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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03
First Fall Fight,

The first fall fight of the season
occurred at Kiber's corner Friday
afternoon, the participants being
Henry Thaxton, clerk in F. H
ber's store, and Geo. Wilson, Jr.
The difficulty arose over a trife of a
bunch of grapes, the boys exchang-
ing few hot words and young VII
son passing on. He soon returned
however, and the quarrel was re,
newed, when almost simultaneously
they struck at each other, Thaxton
with his fist and Wilson with an um-
brells. Wilson had a small orna-
ment over his right eye, while Thax-
ton caught the force of the blow OF
the umbrella on his hand, one of his
fingers being bruised and his face
scratched slightly by his antago-
mist. Both drew blood on the first
round and it was hard to tell who
had thekbest of it, when outsiders
separated them.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03
Put to Sleep at One Blow.

Early Monday morning a copper
colored son of Aztec extraction fresh
from the land of ''God and Liberty
entered Justice Curry's office
and tried to tell Constable Boyd
about being robbed of $4,000 in
his native tongue, whereupon Mr..
Boyd told him that he did not IN
derstand Spanish and to go get an
interpreter. It seemed to enrage
the Mexican because Mr.. Boyd
could not understand him, and he
offered him an obscene insult. In the
language of the prize ring, Mr..
Boyd ''swung" his right suddenly,
and "landed" on the Mexicans crani,
UNI about the temple, where the
skull is the thinest, the Mexican
threw up his dukes, closed his eyes
and went backwards against the
wall and tumbled in a heap on the
floor apparently as dead as the ira
ditional mackerel, but 80 minutes
time and a bucket of water brought
him around, and he slowly opened
his eyes and gazed around the room
as it he expected to find the build.
ing demolished by lightning, which
he evidently thought had struck
him. He pulled himself together
and retired in good order.
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Brennan wants a tannery.
WE'VE GOT IT.
The Quintana Times says:

The Quintana Times says:
son to Brennan, should be the
cry of everyone who is interested in
railroad building to Valasco. The
Valasco Terminal should be ex-
tended to Brennan by all means as
it would furnish cheap and
direct line for the large cotton
product that is handled at that
place IF brother Rankin of
the BANNER will take hold of the
other end of the tow line
we will soon have an air line be-
tween Brennan and Velasco.
The BANNER has frequently expa-
tiated upon the advantages of a road
from here to deep water at the
mouth of the Brazos, and has no
doubt but that Brennan will do her
share towards building it. 1t only
needs some one to take the initiative
in the movement. But the BAN
NER has caught the other end of the
tow lines and will pull steadily and
persistently as long as there is any
chance to draw the road this way.
Keep tie other end taut brother.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03
a SLIGHT COLLISION.
Wild Freight Bumps Passenger Train
and Chases 1t out of the Yard.

and Chases 1t out of the Yard.
Tuesday at noon as the nortl
bound Kansas City Express was
standing at the union depot on the
Santa Fe, heavily loaded freight
car that had been scotched on the
main track up on the hill beyond
the compress, came tearing down at
the rate of II or Is miles per hour,
and considerable alarm was felt for
the probable result as the crowd
contemplated it, crushing into the
rear end of the Pullman sleeper, but
conductor Aiken with careful watch
fulness discovered it and signaled
engineer Mcknight to pull out.
The train consisted Of Two baggage
cars, three passenger coaches and a
heavy sleeper all crowded with pas
sengers, and it was not so easy to
dash off all at once, but the engineer
gave her all he could and sent the
driving wheels to spinning before
the train moved, but finally got
under way and had gone perhaps
two car lengths when the crash
came, but the cars were going at so
near the same speed then that the
damage amounted to nothing and
the shock hurt no one. Tom Mills
threw a pair of platform trucks
under the wheels of the wild car
but they did not derail it or come
anyways near stopping it, and to
avoid second collision, conductor
Aiken swung On to the wild car and
mounted it to set the brake, but
found that it was out of order and
signaled the engineer to keep out of
the way, and lively chase followed,
the car gaining speed with its own
momentum as it went down the
grade, the passenger going over the
first hill at a lively rate to keep
out of the way The car had gained
such speed that 1t didn't stop at the
first grade but went over it and
started up the second before it was
stopped. The switch engine was
following in it's wake and soon they
all came steaming back. In the ex-
element one lady threw her baby
out of a car window, which fortu-
nately was caught by some gentle
man standing near, after which she
rushed out on the platform and tried
to leap from the rapidly moving
train and could only be prevented
from the rash act by main force of
more cool male passengers. An
other lady tried to get through a win
dow but was prevented. The
whole affair was quite exciting, for
no more damage to have been done.
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A ROW AT A BALL.
Long Point the Scene of an Almost Fatal
Tragedy.


Long Point was the scene of q
tragedy Sunday night, in which one
man got his skull fractured and
three others got slightly cut with a
pocket knife.
Details of the affair are very mea,
gre, but from what the BANNER could
learn, it seems that the difficulty
started early in the night at ball,
which was in progress at the
Grange hall, and was at first con-
fined to the Messrs. Neinast, and
was interrupted by Mr.. Lucian
Campbell, who insisted that the ball
room was no place for a difficulty,
and the whole party repaired down
stairs to an adjacent blacksmith
shop, and before the people at the
ball had missed the party the
bloody work had been done, and
Mr.. Lucian Campbell mad been hit
on the forehead with sledge ham
mer, sustaining a fractured skull,
while Messrs. Emil and Fritz Nein-
asst, and it is said a third brother,
were each cut, one in the neck, one
in the arm and the third one in the
hand, but none of them seriously.
Young S. Campbell, son of J. B.
Campbell, went to the assistance of
his uncle, who was struck with the
sledge hammer, but it was not
known who did the cutting.
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L1ghtning's Work.

Tuesday evening dark and angry
looking clouds lowered over the
city little to the northward, indi.
eating storm, and the heavy thun.
der and vivid flashes of lightning
shook the earth and lit up the heav-
ems with lurid glare. The rain
which is said to have been heavy
north OF here didn't reach Brennan,
but one stroke of the lightning
came near resulting fatally. 4 large
postoak in the yard of Mrs. D. Il.
Rankin was shattered, the shock
knocking Mrs. Rankin down, and Sc
verely shocking Miss Emma Rankin
knocking down and rendering her
insensible for a few minutes.
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GIDBINGS GRIST.

GIDDNGs, TEX, August 81, 1891.
TheSunday law is observed here by every
body.
The new vault for the court house is near
ing completion.
Hon. J. A. Fields has been confined to his
bed the past week.
Farmers are low spirited on account of the
low price Of cotton.
The new machinery for making dry press
ed brick is turning out excellent brick.
The First National bank officials will move
into their new building this week. 1t is an
ornament to the city.
Giddings wants a railroad from here to
Velasco and is going to have it. The sur
veyors are now making the preliminary sur
vey.
Quite a refreshing shower fell here Friday
afternoon. II was greatly needed, as we
have no artesian well and the cisterns were
nearly all dry.
County Attorney 1. Il. Bowers has been
working up several felony cases for District
Attorney King at our November term of the
district court.
There was an unknown Mexican run over
and killed near here Sunday night by the
east-bound passenger train on the Houston
IL Texas Central railroad.
Assessor Burns has Just from On
extended trip to West Texas and says that
Leon county crops will even up with those
of any county in West Texas of its size.
The fifth Sunday meeting of the Baptist
District Association was closed last night.
Quite number of visitors from Washington,
BWleson, Fayette and Bastrop counties were
in attendance.
The negro, George Hildebrand, who is in
Jail for burglarizing the residence of F. A.
Schmidt, in default of bond, stole S97 from
Mr.. John Parker. Mr.. Parker had his mone7
hidden in his sugar barrel. The negro was
stealing sugar and found the money. he
also burglarized the gunsmith shop of Mr..
Boerne, from whom he took fine shot gun,
which he carried into the woods and covered
up with leaves. He also stole two coldr rings
from a young lady and gave them to his
sweetheart. All the above property has
been recovered. George says that he is will
ing to go, but that he intends to take COM
pany with him to Huntsville.
REDWOOD.
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A Youn" Cyclone,

Near Independence, last Satur-
day, during a wind and rain storm
accompanied by hail, a young cy-
clone struck the residence of Mr..
B. F. Moreman, who had recently
added an addition to his residence,
and blew half of it down, scat
tering it in his cotton patch around
the house. He was blown out some
little distance himself but fortu-
nately escaped without any serious
injury to himself. The hail knocked
out nearly all of his cotton, but did
not extend to any of the adjacent
fields. There was no other building
in the neighborhood injured, aud
none less able to stand the loss than
Mr. MoremaD.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
authorities are arranging for the
publication of an atlas for distribu-
ton throughout the United States
in which they propose to give an
extensive and complete write up of
the manufacturing Industries of a
number of towns on their line,
Brennan among the number, and
have requested the agent to ask the
secretary of the Board of Trade
here to furnish them with the write
up. This is splendid opportunity
for Brennan to get ''free ad," and
one that she should avail herself Of
All the manufacturing industries
of the city should make it a point
to furnish Mr.. Haynes with the data
necessary to make the showing a
good one.
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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, September
the End, 1891:
Stephen Moxey and Eldora Nc
Clellan.
Martin Hartman and Bertha
Hartung.
Wiley Fielder and Lizzie Lienecoe.
Jas. Shaw and Addie Williams.
Austin Flewellen and Aisle To
land.
Jno. Tanner and Carrie Walker.
Washington Minor and Ella
Draden.
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Important to County Teachers.

The examination of teachers for
county certificates, valid in the coun-
ty for the current scholastic year,
will be held September the 3rd and
4th, in the school building, begin
ming at $50 a. M, Thursday, Sep
TENDER 8, and it is highly important
that teachers be present promptly,
when the examination begins, other
wise they may be debarred from the
examination by coming in late.
Teachers who desire to enter the ex-
animation must provide themselves
with legal cap paper and pen, as the
answers to questions must be writ
ten in ink. It would be well for
teachers to have an intelligent I'M
Outstanding of chapter XII of the
school law, Digest of 1891, by which
they will see that the examiners can
be convened only at stated times.
The examiners for Washington
county will be in the High school
building, Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock to arrange for the Examina-
ton. W. Il. FLYNNE,
Chm'r. Board of examiners.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03
ADeserrsd Promotinn.

Miss Willie B. Traynham, who
for the past two years has beer
assistant principal in the Brennan
public school has resigned her posi-.
ton and accepted a more lucrative
one in the public schools of Calves
ton, for which place she left Mon.
day to enter upon her duties. She
has many friends here who, while
they will be glad to learn OF her
promotion will, regret 70 see her
leave the city.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

JNo. THOMPSON, Zulu Sampson,
who claims to be the strongest man
of the 10Th century was performing
wonderful feats of strength in the
bar-rooms yesterday, bending E
bar of iron across his muscle, lifting
a barrel of whiskey with his teeth,
with a big man on his back at the
same time, and carrying the biggest
man in the crowd, in a chair, with
his teeth, and they didn't look like
good ones either. He was exhibit
ing to the colored people at the city
park last night. When it come to
muscles Sullivan wasn't Sin it" with
him.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03
IN NIENIORIUNI.
''There is no flock, however watched and
tended.

''There is no flock, however watched and
tended.
But one dead lamb is there
There is no tireside, howsoe'er defended,
But has one vacant chair"
In this case however, the poig-
nant grief of Rev. A. F. Brauns is
made all the more unendurable by
two vacant chairs. Two weeks ago
he followed the remains of his wife
to the grave, and yesterday at 9:05
o'clock a. M, Augusta G. Brauns,
his six months old infant daughter
breathed her last. Her remains
will be laid beside those of her
mother at Cedar Hill cemetery to-
day wednesday,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

Mr.. L. Z. CREEKMoRE, formerly
with the Santa Fe bridge gang near
here, is now with a merchant and
farmer at Ella, and was in the city
Sunday and Monday getting up a
crowd of cotton pickers to take up
with him. He got quite number
to promise to go with him but the
home farmers out bid him and two
representatives of lower Brazos bot
tom farms who were here for the
same purpose and they all made a
water haul. The Washington county
farmers are paying so cents and
board whereas the others offered
so cents without board.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03
CApT. T. G. CLAY of Independenc,

CAPT. T, G. CLAY of Independence,
was in the city Tuesday and says
that the college opened Monday with
40 students, and that Mr.. 81. O..
Roberts family would move there to
get the benefit of the school. Mr.
Mr.. jim Roberts and Boswell
will move in a few days.
Cotton will all be gathered in two
weeks and will only turn out bale
to every three acres. Corn plenty.
Hogs scarce. Free school will open
the 1st of October.
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Real Estate Transfers.

Following is the real estate trans.
fers recorded in the county clerks
Office during the week ending We'd
nesday evening August y, 1891.
F. Kiber to A. 7. Threadgill 100
acres of the A. Harrington league,
$1,000.
A. Lauraine and wife to A. 7.
Threadg1ll los acres in the Jas.
Walker and A. Harrington league,
$4,000.
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New York Outrivals Brenham.

For some time BRENNAN has en-
loved the distinction of being the
only city in the world where paper
pulp was manufactured from cotton
seed bulls, and the only thing in
the way to prevent the projectors
from having as good a thing as they
wanted was the high freight rates
to the northern mills, and like Ma
homet and the mountain, the mills
wouldn't come to it, it has gone to
the mills, at least it is being loaded
on the cars here now by the inventor
Mr.. Emile Bohn, who will leave
with it Friday for New York where
it will be set up and put in opera
ton by him. There are few places
that could take an industry like this
from BRENNAN, but New York is one
of them, and New York gets Bren-
hams pulp factory.
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A TEXAS VETERAN DEAD.
W. II. Cleveland Died at Waco and Inter
red Here.

W. 81. Cleveland Died at Waco and Inter
red Here.
One of the pioneers of this coun
ty, Texas Veteran, has finished his
life work, fought the good fight
and has gone to Join the innumer.
able caravan in the land beyond.
The news of the death of Mr. W
H. Cleveland, which sad event oc.
cured Thursday evening at the resi-
dence of his daughter, Mrs. N, D.
Roe, of Waco, while there on visit,
was received here with many ex-
pressions of sadness.
Mr.. Cleveland was one of the
pioneers OF this county, having come
here from Alabama in 1885, and has
almost been a continual resident
since that time, until a few months
ago when he left here to reside with
his grand daughter, Mrs. j. G. NAL
lison in Austin. He was 81 years
of age and for more than go years
has been a consistent member of
the Baptist church, having been a
member perhaps longer than any
man IN Texas.
His remains were brought to this
place for interment Friday evening
on the south bound Santa Fe and
were met at the depot by a large
number of his former friends, who
turned out to pay the last sad tri-
butte of respect to his memory.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

QUITE suddenly and without all
the wire pulling of Mr.. Dyrenforth
in West Texas, old Jupiter Pluvius
opened his food gates Sunday night
and blessed Brennan and vicinity
with a copious shower, He may be
a little slow sometimes and doesn't
furnish showers on special order, as
the agricultural bureau will proba-
bly, shortly engage to do, but he
gets there in his own good time in
this part of the moral vineyard, just
the same.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

In the case of Harvey Hurbert
and wife VS.. the G. G. & S. F. Ry
suit for the value of COW killed by
the train, before Justice Curry
Tuesday, verdict was rendered for
the plaintiff for $50.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

Nh G. W. ROWLAND, of Independ-
ence, came in Monday after Rev. E.
Ward, whom he carried out to as
sist in the protracted meeting going
on at the Baptist church there. The
meeting commenced the first of last
week and will be continued through
this week.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

MISSES WILLIE and FAY GooDE,
of Bellville, and Miss Matte Camp
bell, of Chappell Hill, the last
named sister of J. D. Campbell,
Esq, are here on visit to relatives
and friends, the guests of the family
of J. d. Campbell, Esq.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

MR. JAS. GooDLETT was here from
Gay Hill Wednesday, and reports
that wind and rain storm visited
that section of the county Tuesday
night and was so severe as to do
great damage to the crops, blowing
cotton all out and beating it in the
ground. No serious casualties were
reported.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

Mr.. RoB'T TAMPLM's little son
Robert Earl, one year old, died at
$50 Wednesday evening of cholera
infantum, at the home of its grand
mother, Mrs. S. G. Tamplin, on
North Market street in this city.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

Mrs. W. b. MURpHEY left Tuesday
for Tyler to join her husband who
for the past few months has been
In business there, and who was for
merly proprietor of the Merchants
Exchange Saloon here. They have
many friends here who regret to see
them leave.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

The firms of Messrs. F. Kiber and
Simon & Gee, both had merchan-
disc on the Inflated steamer of the
Morgan line "Eldorado," bound
from New York to Galveston, which
was sunk en- route short time since,
and will lose the amount not having
any insurance. Messrs. Simon &
Gees loss amounts to $4,000,
while Mr.. Kiber's reaches $4,000.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

Mr.. Fritz FNKE recently celebra-
ted the 18th anniversary of his mar
rage, at his home few miles in the
country, and quite a number from
here went out and enjoyed his hos
pltalitY.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

THERE will be grand feast at
Woodworths' School House, in
Henry Sanders pasture three miles
east of Brennan, Sunday Sept. 18th
Everybody invited to attend. There
will be music, dancing, etc.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

TIE public schools opened in al
most every town in the State last
Monday, except Brennan. Our
schools will open next Monday, Sep
TENDER It'll, a clear loss of time OF
one week. Query: Will teachers
receive one months pay for three
weeks work?
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

ABOUT $50 o'clock yesterday after
noon the steam gin of Mr. r. E.
Fielder, near Chappell Hill, was
burned, together with about nine
bales of cotton. Coming as it does
right in the busy season of ginning,
the loss is very great. 1t was not
learned whether it was insured or
not.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

The reserved judgment in the
Father F. M. HUM case was rem.
dered by Judge Kirk Tuesday, and
he is required to give bond in the
sum of $1,000 for the faithful per-
farmance of his trust as master OF
John Luke and all others under
his charge who are under IA years
of age.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

DE-. A. F. SnLMAN, of San Felipe,
a frequent visitor to this city and
well and favorably known here, is
quite sick at the home of his daugh-
ter in Jewett, and a Houston Post
special says, is not expected to live.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

DR. LoCKHART of Chappell Hill,
was in the city Tuesday, having
recently returned from trip to the
northern lakes where he spent some
time for his health, returning much
improved.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

DrsTRrcr court convenes here next
Monday, when Judge Beauregard
Bryan will preside for his first time
in Washington county, though he
has held court both in Lee and Bur-
Lesson, where, though he had to over
come the prejudice of some on &C.
count of his youthfulness, he gave
universal satisfaction.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

BE Santa Fe folks are talking of
ting on train to run between
tenham and Navasota, which
you'd be a great convenience to
both places.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

MISS GEORGIA SLATER left yesterday
to accept a position as teacher in one
of the schools at Temple.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

PARTIES here who desire to builc
on their Velasco property are ex
periencing trouble getting lumber
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

IT takes work to build up city,
and not enough people are working
for BRENNAN.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

Mr.. ABE HARRISON returned from
New York Tuesday night, after an
absence of five weeks.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

The little SON of MIR. A. C, Koch
is quite sick.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

TIE railway connection to Velasco
is the hope of Brennan.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

The BRENNAN Oil mill was started
up for the season Tuesday. A vast
amount of work has been done there
putting the mill in first class condi-
ton before the season opened, and
it is presumed everything is in good
shape for the mill to run on full
time and up to its capacity during
the season. This will add material
" to the bucket brigade
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

Two of Mr.. Fritz Harms children
are quite sick with the typhoid fever.