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NOT INCENDIARY.

Another ':notIce to the public"
written by a negro, was found on
the streets Wednesday, but con-
tanned no incendiary threats. It de-
plored the ignorance of the race and
pointed out the things that hindered
their progress, and says they would
rather see them hunt a better coun
try. He asks, ''Do we not see our
present condition, how we are tread
upon, worse than any nation has
been since Cataline conspired and
Cazar fought" and continues by
freely quoting from one of the late
Henry Grady's speeches, IN which
he said the negroes only asked to be
II Gated fairly, measuring to them
Justice in the fullness that the
strong should give to the weak, in
stead of being the prey of the IN
scrupulous and the sport of the
thoughtless. He asks that Grady's
advice be needed IN opening to
them every pursuit in which they
can prosper and seek to broaden
their training and capacity, and
seek to hold their confidence on
friendship, until they acquires the
interest of citizenship and reali ses
the sense of responsibility that
comes with the acquisition of prop.
erty that the shiftless can never
know. This was about what Mr..
Grady claimed we were already do
ing for them, instead of being what
he was asking for them. In fac
the negro can find no better coun
try than this, if they could pull out
at once and go to the utmost parts
of the earth, and should they select
some country where there was n,
race for them to initiate, to leat
them they would relapse into bar
barism. They are simply incapable
of self government.
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PENITENTIARY BIRDS,
Contractor Carmichael Carries Them
AHaJ.

State convict contractor Car.
michael was here Saturday and left
on the east bound Central with six
State prisoners convicted at the re-
cent term of the District court of
Washington county and sentenced
to the penitentiary for various terms
as follows:
T R. Brown, the only white man
in the bunch, horse stealing, goes
up for five years, but he is serving a
fifteen years sentence already, and
it was only picnic frolic for HIM to
be brought here for trial.
Allen Wilder, assault with intent
to murder went for five years.
Phil Banks, assault with intent to
murder, two years.
Eli Williams, assault with intent
to rape, went for two years.
AlVertis McIntrye, assault with in.
tent to murder, two years.
Ned Kinlaw, on charge of bur.
glary, went for two years.
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Visitors to the GalIOws.

Hundreds of people visited the
gallows yesterday upon which Lee
Hughes is to be hanged Friday, and
the indications now are that large
crowd will be there to witness the
execution.
The execution will be the first
legal hanging il Washington county
since the Both of the April 1875,
when it will be remembered that
there was a double execution, Jas.
Cooper, for the murder OF shoe,
maker, and Griffin Williams for the
rape of a seven-year-old girl, both
of whom confessed their crime. AT
the time of these hangings Mr. Lit,
tleton Smith was Sheriff and W. P.
Doran jailor, Messrs. Stone & Nc
Intyre were appointed to defend
Williams.
The last hanging priori to this
double one was that of Henry Miller
on Friday the 2sth day of July 1871,
for the murder of Geo. Grissett.
The list of Jurymen that convicted
Jas. Cooper were, viz: Aaron Hern.
don, ]. T. Emby, Jas. Il. Coleman,
Tom Arnold, c. P. Killough, Tolbert
Gee, Ben Phillips, L. P. Campbell,
]. t. Long, Ben Estes, Jno. Car.
rington and Jno. Hale, few of whom
reside here now and many of whom
have cashed in their checks and
gone to their long home.
No legal steps have been taken
yet to prevent Lee Hughes execu-
ton at the place prepared for 1t,
neither has there been any steps
taken to get a Communication of sen
tence or respite for the condemned
man and in all human probability
Lee will stretch hemp between
twelve and one o'clock Friday, and
if not should be preparing to meet
his fate.
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A NARROW ESCAPE.

Tuesday afternoon about three
o'clock, Mr.. Thos. Perry, one of the
Santa Fe employees, while riding on
the foot board in front of the
switch engine was bounced up by
the engine running over a rough
place near the Union depot, lost his
balance, got his foot caught, and for
a brief moment seemed to be falling
in front of the engine, which was
running a5 a pert rate of speed,
but by a strong effort managed to
throw himself out to one side, fall
ing clear of the track, thereby es-
Gaping a horrible death, only sus-
tanning a slight hurt of the knee.
The young man was unnerved from
the hurt, and narrow escape of a
horrible death so badly that it made
him sick and dizzy, and he had to
stop work.
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vrDn1Ne ASNIyERsARY.

Tuesday the reporter accepted an
invitation from the proprietor OF the
BANNER to dine with him on the &C
CASTOR of his celebration of the 21st
anniversary of his wedding day, and
witnessed q renewal of their plighted
troth q years ago, and the replace
ment of the wedding ring, which
the constant wear had worn thin, by
the presentation of new one. MIR.
and Mrs. Rankin have gone hand in
hand a long way up the magical
isle of the river of time, sometimes
in the broad smooth road called hap
piness, with the sweetest flowers
and beautiful trees waving them on
to the mountain peaks of hig her
culture and sweeter joys. and then
walking in the valley Of the shadow
of Death, with black wings Hopping
around them, almost crushing hope.
the day star of human happiness,
but the wee small voice whispered
courage-the light house is just
ahead-and through these vicissi,
tudes they have pulled together
shared each others smiles and tears
in faithful love for all these years,
and Tuesday were able to say Vel
come to the recurring anniversary
OF the day, 81 years ago, thai
brought them Joy, the anniversary
of which they celebrated by family
reunion and an elegant dinner
which to the reporter, was the high
est evidence of the jewel AIr. Ran
kin has to preside over his house
hold.
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LEE HUGHES GALLONS.
The Place, One That Possesses
Advantages Unsurpassed
For vi ewing The
Execution.

a BANNER reporter went out to
the vacant city lot on which is situa-
ted the Field Artillery powder maya
zine just south of the Central rail
road trustle across Hogg branch,
about one mile east of the city,
Tuesday morning to see the gallows
which had Just been completed and
upon which Lee Hughes will on
next Friday expatiate the crime of
numbering his wife with club axe
near Chappell Hill on the 31st of
last January
Messrs. j. V. Nichols and R. E.
L. Wright were the builders, and
had just driven the last nail as the
reporter stepped up the thirteen
steps that led to the scaffold.
The gallows is constructed of Aka
scantling, is ten feet square, the
platform nine feet above the ground
and the cross beam seven feet six
inches above the platform, IN the
center of which is three foot trap
door fastened on the east side with
a stout pair of strap hinges under
meath, and rope through a hole on
the other side with the door resting
on knot supports it, and is run
over a solid block on the platform
and tied on the opposite side to the
banister. The condemned man will
be placed on the trap door and his
executioner will cut the rope where
it crosses the solid block with the
single blow of q Ratchet and Lee
Hughes will have a clear fall Of
eight feet from before the footlights
of time behind the drop curtain OF
eternity.
A ve,eighths grass rope has been
purchased for the execution, piece
Of which has already been placed il
position under the trap door.
The ten foot platform around the
trap door will be occupied by the
Sheriff and guards and perhaps press
representatives.
The gallows is in a low place, the
ground on the west side rising il
amphitheater style, and facing the
gallows on the north less that 4(
yards away rises the Central railway
embankment, while only a little fur.
Their east Hogg branch trestle fur
nishes splendid view of the execu
ton.
From the situation of the gallows
the hanging can be seen easily by
countless thousands. In fact no bet
ter place could have been found fol
a public execution, though the place
was not selected with any reference
to the advantageous position it fur
nished the public to see it, but be
cause it was the only place available
being city lot, and nobody wanting
him hung on their land. In fact thu
citizens Of Camptown, which is abou
200 yards away, are threatening tt
sue out an injunction restraining tn,
Sheriff from hanging him there.
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RESURRECTION.
Some Fool Negro Wants Little MOTTO.
riety and he Might Get it if he
Tries Hard.

The attention of BANNER reporter
was called to notice stuck up on
the corner of Ant and Sandy streets
in a conspicuous place Monday
morning, evidently written by some
colored ignoramus who perhaps
sought through this means to give
himself some notoriety, but if he
was to follow the bent of his har-
rangue would soon take up in the
penitentiary or at the end of a rope
The notice starts out with the as
seltion that everything must be
changed by Nov l, 1891, that the
negroes have been robbed out of
their rights until the nation is i'm
poverisLed and now there is time
for a division.
They set out that a raise in the
price of cotton picking was ordered
but that the democrats stepped in
and said not give but 40 cents, and
with double oath the writer EN-
phasiZes the assertion that they can't
live on 40 cents per day.
The notice sets out that the
colored people would have been gone
from here long since, but that they
had been robbed of their money and
their living while the white people
pretended they wanted them to
leave, but all the time holding them
so tight that they could not get
away. stealing from them in the past
"a years S11,400,330, but the time
has come for q change and if not
made by November the LIST, "we will
make it for you, such a change as
you will not want again"
This incendiary harrangue of vicious
invectives against the white people
and democrats in general, is signed
by D. d. Bolton, of Bexar county,
Jim Powell, of Grimes county, and
is badly written, every word spelled
wrong and IN negro dialect of the
worst kind.
There was similar notice posted
in the rotunda of the post-office
which states ten days notice will be
given for change and then quoting
the language of the notice, "oul
captain will lead out and the colored
people will have a living and money
to go home on"
No alarm is felt at the idle threats
of the two fool negroes whose names
appear on the paper. In fact the
names are probably fictitious, bot
if any negro in this country gets tc
believing that he is so badly OPP
pressed as these seem to think b.
had better take quiet dark night
sneak out of the country, and wall
on the shady side of the lanes unit
he gets to a better place, where limbs
don't grow low on the post-oaks ant
hemp is high.
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AMENDING HERALD.

Tuesday morning MIR. Fritz Weie-
pappe was in the city on horseback
decorated in red sash and various
streamers of red, white, blue and
yellow ribbon pennant from his hat
waist, the horn of his saddle, his
horses head gaily decorated and the
horses tail tied up with colored rib
bon. As he galIoped from place to
place in the city he was the cynos-
ure of all eyes, heralding to the
friends of the contracting parties
the approach of a social event to
take place in the Post Oaks, four
miles east of here Thursday night,
when Mr.. Herman Weisepappe and
Miss Bette Schultz will pass
through the haze of comfort, love
and happiness into the felicitous
shadows cast by the flames of the
torch of Hymen, this being the Gus.
tomary way of inviting the guests in
the Fatherland, each of whom adds
bright hued streamer to che deco
ration of the herald.
The BANNER wishes the happy
couple in advance of the event a
long life of happiness and pros
perity.
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ssELEEEs WINE OF cARpu! for Weak Nerve.
That Cotton Stealing.

The BANNER has previously an
nounced the arrest of VIM. Nc
Cowan, at William Penn, by Consta-
BILE Ewing, charged with stealing
two bales of cotton from Mr.. Au-
gust Rindeman, and selling them to
Mr.. A. G. H. Schweiss. It has now
TRANSFERRED that VIM. MCGOWAN ar
rested, was not the one the officers
were looking for, and he was able to
prove clear alibi. Another VIM.
MCGOWAN was arrested, and Satur-
day he was given a preliminary
hearing before Justice Curry and
bound over in the sum of $500. He
denies having anything to do with
selling the cotton, except that he
was with Nose Eldridge, whom he
says is the one that sold the cotton
under the assumed name of Alfred
Reeves, this name being struck upon
because the cotton which belonged
to MI. August Rlndeman was
marked "a. R."
1t is now pretty evident that the
theft will be saddled on the right
party, as the innocent negro's will
interest themselves in getting up
evidence to convict in order to clear
their own skirts.
Mr.. Schweiss will perhaps lose
the price of the cotton as the money
will all be spent before he gets hold
of the right man, which it is be-
lieved has not been arrested yet.
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The Memorial Party.

The party that went down to Bell
vile Saturday evening to hold me-
mortal services over the grave of
Senator E, G. Maetze, was composed
of: Messrs. 81. Muller, E. Reichardt,
81. ven Beiberstein, F. Krentzlin, G.
NelderaueF, A. Al. Krug, E. G..
Langhammer and Professors Gan
non, Klaerner and Kruger.
Mr. Muller delivered a memorial
address IN German ulogistic of the
many virtues Of the deceased and
was followed by J. II. Shelburne,
Esq, of Bellville, in English, after
which the grave was beautifully dec
GRATED with flowers woven in to
garlands and wreaths of evergreens.
The party retired from the grave
of the deceased Senator to Turner
Hall to await the arrival of the
north bound Santa Fe train, which
was two hours late and were there
served with refreshments before re-
turning.
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Real Estate Transfers.

Following is the list of real estate
transfers filed for record in the
County Clerks Office for the week
ending Wednesday Oct 26th:
J. D. Aff1eck and wife to H. NJ.
Tarver, 25 acres of the S. NJ. VII
liams league, $500.
VIM. Meyer to Henry Schroeder
1411 acres of the Henry Austin
league, $3.50.
Jacob and Matthew Harris to n.
Cochran, 1O0acres of the Joel Lackey
league, S1729.96.
". A. Wallace and wife to J. T.
Mills, 27! acres of the S. NJ. Will
liams league, $500.
J. B. Kemp and wife to J. R. VIII
hanson, one lot in the city of Bren-
ham $500
o. L. Eddius to G. E. Sydow, one
lot in the city of Brennan $3.50.
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AsSienpa,s Cnsf Sale.

The stock of Diamonds, watches,
clocks, jewelry, silver and plated
ware conveyed by A. T. Threadgill
to the undersigned as Assignee
October I'd, is now on sale at &C.
tual cost. Watches from S1.50 up;
Clocks from IS cents up; Eight day
walnut clocks S2.85. Plain gold
rings, Is karet, Sl00; q penny
weight Rogers Bros knives sl.75
per set of SIX; forks $500; tea
spoons SIPS; tablespoons $500 q
sett; triple plated syrup pitcher
s1.5O; pickle dishes s1,25; butter
dishes Sl.75; plush cases, comb,
brush and hand mirror IS cents;
also q full line OF cutlery and
meerschaum goods. Now is the
time to get genuine bargains. This
stock must be sold.
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. sLAcK.pRAUeHT e. erre. con..lp.liou
Marriage Licenses.

Following is the list of marriage
.nse issued from the County
|rk's Office, for the week ending
.dnesday afternoon, October %,
J.:
Fustay Knebel to Mary Kristen.
no. Sedlaek to Fannie Nebalck.
Huebner to Emile Kerntopf.
Lee to Tennie Rogers.
10. Brooks to Jane McGregor.
gust Smedthorst to Henriette
pgardt.
Wis Wallace to Fannie Yannes.
Batcerek to J. Krusileska.
II. Scharnberg to Augusta
lolph Pullen to Matte Boul-
nan Weisepappe to Bette
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s@ WINE OF cARDuL Tonic for Women.
COMPRESS AND COTTON NOTES.

COMPRESS AND COTTON NOTES.
The sonorous whistle of the Nc
Fadden compress awakened the den
liens Monday morning at 6 o'clock
and heralded the fact that after
much work they were at last ready
to start to COMPRISING, but they
we're little too hasty. The ma
chinery all being new and rough,
some bolts gave way and only two
bales were compressed before work
had to be suspended for repairs,
and all day Monday the machinists
were busy repairing and getting
ready to go to work right, this
Tuesday, morning. 1t was expect
ed that the press would be running
ere this, but there is lots of cotton
to be pressed yet.
For the week ending Saturday,
October "a the warehouses have re-
ceived 1858 bales. During the same
time the railroads have received
1169 bales and shipped 1112 bales.
The total number of bales now at
the different warehouses and com
presses is about 5000, which IN
cludes in addition to the home crop
the cotton from other points ship
ped here and waiting to be COM
pressed.
The Heidenheimer press turns
out about 700 bales day, and has
compressed little over $4,000 bales
since the season opened.
There have been 2O,913 bales of
cotton received here from wagons
since the opening of the season, of
which about $500 bales are now on
hand, in addition to nearly 1000
bales of the crop of 1890. In one
warehouse alone there are about
700 bales of last years crop. One
farmer states that he has sold only
three bales of cotton in two years.
He has about twenty-five bales
stored away, waiting for a rise in
price. And good many others are
just like him.
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FauItIess Fitting
FOOT FORMS!

Wrong Shoes have in them such
a capacity for torturing and twist
ing their victims that knowing peo-
pie prefer not to take any chances
by buying where shoes are merely
a side issue. The hashy, much
promising Advertisements of So
called bargains-Thirteen Dollar
Shoes for seventy three and half
cents-are no bait for trade like
ours. Such Sob lots" are "no-
where" with people who know
good shoes.
Our Ladies Kid Button Shoe at
$3.50 is the acme of good shoemak-
ing.
Our Mems Handmade Congress
and Button at $500. we never ex-
poet to see duplicated.
Our line of Children's School
Shoes Is more complete than ever.
Fine repairing a speciality.
Brennan Shoe Store.
W. STUCKERT.
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Bots and Collie.

There is now no excuse for you if you let your
animal die with Bots or Collie, when the Bots
and Collie Specific, put up by Z. F. Jensen & Co.,
Many animals are killed by giving them all kinds
of medicine when sick. Chlorofc I'M is one of tie
most dangerous Get a bottle of Jensen 3 Bots
and Collie Specific at so cent? and have on hand
in case Of enc geDcy, for when your animal gets
sick you will want il bad. At Jos. Tristram.
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CONDUCTOR J. e. JACK, whose arm
as broken in the recent wreck on
lie Navasota branch of the G. G. &
Fe R'y, has not sufficiently re-
Pvered to resume his position yet,
'hich has been filed by the genial
a jolly Maj. NJ. D. Reddick, one
the Oldest employs of the road
ID one of whom none has the mack
making more friends.
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The same exuberance of Joy that
wells up in the heart of one who re-
ceiyes a long looked for letter from
home, was manifested by the Santa
Fe employees Tuesday when their
pay checks were received.
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THE 4 and 7-year-old boys of Err
st Yatzlan's, seven miles southeast
f Giddings while attempting to
indie a fire with kerosene oil were
2 badly burned last Friday evening
at they died Saturday morning
st one hour apart The mother
as badly burned trying to save
aem.
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Ed Holman
To the Front,

l am here to stay and will meet
all competition in my line. Re-
member, my goods are ali cumpar.
atively new, selected in person,
and L defy any one to show up such
an assortment of nice, stylish ap-
psrel. Give me q cali. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed In QUALITY and
PRICES.
E. HOFFMAN,,
AZ Main Street.
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The 'belled buzzard" passed over
BRENNAN Sunday evening. He had
on a dinner bell that was of a good
sound and was bound to attract at
tention wherever he flies.
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WEDNESDAY morning while Au-
gust Pfughaupt, clerk in P. HUI
ber's store was ''monkeying with a
gun" it was acc1dentiy discharged
and created some little excitement
on tie corner of Ant and Sandy
|street, until it was found that no
one was hurt.
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DIED at his home near Sandy Hill
on the Brennan and William Penn
road, ten miles from the city Sunday
Mr.. Henry Seeker, in the oath year
of his age. His malady was that Of
congestive chills.
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If YOUR business is dull make it
lively by advertising, the BANNER
can accommodate a few more appli-
cants for space.
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Miss EDDIE WHITFIELD, of Sealy,
is here on a visit to her sister, Mrs.
Robt. Farmer.
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Mr.. A. J. WILLIAMS, of Greenvine,
offers S25 reward for the return OF
his pocket-book, containing S115
lost a few days ago.
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MEssRs. W. F. BERGMAN, Hiram
Cohen, B. B. Hill, Misses Title and
Ida Haak, Sue Thomas, Belle Hill,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Wolf, Mr.. and Mrs.
Max Stern, of Bellville, all came up
by private conveyance to see Lewis
Morrison in Faust last night.
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TaE seven months old infant OF
Mr.. Pelop, a gunsmith of this city,
died Tuesday night.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-10-29

The sugar cane crop is said to be
promising, but the trouble in this
section that nobody raises sugar
cane.
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SHERIFF LEAGUE has returned from
Fort Worth,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-10-29

The railroads are doing a good
freight business.
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Henry Clay and Robt. Slaughter
fought near Kenneyyille Friday
night, Slaughter receiving wounds
from which he may not recover.
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SHERIFF LEAGUE left for Ft. Worth
on business Sunday, leaving note
to Deputy Sheriff Sallus to go ahead
and hang Lee Hughes Friday in
the event that his business detained
him until after that time.
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Mr.. L. 2. HARRISON returned
Tuesday night from an extended
trip in West Texas, selling candy
for Kiber's factory, of this city,
great quantities of which they are
shipping now.
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We have used on opr plantations

For years Jensen's Bots and Collie ST. celtic, put
up bye F.Jensen & Co., Burton, Texas, and out
of les sick al finals only one died. We always
keep it On hand. and would not be without it.
At j. Tristraln. Col. L. A ELLIS, Austin, Tex
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WHAT about the artesian well2
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Mr. L. E. MILLER, an electrician
from Houston, is in the city, making
arrangements to put in the McFad-
den compress lights.