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A eerman Nay ay Custom.

Apretty May cnstomistiil obtains ii the
more primitive villages Of Suabia. Bavaria
and the Tyrol On the first Sunday of the
ilowery month the unmarried giEk Of the
hamlet, armed with lSaiy hoaghs, visit in
prpcessinn the young wives v6o have been
wed during the past year and make formal
inquery, in certain set phrases ihallowea BY
custom, with respect TO tbeir hezlih and
happiness. etiquette PrSscribes ihafyeach
married woman thns.distinguished Should
receive her maiden visitors aelhe oater
door OF her house, before which they, take
up their stand in double line. AiieS hank;
ing them for their kiad inquiries She passes
slowly heiWssn their ranks, rereivinfsfrom
each in turn light blow, inflicted with the
green branches, as mark Of maislenly dis
approval OF her fsithlsssness 70. theft viz
ginal SisteFAooa. Having endured this
geHhe discipline she IS expected, according
TO her husband means to make a pechniary
Offering to the vesial band, and The Total
amount ofthis quaint, Mas-day collection
Is expended by the village girls in an even
ing festiyity, to which they invite the mar
riageable bachelors Of the riliasS, 1Atthi
merFyImaliAg all he oussYfoFrnasicians
anh refreshments IS betrayed ~ The youtii-
iW hustesses, who; however. reserve to.
themselves the privilege Of "ecsagtass part
ners.n s.-E .n.-si1s -
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independence Locals.

r.,,,.,... r,,a...att June 9th.
On Monday evening the Ath-
ella society Of Baylor female
college give their annual exhi-
bition in the college building.
The exercises consisted Of mus
ic, essays, and speeches from
young ladies aged from 8to IS.
They acquitted themselves well.
Monday night the subjuniors
of Baylor university gave their
exhibition at Graves hall.
They also acquitted themselves
we'll.
Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock Alumni society met in
the Baptist church. There was
a full attendance. ]. B. Thorn
as. of Bryan, delivered a
splendid essay. Di. Chaplin
then entertained the audience
with an ably written and well
delivered grafton, entitled the
True Man" DIR. Baily, OF
Galveston. read an original
poem entitled, Dare the Right
and do it" This like his SER
mon was well received. The
doctor is powerful man and
was elected an honorary menu
Der of the society. In the even
ing an election of officers was
held, resulting as follows: Harry
Haynes, president; G. L. Chan
dler, vice president; T. J. bod
son, chaplain, The society
then adjourned until Wednes-
day at A P. NJ.
The most entertaining fea-
ture Of the commencement took
place at the female college last
night, being a CONCERT by the
Dinsie class Of professor Brown.
There was a large attendance
and the universal verdict was
thaf, the concert was a trium-
plant success. ~ w.
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Council Proceedings.

Council met in regular ses-
sion June 9TH, all members pres
ent. Minutes of last meeting
read and adopted.
Mr., II. E. Lockett, list assist.
Chef of the fire department
reported that the board of chefs
were making arrangements to
erect wind mill over the pub
lie well for the purpose of filling
the public cisterns and would
proceed with the work at once
if it meets the approval of the
council. Report received.
Mr.. r. Hoffman reported
that he was very much in need
of a street in front of his resi-
dence, aud asked the council
to open one there. Report re-
ceived.
Mr.. Cornelius reported that
the street in front of his resi-
dence was very much in need
OF repairs and asked the coun-
Gil to have the same attended
to at once. Report received,
and referred to the Mayor.
Mr.. G. w. Brooks requested
the council to have the street
opened which runs through the
property Of Mr.. A. c. lessen.
Received and referred to street
committee.
Petition Of Brennan Greys,
asking permission to erect a
target, and be allowed to prac-
tice shooting near the Santa Fe
railroad bridge, in the northern
part of the city, was read and
referred to street committee.
Mr.. w. B. Presley requested,
through alderman Wilkins,
an advance ofpart payment by
the city, for charter and ordi-'
nances now being printed in
his Office; referred to committee
on printing.
Aldermen Wilkins and Reich
ardt, to whom was referred the
matter of lighting up the streets.
reported that they had attended
to that duty, and would recon-
mend, for that purpose, the
naptha automatic lamp, and
and would further recommend
that the city erect as many
lamps as necessary as soon as
the Finances of the city would
permit. Report received.
The finance committee asked
for further time on bills referred
at the last meeting,
The following bills were oftierelpaid.
c. T. Rolf for blacksmithing -. ..S4,S5
VIM. Schwonkowsky for lumber. SIS 90
Vanness & McGowen, for re-
building bridge...... ...... ...... S,5 90
George Crawford for drayage..
I'm Swing $500. do. ......75
Tom ZONES $3.50. do. ...75
Robinson & McAlliSter building
BRIDGE. $500. ........ DO 90
Jake sledge for working on streets. $z.25
!. NJ. Brooks, moving bride. SIo 90
On motion, Ave dollars additional was
allowed for extra cart.
{ Officers salaries for the past month
were ordered paid.
Council adjourned.
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STRANGE MALFoRMArioN IL A
FAMILY.-Living near Engle-
wood, in this 'county. is family
of father, mother and twelve
children, who count 328 fingers
and toes as naturally belong to
them. Each of the twelve chill
dren has twenty-four fingers and
toes fully developed, bqt the
parents only have forty between
them. Prof. Hungleford, form
erly of Calvert, but recently
teaching at Englewood, had
several Of these children as
scholars. One day, during re-
citation, one of this family was
told to count his fingers with a
view Of impressing some num-
Der on his mind. The child an
bounced that the number was
twelve. The teacher said that
the returning board was endeav-
oring to practice fraud, and
bull-dozed the little fellow into
another count. The result was
the same. "Come here" said
the now irate teacher "aad let
me count your fingers" His
numbering correspondent with
the child's, tor, on each hand,
he found FIVE fingers and a
thumb.-Cakpe,t CSnldk zexaR.
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From Long Point.
Tuue 9th.

June 9th.
Editots Banner;
We are now wanting rain,
our oat crop is about secured,
it is very good. ~s.,
Our friend J. H. Holt finding
that he was getting more bust
ness on his hands than he could
we'll attend to, sold his growing
crop of So acres on the Line
ecum place.. to Messrs. Griffin
and Lauderdaie, and retired
from the conflict with weeds
aud burrs. -
We are again without a
preacher; last spring, a mission
airy from the state OF Burleson
volunteered to preaoh,for US on
the 3rd Sunday IN each month,
during good behavior of the
congregation" he preached a
few times, and come by and told
us that he could not fill his ap-
pointment, but he finally agreed
for a consideration to. preach
for US every ist Sunday, last
Sunday being the Ist, every
body, tip-toe- fine, went down
to preaching, but fooled again!
no preacher. , This time he
quit sans e0emonie. In the
evening we had Sunday school
conducted by DR.. j. L. Stan-,
field, after school the children
were treated to an amusing and
instructive lecture by the Rev.
Andrew Shields of South Caro-
lina.5 SO sF 6g
Do send US a preacher, we
don't care for liimto be very
smart, we only want him to
come to time.
We are having considerable
sickness around here, DIR. STAN
field, our only doctor, has
about all he can do, day and
night. G.
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A young lady writes to the
Whitehall Review that the end,
above al things to be aimed at
in dancing is gracefulness. II
that is SO the prevalent idea
that the object was to get a
chance to hug the girl with
out depriving her family Of the
use Of the front parlef once a.
week is all wrong.
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Wreck on the Central
rmA.IvI Il,

T1 - % - = = - x.
bound freight tram on the Cen
trail made a fine smash up. 1t
seems that the bridge over Big
Sandy, a creek four miles west
of BRENNAN, was burning. AT
thats point on the road there
IS sharp curve, the engineer
did not discover that there was
anything wrong with the bridge
until he was within such a short
distance Of it that it was impos-
sible to stop the train. He and
his fireman jumped, the, engine
as soon as it got on the bridge
broke through, and fell to the
creek led a distance OF more
than twenty-five feet, the re-
naming cars of the train, some
eighteen in number, falling over
n rapid Succession. The ca
bo6se kwithi the conductor on
board was the only car that es-
capped wreck. The train was
loaded with miscellanoifs freight
such as generally goes up the
road; the cars caught fire from
the locomotive and were near
ly all destroyed, We have no
means Of estimating the loss in
dollars and cents, but are pleas
edto' record the TACT that no
lives were lost.
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BALL At BERLIN On SAT-
urday evening, July srd. mayor
Pesch, of the city Of Berlin, will
give another of his famous
grand balls. See the advertise
mcnt, cut ont the date; paste it
in your hat, SO that if yca are
dcsirious Of going you will not
miss the day.
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"t||
as smaaelpstion celebfaz
ton g take place this ciIs on
the 10Th inst, under, the aus
pieces Of the BrenhanI colored
brass band, can but be d mag
.ni6cent success. The colored
people from all parts of the
county seem TO be taking part
and interesting themselves in
theteelcbration. The place Sc
iectsd for the celebration is
Hutcliinson's grove, south af
the city.
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CainpiMeetIng.i

independence, Tex, June s.
Editors Banner: t-ttff
1 am authorized by elder w.
E. Penn to say to the public
that he will begin a campmeet-
ing on the 9th day of July 1880,
at Big Spring, near Long Point
and Burton.
TheFeswill a supply hopse,
a boarding house. feed stable
&C., beef market on the ground
for the convenience of those in
attendance. So you see we do
not design living on wood wa
ter and rocks"
Allow me to say that / have
good reasons to believe this will
be the greatest meeting brother
penn has ever held. 1t is de-
signed to reach this, Eayette,
Lee and RlriesoFf counties.
There Is plenty Of wood and
water; also good outlet, so
that campers will have plenty of
room.
This IS Iare,. opportunity
and let all embrace it respect
fully. G. w. CARPs.
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KANSAS Corr DR.. Lock
hart of Chappell Hill, informs
the BANNER that he is now eat
ing roasting ears, gathered from
d strip planted with Kansas
corn. The ears are large fine,
and from the fact that il thatur-
cs at least three weeks eadier
than Texas corn, the doctor is
strongly of the opinion that it
is preferable for planting pur-
poses. Many other planters in
this county are experimenting
with Kansas corn, some of
whom express a similar opin-
ion.
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DuRINc the past two days
the weather, though warm, has
been delightful Tor farmers who
have been so busily engaged in
their work that the streets were
almost deserted. The IDLE ne
groes, who usually hang around
the corners, and who can not
be subsidized for twenty-five
cents to do fifteen cents worth
ofwork, have disappeared. The
chicken crop, this spring. has
been a total failure, yet the
man and brother goes to the
fields.
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BLAINE has a barrel, and
some of the colored delegates
seem to be acquainted with its
contents.-M O Democrat.
Tilden was a little more for
tunate, he had a haF'l.. The
word is shorter while the mean
ing is the same. Can the En-
glish language be put in such a
shape that the pronunciation
and spelling of all words will
agree.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Foe pIsrmcr IupcE.


To the voters of the a;d Judicial District
composed OF the counties Of Washington,
Lee and Butleson:
have been Of late often called upon
by persons in the district, both lawyers
and Others, to know whether I intended to
be a candidate for the Office Of District
Judge in this district at the fall election.
I have also been told by persons Of all
political parties, that there was no intention
so far as they knew, to regard the Office Of
District Judge as political office at the
coming election. At this determination
feel pleased, as would not be willing to
enter into heated contest for The Office.
II the people Of the District should see
proper TO elect me | shall feel gratfed at
the confidence in me thus expressed.
A. S. BRoADDUS.
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WORK on the burned bridge,
over Big Sandy, on the Central
railway, is being rapidly pushed
by two gangs of bridge hands,
one from the main branch, be-
ing hard at work with all the
timbers OH the ground.
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THERE are two or three pa
pers in the state that the BAN
NER delights to steal from, one
of them is the Waco Telephone,
many of the papers in the state
help themselves to IFS para
graphs and never give any cred
it Brenham BANNER.
And many are the pungent,
meaty items we have scissored
from the BANNER. All, breth-
rem, an open confession, once in
a while, is good for all our souls.
Let us all now unite in-resolv-
ing to be more careful. about
giving credit,
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Ex-senator. SpEagne has been; involved
IN aaoiheT difficulty, altogether differen,
nom that in which he was engaged With
Senator Conkling.=Nct liking the way IN
which the Sprngue. estaiexas being admin
istered by the assignee, he went down to
Baltic, Conn.,, a few days agoand hook pos
session Of The Spague mills there situated.
The superintendent refused to recognize his
authority and IS said to have knocked Sen.
ator Spragre down in the difficulty which
ensued; However this may be.;iSp<agae
and his friends succeeded in gushing The
superirtendentard remained IN possession,
sleeping IN ihe mills that night At last
accounts they still held the lront-N.fO o.
Democrat. -57l.isl ts,'f moi. s-l , Z
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- . K"

To 20 beautiful, baoyant and healthy,
the whole female Constitution must main.
i 1s.i., regular action during certain period
oflife. Otherwise, no female can posi-
bly, remain healthy, and she who docs nat
know this acknowledged fact, Is quite ig-
norant. But should you by some exposure,
become irregular and suffer with many
troubles, what do you propose to do? As
we have experienced in that line, let US say
that English Female Bitters is the most
wonderful female regulator in use, It
don't fail.
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SHE attended baIl-danced 10 late
hour-became overheated went home
thinly cla2, in cold damp night air, and
caught cold. Next day-headache-loss
Of appetite-slight iever-dry skin-pains
and aches-chilly sensation-indisposition
to get up. Remedy-one bottle English
Female Bitiers, prepared specially for such
condition. Never fails either in Rceut or
chronic cases
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FURNITURE of every descrip,
ton at reasonable prices.
REIcHARDT & CogNTIus.


E. L. Salley has on hand and
is receiving daily choice fresh
family groceries, comprising all
articles usually found in a first
class city family grocery. He
is selling them at the very low
est prices and delivers all goods
in the city free Of charge.
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From the best information to
be obtained. hereabouts, it ap-
pears that Grant was the choice
of the white republicans. The
colored republicans were for
him almost to- "a man. The
nomination of Garfield, which is
a Disappointment to the Grant
men, seems to be favorably re-
ceiyed and of course confidence
IS expressed in his election.
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AT HALF PRICE,

A fuli Electric Treatment, (Puivennash-
ers,) for the cure of blood diseases, general
debility, and the nerves generally without
taking a single dose Of medicine. Address
II. r., through the postoilice
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( MASONIC ThefolloWing Of
ficers were elected last Monday
night juno 9TH, te serve Bren-
ham Chapter No. 5 for the en-
suing year M, w. Mann, NJ.
E. high priest; J. t. Norris, E.
King; ]. NJ. Presler, E. Scribe;
A. Simon. Treasurer; D. A.
Allen secretary. Installation
Monday night June 18TH.
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y The Brenham Blues, a color
ed military company Of This
city, are. said to be drilling, pre-
paratory to taking part in The
parade on the 10Th.
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G. w. DAVIS makes old sew
ing machines as good as new;
also makes cotton gins do as
good work as when new. We
have specimen of his work
which is satisfactory.
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The BRENNAN BANNER re-
marks that "a conviction is i;
gaining ground among those
who read ..aud think that the
courts ate becoming a farce"
There is large grain of truth
in what contemporary says, hut
what can we expect of courts
and juries when their action is
SO lightly set aside by the exc
cutive? In this section of the
state juries have shown adeter-
miuation to enforce the law, but
good citizens are much distour-
aged at what they consider the
unwarranted interference of the
executive in behalf OF criminals.
Reglste,.
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The 6neior getting drunk s.redaeed to
81. Weare glad 70 Sc .he city setting the
example for 9ur merchants. of doing bust
ness on small profit and quick return bas-
is. And thenits only fair price, as 2aan
can't get more than ST. worth Of fun out Of
his drunk.-Bos,an Pesl zr.,,s55.f !
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Ihave a complete stock Of these goods,
every grade and shade; the bestin The city,
organizes, Union and linen lawns, coried
piques etc. lattice figured pivue al II IL
cts. at c. A. PorTERs.
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> The co-partnership heretofore existing
between Jos. MavkeE and L. Marek, un-
der The fam name Of Marek & Bro. has
been dissolved by mutual consent Jes-
Marek continues the business. assumes all
liabilities and all accounts of the late firm
afe payable % him. JOS. MAREK-
L. MAREK-
Referring to The above The undersigned
saliclts a continuance OF the patronage
heretofore extended TO him. Call and eS-
amino my goods aud pEiees.
l,,.. :. j, JOS. .MAREK.
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BRICK work on Messrs.
Wood & Lows new building,
On north street, is progressing
slowly.
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GENTLEMEN from Mil creek
inform the BANNER that there
is great deal Of cotton in that
section yet to be chopped out.
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pNk small PINCH of Balley's Saline APP
orient will Immediately cure sour or acid
headache. Ii Is pleasant and charming in
taste, and for constipation among all who
lead . closely confined lie, il Is most de-
sifaRls remedy. 5acents per bottle.
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A good residence on Sandy street, con-
vcnieRt TO business part of town. Five
rooms and servants house; the locality is
high; a nice shady yard; good water; in
good neighborhood. Apply to.
long A, RAY1IE.
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PUBLISHING newspapers for
philanthropic and not BUSINESS
motives, is a costly business, as
the Methodist, general confer
ence has discovered. The Nat
ional Repository has lost s3o,-
900 during the past foHF years,
the Southern Advocate SIC, 900
the Pacific Coast Advocate SI3,-
900, the St. LOUIS ADVOCATE So
ego, and the Golden Hours sew
eral thousand more. The lay
delegates think that these un-
profitable publications should
be discontinued, but the r,aioF-
ity Of the ministerial delegates
think they should be kept up,
although at a loss. -,
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Po14TlcAL discussions, last
night. were the osly theme OF
discussion. Views differed very
materially.
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Two hundred and fifty pieces of lace
every variety and style very cheap and de-
sireable and all the la,sst patterns and
HpyelheS In shades and quality at
" F. - - CA. PoTTERs.
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feu Want

Something good. don't you
forget the@O. K" saloon. All
the delicscies in the eating line.
Ice cold beer always on tap.
All kinds of drinkahles.
slid - SAN MUERY.
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SHIRTS.

Ihave the best stock Of gents shirts that
has ever been offered in Brenham, con-
sisting of laundried and unlaundried. fancy
peicals, cherviots and calicoes, all very cheap
for cash. As low as three for one dollor.
{. A. POTTER.
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WIND MiLL.- Mr. Seelhorst
has erected a tower and placed
a wind mill thereon, in the vi
cinity Of his residence.
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THURSDAY John Thomas,
highly, co1ored, using abusive
language to Laura Thenlas, fin
ed 81 and trimmings. John
paid Up and serenity ruled the
court.
Lucius Lomax, colored, was
up on charge of using abusive
language to a lady of color.
He was dismissed.
Mr.. JonN a. RANDLE, Land
Agent, makes a specially Of
rendering and paying taxes on
out lands, as we'll as redeeming
lands sole. for taxes in any
part of the State. BUSINESS en-
trusted to him will receive
prompt attention.
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iTHk issue presented by the
republicans in the platform pro-
mAlgated at Chicago means "a
solid north against solid
south The Galveston .Nsses,
upon a reconsideration. now
says that the democratic party
may be successful. About the
amount ofthr Mesg's article is
that an available democrat has
a splendid chance of being
elected.
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LIEB Bios, cigar manuiac-
turers id this city, are meeting
With unbounded success in their
business.
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OK !undershirts l am the boss, three
good game shirts for one dollar. a COM
plote line Of nainsook and crossbar shirts,
and mammoth stock Of drill and Jeans
drawers. Bed rock prices.
$500. c. A. PoITsRs.
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FARMERS are about done har-
vesting their cat crop, and the
yield in almost every instaneeis
llighIy satisfactory.
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The BLADE viii support no
man for the Legislature who
does not favor a change in the
law making it necessary to pub
,lish. all notices Of Sheriffs sales
in the county paper.-Mfiidian
RlaGs,
i Thru's our sentiments exact
ly, and should beof every news
paper man,in the state.
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The cupalo, of the court
heuse has been coverted into a
recepticIe for bats, thousands,
.zye. millions which inhabit it.
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4 MAN YllO would oppose
the payment eta small tax for
educational purposes, IS poor
indeed, AID does not possess a
soul as large IS that ola mos
quito.