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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16
LIFE IN THE SNOWY ROCKIES.
GEEvlLLE, IRWIN P. o. |
COIORADo Nov 26 80 [

GEEVILLE, IRWIN 2. o.
COLORADO Nov 20 80. (
Editors Banner:
The BANNER is eagerly look
ed for by our household to learn
of what's going on in the outer
world while confined in these
regions by the snow. The beau
tlful snow some call it, but we
who live here leave off the word
beautiful. The snow is level up
to the top of our house. We
are having very cold weather,
the thermometer has been as
low as $50 below zero.
Messrs. Robertson & Gee were
returning a few days ago from
the postoffice and were over
taken by a snow slide, and the
latter was buried five or six feet
under the snow; Mr.. Robertson
searched for some time before
he found Mayor Gee and had
great difficulty in digging him
out. The mayor is now safe in
camp and thinks he won't
"tackel" any more snowy noun
tains or grizzley bear.
J. c. Brown, who was blown
up in the mines of the Calves
ton Ruby Mining Co., is recov-
ering very rapidly. The mines
OF the said company are look
ing remarkably well, and some
very fine specimens of ore are
being taken out of the Gen'l.
Sayles mine partly owned by
the company. We are anxious
to hear of the election of the
Hon. Seth Shepard. S.W.J.
P. S.-DEC. 3d. A stout
lad weighing 100 lbs. and 6 feet
? inches high, started in with
the above letter the day it was
written, and reached near the
top of the mountains (half to
town. and was each time taken
down to the base of the noun
tain by a snow slide; two car
ricrs will make another attempt
to carry in the mail tomorrow.
Laborers are getting So
day in Irwin and are in de-
mand.
The crop in Colorado yields
the whole year round.
We send you a speciman of
ore from the Gcn'l. Sayles mine
which carries brittle and ruby
silver and galena, the rock is
quartz. S. W..
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

The Dallas Herald of recent
date contains a well considered
editorial on Common Sense in
Advertising" Live business
men advertise in live newspa-
pers; they don't trust to show
windows, displays of goods on
sidewalks and the hap-hazard
distribution OF circulars, dodgers
and posters, that are seen by
comparatively few people. Such
advertising is a waste of money.
An advertisement in a good
newspaper goes into the family
and is read by every member
of the household. An adver-
tisement read quietly and DELHI
erately at home, makes an i'm
preston upon the mind, while
the hand bill or poster is simply
glanced at and forgotten. That's
the difference between a news
paper and a poster.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

The New Orleans Times says
that brother Talmage is, appar-
entity, not happy. Indeed he is
seemingly quite unhappy. He
is making the fact known by
some very unministerial behav-
ior. The cause of his supposed
sorrow is that the pew rents and
contributions received at the
Tabernacle, although important
in themselves, are yet INSULT
cient to meet its running eX-
penses. Added to this tile rev.
erend gentleman claims that a
considerable amount OF back
pay is due him, and he has
managed to kick up a spirited
controversy with his trustees on
that point. Some of the know
ing ones of his congregation in
innate that he is by no means in
such straits as he pretends; that
his lectures in Great Britain net
ted him $4,000; that this has
been profitable invested, and
that while he is drumming up
his trustees for money, he can
readily put his hands on all he
requires.
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All Sorts.

A foot note-the shoemaker's
bill.
Shawls made of zephyr keep
off the wind.
Alawyer does not always put
his wit in the brief.
Landlords agents in Ireland
are "men of mark"
Maple sugar, like good ale,
is drawn from the wood.
The tower of Babel is the
continued story on record.
A woman died of freight at
GAINESVILLE, Wis, upon seeing her
child in danger Of being run oyer
by railroad-srain.
VIII some one please fit a
conundrum to the following
answer: zone is an ice pick
and the other one is a nice pick
leP"
Jones thinks a man is fortu-
nate who has his will contested
after death only. He says his
will was contested ever since he
married Mrs. ].
The name of the largest city
in America was furnished by
Shakespeare. He said in a
prophetic mood, 81 Knew Yor-
lex we'll"
President and Mrs. Hayes
will not go to Europe when
they leave the White House,
but will return to their home in.
Fremont, which is being fixed
up for them.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

THE New York Herald says
that there is a settled prefer
ence among the American peo-
pie in favor of small notes in
stead of coin for small transac-
tons. This assumption may
well be doubted, the small COINS
are preferred by the people
generally and by the shop keep
ers. The only thing in favor of
the small currency or shinplas-
ters as they were called is their
convenience for transmitting
through the mails. That silver
is preferred by the masses to
the shinplasters was conclusive
ly shown by the rapidity with
which the little bills were with
drawn from circulation when
the silver half dollar and quar-
tiers were re-issued by the gov
eminent. Silver is the peoples
money.
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SILK.

Silk culture is subject that
is now attracting considerable
attention in the south and with
proper effort it promises to be-
come a very important industry.
During the past few months a
number of editorials on the sub
ject of silk culture have appear
ed in prominent papers. The
demand for silk is constantly
increasing and it is said, by
manufacturers, that American
silk is superior to that produced
in Europe. 1t is not likely that
any one person will be able to
make large sum of money by
the production of silk in one
season, but where a great num-
Der engage in it the aggregate
product will amount to a very
large sum. The care of silk
worms does not require any
special skill, the only requisite
being proper food for the worms
andkeeping them from exposure
to the weather, rain and hot
sun being detrimental to them.
During the past three years
Mr.. c. F. Herbst, Of this city,
has experimental with silk
worms, and each year he has
been successful in producing
cocoons of superior quality. He
has never tried to produce silkfor
sale, combining himself solely TO
experiments with different kinds
of silk worms and different
leaves for feeding them. 1t only
takes about four weeks from the
time the worm comes out of the
egg till it reaches maturity and
webs up, making the complete
cocoon. The women and chill
dren can give the worms all the
necessary attention during the
short period of the working ex-
istence,and their product will be
almost clear net gain. In
France and Italy, the great silk
producing counties, almost all
peasant families raise a small
quantity of silk, thus the i'm
mense demand is supplied. If
small families can realize from
say SIS to SIS or 500 from four
weeks attention to silk worms
they will find that the money
comes in very handy while their
cotton crop is being made dur
ing the summer.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

WE are really getting uneasy
in our anxiety about the Bren-
ham BANNER, for if "the good
die young" it is certainly DOOM
ed. On the first of January it
is to be increased to seven
column paper, and then the
gods will surely claim it as their
own. 1t is brim full of good
things ali the time.-Gonzales
Inquirer.
You need not be alarmed; on
the list of January the daily
BANNER will begin its sixth
year. You see it has passed all
the danger attending early in
fancy.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

THE Austin Statesman says
there should be an asylum for
young drunkards perhaps older
ones. Joking aside the estab-
lishment of state inebriate
asylum might be the means of
accomplishing some good. In
nearly every town there are vic
Tins of intemperance who
might be reclaimed and made
useful citizens, who are now
simply vagabonds who prey
upon the community and beg
whiskey. Men of this class
could be reformed. They do
not belong to belong the crimi-
nal class but are slaves to an
uncomfortable appetite.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

II Lima Rosberg, aged seven
years, died of trichinae at Kerr
vile a few days ago. Two
more children of the same fami-
ly are expected to die.
= Sam Frenchman, a dam
gerous aud bad negro and ex-
convict, was killed the other
day in Brazos bottom, near
Bryan, by a Mr.. Beard.
-Burchell Bros, fine gin, at
Cuero, was burned Tuesday
night with seventy-6ve or a hun
bred bales of cotton. A lamp
explosion caused the fire.
= Alice Baker, a colored
woman, was shot and killed in
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES week.
Frank Marshall, a negro. has
been arrested for the murder.
Blake & Co., of Houston,
bought a one thousand bale lot
OF cotton at Corsicana the other
day. 1t was the largest sale OF
cotton ever made in that town.
w. A. Chesmet, a mer-
chant of Raleigh, Navarro coun-
ty, was robbed shortly after
dark last Saturday night, by
three young men, of $1,000 in
currency.
AT Lagrange three cases
were continued becausethe prin-
cipal witness was hopelessly
drunk. Its likely that the de-
PENDANTS got him in that obliv-
ious condition,
"A prayer meeting at Con
zales last Thursday was broken
up in much less time than it
takes to tell it. Somebody
raised the cry of fire and all
hands rushed out.
j. D. Smith, bookkeeper
for Padgett Bros, of Dallas,
suicided last Sunday by the
morphine route. He was a
gentleman of high social posi-
ton given to gambling, drink
ing, etc.
= Bonham wants a Chinese
laundry. Single men have to
pay from four to FIVE dollars a
month for washing and colored
women are so independent that
they can hardly be induced to
wash for families.
= Edmond Allen, aged 90,
an old and respected citizen of
Grimes county, living near Be
dias, shot and killed his step
son, J. w. Praither. Praither
was an ex-convict and a hard
case, he had horsewhipped AL
len a few days before and was
about to repeat it when Allen
killed him.
Five or six Poles who have
lived at St. Hedwig near San
Antonio for the past thirty
years we're up before the Uni
ted States commissioner al
San Antonio on the charge Of
illegal voting. They have nv
ed in the settlement for upwards
of thirty years and never took
out naturalization papers.
AT Gonzales the other night
the pistol brigade started out
for serenade. 1t had played
but a few airs when sher-
iff Jones and his dep
uties bounced down up
on them and gathered them in.
The Gonzales Inquirer remarks.
"This is what is needed, and if
the sheriff will continue this
course he will reap the lasting
gratitude of our people" The
only thing that ais the pistol
shooters in Gonzales and other
Texas towns is, they need fining.
A few well collected fines will
cure them.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

Mr.. CRAPo, of Massachusetts,
introduced a bill in the house
concerning the proposed inter
oceanic canal and declaring in
favor of a strict observance of
the Monroe doctrine.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

DURING the past year or two
an important industry has
sprung up in California in the
way of preserving potatoes for
a foreign market. The pota-
toes are pressed and dried and
in such a manner as to be kept
in any climate.
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LEGAL ADVERTISING.

The question of legal adver-
Using is likely TO be brought be-
fore the next legislature. Five
or six editors are members of it
and we shall expect them to
look after the interests Of the
press. They know exactly what
is wanted and will probably pre-
pare a bill covering the ground.
The BANNER is not one of those
papers that believes in subsidis-
ingthe press by making legal ad-
vertising for the newspapers. AT
present, as the law stands, the
legal advertising patronage is
almost worthless yet the Ban
NER has prospered without it
and will continue to do so. The
last legislature was urged to
pass a law requiring the adver-
Using of sheriff's sales of real
estate, but instead Of passing
such law it repealed the law
requiring delinquent tax sales
to be published. The present
system of advertising delinquent
tax sales by badly written MOTTO
es, posted on three public places
in the county, has been tried
and we think general experience
proves that it is failure, be-
sides it is more expensive te1the
tax payers than the old system
OF making publication in the
county papers. We are of the
opinion that the advertising of
all sheriffs and trnst sales ofreal
estate would be beneficial alike
to the creditor and debtor. At
present these sales are advcrtis-
ed by written notices that are
seen by but few people and are
read by still fewer. 1t fire.
quently happens that at such
sales only a few men are present
and they are those who make a
business of buying property at
such sales. For want of bidders
valuable property is frequently
sold at great sacrifice, the loss
falling upon both the debtor
and the creditor. Creditors
who could realize their money
by the sale of property are fire.
quently compelled to buy it in.
In passing a law of this kind
kind it would probably be well
enough to limit the price to be
charged for such advertising to
a reasonable sum. The news
paper men in the legislature be-
ing familiar with these matters
will not be very likely to go
estray. In Missouri and many
other states there are laws re-
curing sheriffs and trust sales
to be advertised. Those laws
have been in operation for many
years and have been found to
work well, otherwise they would
have been repealed years ago.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

The closing hours of the
American health association at
New Orleans were devoted to a
quarrel between the doctors,
who could not agree. When
the doctors disagree on quaran-
tine matters what may be ex-
pected of newspapers and pri-
vate citizens7
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

The commerce committee is
working on the river and har-
Dor appropriation bill. Chair
man Reagan is working to get
all the committee will possibly
allow for Galveston.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

DIS. BRUINS and Sternberg,
of the National health associa-
ton had a personal difficulty in
front of the Democrat office in
New Orleans on Monday. A
blow was passed and now a
duel is looked for.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

The Cuero Bulletin suggests
Hon. A. w. Linn, ofthe Victor
ia Advocate, as a proper man
for speaker of the next house of
representatives.
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The Galveston Journal re-
ports the arrival at that port OF
two schooners one with eleven
and the other with seven bales
of cotton and of a sloop with
twenty-seven bales. Galveston
receives cotton by water as well
as byrai
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

THE San Antonio Express
wants the ward politicians sat
down upon. 1t does not want
them to select the next set of
city officers.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

Gen. Ord certainly finds good
cause for congratulating him
self in the comments of the press
generally upon his retirement.
Full honor is being done to his
distinguished services, and his
retirement is denounced in I'M
measured terms.-S. A. Ex-
press.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

A SPECIAL agent ofthe treas
ury department reports that the
smuggling of cattle from Chi
huahua and Sonora Mexico into
the district of Ell Paso Texas,
has been carried on for some
time and that back duties to the
amount of $4,000 have been
recovered. Hereafter the du-
ties will be collected.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

The Jefferson Democrat says
no unemploy ed money should
be kept in the treasury. That
surplus millionis likely to make
trouble yet.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
says a stranger in the land
might be disposed to look upon
Grant as the national elephant.
Gen. McCook's bill before the
house to place him on the re-
tired list of army generals for
life is simply a shrewd trick to
pension him. If Grant had any
delicacy offeeling or pride of
character he would put a
promptquietus on the eleemos-
ynary schemes of his over-zeaI-
Gus friends and go to work
| Hike honest genESman.
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SAN ANTONIO is to be illumi-
mated in daylight. A new pa
per to be called the Evening
Light is to begin publication on
the Ist of January. Itspublish-
ers will be Clifford and New
comb; they propose making
their paper red-hot. 1t is sup
posed it will be republican in
politics as its publishers are
known, to be of that political
faith.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

THE various committees of
the house of representatives
are hard at work paying no
attention to thepolitical debates
that are going on.
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CALVERT, Bryan and Navaso.

CALVERT, Bryan and Navaso-
ia are all blockaded with cot
ton, and the BANNER is inform
ed by a Cameron merchant, that
cotton is being hauled from
within FIVE miles of Calvert to
Cameron, where it is bought
and shipped over the Santa Fe
road to Houston, that point be-
ing considered a better market
than Galveston. Citizens of
Bryan talk of starting a wagon
line to Hearne for the purpose
of shipping cotton via the In
ternational.
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The Houston Telegram says
the doings of the sanctihcation-
lists at Dallas is not a fit subject
for ridicule. There seems to be
no doubt that those people are
demented, they are fanatics and
are completely carried away by
their hallucination. All OF them
are fit subjects for the lunatic
asylum.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

THE BRENNAN BANNER is to
be enlarged at the beginning of
the new year. tits already one
of the best dailies of the inter
ior.-Galveston News.
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THURSDAY, DEC. 10, IsSO.

GEORGE FLouRNoY, late Of
Galveston. now of San Francis
co, has been making democrat
ic speeches in Virginia City,
Nevada.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

The official vote foa congress
in the fifth district is: Jones
1904 Shepard 22,7oS. Jones
majority 253 votes. Shepard
lost more tam that number Of
votes through the negligence Of
election officers in not making
returns in time. Mr.,Jenes al
though elected has nothing to
boast of it was a very close
race and but for the vote OF
Brazoria, Matagorda and Whar-
ton counties he would have
been beaten by about two
thousand in the district.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

Wide jewclcd bracelets of
Roman gold are Worn on the
arm above the elbow. Oriental
fashion.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

TIE New York Sun wonders
why secretary Rogers didn't re-
ceive a nice little notice in
Hayes valedictory message.
Rogers wrote the message him
self, and with his customary
modesty he shrank from ring
ing in a mention of his own dis
tinguished performances. LIE
Dock may feel proud of the
puff given him, but the deeds of
Rogers are craven on the hearts
Of his countrymen.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

Young clergyman at a cleri-
cal meeting. Il merely throw
out the idea" Old Minister;
"Well, l think that Is the best
thing you can do with it.
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New Advertisements.
Notice in Probate.

Whereas, on the 10th day of November.
\. D., 1880, at regular term of the Hon
orable County Court ofthe county of Wash
ington, State of Texas, the undersigned, a
resident of the town of Washington, in said
county and state, was appointed executor
of the will of Mrs. Mary Henrietta Doran,
deceased; therefore all persons having
claims against said estate are notified and
required to present the same to me within
the time prescribed by law, or they will be
treated the law directs.
FAYETTE SMITH,
decI5-w4w Washington P. o. Texas,
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TAXATION.

liz oaANSSbOh 4NCWS vi uCS-
day contains a lengthy article
entitled "Where to Place Taxa
ton" That taxation is con-
conitant of civilization is a
plan proposition, the question
that is discussed is where to
place it. The News says that
governor Roberts favors poll
cy that woMd exempt land as
far as possible from taxation and
fix the len upon occupa,iors
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as Texa4is almost exclusively
an agricultural state, are n the
majority.
Whatever may be the opinion
of the governor he will doubt
less express itin his message to
the legislature. He is man
of decided views and has no
hesitation in expressing them
freely. 1t has ever been the
policy of governors and legis-
latdres to raise cry for the
reduction of taxes it is pop
ular cry with the masses; the
man who promises to curtail
expenses is almost sure to carry
the populace with him, no mat
ter how inefficient the admins
tratlon may be. 1t is one
of the failings of human
nature, as now constituted,
to want something for moth
ing and it would seem that no
amount of experience is suffici-
ent to convince them that such
a thing is contrary to all estab-
lished rules.
tits universally conceded that
taxation to be just should be
equal; the question of equaliz-
ing taxation is one that has for
years engrossed the attention of
the most eminent political econ
omists, and yet they have arriv-
ed at no satisfactory solution. If
by any process of legislation all
men could be made honest, the
difficulty would be solved, for
then an honest return of all
species of property would be
made and an equal tax, in pro-
portion 20 property owned could
be levied and collected. A
glance at the assessment rolls of
the large cities and weather.
counties any where in the union
will show that personal proper
ty is returned at a mere 1.-THE of
its value. 1t is useless to cite
any specific locality, the fact is
patent and is universally &C.
knowledged. legislatures can
devise any means by which full
and fair returns of money, notes
and personal property can be
had and the tax levied thereon
collected, then the means by
which the taxation on real es-
tate can be reduced will have
been found. Real estate is
something tangible, it can not
be hid or covered up, and wheth-
er the owner returns it or not, it
can be assessed at something
like its value and the taxes can
be collected. Taxes should not
be excessive but they should be
sufficient to pay all the necessa-
ry expenses of government.
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Some wealthy man should
find a cave for Garfield and hide
him away from the hordes of
office-scekcrs who are torment
ing him at Mentor.
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The Bonham News says it IS
opposed to mob law, but thinks
that if Abe Rothschild is liber-
ated blythe technicalities of the
law, the citizens of Jefferson will
hardly allow him to escape alive.
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THERE was on the wharves at
Galveston, a few days ago, two
hundred tons of walnut and
ash logs awaiting shipment to
England. The Galveston Jour
nal says that two experimental
shipments have already been
made with satisfactory results.
The shipment of hardwood TIM
Der will~o9a become a very I'M
portant indhstry.4
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Michigan has produced i pig
with trunk. This thing
should be checked.
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Probably the man who never
made 4 mistake in his life never
made anything else.