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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-08-27
THE HOUSTON POST SCHOLARSHIP
MEDALS,

The Houston Post scholarship
medals, designed by Mr.. r. e.
GRADER, of this city, have been COM
pleted and are now on exhibition at
his jewelry store, the admiration of
every passing pedestrian, both in
design and execution.
The design is unique in as much
as it differs from the conventional fiat
medal, starting upward from the
base oval shape until the circular
band furnishes room for the lettering
that surrounds it, reading, Houston
Post Scholarship in blue enameled
letters, then sinking in to a concave
in which is beautifully engraved in
the one fer Miss Eugenia ]. Brahan,
1.-The most popular young lady in
in Texas, and in the one for Miss
Clara Alderman, ''the most popular
young lady in Houston" Sur
mounting the medal proper is little
star in gathering gold, and from
either side of it starts a wreath in
green gold crossing beneath it, the
cross being covered with a shield on
which in enameled letters are the
figures 1881" The medal is pen
dant from double cross bars
beautifully engraved with the names
of the respective owners, and in the
two mentioned, the number of votes
received in the memorable contest
Miss Eugenia J. Brahan's bearing
the figures "157,531 votes" and on
Miss Clara Ackerman's '4O,152 votes
In the place of these figures on the
other medals are the places of resi-
dence engraved. In the concave of
the medals for Miss Nettie NJ Estes,
of BRENNAN, and MISS Princie Burks,
of Houston, which completes the list
of gold medals, is engraved 'Hamil-
ton College, Lexington, Ky"
The silver medals are of the same
design and engraving, with the e1-
ception of names, which are as fol-
lows: Bessie Bolmes, Viola Behring,
Ida B. Marret and Eta Inman. They
are all pretty enough to make the
hearts of the young ladies palpitate
with pardonable pride to have the
honor of winning and wearing them
and forever feel grateful to the Post
for the opportunity of participating
in the contest which made 1t posi-
BILE for them to secure an education,
and then presenting them with such
handsome and costly souvenirs of
the great original scholarship con
test.
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HYlnenial.

At the residence of Mr.. J. G. Lau-
raine, in this city, Monday morning
at II o'clock, Mr.. lite johnson, Jr.,
led to the hymenial alter Miss Jose
phine Stephenson, both of Hemp
stead, and the twain we're made one,
the Reverend E. Ward officiating.
They left on the 3 o'clock tram for
Hampstead, bearing with them the
best wishes of their friends in this
city, for a long life of prosperity
and happiness, looking as happy as
two uncaged birds who had met
and united in an atmosphere of Joy.
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THE DETECTIVE IN THE LEVY AR
SON CASE.

The detective in the d. Levy
arson case, which was dismissed be-
fore Justice Curry Thursday there
being no evidence to support the
charge, has been in the city. His
presence was not generally known,
and it may seem a little mysterious
that he was not put upon the stand
to testify as to the evidence he had
worked up at house of ill fame in
Columbus, but it remains for the
BANNER to even announce his pres
ence here, and to give his stated
reasons for not testifying. He was
seen while here and recognized as
John Kinahan, private detective for
the Southern Pacific railway COM
pany.
About two weeks ago he was in
Columbus and was there met by
the same gentleman that recognized
him here, to whom he told his bust
ness in both places. In converse
ton with q gentleman in this city
he said that what little evidence he
worked up in this case was through
this woman in Columbus, and that
he obtained it in such a manner
that he was afraid to use it. He
read some letters of hers and heard
her talk a good deal but that while
the contents of those letters might
appear a little eliminating his man
ner of obtaining his information
was such that he didn't care to tes-
tify in the case, in fact he was then,
Wednesday afternoon-on his way
to the depot and was going to get
out of town without letting any one
know of his presence here-except
of course the County Attorney with
whom he had been talking. The
searched every hotel regis
ertosee where he was stopping, but
failed to find his name anywhere,
but if the BANNER readers remember
seeing heavy set gentleman about
5 feet high Z inches high, weighing
about 100 ponds, with heavy dark
moustache, bold face, plainly dressed
and wearing a large black SLOUGH
hat-that was the mysterious de-
tective that didn't materialize at
Levy's trial, and his present address
is Houston, Texas, where he went
from here, and he formerly made
San Antonio his headquarters.
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A CORRECTION.

In THE report of the Levy arson
case in Fridays BANNER appears the
sentence, I'm the examination it de-
veloped that one j. Geo. Stauffer
figured in working up the prosecu-
ton" This inference was arrived
at from MIR. G. F. Herbst testimony,
and Mr.. Herbst says it is an error.
He stated that at the request of the
County Attorney he wrote to Mr..
Stauffer that he wanted a confer
ence with him, and one was ar
ranged but could not be met on ac-
count of Mr.. Rogers illness, and as
far as the record of evidence shows
this correspondence is the only
place where he figures in the case.
The assertion was very natural in
ference by the reporter, thinking of
course there must be some ''power
behind the throne" in the prosecu-
ton, furnishing money to pay for
special detectives to shadow wit
nesses and cover other incidental
expenses, But in justice to Mr.
Herbst we publish his statement to
show that it was not what he said in
evidence and only an inference. The
BANNER has no particular interest on
either side, except a desire to see
even handed justice dispensed to
all.
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Perry Jones in Jail.

A telegram received from Sheriff
W. B. Glenn, of Austin county, by
Constable Boyd here Tuesday even
ing, read:
81 think I have Perry Jones in
jail at Bellville, come look at him."
Constable Boyd did not go. Po-
hceman John Lockett and Consta-
BILE Boyd worked hard to catch
Perry while here, and captured and
restored about $500 worth of prop
erty to its rightful owners, spent
nights and days looking for the
thief, and after getting evidence
enough to convict him on dozen
counts, but they get nothing out of
all this work and would have to pay
all their own expenses to go after
him and only get 81 for the arrest,
and Mr.. Boyd says he is out about
ten dollars now and don't propose
to spend any more on him.
Sheriff league was not in the
city, or he would perhaps have gone
down after the culprit.
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WHY DON'T IT WORK BOTH WAYS

The truck growers association
planted a considerable area in water
melons around Brennan this year,
and have made failure comparative
~ speaking, the returns at least not
indicating that there is any money
in the business, and not only the
Truck Growers are discouraged but
the agent is disguised with the re-
suit of this effort though it is practi-
cally the first trial, and was subject
to the mistakes of inexperiences in
the selection of the best markets to
ship to, it having since been learned
where they could have attained bet
ter results. But this first failure
has caused some to sell out, and
others to swear off from another
trial.
Yet, those who planted cotton
this year struck it just as for wrong.
The crop is nothing extra and the
market below the figures where
there is any profit in raising the
staple. The cotton farmers deplore
the low prices and bewail poor
crops, but never a word about quit
ting the business, and turning their
attention to other crops, as in the
case of the watermelon farmers. If
they are so easily discouraged on ac-
count of the unproftableness of one
crop of melons, we can't understand
why they should be so hard to dis
courage when raising cotton. The
same reasoning that they allowed
themselves to be governed by in
the cultivation of wGtermelons would
revolutionize in one year the price
of cotton and restore prices to q
figure at which it would be a pay
ing crop. If watermelons don't pay
for a season and the farmers drop
them so readily, when cotton fails
why is it that they don't dropit? 1t
seems that it ought to work both
wayS.
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A Rabid Cow.

The strange actions of COW be-
longing to Martha Craven, colored,
who resides Eear the residence Of
Constable Boyd in the western part
of the city, created considerable ex-
citement Sunday morning and came
near goring two or three persons at
whom she made vicious lunges as
they passed near her. She was
penned and tied, and later in the
day died in great agony with well
developed case of hydrophobia.
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A DRUNKEN BULLY RUN IN.

About ten o'clock Monday morn
ing a white man unknown here and
who refused to give his name to
the officers, while ''tanked up" visit
ed "coon dive" near the old com
press, down by the Central railroad,
broke in the door, ran one of the
women off the place, kicked over the
stove and created considerable dis
turbance, two or three other women
coming to the rescue. He ran them
all out and not satisfied with the
performance chased the dog out of
the yard, and then went towards
the Santa Fe depot. The negro
women were not satisfied and kept
in sight of him at a safe distance
until Marshal Swain arrived upon
the scene, when assisted by Mr.. Nc
Weigh they attempted to arrest him.
Marshal Swain pulled him off the
cars and as he went down he caught
McVeigh in the collar and all three
of them went down together He
was let up, but refused to 60 to the
calaboose and showed fight, when
the Marshal pulled his six-shooter
and painted a crimson landscape on
his face and shirt front with the
blood from a wound on the top of
his Uranium. He was put on a dray
and carried to the calaboose where
he lodged all the balance of the day
Monday and until Tuesday morn
ing.
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AN ORPHAN,s SCARS.

Friday afternoon Constable Boyd.
who was a witness in the case OF
Father HUM recently tried for al
legged cruelty to some of the Or
phans at the Colored Orphan Home
and Industrial school at Independ-
ence, had one of the boys at the
court house and pointed to him as
physical evidence in support of the
testimony he had given in the case
and the report he had previously
made to the BANNER. The boy es-
capped from Father HUM here We'd
nesday and has been cared for by
Sheriff league around the jail since
that time. He says that he is II
years old and his name is John
Luke, and at the request of Consta-
BILE Boyd he undressed and the
crowd examined his back. It was
spotted with scars that had the ap-
pearance of having been put there
by whipping, and some of the
places were not entirely well yet,
and that he was anxious to get
away from place where such cru
elites were inflicted, whether Faith
er HUM did it or the boy who acts
as foreman for him, was evidenced
by his hiding out and not returning.
When he saw a yellow bow going to-
wards the Jail that resembled one of
the Orphan Home boys he made a
break and ran under the calaboose
and hid. He is afraid to return to
the Home and was glad to get
away. Constable Boyd says that
when they went out a few weeks
ago to investigate these charges of
cruelty these scars were all fresh
cuts then and looked worse than
they do now, which is bad enough
to convince anyone that he has been
too severely punished.
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DIR. ". o. CIoUD, of Clay Station,
was in the city Wednesday. He is
the gentleman who had his house
burned by an incendiary some time
since, and who some one tried to
assasinate subsequently near Clay
Station, suspicion of which rested
upon Geo. Shears, the negro who
was under three hundred dollar
bond charged with burning his resi-
dence. The doctor don't dare to go
out at night now on account of the
attempts at his life and the destruc-
ton of his property. Recently some
one tried to get him out by PROV
ling around his horse lot and then
throwing stones at his residence,
subsequently going to his little Of
fee in sight of the house and strik-
ing matches around it. Such life,
the constant dread of a cowardly
assassin who is afraid to show him
self by day or face the doctor, is
making life a burden to him and
preventing him from doing any night
practice at all. He has a pretty
good idea who the culprit is but can
not get sufficient evidence to con-
Wet him, or a chance to test their
skill in an open combat with deadly
weapons.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-08-27

Some time since the BANNER pub
lished report that E. L. Jackson,
who went from this place to the pen
itentiary had been seen and recog-
nized in Burleson county, but as the
BANNER suggested at the time it was
a case of mistaken identity, though
a man of the same name, and a man
who lad been boarder in the same
town where E. L. jackson had
boarded for a long time, E. L.
jackson, the incestuous culprit,
however, succeeded in making
his escape from a railroad camp
since he left here, but was cap
tured after three hours of liberty.
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"Didn't Know it was Loaded"

A note from DR.. J. T. Spann bear
ing date of the 25th, says that as
Henry Lane and John Nusom, col
ored, on Mr.. Hudgins place, near
Chappell Hill, were fooling with an
old rusty pistol, which carried a
large ball, it went off, the contents
entering the upper part of the chest
of Henry, making a serious wound,
which may prove fatal. DR.. Spann
was called to attend him and says
that he is doing as well as could be
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-08-27
Installation of officers.

At a meeting of the I. o. o. F.
Tuesday night the following officers
were appointed, and those of them
who were present installed /:
]. L. Ammons, n. G.
L. B. Stockbridge, v G.
B. F. Estes, Secretary.
q. Minkquitz, Treasurer.
Jas. Butler, Warden.
W. Il. Lockhart, Conductor.
Chas. Beaumier, o. G..
Robt. Haekworth, 1. G.
Jake Simon, r. S. to n. G.
j. G. Eankin, L. S. to n. G.
B. S. Rogers, R. S. to V. G..
George Tucker, L. s. to V. q.
There was work in TIE first de-
gree.
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Marriage License.

Following is the list of marriage
license issued from the County
Clerks Office, for the week ending
Wednesday afternoon, August the
Goth, 1891:
Carl Schultz and Anna Stegemuel-
Ter.
VIM. PRESLEY and Erelena Allen.
Primus Allison and Annie Scott.
lite Johnson, Jr., and Jose0hine
Stephenson.
Stephen Maxey and EIdora \
Clellan.
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COURT NEWS.

District Court will convene here
the first Monday in September, and
the indications are that there will be
a light docket. The civil docket
shows 81 appearance cases up to
date, and from Sheriff league it is
learned that there will be four muir
der cases and six cases for assault
with intent to murder.
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a Greedy Jacob Wants Two Rebeccas


Dan Cooper, a negro farmer, re-
siding four miles north of here has
three daughters, one of whom is
sick now, and when DR.. Holland
was out there Sunday he asked him
to examine the record to see if VIII
lie Make was married to any of his
daughters. He says that Make
claimed that he was married to one
of them while they were here at
tending the 10Th of June celebra-
ton, but that now he had absn-
doned her and was trying to get off
with younger one, and he would
"sorter be uneasy bout 'tother one
if she wern't sick" The reporter
examined the marriage record but
no license had been issued Willie
Make, and he is probably fooling
the old man. He must have a gall
to lay himself liable to the laws by
such unlicensed liberties, after living
with one of the old mans gals as
man and wife since the 10Th of June
and now going back for another.
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JUICE KIRK has appointed board
of examiners to examine the teach
ers of Washington county who ap-
ply for certificates to teach in the
public schools of the county, the
new board consisting of Prof. S ".
Fl. Fiynne, X. NJ. Cannon and H.
Kruger. The Sd and 4th of Sep
TENDER is the time for the ezamina-
ton.
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IF there were fewer idlers, times
would be better and there would be
less stealing of others hard earnings.
Let every man select what he deems
the Hottest, if he can have his choice
of the sphere in which he will work,
but if he can't choose, let him work
at what he can get to do.
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A NEW BAPTIST CHURCH.
The Baptist Congregation Have Decided
to Build . Handsome Church Edifice
and Issued an Appeal for Outside
Helm.

At conference meeting of the
First Baptist church of Brennan
recently, a resolution was unani
imously passed looking to the cree
ton of a better house of worship
and although very few members
were present, some of the weaithiest
members of the congregation being
among the absentees, the sum OF
1000 was readily subscribed, and
the following brief history of the
church and its unselfsh hberaiity is
presented to the public, which
should be met with a liberal re-
Spouse:
TO THE PUBLIC.
The First Baptist church of Bren-
ham was organized in 1916. At that
time they erected without asking
outside aid the house of worship
they now occupy. In 1889 they
erected an elegant parsonage at a
cost of 81, 500 without asking assis-
lance from outside the congrega-
ton. During this year, including
Pastors salary, incidental expenses,
contributions to the various enter
prises of the denomination, their
gifts amounted in the aggregate to
$4,000. When the church was Or
ganized Brennan was a village OF
200 inhabitants. It has lived to see
it grow to a prosperous city of 1000
population, and has contributed no
little to this growth. The members
of this church have subscribed lib
orally towards the erection of every
house of worship in BRENNAN, both
white and colored. This IS a source
of great qualification to them. while
they have worshiped practically out
of doors, they have lived to see
every other congregation in the city
move into comfortable houses of
their own, and are made to rejoice
over the reflection that they have
aided them with their money in do
ing so. Surely they have been the
most unselfsh congregation of
christians that ever worshiped on
earth, and deserve better quarters.
They have decided to erect good
house of worship, because the old
house in which they now are is IN
slightly, uncomfortable, unsound and
positively unsafe, we therefore, ap-
peal to all the people in this city, of
whatever nationality, or religious
creed to read this appeal carefully,
and make up your mind to make
liberal donation for this purpose,
when invited by the committee. We
have helped you, and we now ask
you to help us. As the stars above
US in the frmanant ornaments, SO
are handsome church. edifces the
pride and ornament of every city!
COMMITTEE.
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A DRUMMER here a few days ago

A DRUMMER here few days ago
giving some Brennan ladies tips
about travelling, told them that it
was folly to buy tickets, that the
conductor would not often charge
them at all, and when he did, he
would not charge them as much as
the ticket agent. Subsequently
they had occasion to go up the road
and decided to try the new plan.
They paid the conductor 4 cents per
mile, three cents for riding and one
cent for the experience they we're
getting. They will not believe the
next drummer that talks to them,
neither will they forget to buy tick
cts.
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POLICEMAN 7. NJ. WHITMAN went
down to Bellville Yesterday evening
to identity Perry Jones, who it was
believed they have in jail there. He
returned from there last night and
informed the BANNER that they had
some other negro in custody but
it was not Perry Jones.
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The Brennan Compress and Oil
Manufacturing company have just
erected the smoke stack to the new
boilers put in the oil mill, which
''stack up" higher than anything of
the kind in the city.
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a. WINE OF cARDUL a Tonic for Women.

A GENTLEMAN in the northwestern
part OF the city is in the habit of
going out every night just before
retiring and discharging his pistol a
number of times ostensibly to scare
off burglars, but to the disturbance
of neighbors who have retired
earlier.
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A FIRE was burning telegraph
pole and the ends of the crossties
about a mile and half below the
city on the Central track early Tues
day morning. 1t was not put out
by those who saw it, but what
damage was done before its dis
covery by any railroad man was not
learned.
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OK Monday night thief stole
two bushels of Irish potatoes from
under Mr.. W. G. Schills house. In
getting over the fence a hole was
evidently burst in the sack and
about one bucket of the potatoes
spilled out, which were recovered.
It was slick piece Of thievery.
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The machinery for the new CON-
press will be here next week, and
the work of putting it in at once
commenced.
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A NORTH BOUND train on the Cen
trail railroad on section four Monday
morning about 6 o'clock run over a
horse belonging to Mr.. A @. Koch
breaking one of its legs and bruis-
ing it up fatally. He filed a S75
claim against the railway company
for the animal.
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The ladies of the Baptist church
are arranging for a big open air
ice cream festival on the lot east OF
the Exchange hotel next Friday
night, the proceeds to go to the
building fund of the FIRST Baptist
church. Everybody invited to at
tend.
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The warm weather is returning
after few days of as pleasant wealth
er as the idealist could wish for in
August, and while the nights are
still cool and pleasant the mercury
climbs up too high for it to be pleas
ant during the day.
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QUITE number of drummers who
are in this section of the State ar
range to ''do" the places contiguous
to Brennan on Saturday and come
in here to spend the Sabbath.
Brennan is a good place to spend
Sunday-or any other day for that
matter-for within its confines you
can find your match, whatever
your gait.
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BETWEEN 1900 and 1000 bales of
cotton have been received in this
city up to date, and the receipts will
no doubt be considerably augment
ed to-day Saturday.
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MoDEsTY is browning virtue, but
it is not immodest to tell a newspa-
per reporter an item, even if it is
about some of your family-that is
what he meanders around fifteen
miles day to learn, and you will
help him materially if you will tell
what you have without waiting for
hlm to draw you out. His presence
is sufficient evidence that he is look
ing for items. That's all he goes
ont for. He is not walking around
in midday for a sun bath, or late in
the evening for an airing, but chas-
ing the elusive item, of which per-
haps, you could give him full partic-
ulars.