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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14


THE Austin Statesman says,
the death of Judge Duyai cre-
ates a vacancy on the Federal
bench which it's supposed will
be filed by the president in a
short time. The nomination
must go before the senate. that
meets in November, for eonhr-
nation. With the material from
which to select it is highly pro-
bable Judge Turner will be
named, He would make very
able judge. Should the Demo-
cratic presidential nominee be
elected in November, it may be.
that the senate will refuse TO
confirm, and then a Democratic
nomination will be made after
March a, 1880.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

EX-GOVERNOR Lubbock deliv-
cred a very sensible speech at
the barbecue in Travis county
on Saturday. He showed a
difference between the two great
contending parties of the nation
and the principles of the old
Jeffersonian democracy. He
said the democratic nominees
are physically, morally, intellec-
tually, and honestly equal TO
those of any other party, and
thcrefore is there any reason
why any democrat should
scratch his ticket.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

Ar Georgetown Jones got
into hot water; in his reply to
Shepard he complained that in
stead of sticking to the issues
involved in the campaign, Col.
Shepard had turned the canvass
into prosecution Of his record,
which threw him off his usual
line. So says the Georgetown
Record in its report. In this
admission Jones shows that his
record will not hold water.
Jones also launched out into
the field of fat money and as
saulted the democracy.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

. The ST. Louis Post Dispatch
says If protection is the thing
that has broght prosperity to
the country. according to the
Pennsylvania idea, then we
ought to have more of it. 1t
should be made a penal offense
for. citizen of the United States
to own or use any article man.
ufacturcd in a foreign country.
A person offering foreign goods
in our markets might be execu-
ted. A Chinese wall would
thus be established around our
borders, which would effectual-
ly drive from US the foreign
mercenaries who are depended
on to buy our surplus grain
crops and fill our lap with yell
low gold.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

The Bonham News says far
mers in its section are greatly
troubled to GET hands sufficient
to gather the crop. AS REM
edy it suggests a diversity of
crops, wheat, oats, barley, corn,
hogs and cattle. By this means
crops matured at different sea-
sons can all be gathered. Far
mers wagons come in loaded
with cotton and go out loaded
with bacon, lard, and flour.
The moral is plain.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14


The Bolton Journal remarks,
by way Of parenthesis, SO to
speak, that the greenback lead
ers in Texas seem to be pro-
foundIy ignorant of the fact
that there is in existance such
a thing as the republican party.
They 'go for" the democratic
party just as though it was re-
sponsibIe for the legislation,
state and national, of the past
twenty years.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

The Dallas Times is not at
all pleased with the candidacy
Of Mr.. w. G. Veal, who is out
as an Independent candidate for
the state senate. 1t calls him
"a hair-pin of a protector"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

DYER D. LUM, the assistant
secretary Of the national green
back labor party comes before
the public with an open letter to
Thompson H. Murch, chairman
of the national committee, in
which he charges that Gen.
Viewers expenses are borne in
a great measure from the repub-
Hcan campaign fund. Lum
gives dates, times, places and
circumstances in proof of his
assertion.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

The Academy of music, a
fine theatre on Halstead street,
Chicago, was burned on Tues
day morning. A number offire-
men who were working on the
roof when it fell were seriously
injured. Nearly $4,000 had
been spent in repairing and re-
fitting the house during the
summer,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

The Dallas Herald says Bar
NUNS gaeat show has come and
gone, leaying behind with those
who attended it a sense OF gen
eral satisfaction, that they had
gotten fully their moneys worth,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

In the Marshall district there
are two candidates out for dis
trict judge, Hons. Drury Field
and Booty, the present incum-
bent. Field is running indie
pendent and Booty as the NOM
inee of the democrats.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

J.B. ScHAEFER, a splrltualist
lunatic, of New Orleans, went
to Kansas and obtained from
the governor a requisition for a
family named Bender who have
lived at Carrollton, La, since
1851. Schaefer thinks they are
the Kansas Blenders, but they
are not.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

HoNs. JoHN H. REAGAN and
]. w. Trockmorton are in the
hands of their friends for the
United States senate. says the
Bolton Journal, which paper al
so believes that Sam Bell Max
ey,the Dreseztincumbent should
be retained.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

AN aged miscr was murdered
at Niles, Mich, and $500 of his
hoard was missing. Some
months afterward a quiet res
spectacle boy began spending
money freely. He was sus-
pectcd, arrested, and confessed
that he had murdered the old
man. That boy had no doubt
been reading the Rash litera-
ture of the day and being i'm
bued with a spirit of adventure
concluded to kill the old miser
and enjoy himself.spending the
money, To have made his ad-
venture complete the boy should
have run away with very hand
some maiden.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14
MUNICIPAL TAXATION.

The Waco Telephone says
that municipal taxation in Tex
as is not what it ought to be;
that the limit of one-fourth of
one per cent in towns of 10. 900
and under is wholly insufficient
in a town like Waco, which has
nearly 10000; the city govern
ment is pressed for means to
carIv on the administration. 1t
thinks the ad valorem tax should
be equalized, about as follows ;
Towns of 25oo- or less, one
fourth of one per cent; 5000,
one-halt; $500, three-fourths:
10000 one per cent and SO up
wards, making two per cent the
maximum. Towns under 49,
900 as well as those over 10000
haye had the beautiful proper
tons of their revenue shown by
the bell punch law. In Bren-.
ham it has caused a deficiency
OF $1,000 or $1,000 per year with
no means of remedying the evil.
In other towns it has no doubt
been the same thing. The Tel
ephone is right in saying that
in growing young cities an ad
valorem tax of one-fourth per
cent is hardly enough to pay
current expenses; after the may
or, policemen, marshal and 9TH
er officers are paid there is
precious little left to improve
streets, build bridges and do
other necessary things; but no
means has yet been devised to
manage a city without officers,
1t would probably be well for
fhe legislature TO take steps to
amend the constitutional limit.
but any increase in taxation
should be left TO a vote of the
tax payers themselves and re-
quire that two-thirds of the tax
payers so voting should vote
for the increase, in the same
manner as a special tax is now
voted for the support and main
tenance of public free schools.
People as a general thing are
10th to pay faxes and an addi-
tional levy should always be
closely guarded.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

THE Atlantic Constitution
wants the proposed cotton ex-
hibition held in the south. for
the purpose of convincing Ed
ward Atkinson that the south
can both afford to spin and
to weave cotton as well as grow
it. He will also be shown that
southern mills can earn divi-
dends when northern mills can
scarcely escape assessments.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

EDMuND J. DAVIS is an ex-
pectaut individual; he expects
10000 votes. We expect that
Edmund will be disappointed.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

THB late judge Thomas H.
Duvai, OF the United States dis
trict court, was a resident of
Austin for thirty-hve years. He
was a Virginian and came to
Austin in 1854. He had the
esteem of all who knew him.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

The Galveston News publish
es half column interview be-
tween county judge Williams
and the state board of educa-
ton which had been convened
to meet him. If the report as
published is true judge Williams
conducted himself in a very I'M
becoming manner.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

The widow of the late Mark
Hopkins in an answer to a pc
tition filed in the Probate Court
of San Francisco by one of the
heirs, for the revocation ofletter
of administration issued to her,
says property to the value of
nearly SIo,ooo,ooo has already
been divided among the heirs.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

The Houston Post has
Brennan correspondent and the
Houston Age calls him, "the
jeremy diddler, who dishes up
political blather from Brenham
for the Post"
The Age man must know
him.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

GEN. DANIEL E. SIcKLEs, of
New York, republican, who
is canvassing his state for Han
cock says: Gettysburg rightly
names the next president, and
Gea. Winfield Scott Hancock
impersonates Gettysburg"
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rEsIrEsr1ARr coNvIcrs.

Saturday has a lengthy editori-
al to prove that the contract
system, by which convicts are
worked outside the penitentiary
is much the best for the state,
convicts and society. Many
objections have been urged
against the contract system
numerous escapes, bad treat
ment Of convicts and unfair COM
petition with honest labor. In
view of the scarcity of labor the
latter objection probably does
not amount to anything, but the
two first objections hold good.
The general sentiment of the
people is, that all penitentiary
convicts should be confined
within the penitentiary walls and
keptat work. There are num-
Der of industries that can be
carried on inside the penitenti-
airy walls by unskillful labor.
Texas and Georgia are, we be-
lieve. the only states in which
the system OF working convicts
outside the penitentiary walls
is prscticed. 1t has not been
many months since the papers
were full of accounts of the bad
treatment Of convicts in camps !;
they were said to be ovcrwork-
ed and underfed, as well as be-
ing insu6cieutly clothed. The
shooting of convicts, while try
ing to escape, has long been a
matter Of such frequent occur
renee as to attract only passing
notice and no comment what
ever, either by the press or the
people. Convicts have been
repeatedly shot down like dogs,
by their guards; when these
Killings take place there is usu-
ally no witnesses present save
the other couvicts, who by vir-
tue of their position are incom-
petent as Witnesses. While it
must be conceded that harsh
measures are absolutely neces-
sary to keep gangs of convicts,
many of whom are desperate
men, in Subsection, there can be
no excuse made for the wnntaH
killing of a convict. Because a
man is bad and dangerous to
society and for his misdeeds is
sent to the penitentiary 10 NO
reason why he. should not be
treated, as a human Icing. In
justice to the lessees of the PEN
itentiary it must be said that
for the past tew months there
has been no complaint of bad
treatmeBt to eonvicts, it may
however be only tia calm that
precedes a storm, however, we
hope not.
Governor Roberts favors keep
ing all convicts within the pen
itentiary walls and the commit
fee on the penitentiary of the
last legislature Recommended
that it be done at the earliest
practicable moment. An ap-
preparation was made for the
completion OF the east Texas
penitentiary at Rusk and it is
now ready or about ready for
the reception of onvicts. Pub
lie opinion demands that all
penitentiary convicts be con6n-
ed within the walls, and until it
has been Thoroughly tried and
proven to bea failure the peo-
pie will not be satisfied.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

The understanding engine
invented by Mr.. David Sinton,
the Cincinnati millionaire, is said
70 be a complete success. The
peculiarly ofthe invention con-
sists in a series of four arches of
various heights, built of fire.
bricks and rising fom the sides
of the furnace to the bottom OF
the boiler. Between the third
and fourth arches, is a long
open heat chamber. The coal
is retained in the fire-bed i'll
front Of the three atches gntil
the oxygen and all afame into
the heat chamber, where they
produce an intense heat devoid
of any smoke. Mr.. Slnton
will give Cincinnati the free
right ia use his invention in
its municipal buildings, and he
has no idea of devoting to his
own use any money arising
from the sale of rights to
others.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

SHEPARD and Jones met in
joint debate at Lampassas on
Friday. Shepard won many
friends and lost none.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

: ! ! ! !
sported ALMOST en-,
By the cosored omen' who
are being duped into the belief
that the salvation of the union
depends upon their voting the
republican ticket for county Of
fcers, many ofwhom have grown
rich in office.
The other ticket was nomina-
ted in the name of the demo-
crazy, but in reality it was noun
mated in the interest Of the tax
payers and intelligent portion Of
the community, who want a
change in our county affairs.
The nominees arc all good hon
est men, who arc neither politi-
clans nor office seekers as that
term is usually understood.
The only question that pre-
sents itself in the present copn-
ty race is, shall the wealth and
intelligence of this county say
who shall manage its Offices for
the next two years, or shall the
so-called republican party, who
owned, managed, manipulated
and ran the so-called republic
can convention as to renomi-
nate themselves, do SO.
The republican party in
Washington county is compos-
ed of the holders of the county
Offices.
1t is now in the power of the
tax payers ofWashingtou coun-
ty to say whether or not they
wish to maintain the republi-
can RaftF b. Te-electing these
so-calied republicans to ohee.
The loose manner in which
the business of some Of the
present offices has been eon-
Quoted is a matter of public no.
toriety. BY re-electing them
their actions are endorsed.
The BANNER has no favorite
to elect to office, neither has it
any enemies to punish. 1t is
simply doing its duty as a news
paper working, in the interest of
the majority of the people when
i. recommends q change in the
county Offices.
There is no occasion for
drawing the color line or max
ing a race distinction in the
present canvass, all, both white
and black arc equally interested.
There are many colorcd men in
this county who own property
and pay taxes and who are fully
as much interested as their
white neighbors.
For twelve or fourteen years
the people have been paying
heavy taxes TO the county, and
for all oft. they have tumble
down courthouse that is = dis
grace to the county, bridges,
many of which are in the same
condition as the courthouse Sand
a county Jail that cost fully
twice as much as it is worth.
For the past two years the sur
plus taxes over and above ex-
penses have been devoted to
the payment of old indebted
ness.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

The Houston Post tells this
story: On the night of Octo-
Der 5 the express on the Louis
lana Western railroad ran into
a horse on which a man was
riding, throwing the horse into
the ditch and killing it. About
twenty-five miles further on the
engineer got down to oil the
engine and found big buck
negro coiled up and insepsible
on the COW catcher. He was
the man who was riding the
horse when it was killed, and
was pretty tolerably' drunk.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

a man who firmly believes
that second food will come
next November to cover the
whole face of the earth is build
ing an ark at Helena, Texas.
The craft will hold fifty persons
with food for forty days and
forty nights, and he will take
passengers at $500 each. Every
other vessel, he explains, will be
wrecked.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

GAMBLING on elections is a
thing to be frowned down by
the law, says the Dallas Times.
The people have a passion for
betting on elections, at least a
good many hqve, and all the
laws in the world will not pre-
vent them. The law is power
less to stop betting on elections
and on horse races,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

The mayor OF Leadville Col,
who takes a lively interest in the
welfare of the town has written
a long letter to the commission
ers of the District of Column
bia informing them that Lead
vile needs and Unjust have more
outside capital; and that in his
opinion if the commissioners
were willing to work the market
Up among their constituents,
they could organize several
profitable stock companies
AS the Washington officials are
not in that line of business just
now, they laid the MAYORS COM
munication under the table.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14
WHAT WILL YOU DO!

The intelligent thinking men
OF this county are well acquain-
ted with the management of our
county Offices, and are, or at
any rate should be satisfied that
our county election will have
no bearing on the national or
state election. 1t has been
years since the intelligent tax
paying portion of the commune
ty has had any voice in the
election of county officers.
Why SO? says some astonish-
ed man.
Why so, simply because the
intelligent portion of the COM
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Genera

The longest RI
world at present IS
railroad over zodd
length.
Arizona prospectors
felicitous names to new min
localities. The latest is
sucker district.
There are over Ico
in Philadelphia a
districts engaged
ton Of textile fa
It estimate
production ofc
the world in I
I,oSo,o75 600
Treasury Of
rived in this c,
at SIS 900.
county Virgin
have read no
book but the,
The Phils'
tells the Iris
blooded nm
ipfamy the 3
It has now
Hancock will 4
10000 and the
elect all but one ca
Many California gfs
are set on FIRE; and
counties have offered $500
ward for any one convicted
the act.
Two thousand head Of cat
aud more than 10000 head
sheep are on their way froi
New Mexican ranges to thosa
of Dakota.
The New York Gel
way Company has ord.
900 tons Of steel "a
Sheffield, England.
The students at OBJ
have been lofi>k.ne'
bacco, and the you
serious doubt abou
a Nation
About sIoo, 900 Of
cent. divided recenti
by the COMMISSIONS
Freedmen's Banks
claimed.
Postmaster Genel
left for lndiaaa, on s.
political duty. This
entire Cabinet Of
Hayes on the stump
If Hancock is slee
Sherman viii make
Europe after which
say he viii engaa
ing business in n
Nj. Joseph TaJ
of the late Bayard
ebratedsthe eighty
sary of his birihdaS n
quiet way at Ke1 bare.
Pa.
The campaign in IS IS bea
Coming uncomiortabIy close.
The supporters Of Gen. Gar
field viii undoubfedly be glad
to have the State by any ma
jority-even $40.
1t isreported at Washington
that barrel containing ssso.<
900 has been hoped up ID PHI
ladelphia for the Republicans
of Indiana, and that win not -
be tapped until the morning Of
election.
Cherry Valley Winnebago
county, Ill., IS quite excited
over a marriage Of two OF its
citizens which took place in
Iowa last week. The CONTRACT
ing parties are Charles Keliner
aged eighteen and Miss Sarah
Carman, aged forty three
Clark Mills, the sculptor. has
been presented by the Tenncs-
see Historical society with.
beaulifnl gold-hesded cane
made of hickory-woed from the
Hermitage Andrew Jaeksaus
home. This is the first tesli
monial ever gwen to any one by -
this society.
a Portland. Me-, fisherman
while mackerel-6shing of the
cape in his wherry few days
ago was attacked by large
sword6sh, which drove his
sword through the bottom of
the boat and was held So hight
that the fish was killed. It
weighed 900 pounds,
ANorwich { Conn Clergyman
eighty-six years ofage, vouches
for The truth Of the story that 4
chicken recently carried Off BY
a hawk fought successfully for
freedom for three hours. and
returned in triumph to the b9uE
try-yard, where twas made the
hero Of the hour.
A new placer has been found
in Montana. A butcher killed
an OK whose stomach ssRsssn-
ed Eve or six dollars. worIh ofr
gold mixed with sand. The OK
was evidently a good pFospectos
and found pay in the grass roots.
The event created Stir al. Fort
Mcleod. y ell 1870
The congressional Demo-
cratic committee have issued
in phamphet form the celebrz.
ted letter of Gen. Hancock "a
Southern claims. Congressmsa
Gibson, of louisiana.
who is in Washington says
that the letter meets the eH.
L. =
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In New York members of the
Union League, friends and as
sociates of Gen. Hancock, have
issued notice inviting members
to contribute toward the ne
cessary legitimate expenses of
the campaign to secure the cleo
ton Of their illustrious honorary
member, Gen. Hancock to the
Presidency, and send their re-
mittances to ex-State control
Ter Frederick P. Olcott. Nc. AZ
Wall street.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-14

A mass meeting ofthe Demo
cratic-Gonservatite party at
Norfolk, Va, Saturday adopted
a resolution declaring: Eve
believe in an indestructiblc
Union of indestruetible States.
We are equally and unalterably
opposed to centralized despo-
tism and to secession. The
letter of Gen. Hancock relative
to Southern claims receives our
he1rt,f annrovaIn
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Election Tickets.

The BANNER is now prepared
to print election tickets at Gal
weston News prices, viz:
ror ioln orlrss. containing state. county and
uarcinrf uoniineeS. --.----.---.-.--SS ~
F1r $40 OF same. -, -..-..; -..---.---- ~ ~
For sao0ororer, per thousand -.-.....-,. I"
Send in orders as soon as
possible.
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munication under lie able.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-05-21
Infants Food.

It seems n very simple thing to feed
n baby, when mothers are unable, and
few mothers can believe that their own
milk Is often deficient in nourishment
and too frequently injurious, and many
a fond mother viii wear herself out and
destroy her child by persisting In nurs-
ing under such circumstances. But
the annual records Of infant mortality
by starvation points TO the terrible fact
that many thousands Of infants are
annually starved or stuffed into disease
and death when a properly nutritious
food might have saved themI 1t Is a
subject Of congratulation therefore that
science has ut last been able to COM
pound n substitute for mothers milk in
the GERMAN INFANT MEAL"
or "Paedotrophjne." This excellent
preparation contains all OF the elements
of mothers milk In the proper proper
tions, Is easy Of digestion and palatable
to the babe. 1t Is far better to prevent
infant diseases, such as Dysentery,
Cholera lnfantum, ETC., by giving them
proper food than attempt to cure
them by drugging. All Druggists sell
GERMAN INFANT MEAL" at 80
cents per can. may1S-deod