Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 17, 1890 Page: 5 of 8
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LOCAL NEWS
Te Oddfellows of this city will
have their street parade on the 2Gth
instant.
Mb. S. A. Morriss says that he
has been revelling in Irish potatoes
for a week.
Eaddishes mustard lettuce and
some other vegetables have found
the way on the tables.
Me. Tom Evans says that some of
the farmers around "Washington will
have to plant their corn over.
Me. E. G. Langhammer the popu-
lar county assessor entertained a
number of his friends at a birthday
gathering on Sunday evening.
Miss Hallie Betas reports that
nearly 150 has been realized from
the play on Saturday night for the
benefit of the Confederate Home.
Quite a number of farmers from
the Washington and Graball neigh-
borhoods were in the city on Mon-
day as witnesses in the Kellum mur-
der case.
Ma. Ehleet a young man living
with Mr. August Voss was lacked
in the mouth by a fiery horse two or
three days 8go and lost some of his
teeth.
Jim Christian colored who has
been in jail on a charge of disposing
of mortgaged property gave bond
on Monday in the sum of 200 and
was released from custody.
The members of two of the classes
in the Methodist Sunday school
(Giddings Memorial) went out in
wagons Tuesday and enjoyed a pic-
nic at Mr. S A. Morriss's.
The broom drill contest on Satur-
day night between the colored
Methodist Sunday school of Chap-
pell TTill and the Brenham St. John
school resulted in a victory for the
latter j
Me. J. C. Muse formerly of thife
city is still acting as special judge
in the district court at Dallas in the
place of the regular judge of the
court who i ill and unable to hold
court.
Me. John A. Jackson reports that
cotton is dying in the Graball neigh-
borhood and says it will have to be
replanted. He also reports that
there are several cases of Auk in the
neighborhood.
While Mr. Howland the driver
of the Independence mail hack was
at dinner on Monday some miserable
thief stole one of the driving lines
out of the harness where the horses
were standing.
While Mr. Joe Routt of Chapped
Hill was in this city on Monday he
received a telegram from Dallas an-
nouncing the serious illness of his
sister Mrs. G. P. Tarrant and left
on the first train.
Me. C. Lasch who rosides four
miles and a half southwest of town
reports that he has a number of
horses that are suffering badly from
distemper. He says that several of
his neighbors also have distempered
stock.
Miss Hallie Betas on behalf of
the company presenting the play
last Saturday evening desires to re-
turn thanks through the Banner to
Messrs. A. & H. Harrison Mr. Alex
Simon Sr. and Mr. Zekind and Capt.
J. M. Bvrnes for kind favors.
Constable Boyd went down to the
Chappell Hill nighborhood Thurs
day and levied execution on the
famous Carlisle-Girtman mule which
has been the subject of so much liti-
gation. Mr. Boyd will keep the
mule until the costs are paid.
The feats both at Berlin and the
one near Kenneyville were largely
attended on Sunday by crowds from
the city. Voss's band furnishod the
music at the Oak Hill fest and at
the Kenneyville fest there were some
interesting declamations and school
exercises by the children.
Ox Sunday night the Brenham
Light Guard brass band tendered a
serenade to Mr. Hermann Gicsecko
at his residence in honorof his twenty
first birthday anniversary and after
partaking of some excellent wines
and cake everybody repaired to the
Frohsinn hall across the street and
enjoyed themselves tripping the
light fantastic. Thero were some
fifteen couples present and they did
not disperse until 2 o'clock in the
morning.
A5IONO TIIK ItKEAKEHS.
rrc-entcd by Amateur Talent to a Dellsht.
cl A mlicnce oil Satnnlay c cnhip;.
Although it was gotten up on
short notice with but little time for
practice or rehearsal it is drawing
it exceedingly mild to say that the
play of "Among theTJreakers" which
was presented at the opera house on
last Saturday evening for the bene-
fit of the Confederate Home at Aus-
tin was a most brilliant and com-
mendable success. Thero wasn't an
unpleasantly disappointed spectator
in the audience but on the contrary
everybody was most agreeably sur-
prised and it was a common remark
among those who had been accus-
tomed to patronize the theatre dur-
ing the season just closed that the
play presented Saturday evening or
rather the members of the cast pre-
senting it were far superior to most
of the professionals wnom tney nau
seen during the season at the Opera
house. Following was the cast of
the play: David Murray keeper of
Fairpoint Light Mr. Ed Blackburn;
Larry Divine his assistant Beaure
gard Bryan; Hon. iJruce iunter
Mr. W. H. Snell; Clarence Hunter
his ward Mr. Tom Holland; Peter
Paragraph a newspaper reporter
Mr. John Hoffmann; Scud Hunter s
servant Mr. Ben S. Kogers; Miss
Minnie Daze Hunter's niece Miss
W. B- Traynham; Biddy Lane an
Irish girl Miss Lizzie Dwyer; Bess
Starbright "Cast up by the Waves''
Miss Hally Bryan; Mother Uarey a.
reputed fortune-teller Mrs. L. J.
Lockett. It can be truthfully said
without the indulgence usually al-
lowed to amateurs that the com-
pany as a whole acquitted them
selves with entire credit whilo of
some of them judged by the strict
standard required of professionals it
can with equally a3 much truth be
said that their acting was almost
above criticism. The acting of
Mrs. L. J. Lockett and Mr. Ed
Blackburn can not be prais-
ed too highly. In the scene
where she as Slother Carey read
his past history in the grounds of a
teacup and he as the heavy villain
quailing and writhing at his own in-
famy finally aroused to the proper
height of rage and slapped the cup
from her hand and in subsequent
scenes they were superb. About!
the only fault that can be found
with either of them is applicable to
both. They were both lacking in
gesture. A few simple ones would
have greatly relieved the monotony
and enhanced their acting to a
marked degree. Miss Hally Bryan
was a complete success in every re-
spect. It might possibly be urged
against her by some and the same
might be applicable to Mr. John
Hoffmann that they slightly over-
did their parts. But this because
they were only amateurs. Had they
been professionals and not taken
everybody so completely by surprise
the objection would never have been
thought of. Miss Bryan possesses
splendid soubrette talent and in the
opinion of many surpassed two-
thirds of the profession-
al soubrettes who appeared
here last season. Besides acquitting
herself so charmingly the credit of
getting up the play and the arrang-
ing of all the details is duo to her.
Ben S. Rogers as Scud the colored
servant was a whole show by him-
self and was pesrectly at home on
the stagej which very fact made him
a holy terror and sent dismay to the
others some of whom did not know
their parts. Scud didn't have his
lines down very fine himself and
made up about half as he went along.
His interpolations threw the others
off the track once in a while by not
giving them their cue. John Hoff
mann displayed startling talent of
the Sol smith Kussell and lioland
Beed order and his friends did not
hesitate to say he ought to go East
and study for the stage. Miss Wil-
lie Traynham presented a pretty
stage presence and while she acted
only a subordinate part sue extract
ed all there was in it and won a great
deal of admiration. Beauregard
Bryan made his strong hit in a per
sonal clash with bcud. Miss Lizzie
Dwyer did not appear at her best
as she is known to be one of the
finest amateurs in the city but her
acting was well received. Mr. Snell
presents a handsome and portly
stage presence and a better selection
for the part could not have been
made while Mr. Tom Holland the
remaining member of tho cast did
fairly well also. The play wab in
two acts and between the falls of
tho curtain Mrs. George England
whose husband is the popular travel
ing auditor of tho banta lye road
made her first appearance before a
Brenham audience and saner "Bless
your little heart I love you" nnd in
response to an encoro sang another
of Emma Abbott's favorites. She
was greeted with wild enthusiasm
and -saner like a bird without tho
least exertion apparently. At tlio
conclusion oi mo piay Miss wiino
B. Traynham appeared by request
and sang tho ever popular air
"Then you'll remember me'' from I
tho "Bohemian Girl.'" Thero is ai
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jjiuuuimiy mat .ti.uiuug iuo Jjreaii-1
ers will bo presented at Chappell
w;n oni ttL...i fi. L'
Hill aad Independence for tho same
noblo cause for tho benefit of tho '
Confederate Home. A pressing in-
vitation has already been leeeivcd
from the foimer place.
A l'ropo-eil Tramway.
Nearly a week ago a seedy look
ing stranger brought some manu
script up to tho Banner office and
asked tho reporter to look over it.
The reporter was busy at the time
and ho left without explaining the
manuscript which as a whole ap-
pears to be as unintelligible as a
Chinese wash list or a lot of Indian
hieroglyphics. It. purports how-
ever to be a circular of the "Mulzer
Tramway"' and contains a lot of fig-
ures sketches tracings in pencil
etc. showing the route the number
sizes and different kinds of matciial
that will be needed aud the cost of
construction besides a confused and
fancied mass of other things. A
note signed by "Georgo A. Mulzer '
accompanies the plot in which the
said Mulzer claims to be the mana-
ger of the enterprise and says he
proposes to build the tramway from
Lexington to Brenham if six thous-
and dollars can be raised in this city
to build seven and a half miles of it
out in tho direction of Lexington.
Mr. Mulzer says the tramway will
increase the value of cottonseed
alone from $1 to 2 per acre and
that tho necessary capital will
amount to only seven cents per acre
of the iand adjoining it within ten
miles. The six thousand dollars
asked of tho people of Brenham he
doesn't appear to ask as a gift but
proposes to create sinking funds to
repay the loan. "Two thousand of
it" he says "will be provided by
the manager from a bonus from the
sale of wood and the horse trade.
The interest on the other 4000
amounts to S1J a day which are de-
rived from tho sale of three cords of
wood per day at $2 1-G per cord in-
cluding 50 cents profit." "The first
7 miles" the manager 'goes on to
explain will be budt with 3x4 inch
pmo rails bought at Brenham in-
creasing tho cost of rails about 50
per mile of track." Mr. Mulzer
says that in addition to 12 per cent
interest he pays a dividend of 12
per cent after the first month. It is
not proposed to make Lexington
the terminus of tho tramway but to
build it all the way to Austin. The
capital stock of tho tramway is 20-
000 in shares of S50 each bearing 12
per cent interest. The same myste-
rious party who appeared at the
Banneb office bearing one of the cir-
culars above alluded to as mysteri-
ously appeared at Schuerenberg's
shop and one or two other places
and as silently and as mysteriously
took his departure. Another one of
the maps plans sketches fieldnotes
or whatever it may be called was
fcund by Mayor Wilkins in Mr. W.
A. Wood's lumber yard. If any-
body can figure out what it means
he is welcome to the manuscript
copy left at this office.
SCHOOL ITEMS.
Laura P. Holmes one of the teach
ers in the camptown school is quite
sick with a relapse of measles and
Sam Jenkins is temporarily filling
her place.
The colored teachers of the city
met in the camptown school building
Saturday morning Prof. Flynne
presiding and went through with
regular institute work.
Tho county Institute met in the
evening and was largely attended
being occupied with discussing the
necessity of locating a colored Sum
mer Normal at Brenham. J. T. Harris
and W. H. Brovles were considered
for appointment to be named in the
application to Supt. Cooper.
Mr. F. P. St. John superintendent
of the Ballinger school is endeavor-
ing to locate a Summer Normal at
Brenham and has written Prof.
Flynne asking him to obtain at least
twenty names to the application.
Mr. St. John disircs that ho be
named as principal. The city teach-
ers will take no interest in this mat-
ter as thoy intend to attend the
Galveston Summer Normal wheio
they will have a greaterjvariety of
special talent. Some of the county
teachers who will not go to Galves-
ton in the Summer ought to interest
themselves in having the nomal lo-
cated here and come forward at
onco and give Prof. Flynne their
name. The cost of the normal will
bo S100 which must be paid by the
teachers attending to remunerate
the principal.
If the trustees of tho city schools
give Friday as a holiday for tho
Mai-Fest some of tho teachers have
expressed their intention to avail
themselves of it to visit tho Spring
Palace.
Public exercises on tho last Friday
evening of tho school month have
given piaco to preparations ior tue
closing exercises.
Tiik Brenham
pulp factory has ;
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hulls m stock.
ous of codon seed
nuus In bt0CK" in8r were smppcu
uero f rom Houston.
DISTI'.ICT COU1ST.
Saturday. There was nothing
done in the district court on Satur-
day in the way of trying new cases.
But when court was opened Special
Judge Alexander ascended the bench
and announced his decision in the
case of Eisonmeyer vs. Hudson and
in the case of Sprague vs. IX. D.
Harris the former of which was
cried on Thursday and the latter on
Friday. In both cases the court re-
served its opinion. In tho case of
Eisemneyer vs. Hudson where the
late firm of P. W. Hunt & Co. exe
cuted a mortgage to the defendant
to secure preferred crediters plain-
tiff attacked tho mode of assignment
and the court decided in the plain
tiffs favor ruling that the mortgage
naming preferred creditors was in
the nature of a statutory assignment.
In the case of Sprague vs. Harris a
garnishment suit judgment was ren-
dered in favor of the defendant.
This closes Special Judge Alexander's
docket.
Monday The criminal docket was
resumed and Judge Garrett who
has been taking a vacation while
Special Judge- Alexander disposed
of a number of cases in which he
was disqualified resumed his seat
on the bench.
The case of The State vs. Arch
Hughes colored was called. This
is the case in. which the defendant
stands accused of murdering Frank
Kellum an old man who lived alone
and kept store in the Whitman
neighborhood. The case had to be
continued on account of the absence
of witnesses.
The case of State vs. Henry Nor-
mon indicted for theft of a cow was
postponed one day on account of the
absence of witnesses and the court
ordered fines to be entered against
them. Also against one or two for-
eign sheriffs for failure to return
process on attachment.
E. Buls was tried on an indict-
ment for assault with intent to mur-
der Henry Freitag out at a fest at
Palm's store when Freitag was at
tacked by the King brothers. The
jury found him guilty of aggravated
assault and hned him blau.
5The case of the State vs. Wm.
Bowden assault to murder was
then taken up and trial was proceed-
ed with. The defendant in this case
was tried once before at the present
term of court and secured a hung
ury.
Tuesday Tho case of the State
vs. Eobert Bowden for assault with
intent to murder went to the jury at
a late hour Monday bvening and af-
ter being locked up all night and
kept together until noon without ar-
riving at a verdict the jury was dis-
charged. This makes the second
trial with the same result during the
present term.
The case of the State vs. Henry
Norman for the theft of cattle which
should have been tried on Monday
but was postponed on account of
the absence of witnesses was called
and the defendant entered a plea of
guilty after a jury had been duly
empaneled. His punishment was
assessed at two years in the peniten-
tisry and time being waived sen-
tence was passed at once. Fines
against H. Dalmeyer and F. W.
Keil defaulting witnesses were re-
mitted. Drew and Bob King implicated
in tho assault on Henry Fretig some
time since pleaded guilty to ag
gravated assault and were fined $150
each.
State vs. George McClellan in-
dicted for theft of hogs over 20 in
value verdict of not guilty.
The bail bond of Archie Hughes
under indictment for murder and
whose case was continued for the
term was placed at 1000.
Wednesday. The court disposed
of three or four cases in which the
defendants were all colored.
Henry Williams was first put on
trial for the theft of a horse and was
convicted and given eight years in
the penitentiary. Tho case of the
State vs. Tom Eobertson for the
theft of property over 20 in value
was then called. Tom pleaded Dot
guilty at first and conducted his own
defense putting soiup sharp ques-
tions on cross-examination to the
witnesses for the prosecution and
displaying considerable shrewdness.
He knew the difference iu law be-
tween the theft of property over 20
and theft under 20 in value and
the burden of his questions was to
show that the property stolen (a
saddle) was not worth 20. Failing
in this he withdrew his plea of not
guilty and pleaded guilty throwing
himself on the mercy of the court
and jury. He made a personal talk
to tho jury and said he had two or-
phan children who needed his pro-
tection and that he was drinking
when he stolo the saddle. The jury
gave him three years.
I The case against Juno Frazier
charged with being implicated with
Hrarv Wiliiams in the theft ofi
horses was continued for reasons
bt known to the prosecuting at:
'tomey.
Wm. Leake indicted for murder
was then taken up and trial pro-
ceeded with. This is fhe case in
which a woman at a colored church
affair at Chappell Hill was killed
while the defendant and another
party were engaged in an alterca
tion. Tho defendant has been tried
before at tho present term of court
was convicted given five years in
the pen and granted a new trial.
This is tho last case on the criminal
docket. Williams and Eobertson
committed the crimes for which thoy
were convicted after the grand jury
adjourned and ordinarily according
to the custom of the court until re
cently they would have been al
lowed to remain in jail until the
next regular term. But as it is the
county is saved the expense of feed
ing them.
Ox Saturday afternoon a lot of
colored girls of various sizes and
dressed in blue and red and carry-
ing brooms and parasols arrived in
town from Chappell Hill. They
were members of the Methodist Sun
day school at that place and had
come up to drill with the broom
brigade of the St. John's African
Methodist church of this city for a
medal. The drill took place at nine
o'clock at night. They also paraded
the streets in the afternoon and
drew a large crowd after them.
They executed a few movements in
front of the Banneb office.
The picnic season was opened on
Thursday by a party of young ladies
and gentlemen who drove down in
wagons to Pampell's lake about
four miles east of town and enjoyed
a quiet little picnic of their own all
by themselves. The party consisted
of Mr. Sam Styles and Miss Julia
Eobertson of Waco Mr. Will Dallas
and Miss Lizzio Dwyer Mr. Tom
ClampUt and Miss Carrie Blue of
Independence Mr. James Gee and
Miss Janie Hughes and Tom Hol-
land and Miss Alma Hemming.
Capt. Tom Clat Mr. A. M. Clay
and Mr. Frank Eldridge who went
down to Eockport on a prospecting
trip with the intention of buy-
ing lands for speculative pur-
poses returned on Wednesday night.
The Banneb reporter met Capt. Clay
the next day and was authorized to
state that whatever money tho cap-
tain had to invest hereafter would
be invested in Washington county
property. He says that this county
is ahead of any county he saw and
suits him well enough.
Messes. E. Hoffmann Joseph P.
Jackson and John M. Key the com-
mittee appointed by District Judge
Garrett on recommendation of the
late grand jury to examine into the
finances of the county had their
first meeting on Monday and spent
the day in overhauling the records
and reports filed in the county clerk's
office. They will continue their in-
vestigation for five days from the be-
ginning concluding on Friday.
A pabtv who lives out in West
Texas just beyond San Antonio
came all tho way to Washington
county the other day to get married
and the wedding was to have taken
place on Tuesday but certain infor
mation came to his knowledge
which caused the ceremony to be in
definitely postponed. He departed
from Brenham Tuesday a sad but
wiser man.
Residents of Silkville a small vil
lage southwest of town who were
in the city Thursday report that
place on quite a boom and that a
number of new residences are going
up. Mrs. L. F. Seidelmann is build-
ing a neat residence in front of Mr.
John Stern's place and Hon. Thos.
Bolivar Benjamin Buckner Brecken-
ridge Botts is having an addition
built to his residence which im
proves it very much and gives it an
appearance of airiness.
The members of the Germania
Sociai club had their first rehearsal
Friday night of the new amateur
theatrical entertainment which they
will present on the night of the 27th
instant. Tho parties who are to take
part in the play are Mrs. Ed Haubelt
Mrs. Huettig Joseph Ebaner H.
Schulze Joe Gootkofsky aud Fred
Kraemer. As stated this will be tho
last entertainment of the seasou.
The Fisher County Call advocates
Judgo C. E. Bretdlova a a caudi-
doto for congress to succeed Hoc.
'S. W. T. Lauham.
In the district court on Friday
the big land suit of Harlow vs.
Hudgins was continued after which
the suit of L. V. Sprague vs. E. C
Harris assignee to recover the
amount of a .judgment by garnish-
ment in the W. C. Dixon assigned
estate was taken up and- tried. At
the conclusion Special Judge Alex-
ander took the case under advisement.
Beenham should have an amateur
dramatic association. The success
of last Saturday evening's entertain-
ment demonstrates the fact that
there is plenty of good talent in the
city. The young people could get
together and by forming such an as-
sociation and occasionally giving en-
tertainments could greatly relieve the
monotony of the dull summer
months.
Mb. W. M. Cook foreman at C.
W. Hess's saddlery shop reportB
that his four children who have all
been down with the black measles
are now doing well and no uneasi-
ness is now felt as to their recovery.
There is a new arrival in the shape
of a ten-pound boy at Mr. Cook's
home.
Miss Ethel Muse was elected
May Queen last night receiving one
hundred and fifty votes which was
increased after the polls were closed
to 500 a number of the young men
putting up the required amount at
10 cents a vote. After the election
the Queen was tendered a serenade
by the Light Guard Band arid noti-
fied of her election.
In mentioning the fest out at Ber-
lin for the benefit of the Oak Hill
school the Basneb unintentionally
omitted the main feature which was
the fine singing of the children. Tho
fest was more largely attended than
any previous one. Everybody was
full of life the music splendid and
the dance at night did not break up
until i o'clock in the morning.
Db. D. D. Lasch a blind gentle-
man from Louisville Kentucky is
hero on a visit to his brother Mr. C.
Lasch who farms a short distance
southwest of town. Dr. Lasch has
been for many years a professor in
the instituto at Louisville and he
contemplates starting an institution
of the kind in Texas.
The excursion party which was
to have gone down from Brenham
to Houston and thence by barge
down the bayou to Galveston bay
has been postponed for the present
owing to the fact that some of the
gentlemen who desire to go are en-
gaged in the district court and can-
not get away before adjournment.
A petition to "his imperial majes-
ty 'the Czar of all the Russians"
asking for mercy and clemency to-
wards the Siberian exiles has been
sent to Brenham for signatures.
Similar petitions are being circulated
throughout the United States. Tho
movement started in Philadelphia.
Pabties were in from Phillips sta-
tion the first station south on the
Santa Fe road Thursday for the
purpose of getting a petition to Su-
perintendent Scott drawn up ask-
ing that a depot be built at that
place and an agent appointed.
A number of persons interested in
a land transaction down in Waller
county will leave this city early next
week and will combine pleasure with
business by
tackle along
days.
taking then: fishing
and spending a few
After the regular prayer-meeting
service at tho Baptist church on
Wednesday evening the ordinance
of baptism was administered to Miss
Mamie Ewing Miss Dora Thaxton
and Mrs. Richardson.
About the beginning of next week
tho demand for cotton choppers will
be general and the vagrant law
should be enforced strictly against
idlers who refuse to go out and help
the farmers.
There wero fow or five farmers
from the Pleasant Hill neighbor-
hood in the city on Monday hiring
hands to go out and chop cotton.
Tiiey offered 75 cents a day and
board.
Tnn members of the Texas veter
ans' association residing in this city
and county will leave on Friday to
attend tho annual reunion at Fort
Worth. ' .
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