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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

- On Sunday a mob of two
hundred men made a forward
movement on the Fort Worth
Jail with the avowedintention of
taking out the negro rapist and
hanging him. The sheriff who
was advised of the movement,
had a strong guard in readiness.
The mob dispersed.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

HoUsToN's congresses are all
taxed totheir utmost capaci-
ty. They have a capacity for
1000 bales day and employ ifs
ty hands day and night to keep
up with the work.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

A BRYAN special to the Meas
says a man but a few days
from New Orleans passed down
on yesterdays train. He had
evaded the quarantine; which
he says is being done contin-
ually, without trouble. Why
was he not arrested.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

CALIFORNIA is republican and
its loss to the democracy is at
tributed to the greenbackers.
Without being able to carry an
election themselves they nearly
always succeed in placing the
republicans in power.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

THE Brazos Pilot has some
thing to say about the green
hackers, who succeeded in send
ing ten or twelve members to
congress. They failed to
harmonic, each man having
views of his own and the Texas
greenbacker, Wash Jones, on
more than one occasion voted
with the radicals. The fact is
the greenback party is divided,
the eastern greenbackers want
a high protective tariff while the
west and south want low tar
if. Some of them want fiat
money and some of them don't.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

The Capital, the Austin or
gan of the greenback party de-
votes an editorial to the ruin
wrought by democratic rule in
Texas. 1t studiously avoids
saying a word about the ruin
wrought by the radicals before
the democracy got into power
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

THE Lagrange Record says
some of the leading citizens of
that town are beginning" to
manifest a deep interest in the
question of a railroad and that
a movement is on foot looking
to connection with the Sunset
route. By building a tap road
to either the Sunset or the Cen
trail road the people of Lagrange
will put themselves in the hands
of one or the other OF two of the
most gigantic monopolies in the
state. If they will pool the is
sue" and join Brennan in a mar
row gauge road from Lagrange
to Navasota they will put them
selves in connection with the
entire railroad system of the
state and will be measurably in
dependent.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

The Brcnham BANNER comes
to us this week enlarged and
otherwise improved. 1t was one
of the best weeklies published
in Texas before it enlarged, and
now it surpasses all Of them-in
our opinion, in its get-up and
general appcarance.-I52a Ia
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

HAYES civil service reform is
still in force; the assistant post
master at Buffalo, New York,
has been officially censured for
attending a ward meeting. Vice
president Wheeler attended the
republican state convention at
Saratoga and it now remains to
be seen what Hayes is going to
do about IT.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

The home production of liq-
uor has increased 100000
gallons the past year, and the i'm
portation has been 4,434,455
gallons more than in IS7S-rath-
er discouraging statistics to tenn
perance advocates.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

H. L. WooD retires from the
Round Rock Headlight after
two months experience he
made an excellent paper, but no
money. 1t will be continued
under a new management and
will advocate democratic prin-
ciples.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

TIMpLECuTE No. 1.-The Austin hide
pcndent.-lIouston Telegram.
The daily imp has the repu-
tation of beng one Of the
poorest dailies in Texas, and
there are several of them. On
ly those who have seen the dali
ly imp can have an idea how
poor a paper it is. 1t is nearly
as devoid of news as the
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

A SAN ANTONIO preacher is
named Devilbiss, but he signs
his name De Vilbiss, thus dis
posing of the devilishness Of his
name.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

Ex-Gov. HUBBARD is in Cor
sicana for the purpose of clos
ing the contract with the citi-
zens for the Texas and ST. Louis
narrow guage railway.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

CAMPMEETINGs are epidemic
all over the state and a west
Texas paper says they will be
productive ofimmense good if
all the converts will hereafter
be honest.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

SENATOR VOORHEES,, of In
diana, is quoted as expressing
the utmost contempt for Mr..
Tilden, for his "despicablc cow
ardicc in not taking the Office
to which the people elected
him"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

J.K. BELL, who lately abscon-
ded from Kansas city with ST.
500 of the Adams express COM
pany's money has been captur-
ed at Cove Springs, Florida, and
$1,000 Of the money recovered.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

FROM all portions of the
state comes reports of a search
ty of water. Whlskey must be
abundant or people would conf
plain about that too.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

= II is announced from Berlin
that, with the exception of old
and defaced coins, all the silver
hitherto held back has now
gone into circulation.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

The Chisholm murder trial
at DeLlab, Miss, seems to be
attracting universal attention.
Representatives of the press
from New York, Chicago,
Vicksburg and New Orleans are
in attendance.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

ANoTHzR.-The Grimes coun-
ty Sentinel, published at Ander-
son, is a patent paper and its
last weeks outside is the same
as the BRENNAN Texas G,eeN-
baekerand the Hampstead C0nr-
fey.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

NEAR Zoleski, O., recently
Jno. F. Sharp murdered Mrs.
John A. Sharp and her step
deaughter and Dan Benjamin.
Jealousy is the alleged cause of
this wholesale slaughter.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

JUDGE IRELAND gives it as his
opinion that the Sunday law
was not amended and that the
law of 1871, known as the 9
and 4 o'clock law is the only
Sunday law we have.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

A Mrs. PoTTs is inst now
engaged in winning fame and
fortune by walking from Phila-
delphia to New Orleans. She
has got as far as Charlott N. c.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

II is now said that John Sher-
man, candidate for the presi-
dency, during a recent visit to
Cincinnati visited the beer sa-
looms and made himself quite
sociable with the crowd usually
to be found therein. John
treated, drank beer and ate
pretzels just like candidate for
constable.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

BULLION is constantly arriv-
ing in this country. New York
dispatches of the 10th inst. re-
port the receipt of SI,556,2oo
from Liverpool, sI,595, 600 from
Havre, $4,000 in French
and German coin from Ham
burg sgd $4,000 in foreign
coin and bys from Bremen.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

The Montgomery Journal
learns that the grading on the
Central and Montgomery rail-
road will be finished by the Ist
of October next, and tracklay-
ing a few days thereafter.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

GALVESTON has quarantined
against Calcasieu river from
mouth to highest tributaries,
said quarantine to take effect at
II P. NJ. on the 10th inst. The
resolutions against Lake Char
les still in force.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

a NUMBER of English emil
grants arrived at Houston from
Galveston on Tuesday, and
took passage on the San Anto-
MO road. They are, says the
Telegram. a solid substantial
looking body of men and go
west to engage in agricultural
pursuits. They were induced
to cmigrate by agents of the
Sunset route, and should they
find everything satisfactory in
their new homes will no doubt
be followed by many more of
their countrymen. Such men
arc desirable in any community.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

THE Mckinney Adv0cate has
a leading editorial in which it
takes strong grounds in favor of
speedy and thorough organi-
cation of the democratic party.
Itsuggests the formation ofclubs
as the best means.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

IT is understood that Hon.
John H. Reagan will deliver
the memorial address before
the Hoods brigade association
at Houston on the 18th.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

The assessors convention at
Dallas seems to have been a
lame affair; nothing of any i'm
portance was accomplished.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

TEN-PINs will soon be thing
of the past in Texas. The tax
on alleys is about $1,000. An
enterprising man has invented
a substitute for ten pins in the
shape of an overgrown pigeon
hole table.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

The Brennan DAILY BANNER
has enlarged one column. If
the BRENNAN people know how
to appreciate an excellent and
sound paper they will soon OBJ
ligc it to add still another col
umn.-IfQrn Er0NIInCr.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

THE election of Davis, re-
publican candidate for governor
of Maine is conceded; the DEM
ocrats claim a majority in the
state senate. John Sherman,
Blaine and Hamlin seem to
have done effective work in that
state. Money was freely used
to accomplish the result.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

EIGHTY English farmers with
their families arrived in New
York on the Sth inst. They
will proceed to Texas where
they will locate.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

THE State Holiness camp
meeting near Corsicana still
continues. There has been
four hundred professions of JUS
tihcation up to the 10th inst.
two hundred of whom had pro-
fesssed specification.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

The cars formerly used on the
narrow guage or sand road at
Galveston are being shipped to
Texarkana to be used on the
St. Louis and Texas narrow
quage railway.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

In many Texas towns the
Sunday law is strictly observed
by the front doors of the sa-
looms; the back doors have oil
ed hinges.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

FRESH trouble has broken
out in India; the Afghans are
again in revolt. The British en-
bassy at Cabul has been attack
ed by three Afghan regiments
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

GEN. J. B. ROBERTSON gives
notice that there will be spe-
cial meeting of Hoods Texas
Brigade association held at
Houston on Saturday Sept.
IS, for the purpose of making
proper arrangements for enter
ing upon the important duty of
caring for the orphan children
of Gen. Hood. Every member
who can possibly do SO is invi-
ted to attend.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

THE Dallas Tires seems to
be making Roadway and has
been enlarged to a seven col
umn paper.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

No CASE of yellow fever has
been reported in New Orleans
since September Ist.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

"IT's gctteng pretty close, "
says the Tekcg7am, referring to
the recent yellow fever death at
Morgan City.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

THE Bonham Meas describes
the greenback mass meeting at
that town as failure, not a hun
dred persons were present, and
the entire affair was distinguish
ed by an utter lack of enthusi-
asm.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

Mr.. GRANT is the title now
adopted by the St. Louis CD.
when referring to the general.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

In A Houton boarding house
three young men dressed them
selves as ghosts and visited the
room of negro man on the
premises. Entering his room
they demanded his money, he
replied, "all right" and moving
over to his trunk drew an old
big navy pistol and presenting
i sASlnow, you ghosts, jest
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12
Friday. Sept. 12 1879

QUINCY, Illinois, has just had
SI2s 900 fire.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

A NORWEGIAN bark, the Co.
lumbia, bound from New Lon
don to Quebec, was struck by a
large fish or sea monster and a
hole knocked into her bottom,
causing her to sink in half an
hour. The crew barely had
time to escape in the boats.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12
The MACHINE SHOPS,

The Tyler Democrat says, ithis city is
deeply interested in securing the machine
shops, such as Marshall and Palestine
have, Of the Texas and ST. Louis narrow
gauge railway. Texarkana, Waco and
Corsicana will bid for these shops and ii is
,i,,,a TYLER yv.S 1r,L.ino nv,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

Coz. JOAN S. FORD, (Old Rip,l
who takes charge of the state
deaf and dumb institute at Aus
tin, is an old Texan, having
come to the republic in 1896
with party of Tennesseeans.
He served Texas during 1886
S7-5S-5o. In 1874 he was ell
ected to the Texas congress.
He is an old newspaper man
having edited papers from IS45
to 1858 and again in 1867. AS
an Indian fighter he stands at
the head of the list having seen
much service on the frontier.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

The compositors on the|Fort
Worth Democrat one day last
week devoted the9day's wages
to the yellow fever sufferers at
Memphis. Funds are very mnch
needed there, but this is the
first donation from Texas that
We have read of.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

The Underwood feud has
broken out afresh in Carte
county, Kentucky. On Frid
last squire Holbrook wasx
and killed by party i,
bush; Monday one of til
derwoods went up the
way.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

The St. Louis Post-Disbateh
says Jay Gould has recently
surprised the world, and it is a
rather left-handed compliment
to say that he has surprised it
by doing generous action.
His character and career have
not been such as to justify the
belief that he was capable of
doing a charitable act. The
P-D. says it is hardly sound
principle to allow alnls-giving
to atone for INSCRIPTIONS prac-
tees. Boss Tweed in the days
of his prosperity was noted for
his magnifcience and charity -
how he obtained the money he
so lavishly disposed of is well
known to the world at large.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12
THE FEVER.

New ORLEANS, Sept. 10
Four cases of yellow fever are
reported at Morgan City. Ma
tional and state officers are
working to prevent its spread
ing. The town has been in a
fearful condition since the
storm.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 1o.-Sixteen
cases in all, 7 white, 9 colored;
nine deaths in all.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

The Galveston Nea0S of the
9th inst. reports the arrival of
the steamship City of San An
tonic with the greater portion
of the new iron BRACES bridge of
the G., c. and S. F. railway.
The rest of it will arrive in
few days. A Meas reporter
ascertained at the company's
office that the grading from
Richmond to BRENNAN, sixty
three miles is almost completed.
The Brazos bridge can be put
IN place in thirty days; when
this is done there will be moth
ing to prevent the steady eX-
tension of track-laying as long
as the supply of ties last. The
road can be completed to Bren-
ham in ninety days from the
completion of the Brazos bridge.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12
BY RANKIN & LEVIN.

OFFICE OF PUBLICATION:
Vanacss building. st. Charles street, he
tween Sandy and Qdittman sts.,
Brenham, Texas.
TEntercl at The Postofiicc at Brenham.
Texas, as second-class mail matter.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12

SUNDAY law squclched" is
the caption OF an article in the
Castroville OniN detailing the
trial Of 4 number ofcascs in the
justices court at Boerne; the
juries said not guilty every time.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-12
TIE DEMOCRACY.

ment the greenback party has
received in Texas, has been due
to the miserable backwoods
i barn-door policy of the old al
caldc and the mob of so-called
statesman that have misrepre-
sentcd the people as legisla-
-turc at Austin. But in spite Of
this, it, like all good and true
democrats, does not proprose to
abandon the time-honorcd par
ty. 1t says the democracy Of
Texas must arouse itself; there
must be no tagging back, those
who are not for prosperity and
progress are against it.
The great source Of our pres
ent troubles is the people have
been too much in the hands of
the politicians cut and dried
precinct meetings have led to
cut and dried county conven-
tons, and cut and dried county
conventions have led to cut and
dried state conventions; the re
suit of the state convention is be
fore the people. The people in
order to remedy existing evils
must elect a different class of
men to legislate for them. is
genrally acknowledged that the
present legislature, taken as
whole, is a most stupendous
failure; there was some good
and able men in it, but they be-
ing largely in the minority were
powerless for good and not
strong enough to prevent evil.
The election of another such
legislature must be prevented
if the democrats expect to con-
tinue to control the destiny of
the state. The first question in
regard to a candidate, for any
position, no matter if it be only
that Of constable should be, is
he honest, is he capable? if hon
est and capable, let him be
good democrat, if one can be
found, but on no account nomi-
nate a man simply because he
belongs to the democratic par
ty, nor on account of party
services; honestly and capabili-
ty should be the first test. In
many counties few men, party
leaders so-called, get together
and make out a slate to suit
their own purposes and conven-
fences; the same thing is done
in state affairs and lastly a few
men again control the destiny
of the party in national affairs;
the will of the people who are
all powerful in themselves, is
thus by the management of
trained politicians set aside and
politicians are nominated and
elected to office; why the peo-
pie themselves do not know,
although the reason is plain.
There has been entirely too
much apathy upon the part of
the men who are most directly
interested in a good govern
ment; honest, hardworking, res
pectable men, who stay at home
and work to pay taxes allow
the irresponsible elment in the
community to manipulate nom
nations and do the voting,
while they stay at home, work,
pay taxes and do the grunbling.
THE St. Louis Pos-Disbatch
says Jay Gould has recently
surprised the world, and it is
rather left-handed compliment
to say that he has surprised it
by doing a generous action.
His character and career have
not been such as to justify the
belief that he was capable of
doing a charitable act. The
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-13
State News,

According to the Journal the school cen
sus pays, as it shows "A gain of $40 pupils over
last year in Lewiston thus emitting Lewis
ton to $1,000 more State school money than
last year. There are 2,03l scholars in Lew
iston from to 10 years of age; 1914 in all,
of whom 2,629 are American.
Toole will walk with Shea in Portland. 1t
is claimed. that ToOlr has made more money
than any other pedestrian in the State, and
his friends say he has '.saltcd it down" He
Is sober mar, and true, makes pedestrian
ism business, don't allow himself to get cx-
cited, and comes out ahead every time.
Ale is now sold rs freely in Bangor as it
ever was. This is under the ''grccnback
sheriff and deputies. Nice state of things
amt itg- Dertey gazette.
Arba Powers, father of Hon Llewcllyn
Powers, died at his home in Pttsticld on Fri
day afternoon with pneumonia. aged about IS
years.
VIM. Kane has sold his gray horse to
James O'Donnell, of Boston, for about $50.
He will ship the animal on the boat some
time this week. VIM. Smith, one of our
well known horse trainers here. has five trot-
tiers under his charge TO fit for the track the
coming season.-GGrdiaer Repo,ter:
Yesterday afternoon a lady called at \.
Merrill & Co.'S iewelry store ON Middle
street shopping. Prior to entering the store
she left her baby in its carriage at the door.
Having finished her purchases She went
home. Mr.. Merrill finally was attracted by
the child's crying. and took ii into the store
and amused il with some trinkcts until its
mother having missed the baby returned for
it in about two hours.-IoHiaad Ifgus.
1t is rumorcd that the Maine Historical
Society propose to add Il wing to the build
ing of the Natural History Society in Port
land, for their use. and will move their quar-
tiers thither from Brunswick when the build-
ing Is completed.
The Maine General Hospital has lately re-
ceived valuable donation from society of
young ladies at Brunswick The society is
called the Rho-Alpha. and comprises about
20 ladies organized especially to work for the
hospital Within the past fortnight they have
collected and forwarded a number of cases
and boxes filled with all sorts of articles CON
stantly needed at institutions of this kind.
Prominent among them were II new sheets.
y half-worn shirts. 10 pllow-slips, cotton
cloth, bed-spreads, cotton and wooden socks.
"a cans Of shrub and jelly, a quantity oftoilct
soap, stationery, books, magazines, games
and trinkets for children. and a large amount
OF old linen and cotton for dressings and ban
dages. The society have dstricted the viii
lage and lady has charge of each dis
trict. Every house in town was visited and
no matter what the means of the person ask
ed TO contribute, nobody refused every one
giving something, no matter how small the
contributions i0riuHd Press