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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17
Thirty Years Experience of an Old
Nurse

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is the
prescription of one of the best Female Ply
sicians and Nurses in the United States,
and has been used for thirty years with
never falling safety and success by millions
of mothers and children, from the feeble in
FAINT of one week old 10 the adult. 1t cor
reefs acidity of the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates the bowels, and gives rest,
health and comfort 10 mother and child.
We believe it the best and surest remedy in
the world, in all cases of Dysentery and
Diarrhaea in children, whether arising from
ieething or from any other cause. Full di-
recions for using will accompany each bot
tie. None genuine unless the fac-simile of
Curtis & Perkins is on the outside wrapper.
Sold by all medicine dealers. Is cents a
bottle.
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SPECIAL MEETING.

A special meeting OF the Stockholders
of the HOUSTON AND TEXAS CEN
TRIAL RAILWAY COMPANY will be
held at the General Office of the Company
in the city of Houston, on Monday, March
2Ist, 1851, for the purpose of considering
and taking such action as may be necessary
to enable said Company 10 issue its Bonds
for tie purpose of paying off and retiring
all former issues Of bonds of the Company
and of paying all other outstanding indebt-
edness of the company, and for the further
purpose of improving and bettering said
Company's line of railroad, and to secure
the payment of said bonds by mortgage
upon the property and franchises Of the
company. A. S. RICHARDSON,
Ian. 6, ISSI-qw. Secretary.
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GENERAL TICKET OFFICE.

F. a. Engelke has for sale Coupon Rail-
road and Steamship Tickets to all principal
cities of the United States, Canada, and
Europe. Is also emigrant agent for H. &
7. C. Ry. Parties sending for their friends
in the old country will do well to consult
him.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

HANDS are busy picking cot
ton in a field on Mr.. R. B. Riv-
ers' plantation, six miles north
oftown. About six bales are
to be picked out.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

Mr.. H. w. GRADER has lately
purchased the Proetzel lot, on
the northwest corner OF the
square, and will soon erect
thereon a handsome two or
three story house.
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.ReaI Estate Transfers,


Recorded by H. NJ. Lewis coun-
ty clerk, for the week ending
March 10th:
H Hilken to w and c Bauer,
interest in ? lots in city..s 40
Groesbeck & Rice, trus-
tees, to w Bauer & Bro,
10 lots in Burton. 5000. 200
! lots in Burton. ..... $50
S Bowers to G Fincher,
1874 I-2 a, Hensley lge, $50
] Stamps to J H Holt,
IoI a, S Austin lge, I55 a
H Austin lge. ....... $500
c Buster to w G Buster
ia a, Lawrence |, gift and 500
M Dermick to J T Der
mick, % a, S Hinch lge.. 500
R A Harvin to ] Camp
bell, lot in Brennan. =. 500
Campbell to K A Har-
vim. lot in Brennan. 49,. 1900
w Bohlae to S Schlenk-
er, lot in Brennan ...... $50
RI Boyer to L P Rob-
bins, lot in Brennan. -. 1000
Favette Smith to H S
smith, 8 tracts of, 100 a,
Miller and Jackson lge. 200
VIM Kruger to Wash
ington CO, 4 I-2 adjoin-
ing poor farm. ......... 40
S H and H S Smith to
Fayette Smith, $50 a, Joe
Lee lge. -. 1000
G Patrick to w Woods,
1oI ga a, Hensley lge. 1850
JIG Campbell to Matil-
da Ross, lot in Brennan. 1900
RIM Compton to o G
Compton, lot in Brennan, 800
w c Sails to S R Call,
lot in Brennan. ........ I35
VIM Schwartz to Hy
Frude, $50 a, Outlaw lge. 1900
VIM Schwartz to VIM
Miller, $50 a, Outlaw lge. 24oo
w H Matchet to ] M
Drew, 4 a, Robertson lge. Is
w H Matchetr to Lola
Drew, 264 a, Robertsonl. $500
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

Notice is hereby given to all persons
having claims against w. B. Van Hutton,
lately doing business in and still residing in
Washington county, Texas, that said W. B.
Van Hutton made TO the undersigned, as
assignee for the benefit of the creditors of
his property, by deed bearing date Februa-
ry 24th, 1881; and said creditors are here
by notified to present their claims, duly
verified and their assentto said assignment,
to the undersigned, at his store at Green
vine, said county and state, within the
time prescribed by law.
H. F. WINDWEHEN.
Assignee of W. B. Van Hutton, for the ben
eht Of creditors, Greenvine, Washington
County, Teas.
March ID 1851
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

SERsNApE.-Tuesday night at
eight o'clock the Brennan
Greys, headed by the BRENNAN
brass band, the members of
which we're in full uniform,
marched from the Armory to
the Central house, where Mr..
Thomas Goggan, of Galveston,
and Col A. Ennis, of Houston,
~ere serenaded. Mr.. Goggan,
who is president o. the Calves
ton Artillery company, made
a neat and humorous speech in
response, Col. Ennis returned
thanks for the compliment.
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Seed Potatoes.

Jusl received one car load
Lundreth's seed potatoes; also
a full assortment of Din. Fer
rvs garden seeds. Chean for
cnash. T. ERENTzLIT,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

Issued by H. NJ. Lewis county
clerk, for the week ending
March 10Th:
sam Williams and Galley Hunt.
Wesley Peterson and Hannah Bots.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

New BANDA new band
S consisting of ten members, was
organized Monday night. It is
composed Of men of musical
talent.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

We learn from a gentleman
Just from Austin county that
most Of the farmers in the Nell
sonvillo neighborhood are
through planting corn, and have
cotton land nearly bedded up;
only being a little behind pre-
vious years. and with no pro-
tracted rains or cold, a large
acreage will soon be in a grow
ing condition.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

RRENHEM school boys never
play 4hookey" on Saturday.
On other days in the week and
on Sunday morning it is quite
different.
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l have just received and have
for sale at the lowest prices a
large lot of new bugEles Of the
l-...t .tt.1.e
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

The T. v. REuNIoN.-Maj.
M. A. Bryan yesterday receiv-
ed a letter from Mr.. H. NJ. Hox-
lie, vice president and sup't
of the International and Great
Northern railroad, rendering
for transportation to Texas Vet
Grams, their wives and widows
of deceased veterans to and
from Palestine, free from the
10TH to the first of April, 1881.
The Santa Fe, the Houston
East and West Texas and this
road, have now granted free
transportation.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17
Brennan Homeopathic DiSpe@ary,
IsE AND =
INFIRMARY.


DRs. HussEY & MARKS have opened a
Homeopathic Dispensary on. St. Charles
street, next door to Exchange Hotel, and
have made arrangements to treat all chron-
&c cases of any nature, by supplying suita-
bic accommodations where they can be di-
rectly under their care Any invalid ap-
plying by letter, or otherwise, to the Dis
pensary, can obtain full particulars. Many
years experience iilthe above justi6es them
in assuring the public Of their efficiency to
benefit those who may avail themselves Of
the opportunity. i' iil
Homeopathic Medicines at New York
prices. Medicine chests filed or renewed.
Drs. Hussey & Marks attend to their
general practice when called upon, day or
night. Dr.. GEO. ST. c HussEY, JR.,
In charge oil DispensaTY.
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BuggIes for Sale.

s4- Celebrated Hercules drawers at D
w. Bloombargh & Co.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

No MAIL.-The west bound
train on the Central road
. brought no mail on Monday.
The excuse given is, that the
route agent between Hampstead
and Austin was sick. The
same thing occurred last Monday
week. It does look as though
the postal department should
be prepared for such emergen-
cies- Missing a mail is a seri-
gus inconvenience to every
body.
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CORN AND CorToN PLANTER.
Mr.. w. T. Willie, of hide
pendence. has invented and
patented a corn and cotton
planter. that fully answers every
requirement. He is now hav-
ing a number of them built at
Paul Dawson's shop. These
planters are now in use by a
number of the largest farmers
in the Independence neighbour
hood, and arc pronounced by
them to be a complete success.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

For SALE An Emmerson
piano, has been in use one year.
Will sell cheap for cash. For
further information call at once
on John Chupik, at Eldridge's
store.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17
just Received,
1000 Barrels Genuine Northern
Seed Potatoes; also rust-proof
seed oafs. H. FISHER.
Merchant Tailor,

]. L. Ammons has removed
TO the store next door to New
bouer Bros. where he has the
largest and finest assortment of
foreign and domestic piece
goods ever brought to Bren-
ham. Suits made to order at
short notice.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

MAD Doc Wednesday af-
ternoon one of Mr.. w, P. Do
rams dogs, said to have been
bitten by the mad dog killed a
few days ago went mad and
was killed by a neighbor. The
symptoms were, the dog had
been sick for a few days past,
but nothing was thought of it !;
when the madness came the
dog had a fit of half a minutes
duration, he then jumped up
and began swapping and biting
everything in reach until killed.
There was no froth from his
mouth, but the tongue was very
black. If hydrophobia, the
symptoms were different from
those given in the books, ii not
i is a disease worse than rabies.
Many other dogs were bitten at
the same time, and a sharp
lookout should be kept by their
owners.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

Mss Cora HELLENswoTHhas
gone to the eastern cities for
the purpose of buying her
spring stock Of millinery goods.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

The wade Of the i9th century-everJ
body Should useiJfo impure blood-Sn
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17
A MAY par Celebration.

At a meeting OF the Fire De
partment held at the courthouse
last night VIM. Thompson was
elected chairman and J. G. Ran
kin secretary. The chairman
stated the object of the meeting
and after discussion it was de-
termined to have a May Day
celebration on Friday, May
18th. The following committee
ofarrangements, were appointed
by the chair: J. L. Moore, J. F.
Parks, H. COIN, M. P. Kerr, J. G.
Rankin, H. c. Mcintyre, Jr, c.
T. Rolf, A. Pflughaupt, Otto
Lindeman, c. Minkwitz, ]. w.
Webb, ]. Kohlmey, to which
the chairman was added. The
said committee vas empowered
to call upon any member of the
department for assistance in the
way of arrangements. There
being no further business before
the meeting it adjourned.
A. meeting OF the committee
of arrangements was then held
and the following sub-commit-
tees appointed:
On renting stands--M. P.
Kerr, H. c. Mcintyre Jr., and c.
Minkwitz.
On music-A. Pflugharpt, J.
Kohlmey, ]. L. Moore.
Canvassing committee. F.
Parks, P. w. Cornell, H. Heine,
hich chairman Thompson
dded.
speakers. G. Rankin,
Rolf, H. Heine.
IN printing!. L. Moore, NJ.
PKerr, ]. G. Rankin.
On dancing platform-O.
Lindeman, ]. F. Parks and c.
lMinkwitz.
2 The chief was requested to
communicate with the railways
as to the excursion rates.
The secretary was requested
to invite the different societies,
the military and the schools to
participate in the celebration.
Prof. Hand and assistants we're
appointed a committee to select
May Queen and arrange the ex-
ercises for the school children.
After which the committee ad-
journed to meet at city hall next
Monday night.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

ReInoYal.

Removal.
DR.. D. C. Williams, dentist,
has removed his office to Dwy-
er's building. corner of Main
and St. Charles streets, entrance
on St. Charles street.
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U. S. Court DEGREES in favor of ]. II.
Zeilin & Co.-The court ordered, adjudged
and decreed that the said Defendants and
their agents be and they hereby are perpet-
ually enjoined and restrained from using
or causing to be used upon any bottles or
packages Of Liver Medicine any Label or
Wrapper as resemblance or imitation Of
the said Label and Wrapper of the Com
claimants, or any Label or Wrapper in re-
semblancc or imitation thereof, and from
making, selling, or offering for sale any
medicine under the name or title of DR.. A.
Q. Simmons Liver Medicine, or of DIR.
Simmons Liver Regulator or Medicine, or
DR.. A. Q. Simmons Liver Regulator or
Medicine, and from using thename orword
Simmons or the fac simile signature of A.
Q. Simmons, or in any way upon any bot
ties o. packages of Liver Medicine or of
medicine made or advertised or sold for the
Liver.
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Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint

Is it not worth the small price OFFS cents
to free yourself Of every symptom Of these
distressing complaints, if you think 50 call
at our store and get bottle of Shiloh's vi
talizer, every bottle has printed guarantee
o. it, use accordingly and if it does you no
good it will cost you nothing. Sold by Jos.
Tristram, druggist, Brennan, Texas.
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ok llHS. aushtel paio d Visit 20
the colored school and while
one of them held George fal-
land, the assistant teacher at
the free schools, the other bel
ted him over the head with a
frameless slate, cutting a cash
in the temple that was splendid
in size but very inartistic when
viewed from a surgical stand
point. DR.. Williamson repair
ed the damages to them and
reports that Brown and Hol-
land will be laid up for a week
or two each. 1t is claimed that
the shooting was accidental
the slate was used Intentionally.
The parties are all colored-no
arrests.
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We have a speedy and positive cure for
catarrh, dipthena, canker mouth and head
ache, in Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. A ma
sal injector free with each bottle. Use it if
you desire health and sweet breath. Price
50 cents. Sold by Jos. Tnstram, druggist,
Brenham. Texas.
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Fall and Winter Goods ut Cost!
Call and be. convinced :. III Old rcliclle
house Of d. w. Blocmta-g' SIS c..
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BAGGING AND TIES.
Baggmg,..... ........ IS9i2E
Ties, all kind, per bdl........ = $50
LUMBER.
Rough lumber, all kinds, pei NJ. $40 %
Texas lumber. ......... II 90
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Mr.. ALsx SIMON has lately
purchased the Pennington house
property, from Col. D. c. Gid
dings.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

Gardiner
In ali coloTs at D. w. Bloombargh 6
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

ALARcE number Of new hous-
Is, some of them very good
cottages, are being built in the
city.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-03-17

Cures old sores, ulcers, or any disease
arising from impure blood R6- S. s. S.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-10
saturday Evening", June, 10 1881.
GrantOnM Mexico.
Interr;ew Nlth Nov Orleans States

Interview with New Orleans States
II could not be any better satisfied
than | am, with the result ofmy Mex
lean excursion. | have obtained every
thing | could ask for from tie Mexican
government. Mexico is a country
capable Of immense development, and
the railroads. now in progress Of cen
struction, will accomplish this great
object within a very short time. The
advantage will be a mutual one for
both nations. 1t will open to us a
vast and a rich field for commerce, in
Vestment and speculation, while the
Mexican people will not only rapidly
deVelOpe their vast resources and i'm
menseiy increase their natural wealth,
but that people, from closer and more
continued association with The pro-
gressive, intelligent Anglo Saxon, will
quickly advance from 4 state OF ssmi-
barbarism, to a higher place of civil
cation, Of intellectual aud moral in
provement. The era Of revolutions
has at last passed away, probably for
ever. from that oft distracted country,
which will now reap the benefits of a
stable and truly liberal administration
of public affairs.
"The prejudice aud mistrust hereto.
fore so. generally exhibited toward
Americas, is. 10 a great mesure yea
ing away. The conviction is impress
ing itselfupou the minds of the Mexi-
can people that American capital and
American enterprise are absolutely
necessary to saeuFe the development
of their couutry and to place it upon
a level with other civilized nations.
II belive that all tie sections Of our
country will almost equally benefit by
the extension ofour Mexican relations.
OF course New Orleans and Calves
ton will be in the front rank in reap
ing those advantages, but New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore will also
largely profit by the establishment Of
the projected railway system"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-10
She NhoOed IL Away.

San Francisco POST
They were a party of four couples
coming over on the steamboat Sauc-
clito last Sunday, and the prettiest
girl Of the gushers looked up at Mount
Tamalpais, and said:
"Oh. that hoIrid, horrid mountain
| had the most frightful adventure up
there last summer you ever heard Of.
It's a wonder my hair didn't turn
white"
What on earth was it," chorused
the rest.
well, you see, l was up there with
a private picnic party, and | wandered
off by myself about d mile, picking
flowers. Alters while l sat down to
rest in a lonely canyon, and before long
| heard a queer rustling sound in
some bushes right behind me.
knew at once, somehow, that it was a
grizzly"
Great Scott and you all alonel''
shuddered her escort.
Not a soul within a mile. | was
just paralyzed with terror. l didn't
dare to stir, but in a minute l heard
the beast coming toward me through
the thicket."
"Oh, if I'd only been there" said
a young man, breathing very hard.
Il knew it was no use to try aud
run, and l had heard somewhere
that bears never touch dead people.
SO L just shut my eyes and Leld my
breath"
Gracious
Pretty soon the great brute walked
up close and began shifting me all over.
Oh, it was just terrible"
Should have thought you would
have tainted"
"0h, l didn't dare to-" said the
heroine.
"Just then, 1 suppose, the party
rushed up and rescued YOU" said the
appalled, audience.
mo, they didn't. Pretty soon |
the great beast pulling at the flowers
IN my hat. so | just got up and shooed
the horrid thing away"
What, the grizzly"
"Oh, it wasn't a grizzly. 1t was a
nasty old COW. But just suppose it had
been a grizzly"
But the audience refused to sup
pose and the party looked like a
Quaker funeral until the boat struck
the wharf.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-10
The Revised Version.

The English people appear to pretty
generally look upon the alterations in
the revised New Testament as often
needless and m~ischievous," but
clergymen in this country have re-
ceived it with such approval that it is
believed likely that the revised version
will soon come into general use. The
American bible society cannot issue it
until a change is made in the consti-
tuition, and it cannot be used in the
Episcopal church service until author
ity is given by the general convention.
According to DR.. Dix final action can
only be taken by the convention Of
1886 afterthat ofl883 has discussed it,
In other churches no official action is
considered necessary. The British
and Foreign bible society are consid-
ering the propriety of so changing
their rules as to allow the new version
to be circulated concurrently with the
old. Meanwhile, Cambridge and
Oxford universities, who own the
copyright, are engaged in a somewhat
undignified rivalry.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-10
Celebrated Men of Humble Or
igfu.


John Adams was the sou of a farm
er, and Benjamin Franklin was the
son of a tallow chandler. Pope, one
OF the greatest of English poets, was
the son of a linen draper. Bloomfield
wrote his best poem, 1.-THE Farmers
Boy" while working in the garrett as
a shoemaker. Clifford, the first editor
of the Quarterly Review, began life
as a sailor boy. and afterward served
an apprenticeship to ashoemaker. Ben
johnson, the dramatic poet, worked
for some time as a bricklayer. Shak-
speare was the son Of = poor man, who
could not write his name. Burns was
the son of a small farmer; Allan
Cunningham of a gardener; Hogg was
a shepherd, Ebenezer Elliott worked
in an iron foundry; Falconer was a
sailor boy; Thomas Moorewas the son
of a grocer; Gerald Massey is the son
of a canal boatman, and began life as
an errand boy, and was next an oper-
alive in a silk mill; Daniel Defoe, the
author Of Robinson C%rusoe," began
life as a hosier, and was almost wholly
self taught; Goblet was in early life
a farmers boy, and afterward a pri-
vate soldier; Isacc Walton, the angler,
was a linen draper; DR.. Isaac Miller,
dean of Carlisle, and his brother Jo-
seph, author of a History of the
Church" began life as weavers; DR..
John Prideaux, Bishop of Worcester,
got his education at Oxford
by entering the university as a
kitchen boy. John Buuyan, the
author of the Pilgrims Progress"
was a tinker, and entirely self taught +,
james Ames, the antiquary, was an
ironmonger Hugh Miller, the geolo-
rist and journalist, was a quarryman
Camden, the great historian, was the
son of a house painter Oaxton, who
was the first to set up a printing press
in England, was apprenticed to a
weaver the dramatist, Holcroft, was
a groom; Sam Pspys was the son of a
tailor; Richardson, the novelist, was
the son of a joiner. Among the scien-
ti6c men, Simpson, the mathmatician
was a weaver Captain Cook was the
son of a peasant, who, at 20 years of
age, learned to read that he might
persue the narrative Of his sons voy-
ages; Sir Richard Arkwright, the
inventor of the cotton spinning ma
chime, commenced life as q barber /;
Brindley, TIE engineer, commenced
life as a mechanic Sir William Her
schel, the illustrious astronomer, was
a musician in the band of a regiment
Faraday, the chemist and natural
philosopher, was a bookbinder Fer
guson, the astronomer, was a shepherd;
John Hunter, the celebrated surgeon,
and his brother William, the eminent
physician, were the SONS Of = farmer /;
Chantry, the sculptor, was a milk hoy;
and Flaxman, another great sculptor,
was the son of a ~plaster-cast maker,
Sir Thomas Lawrence, the painter,
was the son of an iankeeper Opie,
the painter, worked in a saw pit, and
Hogarth was a%pprentioed to a working
engraver; Sir John Hawkins, the
famous admiral, began life az a house
hnildar