view of the
matter. The commentary OF
the BRENNAN BANNER was Just
and unavoidable, and the editor
has no just cause to rep:oach
himself. Silence may do in
some instances, but in others it
is neither wise nor prudent.
The safe rule is to permit moth
ing that is unjust to pass unno-
ticed. But an editor should
never lose his temper; he should
never rise above virtuou: indig-
nation.-Mai shall Herald.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

The BANNER has become so
used to seeing its items appro-
priated bodily by many Of its
exchanges. which appreciate
them SO highly as to reproduce
them as original matter, that it
has ceased calling special atten-
ton to the fact.-BRENHAM BAN
NER.
We plead guilty, for we often
clip from that paper items that
we do not credit, but the fact
is, we Gull so much from its ex-
cellent columns that capital BIS
run out. Besides that, we are
not proud even if we are rich,
and because we hail from the
city of Paris, why should we be
Stuck up above our rural
neighbors.-Pa,Ts Month Texan.
An honest confession is good
for the soul.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15
Austin County.
BELLvILLE, Texas,
August II, 20.

August II, 70.
Editors Banner: lff
1t is now five days since we
have been able TO get a good
look at the sun until this morn
ing, and we have in the mean
time had enough rain for all
necessary purposes. Farmers
say it materially enhances the
prospects of the cotton crops.
Reports from different localities
of the county vary as to how
much cotton and corn has and
will be made. In some. portions
of the county a half crop will
be realized, in others not more
than a fourth or a fifth, while
now and then a good farmer
who believes in deep blowing
and close cultivation. reports
for himself forty bushels Of corn
and half to three fourths of a
bale of cotton to the acre.
The three Logginses confined
in our new jail for safe keeping
have been granted by Judge
Spencer Ford, a writ of haLeas
corpus, and tomorrow, Thus.
day, has been fixed, at this
place to determine the question
as to whether they are entitled
to bail. a t
Our county paupers arc now
cared for by contract at a total
expense to the county Of $50
per month. ''''i
The G., C. & S. F. R. r. Co.
are and have been for the past
three weeks working upon their
depot grounds at this place,
and are making good progress
towards completion. There are
also large working forces scat
tered all along the line through
out the county. We know
nothing of the purposes Of the
company with reference to the
locality of their machine shops.
Our merchants are buying all
the cotton that is offered and
are paying within three quar-
tiers to seven-eighths of a cent
of Galveston quotations, leav-
ing barely margin enough to
cover costs of shipment. L.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15
Quality and o.ua.tity.

Elsewhere will be found the
prospectus of the Saint Louis
Weekly Post-Dispatch, an
Eight page Paper of Seven col
umns; Size, Thirty-sevcn by
Fifty-two inches being the larg-
est weekly paper published in
the West. The Weekly Post
Dispatch is not only great in
quantity, but Is unsurpassed in
quality. 1t is ably conducted
in its several departments and is
really indispensable to every
merchant, farmer and mechanic
who IS interested in the state of
Of trade. the latest financial quo
tations, market reports or gen
eral news. Democratic in poll
tics; there is no better paper
published, and those who arc
wanting a weekly paper should
send for sample copy and see for
themselves.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

A CONVICTION is steadily
gaining ground in the minds OF
the people that the smaller
courts, the mayors and record
ers' courts, and the justices
courts are run simply as a
means of exacting costs. The
actual fines imposed rarely
amount to much and are usually
held in allegiance to the trim
mings" or costs. The fine is in
too many cases regulated to
suit the prospects of getting the
costs In the average justices
court the costs are rarely less
than twenty OF thirty dollars,
no matter if the fine is only one
cent. The people are begin
ming to ask themselves are the
officers simply elected to run
up bills of costs. Municipal
corporations and counties derive
but little or no benefit from
these courts in a pecuniary
point CT view.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

A NUMBER of colored citizens
held a meeting at Houston and
resolved that it was ineXpedent
to attempt emigratiun to Kan
sas or elsewhere without organ
ization and money. They re-
commend that clubs be organ
lied.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

In Austin the Inauguration Of
the bell punch will change the
entire system of drinking.
When the punch begins punch
ing drinks will be cash and
every man will be expected to
pay for his own drink-treating
is to be a thing of the past. If
the treating system be abolished
entirely it will do more for the
temperance ccuse than anything
yet tried When a man goes and
pays for the liquor he drinks he
will not be any more likely to
drink too much than he would
be to eat too much. The habit
of social drinking or treating
and being treated is the one
thing that leads to excess. Our
people are eminently Of a social
disposition and when they in
dulge in social drinking are
prone to carry it to an excess.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15
INITIATION.

YSilIdHh ~ 6F SciI- pdSiS, WIiiC
the amount SSsthe debt has re-
manned the same, thus It's that
an inflated currency always
works to the disadvantage Of
the debtor class. For instance:
| gold is worth 100, a man has a
farm worth $1,000, he at that
time borrows $1,000 on it; at the
expiration of three years he
finds gold at par, his farm is yet
in as good or better condition
than when he borrowed the
money, yet is not worth more
than the $1,000 he borrowed on
it. 1t has taken all his surplus
earnings to pay the interest and
his place will hardly pay his
debt. The $1,000 in paper bor-
rowcd was worth at the time
but so66.6o in gold. The len
der gets gold, dollar for dollar
for his paper money, while the
unfortunate borrower is out of
home and out of money and in
addition finds that he is unac-
countably SOD worse off than
he was at the beginning, be-
cause when he borrowed the
$1,000 he was worth or suppos-
ed he was worth $1,000. The
policy OF the greenback party
is to initiate the currency by is
suing more paper money, fat
money says Wash Jones, and
doing away with gold and sill
yer as the standard Of values
and the currency of the land.
The entire commerce of the
world is based on gold and sill
yer values, so that it would be
an impossibility to issue.a paper
on other than specie basis UNI
less the paper be at a discount.
The country is just recovering
from the effects of the initiation
of the currency and is now get
ting along very well and is in
no condition to make a step
backward.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

THE San Antonio Ecie Prose-
favorS a coalition between liber-
al democrats and liberal repub-
cans, not for affiliation in ma
tional politics. but a temporary
fusion for state objects. The
hsSse is fully aware that the
republican party is irretrievably
extinct in the state. The San
Antonio Herald has no faith in
the vast mass of republican ex-
office holders generally in the
state.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

THAT money is not only
abundant but cheap lis shown
by the fact that the city of De-
troit has recently placed $780,
600 park bonds bearing only
four per cent. interest. The
bonds were taken by home cap
italists at a premium. That
money should seek investment
at as low rate OF interest as
four per cent is certainly con-
elusive evidence that there is
plenty of it and that it is cheap.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

THE Houston dye is discuss
ing the question, ''is the Sun
day law 4 law at alp" 1t says:
at devolves upon those who
seek to enforce the law, to show
affirmatively that it became a
law. by a regular passage
through all the channels pre-
scribed by the constitution"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

The editor of the Denison
He,aM wrote to the attorney
general of the state for his
views on the Sunday law, as it
applies to newspapers issued on
Sunday. He declines giving
any opinion, prcferring to leave
it to the courts.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15


a ST. LOUIS dispatch of the
18th says eight Car loads of ne
groes. pretty well dressed and
having money. arrived at East
St. Louis from Mississippi, en-
route to Kansas on a prospect
ing tour. Should they like the
situation in that state they will
return home and advise emigra-
ton. If they don't like Kansas
they may invade some other
state.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

The silver excitement in
Brown county having complete
ly petcred out the people have
turned their attention to coal.
The Banner announces the dis
covcry of an excellent quality
of stone coal on the Colorado
river in that county.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

Our man, Wash Jones, is
handled without gloves by the
MARSHALL Hf,alI for his action
on the silver bill during the re-
cent session of congress. 1t also
charges Jones with voting with
the radicals in oppositios to the
democracy.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

The Dallas H-C. in common
with the press of the state con-
dennis the existing Sunday law
as unjust and inequitable. Ex-
perience has proved that such
laws will be infringed and eva
ded. It thinks the next legis-
lature will find it not only expe-
dent but desirable that the OBJ
noXious statute be repealed and
the old one re-irstated. 1t
quotes from an obscure paper
that favors the existing law and
says the said paper is asleep as
to the sentiment of the people.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

HERE is piece of Galveston
news taken from the San An
tonic Express. A Galveston
justice has decided that soda
water is a medicine, being SO
called in the United States Dis
pensary. and all persons are
exempt from punishment, who
sell this drink on Sunday. The
law don't reach them.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

THERE is nothing so pleasant
in this world as being the editor
of country paper; it is true
he has to do a little work, but
then, he gets the first roasting
ears, watermelons and sweet po-
tatocs; his subscribers always
pay promptly, in advance, and
money flows in on him in a
steady and unceasing stream;
everybody IS pleased with his
PAPER and he and his family en-
JOY a life Of uninterrupted peace
and happiness-that's why so
many men are just dying to be
editors
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

SENATOR BECK, of Kentucky,
recently made a speech in
Louisville, in which he is accus-
ed of facing both ways. He
made an effort to conciliate the
greenbackers and the lard
money democrats. He said
the real, issue which concerns
most vitality the business men of
this country relates to the cur
rency. We have already enter
ed upon new era in our COM
mercial history since the re-
sumption of specie payments.
Capital is seeking new channels
of investment, new railroads are
projected and new branches of
business are opened.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

The c. and NJ. Mr.. w. H.
Ledbetter, of L.aGrange; was in
the city yesterday for the pur-
pose of asccrtaining, in behalf
ofthc citizens of that town, the
probable cost of extending the
survey Of the Central and Mont
gomerv railroad extension to
Lagrange. The people of Fay
cite county are becoming inter-
ested in this road as the most
feasible one for them.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

KANSAS City's city directory,
just completed, contains I3,4Io
names, or by the usual estimate
of 5 persons to each name
67,oSo people. During the past
five years there has been an in
crease of 10000.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

Mr.. JoHS WEIGH, minister to
England, has resigned and will
soon return to his home in Phil
adelphia where a reception will
be rendered him by the board
of trade. Mr.. WEIGH comes
home on account of domestic
bereaVements.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

LoUGHERY, of the Marshall
Herald, says the Bonham Ncsps
is a privileged character. No
body in this county pays any
attention to what he says.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

WASHINGTON county's two
colored members of the legis-
lature voted for the puritanical
Sunday law. They were prob
ably engineered by senator Ho-
man.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

THE Colorado Cihsen places
itself upon record as favoring
Hon. S. B. Maxey as his own
successor. 1t says also. at is
barely possible that the farmers
of the state may conclude to
put Hon. w. w. Lang in the
gubernatorial chair, and if they
do the politicians needn't kick. "
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

One of the most sanguine
editors in Houston says that
that beautiful town has nearly
10000 inhabitants. The Gems is
Of 1880 will take the wind out
Of the sails of some of the Tex
as towns.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

ALABAMA appropriated 1917
654 last year for educational
purposes, of this s2Io,334 was
for whites and $3.50, 2IS for col
ored schools. The three nor
NAL schools for colored teach
ers received $4,000.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-15

WAGES in the United States
are double those of Belgium,
Dcmark, France and England,
three times those of Germany,
Italy and Spain, and four times
those Of the Netherlands, while
in the United States the prices
of the necessaries of life are
lower. 1t would seem from
this that the laboring classes in
til 5 county arc in far better
condition than those in Europe.