Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-18
CITY AND COUNTY.
THr radicals die hard.


Tuesday with probate business.
AFTER a storm there IS always
calm-we are having calm now
BRENNAN is now short on bar
rooms; one closed up the other day
Mr.. R. B. RIVERS has erected ,
fine residence IN the northern part
of the city.
The weather on Saturday was
cool and murky with occasional
light sun showers.
Miss MARY WOODRUFF, ono of the
most popular teachers in our pub
lie schools, is dangerously Ill.
If you are about TO get married
and want nice wedding invita-
ton printed call at the BANNER
Office.
BUSINESS is extremely dull ow-
ing to the excitement over the re-
cent election and the low price OF
cotton.
INVITATIONS are out for the we'd
ding OF Miss Gussie Cohen of this
city and Mr.. Wolf Hccht, of Cuero,
on the 23d inst.
PosTPoNED.-On account of sick
ness the ball at BODIES in lions
vile, has been postponded until
further notice.
CoTToN receipts are quite light.
The extremely low price OF the
staple has tendency to keep pro-
ducers from selling.
TEE weather Friday was winter
ish-the coolest this season, and
the timers were all busy putting
up stoves for customers.
RADIcALIsM is dead in Washing
ton county, so dead that the gal
vanIc batteries have not been made
that can bring ii TO life again.
HENRY COIN treasurer of INLAND
Lodge, Knights of Honor, has re-
ceived check for $1,000 for their
heirs of the late Gus Neumanu.
A FARMER bought ten cents worth
of castor beans at the oil mill last
spring, raised crop and sold 1t for
$3.50 and has plenty of seed left
for next year.
A LARGE majority Of the negroes
now claim 10 have voted the Peo-
pies ticket. The average darby
has quite a fancy for being on tho
winning side.
CoTToN SHIPMENTs.-The total
shipment of cotton from August l
TO November Is is 1880 bales.
For the past three weeks the ship
ments have been very light.
ArTAcnED.-On Tuesday after
noon the sheriff ran an attachment
on the barroom of Hildebrandt d
Baker, IN favor of Ullmau, Lewis
& Co., of Galveston, for the sum of
.s4I9.O1.
Hoes from Kansas and northern
Texas are now being brought here
and the money to pay for them is
being sent away. After n while
people will complain that money
is scarce.
THE radical bulldozers Of negroes
talk about contest1ng the election,
and say they intend to have the
county offices IN spite of "bell and
high water" We shall see what
we shall see.
CONSIDERING the threatening as
pect of the weather quite a large
crowd of colored people were IN
town. As a rule their pocket
books are quite light and only a
small retail trade was donE.
OK Thursday we had an assort-
ment of Texas weather, up to 10
O'Clock it was oppressively hot,
followed by a heavy shower OF
rain, then the norther came, and
by 5 o'clock tho thermometer was
down to 60.
WILL the new county commits
sloners put good fence around
the courthouse If not they can
buy a few loads of secondhand
rails cheap and have a worm fence
built that will prevent The use OF
fbe yard for public horse lot.
THE weather has been soft and
disasrecablo since Sunday morn
ing. 1t rained all Sunday after
noon ard on Sunday night, also
Monday afternoon. The streets
and roads are muudy and but lit
tie cotton or cotton seed is being
hauled in.
BRENNAN needs gas works that
will mako a cheap gas that can be
used for heating and cooking pur-
poses and electric light for the
streets and Illuminating purposes.
In this respect Brennan is far be-
hind less preteEtious towns.
The BANNER learns that a num-
Der of prominent farmers in this
county have determined not to
empty any negro labor on their
places next year, pretcrring to let
their land lie idle 10 having only
half cultivated and trIfIng crops
made.
SINCE Sunday last the clerk ofthe
weather has done his best to make
the human family hereabouts MIS-
cradle. 1t has been raining and