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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

SENATOR MALONE, of Virginia,
has lately become a conspicuous
character politically. 1t is not
definitely known whether he
will vote with the democrats or
republicans. He is a very small
man, who will weigh perhaps
90 pounds, and is about five feet
six inches high.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

As soon as the plan for the
capitol building at Austin is
agreed upon, the state will adj
vertise for contracts to put up
the building and take the land.
If the land can be sold for cash
the building can he put up for
much less cost than it can by
trading the land for work.
There will be a big speculation
in the erection of the new CAPT
toll.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

THE Houston Age gives it
up at last, and Acknowledges that
it is unable to keep the peace
between its neighbors the Post
and the Telegram, and says:
"But each of those papers has
piles of dirt to throw from and
a shovel to throw with; and the
fight will have to go on until
one or the other mas exhausted
its pile, or worn out its shovel.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

The train loaded with SOL
diers which was wrecked above
Corsicanna was thrown from
the track by broken rail; three
coaches rolled down a twenty
foot embaniment. Forty-eight
men were wounded, only twelve
of them seriously.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

IT seems that another exodus
movement is about to be. inaug
urated. According to Gen.
Conway. 100000 acres of land
have been purchased in New
Mexico by a company of north
ern men, who desire to offer it
on easy terms to exodusters.
An effort will no doubt be made
to induce northern negroes to
emigrate to the New Eldorado
in New Mexico, where the
same fate will inevitably await
them as in Kansas, where
thousands are now living in
abject poverty and restitution.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

The Bastrop Advertiser takes
up whole page to publish the
election returns which might
have been put in tabular form
in very little space.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25
The trial of Abe Rotllschild,

The trial of Abe Rotltschild,
for themu rider Of Bessie Moore,
three or four years ago near
Jefferson, commenced at Mar
shall on Wednesday, the 24th
inst.
SAN SABA, through the short
sightedncss of her merchants is
losing a good deal of her trade.
The News says the business is
going to Brentwood, Williams
Ranch, Senterft and elsewhere.
JAMES D. WILLIAMS, eX-gov-
ernor of Indiana, known as
"Blue Jeans Williams" died at
his home on Saturday last. He
was a native of Pickeway coun-
ty, Ohio, and was born in 1908.
SEVERE cold weather is re-
ported at all points in the north
ern states. The thermometer
has ranged from zero to 10 de-
grecs below. In the northern
part of Illinois on Monday ice
formed four inches thick.
II has been decided by one
of the courts in New Orleans.
that it is not necessary to pub
lish legal advertisements in
French in the parish of Orleans
in which New Orleans is situa-
ted.
MILAN HUBBY, who assassi-
mated 4 man in Mi'am county
about two years ago, was, on
Saturday last, at Cameron, SEN
fenced by judge Spence Ford,
to be hanged on Friday, jan
uary 18th, 1851.
THE Southern and the North
ern Methodist conferences are
now in session at Dallas and are
trying to harmonic the differ
enccs existing between the two
churches and have passed reso-
lutions looking to a coalition.
ARRANGEMENTS have at last
been perfected by the managers
of the southern railroads and
the postoffice department by
which fast mail trains will be
run from the east to the south.
The new time will go into effect
on the 18th inst.
A PRACTICAL dead beat is the
very liveliest kind of a man {:
the same energy and skill used
to dead beat his fellow men,
would, applied in legitimate
way, make an honest living.
The average dead beat knows
nothing about honesty.
The governor has appointed
colonel Joseph w. Robinson
district judge for Travis county
vice Turner resigned. 1t is
thought that Robinson will re-
sign as soon as judge Walker
recently elected to the place,
signifies his readiness to qualify.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

When you hear man sheer
at the honor and virtue of
woman, you may be sure that
he is not accustomed to walk
in high Naces, and that his
boots argsoiled with mud of
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25
Lucretia Mott is dead.

Lucretia Mott is dead.
Gas mines are. no;sono,s =
tbe roots fsp If trees ' :
Scott county Mo i - bs,.
a new & 900 co,,rt bo5se -
E.,,s:.t
value Of SO ooo 3 900 e IN, neT =, ann ~
49,, -, r., go
,ra,,,;, tSis 81 Wsh:i l.A'i
10th
a .,,--.s':, Z. a.
i 49,. $500 :. ~ .,.s ~
Irelsnd
~. s,..i,.,,,
.,,r,,-..,,d Lii, 10, r..,s : -
hands = 80
IT,
11,;, ns $500 $50 ~. ., WIS., =
600 600
+ D.sl,
r,,a - -e ~ sou'.'y =.
wear Of sge
49,, ~. -. -.
IL. IN; st.-o.,s ~. Soi,.s '..s.sS
annie buffer -
Susaa mas no = sns:,'ss. s', s.
tIste tb.t : ~ .s
sstts s ~ S,,rs,s CO. = ~, s -.
advance i, WAGES
~
c. lnI l.vel ,I pa''s Dslo~ OA
olelueaa' Nuo,, = sa'u 70
81 VI. ~
- - -s s III o.A Dl9au SUI.
o.oAe NJ. ''Ss a. s 'ose 1on1s % inc
AMOUNT ~, u sisoooo'
ny nlplaslans Have say !
nv 49, ..iu u.ooS',, ~ sa.nslisa anu
@ooA o .le'1oe.s
IL IS reported that the honey
t Sl1p IN, %l.l nos ., pc more snan
'ial, "'ia' :. was .ass ysal'
). vermont win So4 mlies OF
railway track Killed but one
passenger n sae past year. -
Petroleum was struck at
ca Neo., at a depth OIL 5ofees
s5rwofkmen digging for coal
The wheat crop Of the United
states IS SAID to have fallen of
considerably from October es-
Inmates.
John Berry cashier Of the
broken Hackensach, ~ j.
bank has been confined IN the
county jail.
The silk crop OF France and
Italy will not be larger II
year than for any one Of I
last ten wears.
The Pttsburg, Mo, public,
schools have been suspended
for two weeks on account of
scarlet fever.
Joseph Jefferson. Lester
Wallack, Southern and Miir
Kate Claxton are said to
spiritualists.
The orange crop in LafourcIIt.
parish, La, has been verv Ian.
this fall, and sells at 75Sss
per hundred
Hundreds of YOUNG girls. :,
ly well educated and wiling
work, are vainly seeking
ployment in Boston.
No country can be called
dependent which has to
on other countries fer its "a
clothing or reedicines.
The second state convei
of 1llineis cane growers .
susa. alakeis p pll pc nsla :
y am
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

The support of Col. Jones in
the counties of Brazoria, Mata-
gorda and Wharton turned, in a
great measure, upon the belief
that he would work for the i'm
provement ofthe mouth of the
Brazos river Austin States
man.
We think this is an error,
Jones name was put on all the
republican tickets and the re-
publican managers in those
counties did everything in their
power to advance his interests.
We think it will be found that
Davis and Jones got about the
same number of votes. Jones'
election will undoubtedly be
claimed as republican victory.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

TnH Dallas and Wichita rail-
road is now completed to a
point four miles from Denton.
There is great difficulty in pro-
curing hands. The road is now
under control of the Texas and
Pacific company and will be
pushed forward.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

We would like to preach to
the Brennan BANNER from the
text: "He that circulated a
lie, knowingly, is as guilty as he
that lieth. Houston Post.
You had better deliver your
sermon tosome of your cores
pondents.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

BELLvILLE wants the Santa
Fe machine shops located there
and BRENNAN wants the shops
located here. Last week the BAN
NER contained an editorial urg-
ing Importance of the machine
shops and the necessity of their
being located here. The Times
adopts the Banners editorial
to Bellville and publishes it as
entirely new and original.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

The Navasota Tablet is in
hopes that Grimes and Madison
counties have elected A. West
morland, white, as representa-
tive. Up to Saturday last no
returns had been received from
Madison county.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

GEN. KEY, eX-postmaster gen.
eral, voted the straight republi-
can ticket at the late presiden-
tiaI election. The general was
formerly an old-lin, whig. 1t
always was Il very difficult thing
to convert an old-lirc wing into
a democrat. Il
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
says the south will have to pre-
pare for another sort of recon-
struction. There is no doubt
that the republican leaders con-
template some very stalwart and
radical legislation under the
provision Of the constitution
which requires the United States
to guarantee each state repub-
lican form of government. The
republican theory is that the
governments in the south are
not republican in form because
they suppress the negro vote"
also, we presupe, because
1aklican in a
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

NEARLY every weekly news
paper published in the state
now contains appeals to delin-
quent subscribers asking them
to pay up. A large majority
of the country papers in Texas
are well worth the subscription
price and subscribers should
make it a matter of honor to
pay for their paper as well as
any other debt they contract.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

The Jones brothers who kill
ed a saloon keeper named
Morse in his barroom at Calvert,
some two years ago, were tried
at Cameron under a change of
venue. last week and acquitted
the jury having been out one
whole night and half of a day.
They brought in two witnesses
to prove that Morse had used
insulting language towards their
sister. Gov. Hubbard appear
ed for the defendants, Scott
Field, of Calvert, prosecuting.
At the time of the killing it was
regarded as an atrocious muir
der, but two years time and the
introduction OF new witnesses
finally procured an acquittal.
The Jones are reported to be
wealthy.
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MANUFACTURERS AND CAPITAL.

The Dallas Herald wants a
paper mill in Texas. The sub
ject of a paper mill has been a
standing theme with newspa-
pers in Texas for the past six OF
eight years, and as yet the pa
per mill has no existence except
on paper 1t is very easy to
build 4 paper mill, a cotton fac
tory, a cotton seed oil mill OF
any kind of a manufacturing in
dustry on paperIbut itseems to
be an almost hopeless task to
induce homepita,ist. to i.
vest their mo-
a manufactu,
plea that th
view OF the
Washing
shows tn
hand tel g.,
disastrOusl5 crop oEIS7o
This year the lamount ofSsAas.t
on hand will no doubt be much
larger. 1t must also be remcm-
bered that the cash on hand"
returncdto the assessor repre-
scrts Only a small portion of the
money in the hands of the
people generally and not that
actively employed in every day
business. \ similar condition
ofaltairs obtains in most of the
counties in the state and Wash
ington county is merely cited as
an example to prove that mon
evils not scarce. The lack of man.
ufacturing industries will have to
be traced to other causes. One
ofthem is, that money will read
lily command ten per cent. on
undoubted security; those who
are SO fortunate as to have
money ION hand" are not to be
blamed if they loan it out at ten
per cent, with an absolute GER
tainty that it is safe, instead of
investing it in manufacturing es-
adjustments, nearly all of which
are new and untrIed in Texas.
That manufactures are an ur-
gent necessity is admitted on
all hands, but how we are to get
them is yet a problem. In the
east there is a plethora of
money and capitalists are
glad to realize three or four per
cent. per annum. If we can
succeed in getting our state in
such a condition as will inspire
confidence, capitalists from 9TH
er states will bring their money
to Texas and invest it in manu-
factories, as they are now doing
in railroads. 1t is a well known
fact that not less than three
fourths of all the money inves-
ted in Texas railroads is capital
owned in the cast. The extern
sion of the railways will open
up the country to settlement
and pave the way for manufac-
turers to follow. In due time
Texas will have her cotton
mills, machine shops, foundries,
etc., etc.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25
EDITORIAL NOTES.

EDITORIAL NOTES.
THE Dallas Times has "let
up" on politics for season.
GEN. MAXEY's chances for re-
election are thought to be first
rate.
THE Denison Herald calls
the recent polar wave, Garfield
weather.
The metropolis of north Tex
as is what the Fort Worth pa
pers call their town.
| The Houston Post calls Tom
] 800 G Gould and the other
big bugs.
ID lSidoly uSLi
ne gave Roberts $50
EHamman S9I, Davis I4S.
NAroR MAxEY denies hav-
the dispatch to San
u Ssatwas attributed to
him,
WM. DRIscoLL, 4 white man,
was murdered by two negroes,
in Burke county, Georgia, last
week.
'THE democratic state central
/ committee of New York have is
sued a pronunciemicnto against
John Kelly.
IT is estimated that governor
Roberts will run from 1900 to
$4,000 behind the state and
electoral vote.
THE new census of ST. Louis
shows population of S5o,9I5,
an increase of POLIO over the
census of June last.
REGULAR passenger trains
commenced running into New
Braunfels over the Information
al road on the 22d inst.
THE Flatonio Argus says let
the south remain solid" for
therein lies the safety of her
people and the country.
The first duel was fought in
New England in 1850 between
Edward Doty and Edward Leis-
ter both were wounded.
JUDGE TURNER has qualified
as United States district judge.
This leaves a vacancy on the
state district bench at Austin.
A PRIVATE letter from New
York received in San Antonio,
says Gen. Hancock will be off
cred the position of secretary of
war.
SEVERAL Chicago capitalists,
who were in San Antonio the
other day, wentto western Tex
as looking for locations for
stock ranches.
II is estimated by New Or
leans sugar brokers that the in
jury to the sugar crop by the
late frost will cut it short about
$4,000 hogsheads.
TOW ScoTT, Jay Gould and
other prominent railroad men
were at New Orleans on sun
day and expected remain sew
eral days.
FILTHY SLIME" is what the
Post calls the Telegam's retort
to its offer to bet an even $1,000
on its circulation Newspaper
quarrels are fiat, stale, and un-
profitable.
The Santa Fe railroa d bridge
across the Leon one mile from
Bolton is nearly completee. 1t
is confidently expected that
trains will run into Bolton by
Christmas.
REV. D. H. DoRsETT died at
his home in Chicago, on the 22d
inst, aged 100 years and 4
months. He was an English
man and had been in this coun-
try 81 years.
LELAND STANFORD is the
richest man is San Francisco,
he is assessed at sIo,7I9,ooo;
FIVE other men and firms are as
sessed at upwards of sIo,ooo,-
oco each.
FRANK BURKE, janitor of the
Bates school in St. Louis, fell
from the third story while
washing windows. The dis
lance was forty-ive feet; he was
instantly killed.
AT Frisco Gov. Leland STAN
ford's two years old stallion
trotted mile in 2.25 I-2. Gov.
Stanford presented his driver
~
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

w. P. ERAUGHoN of the Gid
dings Lone Star has sold a.half
interest in the paper to Mr.. J..
L. Rosseau who will hereafter
be associated i'll its editorial
management. This week the
Lone Star commences its fourth
year
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

FROM the corrected returns of
the vote of Galveston county it
appears that Shepard received
1904 votes and Jones 1893,
making Shepard's majority 81
instead. of 3o6 as irstreported.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

1Hs body OF Gen. Byrncs ar
rived at Fort Worth or Satur-
day last, the escort having been
on the road s. days. 1t will
be remembered that General
Byrne was murdered by Indians
in New Mexico some months
ago.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25
CRIMINAL JURIES.

The manner in which jurics
are selected to try murder cases
is in need of reformation. In
notorious cases the regular pan
ell OF jurymen is exhausted be-
fore one-third of the jury is cm-
panneled and the sheriff is then
instructed to summon a special
venlre, sometimes he is instruct
ed to do so before the trial is
begun. Sheriifs are supposed
to be honest and competent,
some of them are, and some are
not. The summoning OF a ven
ire to try 4 man for his life is 4
very responsible duty and it has
frequently happened in various
parts of the state that men
known to be favorable to the
man who is TO be tried, are sum-
inoned, thus placing the states
attorney at 4 great disadvan-
tage. In many instances juries
have been packed and it was
generally known and under
stood before hand that the YER
dict wouldlbc not guilty. As
the jury law now stands it is
very difficult, if not-impossiblc,
to get a criminal jury III a muir
der case composed of good,
honest intellige4tt citizens, Jr~
RIGS are too frequently compos-
cd of illiterate white men and
ignorant negroes, the more ig-
norant the negro the better he
is adapted to the purpose.
Frequently there is not mau
on the jury who can compre-
bend the charge of the court.
The best legal talent in the vi
cinity and sometimes the very
best to be had in the state ap-
pears for the defendant, while
the states attorney'is left to
cope single-Elanded with an ar
ray of legal ability for which he
is no match.
Murder trials, in which the
accused is or was respectable,
or is respectfully connected or
has money or friends. are in too
many instances a mere mockery
of justice and have almost come
to be regarded as a farce. In
asmuch as the legislature will
shortly convene the Judiciary
committee should take steps to
amend the law concerning juries
in murder cases. Where men
are charged with theft the ease
and facility with which they
can be convicted is almost as
tonishlng. The same degree of
justice should be meted out to
those who take human life.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

The wool-clip of the world
has increased FIVE times since
1890 when it was about 2ao,-
600, 900 pounds in weight. In
I8zS-the latest year for which
there are complete figures
Europe produced 100000,
River Platte 24o,ooo,ooo, United
States 2oS,ooo,ooo, Australia
$50, 100000 and South Africa,
4S,ooo,ooo pounds making a
total of 1,5S6,ooo,ooo pounds.
Great Britain and France con-
sumo each year about the same
quantity of wool-5So,ooo,ooo
pounds a year. Germany con-
sumcs about I65, 100000 lbs;
United States 100000, 900
pounds and Russia, Austria, and
other countries, 100000
pounds.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-11-25

The Baldwin locomotive
works are now employing $500
hands. Their shops cover nine
acres of grounJ, eight of which
are under roof. Their present
force enables them to turn out
two complete locomotives per
day. The work in the erecting
shops Is done by teams, each
SET Of hands doing a special
portion of the work. At all
times there are about twenty
engin9s under way in the erec-
.ttiih5'shops.
Dhere is no less than 5000
prominent republicans earnest
1y expecting a place in Gar
6afd', ~ahiue+! ~
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-01-20
ADAMS TOWNSHIP ITEMS.
CAMERON, OHIo, Jan. Is, 1880

VAMEhUN, VHIU, Vau' 1vs 1oo0'
Ed. Spirit: Everything at our village
is getting along as well as we could de-
sire. Business is lively. Our merchants
are doing good business, selling goods
as cheap as any others. The mills are
running daily, and rendering good salts
faction. Our sick are rapidly recover
ing. We have had several cases oi
typhoid fever DR.. Webb has attended
each case, and, we are happy to state,
has not lost single patient. Doc. un.
derstands bis business. Mr. John At
kinson's 'brister" was very sick last
week. Peter Ault was called to attend
the animal and brought her out all right
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Autobiography A of a Boy,


Never was an ''innocent child,
Took to general wickedness as fast al
l was able to comprehend it. -. :.
Stole pie, cake and jam, and lied about
it, too. .e.st,
Had two sets of faces, manners and
morals. One for indoors and before
the folks; one for outdoors with the
boys.
"Sting of conscience" meant getting
caught for ro5bing an orchard.
Was always sorry for my sins. wher
found out. ss
Herded with other little boys Of my
own age. ..ss = -
big boys taught us many kinds o.
wickedness. .s .s.,
A "big boy" is boy who has learned
to smoke and chew tobacco.
Used to hang around and hear mer
talk On mysterious subjects. N. b.
Grown up folks always seem to forget
that the smaller a boy is the bigger are
his ears and eyes.
: Psrsntssa nrf q be trusted. Hyog
tell them the real truth about yourself
they lick you. The premium is ON dis
honesty. Parents are useful to feed and
clotbe feller and give him Fourth ol
July money. Otherwise they are intru-
sive.
While my folks thought they were
"bringing me up" / grew up. / con-
quered all my privileges. Learned to
smoke eight years before they allowed
me to smoke. g ,ts
Learned much from other boys at
school not printed in books. ~.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-01-20
0DTTUARY.

DIED. Of Typhoid fever, at his home
in Ohio tohnsbIp, Dec 70. 1879, Albert
MossF, con sof Christian Moser, aged 20
years andzl d(yss He was taken 10
hisHnal fssS bixcc on the last day oi
the old year. Notwithstanding the very
rainy and muddy weather there were
quite large concourse of friends and
relatives present. The funeral sermon
was preached by Rev. Schimmel and
was such as to touch the hardest hearts.
His text was from the 103d Psalm 80 Az
for man, his days are as grass; SO Q
flower Of the field, so be fourisheth.--
For the wind passeth overit. and it is
gone, and the place thereof shall know
it no more. But the mercy Of the Lord
is from everlasting TO everlasting upon
them that fear him, and bis righteous.
ness unto children's children m7f'
The deceased was member of the
German Lutheran Church at Mt Zion
and win be much missed in the Church
services az well as in the circle OF his
many young friends. He was the leader
OF choir OF singers here and 'aiso per
formed upon the organ at Church
He leaves father and loving broth
ers snd sisters to mourn bis. premature
death. - 49, 6 = ~ 0.
Hannibal. Ohio, Jan. s. 1880.
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Railroad.

Col. Sullivan and Mr.. Tracey of the
Beaver Valley Road stopped in Cald well
last Friday night. Several citizens Of
Caldwell called in to see them. They
are confident that the road will be built,
and are willing to build it to Caldwell il
the citizens Of our place will lend help.
ing hand If not, the road will make no
divergence from straight line, but will
probably cross the NJ P. & C. Ry, few
miles north OF Us. Stock has been al
ready subscribed sufficient to build the
road from Jerusalem to Williamsburg,
the letter village alone taking Sl4, 900 in
stock. The data of tonnage gathered
by Col. Sullivan as shipped from our
section show that sufficient freight can
be secured to make the road paying
one without taking into account the coal
interest, out of which they expect to reap
a rich harvest by hauling from Sunday
Creek to Bellaire and Wheeling for use
in the iron furnaces Of these cities. We
hope our people will take immediate
steps looking toward the securing OF
one, If not both, Of the two proposed
Narrow Gauges which are projected
through the county.-Neble Go. Repub-
lican, 8th inst.