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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

We fully concur in the fol-
lowing from the san Antonio
Express; The St. Louis Re
publican disposes of the insani-
ty feature of Guiteau's case in
avery brief pointed and pro-
per way when is says. ave
are willing to- admit Guiteau
was mad, and ( is mad, when
ever tits conceded that his sort
of;madness is best treated by
the halter. Whatever, else may
be said in his behalf, we insist
that he and all the insane muir
derers ofhis kind must be re-
garded ssane enough to hang"
And IN that the Republican ex-
presses the sentiments of nine
ty-nineiout of every one hun
dred OF the American peo-
pie are getting tired of the
universal practice of trying
murderers for acquittal instead
of conviction, the object being,
not. to determine whether a
murder has been committed
and by whom, but, 10 see if
there cannot be. found some
qaibble under which the law
can be defeated. We all know
that Garfield was murdered in
cold blood and with delibera-
ton; we all know that Guiteau
murdered him. We all know
Guiteau ought TO be hanged.
So hang him. We can discuss
the sentimental points of the
case afterwards. arsfo51 ai
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20
GRADING has been BEGUN be.

GRAZING has been begun be-
tween Fort Worth and Deca-
tur, and in the course of few
months Decatur expects to be
railway'town.
The Waco Telephone has
made arrangements with four of
the leading ministers to farnish
alternately an article once a
week for Sunday reading.
john PINER, the founder of
the Bonham News, has retired
from the journalistic stage.
having leased his paper to
Judge w. a. Evans for two
years.
THE Houston Age thinks that
Richard Nelson, of the Calves
ton Spectators a representative
colored man and a better rep
resentativ.e of the south than
either Hunt or Edmund ]. Da-
Wis.
FATHER RYAN, the well known
poet priest, author of THE
Conquered Banner" and other
poems has resigned the pastor
ate Of St, Mary's church, Mo
bile, and accepted the charge
at Eutaula, Ala.
Gov ROBERTS spells it "Tex-
an" in his book. Now, says
the Waco Examiner, it will be
| in order for Moses Austin
Bryan and John HenryBrown to
go for the orthography that de-
parts from their dicatorial
"Texian."
The proprietors of the Gal
| weston News have determined
to abandon the job printing de-
partment of their business find
ing that it is not beneficial to
their newspaper business. They
offer for sale all the presses and
material of their job Office.
GOVERNOR ROBERTS has named
Judge Deviue as his political
heir at law. The Castroville
Quill says Dcvine is to be gov
ernor and Roberts goes to The,
senate. They are the present
political cherubs of Texas, and
pretty old cherubs, at that.
A LONDON dispatch of the 18TH
inst, says that 1870 British and
foreign vessels were wrecked
last week, being an increase 9
Io4 over the previous weel
The approximate value of tho
property lost is 100000 of
which 46,ooo,ooo is British
losses.
NOTHING seems to suit the
average politician better than
to make an address at an agri-
cultural fair. Hon. J. H.
McLeary addressed the farm
ers at the Cass county fair and
Gov. Roberts has dedicated his
whole book to the farmers of
Texas.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20
Lynch Law.


If there is any Justification
for lynch law it can certainly
be found in the swift and con-
dign punishment melted out to
the perpetrators Of the horrible
outrage in Pamela county, and
referred to elsewhere. When
such horrid crimes are commit
ted people become so outraged
and incensed that nothing short
of immediate punishment is
satisfactory; it would be al
most a sin of itself to allow
such monsters in human shape
to cucumber the earth, when a
little bit of rope or a few cents
worth of powder and shot will
make an end of them and save
all the trouble and annoyance
of a tedious and expensive trial,
as well as running the risk OF
the uncertainty of the Jaw. In
urgent cases, like the one under
consideration, lynch law is sure,
certain and speedy, and further,
the Williams being almost caught
in the act there is no room to
doubt their guilt. In the abb
stract, the moral effect of lynch
ing does not amount TO any
thing, but it may have the eff
feet of lettering others from
committing heinous crimes.
Lynch law is bad; it,,should not
beresortedto eXceptin themost
extrem cases, and the one I'M
der consideration seems to be
such. After the iends have
been lynched and the country
ridded Of them it Is a good
time to hope that nothing may
occur to make a recourse to it
almost an absolute necessity.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20


THE country in the neighbour
hood of Waco is infested with
horse thieves. The Examiner
thinks that an organized band
of thieves are operating in that
vicinity. Bands of horse
thieves exist in nearly every
portion of the state and it is
more than likely that they all
know and help each other.
Hardly a week passes that a
horse is not stolen in this coun-
ty; not one-half of the thefts
are ever made public.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

On the 2ad of September
three men robbed the Iron
Mountain train in Arkansas,
and by the aSth all three had
been arrested, tried, convicted,
sentenced and sent to the peni-
Tertiary for seventy years each.
This is speedy work for Arkan-
sas and could well be emulated
by other states.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

The coroner's jury in the
case of the persons killed by
the burning ofthe cotton mill
at Philadelphia, returned YER
dict charging criminal neglect
on the owner of the mill in not
providing fire escapes, and
blaming the city of Philadel-
phia for not enforcing the law
relative to FIRE escapes.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

Clara Belle made an awful
discovery in New York the 9TH
err day She was permitted to
inspect the elegant trousseau OF
a Fifth avenue bride-a
young lady who goes in for all
sorts of health garments. The
-underclothes were very pretty,
Clara says, being made OF the
finest of surah silks and valen-
ciennes laces, and all OF the
night dresses and petticoats
were cut as trousers and not
with full skirts, as other women
wear them.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

Twoyears ago the banks of
New York city held s2o.ooo,ooo
in gold and there was in the
United States Treasury, say,
SI5o.ooo,ooo. According to the
latest returns our banks now
hold sos, 100000 and the
treasury SI7o,ooo,ooo. This
shows what has become of $780,
100000 OF the s2o5, 900. 900.
The rest is supposed to have
been absorbed by the west and
south.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

There has been seven VICE
presidents from New York !:
Burr, Clinton, Tompkins, Van
Buried, Fillmore. Wheeler and
Arthur. There have been
three presidents from New
York-Van Buren,, Fillmore
and Arthur. He is the twenty
first president of the United
States. General Gar6eld's adj
ministration was the seven
teenth administration, and four
vice-presidents have reached
the presidency by the death of
their chief.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

CARP are getting to be num-
erous in the streams near San
Antonio and soon fishermen
will begin to catch them. The
carp thrives well in ponds and
being local in its habits might
be successfully planted in the
creeks in this county, which
are now nearly barren of flsh,
Seines and vandals muddying
the water-holes have done the
business. 1anic a 1Ct -
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

LAPMAsAs is about to have
big boom in the coming of the
Gull, Colorado and Santa Fe
railroad. The officers of the
company and citizens have
selected and located the depot
about quarter Of a mile north
east of town. Work is to COM
mence at once and it is expect
ed that trains viii be running
into Lampasas within the next
sixty days. 7s. .h51 tsn
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

An editor relates how COL
ored barber ma de a dead-head
of him. He offered him the
usual dime for shaving, when
the fellow drew himself up with
considerable pomposity, and
said: 81 understand dat you is
an editor" "Well, what of it ?"
said we. eve nebber charge
editors nufinr' "But, my
woody friend" we continued,
there are a good many editors
travelling nowadays, and such
liberality on your part will
prove ruinous business" ooh |!
neber mind" remarked the
barber; we make up off de
gem men,"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

THE secretary Of state on
Tuesday declared Austin and
Galveston elected respectively
as the locations ofthe main uni
yersity and the medical branch
Of the university. This result
was reached by counting for
Austin the votes received by
that place for the university
with the medical branch sew
cred, and those received for the
entire university. If Tyler
makes no objection the result
of the election viii be final.
There appears TO be some diff
ferences of opinion as to the
justice Of counting thevote. /,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

THERE are in the republican
party in Texas some twenty
five hundred possibly three
thousand white voters, and the
Houston Age says that about
IS or 80 of them are republi-
cans from conviction and the
npaining ninety-nine per cent
II it merely as a party of
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

The Goliad Guard comments
on the attack made on the edi-
toro the Gonzales Inquirer be-
cause of his criticism Of the Off
cial acts Of a deputy sheriff.
The Guard remarks that full
and free criticism of the acts of
public officers, is the right of
the citizen, and the special pre-
rogative of the newspapers"
Officers should endeayor to act
SO as to merit praise and not
censure. -.-s--a-s 49,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20


. THE New Orleans Democrat
has received specials showing
the condition of the cotton
crop, as follows: Alabama
will make three-fourths Of a
crop; Arkansas about hall a
crop; Louisiana, the entire crop
will be gathered by the end Of
this month; the second growth
or top crop is a delnsion; Miss
issippi; three-fourths Of a crop
will be raised Tennessee
weather rainy and picking in
terfered with. go
.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

% . eAioe q hNiuOSk1 e. -
gone astray in that city - L
warns parGats TO keep a jealous
eye or ;t-'r daughters,
Fra k Small, a well known
Houston Bohemian, is travelling
with Curtis, the comedian.
Small was for many years con-
nected with the Houston press
-Bonham claims to be the
best cotton market in north
Texas. If there is a town in
the state that is not the "best"
cotton marker, that place has
not been heard from.
AT the town of Skintight,
in Cherokee county, a shooting
ARRAY occurred between Henry
Rives and George Davidson,
resulting in the instant killing
of Davidson.
Complaint exists at Vic
toria OF the nuisance occasion
ed by the colored people in
their religious services. They
run the church all night and
make a great noise.
The Harris county grand
jury has appointed a committee
OF builders to examine the con-
dition of the court house and
report to them. The -buifdise.
is acknowledged to be unsafe.
-Navasota's city council has
passed an ordinance banisbipg
the hogs from that town. An
ordinance wss also passed pro-.
hibiting the firing of cap pistols,
guns, etc, within the city limits.
Henry Chatham, of Bell
vile, was struck on the head
with a piece oftimber by man
named Pat Dyer, at Rosenberg
Junction, last Monday and
killed, Dyerwas jailed at Rich
mond. g s.sata'
Columbus Citizen; Corn
meal is selling at sI,2o. .. Far
mers on the river bottom are
gathering from IS 10 s. bushels
of corn to the acre. "A large
drove of horses passed through
town, Sunday, going west.
Jos. Wharton, the Atascosa
county horse thief arrested
by the sheriff Of Burleson coun-
ty has been turned over to the
sheriff, of Atascosa county and
has gone west--not to grow up
with the country, but to be
tried.
AT a o'clock on Sunday
morning a fire broke out in a
saloon at Whitney and con-
sumed an entire block before it
was checked. A hotel, furni-
ture store, billiard saloon, bar
Der shop and residence CONF
posed the block.
"A railroad man got drur
and went to sleep near the l
temational depot at San A
tonic. During the night son
of the boys covered his ia.
with doap or black grease usI
on car aXles. 1t was fun q
the boys, but not for the nd
What is the matter
the subscribers to weekly
pers in Texas? Two hiiIl
the wccklics are calling
them to pay up. A news
that is worth taking
paying for and the sly -,
should walk up to tn
Mice and pay wifi
unned.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

1t isnow authoritively stated
that the railroad gap between
Shreveport and Monroe, La,
will be closed, and trains run
ming through to Vicksburg by
March 1 next. This will give
another important outlet east
ward to Texas trade and
traffic.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

The Galveston News referr-
ing to the stage robbers con-
victed and sent to the penitsn-
tiary in Arkansas as belonging
at San Augustine, Florida.
Other papers located them as
from San Augustine, Texas,
and Is we are not in error the
News itself published a special
from Little Rock TO the effect
that the boys were from San
Augustine, Texas, and that one
or more of them had worked as
a printer on the Saxon, news
paper, published there. 5lrs5
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20
Business.

-
J6.,;..,.s ts,, u. 5,.t ..,,,,. =,
,'f~e, .'s ,''' e 800
f1P'ess my l'l'1''Ss Jo' ne SF'f'
IA tIe' 5asf is ss sc,z,% NV mo - h.
,e,e st;U ,,,o,e stfcie,,tly IN 6,-
s,e. This ! 6,ooose to do. and
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20
) Tur Jefferson Democrat has

and it suggests a landed 1corpo-
ration that could with large
capital buy and improve vast
quantities of1and by opening it
up to settlement and disposing
Of alternate sections of land.
The Democrat is right in saying
that in the long run corpora
tons do much more good than
harm: -.,3l
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20
WILLARD: HOTEL LOTTERY.
THE DRAWING -
FINALLY SETTLED AND FIXED
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1881
Is THE DAY DETERMINED pruN.


The drawing Of this scheme has been
finally settled spon, and viii certainly take
place on Thursday, the io,h Of November,
1881, by assent Of the Commissioners. and
this will enable me TO sell all OF the remain
ING tickets. Ily
AlPersons, Therefore, intending 10 invest
in this scheme, may rest ASSURED that there
will be no further delays or postponemenis-
LIST OF FRzEs.
The Willard Hotel with all It's e1In nm
Fixtures and Furniture. phJu,UuU
One residence on Green street :. !. SI5,oco
One residence on Green Streets. 1900
Two Cash Prizes, each S5,ooo.... 10000
Two Cash Prizes, each S2,oo.... 1000
Five Cash Prizes, each Si,ooo.... 5000
Five Cash Prizes, each SSoo...... z,5oo
Fifty Cash Prizes, each SIoo...... 5000
Hundred Cash Prizes, each SSos. 5000
5 Hundred Cash Prizes, each Sac, 10000
One Set of Bar Furniture. LOCO
One Fine Piano ...s.. ...... -. geo
One handsome Silver Tea set -. roo
400 Boxes Bourbon Whisky $50. 1900
10 Baskets Champagne, S5s..... $50
5 Iilsndred Cash Prizes, each-SIe. 5000
4co Boxes Fine Wines, $50. I7,ooo
o Boxes Robertson County Wits
key, $50. .-............... 6,oco
400 Boxes Havana Cigars, $Io.... 1900
5 Hundred Cash Prizes, each $40. 5000
AMOUNTING TO S56qs5o.
Whole tickets SIS; Halves 81; Quailers So
Remittances may be made by bank check
express, postal money order, erresistered
Mail. ss'i
Responsible agents wanted at an points.
For circulars, giving fall information, and
for tickets, address,
W. C. D. WHIPS,
Willard Hotel. Louisvilles Ky.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

The Galveston News referr-
ing to the remark in the BANNER
that ninety-fve per cent. of the
Irish potatoes on sale in Texas
are of northern growth says !:
liter should have had at
,Scyernor's book
! , ;i;.:5
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20
STATE NEWS.

The Tyler Reporter has a
Washington hand press for
sale.
The army worm is devas-
tating everything green in the
vicinity OF Austin.
Army worms have appear
ed in Hill, Milan and other
counties doing great damage.
Huntsville has colorcd
gambling hell and a few nights
ago they had a grand row in
it.
"A subscription has been
started in Giddings for the as
sistance of oppressed Russian
Jews.
The Giddings Lone Star
reports the arrival at that place
Of about 200 German immi-
grants.
The Lamar Rifles, of Dali
las, thirty-two in number, have
gone to Little Rock to attend
the state fair.
In Dallas building permits
are issued for new houses ; last
week twelve new buildings
were permitted. 4
This time last year co g
was worth two bits a bushe
Austin county; this year j
worth So cents and is SCI
that.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

The Tyler Reporter has a
Washington hand press for
sale.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

AT a o'clock on Sunday
morning a fire broke out in a
saloon at Whitney and con-
sumed an entire block before it
was checked. A hotel. furni-
ture store, billiard saloon, bar
Der shop and residence CONF
posed the block.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20

Gov WlLTz, of Louisiana,
nnu..
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20
WIN. D. CLEvELANC

Cotton Factor and Wholesale Grocer,
HoUsroS, TEXAS.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-11-17
Pro Bono Publico.

We have now on hand and are
constantly adding to it, one of the
handsomest stocks of Fancy Grocer
les, etc ever in Shreveport. For
California, Rhine and Missouri
Wines, we are headquarters. In
cigars, cigarettes, smoking and chew
ing tobacco, we defy competition as
regards assortment and price. Our
stock Of California pears, grapes,
and fancy apples and oranges and
all kinds of canned goods can't be
excelled. OF nuts we carry every
variety in any desired quantity. We
have also fine assortment of jellies,
preserves, imported and domestic
pickles, sauces and condiments, a
full assortment of cakes, jumbles
and crackers, and a million other
things that it would be too tedious
to enumerate. Give us q call for
anything to eat, drink or smoke, and
you'll get the best at bottom figures.
s.. & L. WoLFF.
No, SO. Texas ST., Shreveport.
N. B. Cigars for the jobbing
trade a speciality.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-11-17
Don't Whine.

Don't be whining about not hav-
ing fair chance. Throw sensible
man out of o window, he'll fall on
his feet and ask the nearest way to
his work. The more yon have to
begin with, the less yon will have in
the end. Money you earn yourself
is much brighter than any you can
get out of dead mems estates. A
scant breakfast in the morning of
life whets the appetite for a feast
later in the day. He who has tasted
sour apple will have the more rel
ish for a sweet one. Your present
want win make future prosperity all
the sweeter. Eight-pence has set
up many pedler in business, and
he has turned it over until he has
kept bis carriage. AS for the place
you are cast in, don't find fault with
that; you need not be a horse be-
cause Yen were born in a stable. IF
a bull tossed a man of metal sky.
high; he would drop down into a
good place. A hard working young
man with bis wits about him will
make money while others who do
nothing lose it. Who loves his
work and knows how to spare, may
live and flourish anywhere AS toa
little trouble, who expects to find
cherries without stones, or roses
without thornss Who would win
must learn to bear. Idleness lies in
bed sick of the mulligrubs, where
industry finds health and wealth.
The dog in the kennel barks at fleas;
the hunting dog does not even know
that they are there. Laziness waits
till the river is dry and never gets
to market. Try swims it and makes
all the trade. Can't do-it would not
eat the bread cut for him, but Try
made meat of mushrooms.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-11-17
Newspapers are doing /,

Newspapers are doing away with
stump-speaking campaigns, says the
Democratic Statesman. While au.
diences will always listen to the eff
forts OF fine speakers on the stump
or elsewhere, what the campaigner
says in his speeches is stale, unless
brilliantly stated. The true orator
viii never become obsolete. There
is something in the voice, the eve,
the manner and action of the orator,
that printed speech can never rival.
But the slangwhanging and tomtom
beating ofthe spouting stump speak
er no longer produce their former eff.
feet. Intelligent people have already
seen in the newspapers fuller and
more pointed discussions Of all pub
lie questions than the peripatetic at.
mosphere distnrbers are likely to
give them.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-11-17
Consolidated.
Notice for Publication.

% Land Office at Natchitoches, La, \
November ID, 1881
Notice is hereby given that the following
1v named settlers have fled notice of their
intention to make final proof in support Of
their claims, and secure final entry thereof be.
fore the Hon. A. R. Thompson, Clerk District
Court, Bellevue, La, on the 10th day Of De-
cember, 1881 at the expiration Of thirty DAYS
from the date of this notice, viz. Homestead
Entry No. 1927 Thomas j. Harmon the
southwest quarter of section %. township 90,
North, range II West, Louisiana meridian, and
names the following as his witnesses, viz: p.
y. Perrin, Of Bellevue P.O;C III. Vaughn, sof
bellevue = Po; g, Featherstone, Of Bellevue
ri MI ana =. a.. Cieaver, OF bellevue PO.
l1lS-Adalinc Hill-for the west half Of south
east quarter of section Z, township % North,
range y west, Louisiana meridian, and names
the following as his witnesses, Wis: William
Mcdaniel, of Collinsburg o; Martin Bush,
OF Collinsburg P o, John Bush, Of ColIinsburg
o; and Henry Thomas of Collnsburg r @. :
fs I. DUPLEX, Register.
November 10, 1881. dec
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Notice.

FRUIT TREES from RosEBANR
NURSERIES,, Nashville, Tenn., will
be at Shreveport, La, November
9th, 1881, ready for delivery. Sales
men at Shreveport were Thomas,
Luton, Jones, and Higgins.
Purchasers will please be on hand
promptly to receive their trees &C.
c0rding to contract.
Delivery Grounds near Caldwell's
Livery Stable.
RoSEBANK NURSERIES.