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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22
Sad Death of Mrs. King.

In Friday mornings paper there
was a short paragraph in the local
columns announcing the serious i'll
ness of Mrs. DIR. Sam R. King, Of
Bells, Grayson county, nee Miss
Belle Shepherd, and stating that she
had become almost totally blind.
Coming on the heel of this announce
ment and before many subscribers
had read the item in the BANNER, a
private dispatch was received by
Mrs. Boiling Eldridge, cousin OF
the deceased, conveying the sad in,
telligence that Mrs. King was dead.
She died at 6 o'clock on Friday
morning. The deceased, as previ-
ously stated, was up to last Christ
mas a teacher in the Brennan pub
lie schools. She was married on
last New Years day and number
of well known society people of the
city figured as attendants at the
wedding. She started out in her
married life with the brightest of
prospects, and the best wishes of
hosts of friends accompanied her on
her departure from our midst. Her
death is indeed a sad one. Mrs.
Kings former home was in Lynch
burg, Va. 1t was not learned
where the remains were inferred.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22
For the Confederate Home.

The ladies of Brennan who have
been engaged in the noble work OF
soliciting contributions to the Con,
federate Home at Austin, held q
meeting at Eldridge hall on Thurs
day evening, wound up their work,
and on Friday morning forwarded
to Mrs. L. F. Mitchell, president Ct
the Austin ladies society, as the re-
suit of their work the sum of S345.-
So. Of this amount S142.5O was re-
allied from the play recently presen-
ted at the opera house by the local
amateur talent, and the balance by
the committee of ladies canvassing
among the business men and citi-
zens of the town from door to door.
The ladies of Chappell Hill, as pre-
viously stated, haYe raised about
one hundred dollars for the Home,
making between four and five hun
dred dollars raised in the county.
If every county in the state would
do as well the Confederate Home
would be richly endowed. The To-
cal committee requests the BANNER
to return their thanks to those who
to the funds for their
kind contributions.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

On Sunday while Bill Fortune was
In the act of administering a castiga-
ton to one of his smaller children
out at his home in Watrousyille his
Oldest son, Jim Fortune, interfered
and threw a pot of scalding coffee
on his fathers head, burning him
badly and peeling the skin off one
side of face. The father and son are
both hard customers.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22
ANOTHER TRAIN COLLISION.
A Rock Train and Freight Train Clash
on the Santa Fe with Disastrous Re
Sult,

| A Rock Train and Freight Train Clash
on the Santa Fe with Disastrous Re-
suit.
The fact that two locomotive
trains cannot successfully pass each
other on single line of track with
out damaging results received fresh
poof in a head collision which took
place on Monday morning at ll:25
o'clock between q northbound rock
train and a southbound extra freight
train on the Santa Fe road. The
former train was pulled by engine
IS, Manton conductor and Ed Ma
honey engineer. The southbound
train was pulled by engine 62, Soul
" at the throttle and Ladderman
conductor. The collision took place
eight miles north of Brennan and a
mile and half south of Gay Hill,
just beyond the Atfleck place. En-
gineer Scully saw the northbound
train coming when it was mile
away and whistled down brakes, but
his train was going down grade and
could not be controlled. The en-
glneer of the other train also saw
the impending danger sometime be-
fore the crash came, and tried to get
it under control, but he too was 60
ing down grade. Both engineers
remained at their posts nobly, trying
all the time to get their trains as
much under control as possible be-
fore the collision and to break the
force of it. When the collision
came the southbound train had been
checked down to speed of eight
miles an hour and the other at
about four and a half miles. And
yet the crash was terrific. Eight
cars of the northbound train were
smashed into kindling wood, and the
tender of 62 was thrown eight feet
from the track. Engineer Scully
displayed marked bravery, and al
though he saw the impending COLI
sion, as stated, a mile away and told
his fireman to prepare to leap, he
did not jump himself from the cab
until within few feet of the wreck.
All of the other train men jumped II
ample time and escaped injury.
ScullY had his leg slightly bruised
and sprained, but there was no seri-
GUS casualty. I. N. Bettison, car
inspector of Brennan, was in the
caboose of the northbound train
asleep on his way to the quarry, and
was awakened by the shouts of the
section hands Just in time to jump
for his life. While the track was
not torn up the wreck is said to be a
sight worth seeing. Dozens of flat
cars were piled up one on top of
another high in the air. A locomo-
tive was dispatched from this city to
the scene to haul the cars which
were still on the track away, and two
or thnee hours later the wrecker
passed up. The northbound pas
senger train was delayed here until
the wreck was cleared. This makes
the second head collision which has
occurred on the Santa Fe inside of a
week and within few miles of
Brennan. In both cases a local
rock train was in the collision. The
blame for the wreck attaches to the
telegraph operator at Somerville,
whose name was not learned. He
had orders from the train dispatch
er to have the southbound train
tagged at Gay Hill until the rock
train passed. But Conductor Ladder
man says that when he called for his
orders the operator was busy read
ing a novel and gave him clearance
instead of orders to tie up.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

A FARMER from ChappeIl Hill
neighborhood on Friday said that
corn was looking bad everywhere,
but that cotton was looking well
Mr.. Joe Small, a prominent farmer,
says that if prospects don't change
soon the corn crop raised this year
will not feed the people of Washing
ton county until next Christmas.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

QUITE an important real estate
transaction took place in the city on
Thursday. Or rather the deed was
fled then, and in it Mr.. Sampson
Heidenheimer conveys to Mr.. A G.
b. Schweiss, of this city, an IN
divided half-interest in the new COM
compress in consideration of the sum
of 81, 1850.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

SOLOMON WALKER, colored man
living out in the Greenvine settle
ment, came in town yesterday and
preferred a charge of assault and
battery against Miles West, also
colored. The assault was commit
ted on last Saturday night. Con
stable BoyG went out directly after
the complaint was lodged to arrest
the culprit, but had not returned
late in the evening.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

The following is self-explanatory
and gives the result of the efforts OF
the ladies of Brennan in a cause al
ready mentioned:
Austin, Texas, May II, 1890.
Received from Mrs. G. C. Garrett
and committee of Brennan the sum
of S345.55 as a contribution to the
support of the Confederate Home at
Austin. Texas.
Mrs. RosINE RYAN,
Treasurer.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

THURSDAY was Ascension Day in
the Catholic church calender, and
consequently holiday with the peo-
pie of fiat faith. There were scores
and scores of Polanders and country
people in the city observing the
holiday, but there was no service at
the church owing to the priest hay
ing to go out to attend a person on
his deathbed.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

OK Thursday morning Lydia
Brown, a colored chambermaid at
the Exchange hotel, found a pocket
book in the back premises belonging
to gentleman from the country,
which contained $40 in cash and
about $4,000 worth of notes.
She turned it over to George Paris,
the 'bus-driver and he found the
owner, who was SO a'eful that he
gave the woman a five collar bill as
4 reward for her honesty. This is
the second or third time that
Aunt" Lydia has found moueY be-
longing to the boarders.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

FOLLOWING is list of the jurors
drawn for the May term of the
county court: Otto Strive, T. ].
Burton. VIM. Sails, Sam Hunt, Gus
Campbell, Chas. Zurcher, J. R. Pen.
nington, Miles Motley, J. R. Stern,
VIM. Wehmeyer, Andrew Rodgers,
o. III. Cornitius, W. Fl. Mitchmore,
Fritz Winkelmann, George Carlisle
and Louis Eicholt.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

The teachers Institute, which met
last Saturday evening, was adjourned
until next Saturday evening when
announcement was made of the
death of Mrs. King, nee Miss Belle
Shepard, who had been member of
the institute. Miss Stone, Mrs.
Kennedy and Miss McClusky were
appointed committee to present
resolutions of respect and Difference
of her memory.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22
The amateur theatrical entertain

The amateur theatrical entertain
ment by the young people of indie
pendence for the benefit of the JEFF
ferson Davis monument will take
place out at Independence on Mon
day evening, and will probably be
repeated in Brennan next Thursday
night. But there is some talk of It's
not being presented in Brennan at
all.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

WHEN DR.. Bfoyd, pastor OF the

WHEN DR.. Lloyd, pastor OF the
church in Brenhan, was returning
the other day from the Southern
Baptist convention at Fort Worth,
he went by Bolton to visit his
daughter. There was wreck on
the branch and a delay of several
hours was caused at Temple. The
time was passed in holding religious
worship on the train and DIR. Lloyd
was called on and preached Irregular
sermon.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

Mr.. A. E. WANGEMANN, the captain
OF cadet corps at the Agricultur-
al and Mechanical college, and a son
of Mr.. Adam Wangemann, of this
city, had an interesting and able
article in recent number of the col
lege journal on the question "Is
public opinion always iust?' which
was republished in the BRYAN Pilot.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22
The Albert johnson case was to

The Albert johnson case was to
have come up on a change of venue
at Cameron Thursday and Sheriff
Dever was to have gone up with a
lot of attached witnesses. But be-
fore train-time he received a tele-
gram that the case had been contin-
ued. A number of witnesses who
had already gone up retired in the
evening.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

The rain on Tuesday didn't raise
East Mill creek sixteenth of an
inch scarcely, while West Mill creek,
between Industry and Welcome, was
raised clear out of banks.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

Nh. JOHN B. VNsoN, the real es-
tate agent, reports that there is a
good demand for lands in the coun-
try at present, and especially for i'm
proved farming lands. There is a
250-acre tract nine miles from town
held at S22 per acre and for which
negotiations are pending.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

Mr.. W. P. DEvEE says that num-
Der of his friends have requested
him to enter the race for. sheriff in
the coming county election, but that
he has not made up his mind yet
whether he will or not. Of course
if he goes into the race he will be a
candidate subject to the approval of
the democratic convention.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

Mr.. 7. J. NEWMAN was in the city
on Monday from William Penn neigh
borhood and reported that crops as
general thing were looking toler-
ably clean, while few were badly
in the grass. He says that corn is
looking very well, while cotton is too
young to tell much about. Some of
it has not been chopped out yet.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

The measles is still spreading in
the city. Mr.. Couch, the butcher
has three children just taken with
the complaint, and Mr.. Lorenz
zeiss has a child down with the NAL
adv.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

A CONDITIONAL wedding is on the
tapis. A farmer who resides two
or three miles beyond the Yegua, in
Burleson county, came to the city
the other day hunting a wife and
was recommended to certain
widow. He proposed to her in
stantly and she agreed to accept,
provided she liked his farm. More
over on his return trip home she &C
companied him to see for herself
and at last accounts everything was
satisfactory and it was reported that
they will be married next week.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

a SMALL picnic party composed OF
Misses Virginia Bassett, Hannah
Simon, Maud Gates, Lizzie Dryer
and Ethel Muse, and Messrs. Will
and Sam Lusk, Hugh Mcclure, Dan
Williams, Tom Holland and one or
two others left the city early Thurs
day morning to spend the day pic
nicing in the woods. They went
out to the Gay Hill crossing of New
Years creek, two or three miles
north of town.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

CHAs. DANIEL and Mary O'Neall
the colored couple from Indepen-
dehce against whom the county clerk
had been warned by telephone, ap-
piled on Monday for a marriage
license and were refused.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

A PARTY from Indianapolis, In
diana, shipped a large quantity of
cape Jessamines gathered from Mr..
E. Pennington's beautiful yard, on
East Main street, back to his state
on Sunday to SELL
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

ATTENTION is called to the big
double column adver IS e m e Mt of
Messfs. Cohen Bros, the dry goods
merchants on the east side of the
courthouse square. All of the novel
ties and very latest styles and best
goods are to be found at their store.
They keep no shoddy goods in
stock
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

Mr.. NJ. L. CLINE, an old gentle,
man who resides on South Market
street near Paul Dawson's shop,
called on Friday morning at this Of.
flee and presented the BANNER with
a mammoth beet grown on his place.
1t measured nineteen inches in Gil
conference, six inches in diameter
and weighed four pounds The
seed from which it was raised were
bought from Mr.. H. Fischer and
were planted in January.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

A LOCAL business man reports that
sugar is cheaper than it has been in
four years, on account of the tariff
agitation, which proposes to place
it an the free list.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

A TELEPHONE message was received
from Independence Wednesday at
the county clerks Office not to issue
amarriage licenses to Charles Daniel
and Mary O'Neill, as the girl was
only fifteen years of age. The couple
did not put in an appearance. They
are darkeys.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22
AOuestion of Figures.

On Monday business was quite
dull in town, and at one store where
the reporter called the merchants and
clerks were found Willing away the
tedium by attempting to figure out
the following mathematical problem,
which may prove an agreeable past
time for some of the mathematicians
who are readers of the BANNER: A
black leg bought pair Of boots for
SIS and rendered $50 bill IN pay
mert. The shoemaker could not
change the bill but took it across to
the grocer who changed it for him.
After the black leg had departed the
grocer discovered that the bill was
worthless. He at once demanded
good money from the shoemaker who
was obliged to return him $50. Now
the question is, how much did the
shoemaker lose.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

Mr.. G. W. WNKELAIANN has let the
contract for building his two-story
residence on South Market street to
Contractor Russi. It will cost
about $500. The lumber has been
ordered and work will be CON-
menced on the building as soon as
it arrives.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

JIM FORTUNE, the colored man who
scalded his father at Watrousville
by throwing hot coffee in his face,
was tried before Justice Curry
Tuesday morning and the complaint
was dismissed. It appeared that
Bill Fortune was advancing on his
son with piece of scantling and
was threatening him serious bodily
harm when he threw the boiling
fluid on him to blind his eyes. The
old man was badly used up, the skin
having been peeled from almost the
entire left side of his face.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

Rev. J. ARMSTRONG, pastor of the
Methodist church at Chappell Hill
is in Bellville assisting in carrying
on a protracted meeting.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

Mr.. ALBERT WERNER will move
back in few weeks to his old stand
below the opera house, which is be-
ing overhauled and repaired.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22
Chappen Hill Commencement.

The BANNER is in receipt of an in.
vitaiion card announcing the closing
exercises of the Chappell Hill Fe,
male college, which will begin on
the 9th of June and close on the fol
lowing Tuesday. The order of ex-
ercises and program is as follows
Friday, June 6, at s p. m, exhibi-
ton by preparatory class; Saturday,
June 7, at s p. m, art exhibit and
entertainment; Sunday, June s, at
II a. NJ, baccalaureate sermon by
Rev. S. c. Littlepage, of Cameron
Sunday, June s, at 8 p. H., mission
airy address by Rev. J. W. Horn, OF
Calvert; Monday, June 8. at $50 a.
IN. Society Day, address by ". B.
Garrett, Esq, of BRENNAN; at 3 p.
M, meeting of board of trustees; at
s p. NJ, annual concert; Tuesday,
June 10, at $50 a. m, commence
ment day, graduating exercises and
baccalaureate address by Rev. E. B.
Chappell, A. NJ, of Austin.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

Mr.. BRYANT DAUGHTREY left Mon
day for Brennan to accept the posi-
ton of engineer in the ice factory at
that place.-Bellville Times.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

THERE were no funds on hand
Saturday to pay off the city teachers
and il is likely the teachers will have
to wait month or so for their sal
aries.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

FROM Mr., Harry Swearingen, who
went over there to attend case in
court, the BANNER learns that the
county courthouse of Grimes county
at Anderson was entirely destroyed
by fire at 2 o'clock on Thursday
morning. The fire originated in the
cupola of the building and was start
ed by some negroes who were
clandestinely engaged in gambling
up in the loft. The regular term of
the commissioners court was being
held and the commissioners imme-
diately voted to issue forty thousand
dollars worth of bonds to build
another courthouse. All of the re-
cords of the county clerks office
were saved.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

The reporter of the BANNER inter
viewed a number of farmers
in regard to the extent of the
rains yesterday and they were
of the opinion that no material dam
age was done. The rain did not de-
lay blowing on sandy land at all,
and only a day or two on black land.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

The crowd which went out to
Mill creek Saturday evening had
traditional good luck.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

ATTENTION is called to change in
the big advertisement of Messrs. A.
& FL. Harrison. They have been
constant advertisers in this paper
for the past four years and are too
well known to the purchasing public
for their sterling business ability,
fairness and straight forward deal
ing to need any introduction, They
have made phenomenal success of
their business, which may be stated
with just pride as showing what en-
ergy, pluck and fairness can do in
Brennan. They have always ao.
hered to the true principle of legiti-
mate advertising by not advertising
anything with which they cannot
comply.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

Il PROMINENT planter from Little
River bottom, Milan county, was in
the city on Sunday in search OF cot
ton choppers.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

LokIs KoRF received a lot of beef
cattle on Monday from across the
Yegua, near Deanville, in Burleson
county.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

A NEGRO cabin on Baptist hill, just
vest of Chaprell Hill, near the
colored Baptist church, was destroy
ed by fire on Thursday night. The
origin of the fire and the name of the
occupant were not learned.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

WHILE Rev. Jim Swing, the col
ored drayman, was standing on his
dray in the street in front of the Elk
change hotel Friday morning, two
drummers who were acquainted
with his religious eccentricities, got
him started off on his favorite theme
and had him exhorting sinners to re
pentance for half al hour. A large
crowd, including the ladies at the
hotel, assembled to hear his exhorta.
ton and he ranted at a great rate,
looking over his shoulders occasion
ally presumably to see if there was q
policeman in sight. After the ser
mon he took up collection, which
amounted to just two shining
nickles.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

W. Il. MURPHY is having some in
terror decorations placed in his
Merchants Exchange saloon.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

EIGHT children were confirmed in
the German Methodist church at
Brennan Prairie on Sunday.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22
A Fatal Accident.

Ed Hudson, a section hand from
near Bellville, on the Santa Fe road,
met with fatal mishap on Monday
evening at the scene of the wreck
eight miles north of Brennan. He
went up with the wrecking train to
assist in clearing away the debris OF
the rock train and extra freight
which had collided in the morning.
While engaged at the ropes with a
heavy load attached the guy-rope
slipped and in some way caught
Hudson and tossed him in the air.
Almost Immediately after striking
the ground Hudson arose and
started to walk, but he advanced
only two or three PAGES, when he
dropped as if he had been shot and
expired in about fifteen or twenty
minutes. The remains were carried
down the road early Tuesday morn
ing for interment. The deceased
was a middle-aged man. 1t was
not learned whether he had any
family.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

The fest and prize shoot in Fritz
Harms pasture, four miles south
west of town, were largely attended
Sunday, many from town being pres
ent. In the shooting contest Mr..
Louis DUR, representing Mr.. h.
Fischer, and Mr.. Ben S. Rogers,
representing Mr.. John Stern, tied
for first choice of the beef. They
tied again for third and fourth.
Messrs. DUR and c. c. Boyd tied
for fifth and sixth, while the seventh
was won by G. w. Hess, and the
eighth by F. W. Wood. Prof.
Voss' band was in attendance and
discoursed fine music. The ball at
night was well patronized.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-22

REAL estate Is still changing
hands. Two or three deeds to
property located within the city
limits were fled for record on Fri,
day.