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BRENHAM WEEKLY BANNER.
Office Low Building corner Sandy and St. Charles Streets. Entered at Postoftice Brenliam Texas as second cla. matter.
VOLUME XXV.
BRENHAM TEXAS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11 1S90.
NUMBER 37
TO THE PUBLIC!
tf
Having- selected the
Boots Shoes Hats &c.?
ever brought to Brenham I am prepared to oiler
STARTLING BARGAINS as well as nice goods.
My stock was bought for SPOT CASH that alone means from 15
to 20 per cent less. I have started the business to continue it ; to do
this compels me to compete with any house in the city; not being satis-
fied with this I am going to offer 15 to 20 per cent reduction of LOW
i PRICES. When I say this I mean it ! If you will call and exam-
ine I am satisfied that I can make it to your interest. My stock of
lis Boys and Hra's C
Is very large. I can show .you the .prettiest as.well as cheapest line
to be found in the city. Respectfully
E. HOFFMANN
ZMIoLjLol St?
The celebration of Confederate
Teterans that was held at Corsicana
Saturday was a very pleasant affair
m
Floods in the valleys frequently destroy
larce crops of com. aud "C 0. C. Certain
Corn Cure" has destroyed large crop3 of
"corns on many weary pedestrians leer.
isoia DydOE. instram.
The county attorney of Palls
county writes to the governor that
all is ouiet at Marlin and the people
are disposed to obey his proclama
tion. ne governor in reply com
mends the action of the officers in
enforcing his order.
Messes. D. K. Fit & Co.
Gentlemen I have been using your Eli
Fills for the past two years with theDest re-
suits ana can cnecnouy recommend tnern
to the Duhlic Eesneetfullv.
Sv Blum
or xi. is n. iiixu.
For Sale by B. Lubx Brenham Texas.
Henry Adams was strifck by
lightning at New Jiraumfels Mon
day. '
Galvetoit .March 1 1S90
irsaEs. David R. Flt & Co.
Dear Sirs I have tried tout Eli Pills for
torpid liver and consider them the best pill
on the market forany liver troubles.
"Wit. H. Sinclair
President G. C. B. R. Co.
"For sale by E. E. LumJ Brenham Texas.
Galloway of Gilmer Texas
walked out of a window on the see-
on 3 story of the Commercial hotel
Monday while asleep and fell to
the bnrK pavement. Ho serious in-
Junes.
Jiidfjj&$"wmy. ex-Atlomey-Gen'l
of Tcxi C- asptaster of Masons says:
"It (HeJBMHBbest medicine for head-
ache I Bhtresany headache. For
sale byHB&Oc.
-AHMjjeath occurred at
"WicbjHKekiy. A tran-
sient jHHBbd vras found
at tLHHHkn with his
neck lHSfflH failed to
develonHHHL
Sugar SHHBft pleasant
medy MHHfiiHEy t4ste"
lei;.. SHHHHkfl to
newest largest and most attractive line of
ZBroialiaLiXLj Tex
Pink Cameron of Whiteright
was stabbed probably fatally Satur-
day night by his brother-in-law
Curtis Johnson at that place.
Many have tried to imitate "C. C C. Cer-
tain Corn Cure" but have failed. There are
none like it. Manufactured by J. C. Men-
dtnhall & Co. Evansville Lid. Sold by
Jos. Tristram.
The case of smail-pox at Marlin
is doing well. No indication of the
disease spreading.
Consumption
Ballard's Horehound Syrnp.
No single disease has played such sad
havoc with the human race as Consumption.
No other disease approaches so stealthily.
Its early symptoms are ignored because it is
thought onlv a Cold or hacking Cough
wnicn is neglected until the grim monster has
such a hold that nothing but death can re-
lieve it. Ballard's Horehound Syrup has
removed the grip of this grim monster from
many a throat. If taken in time it will eflect
a permanent cure and in the worst stages it
will give surprising relief. Try its soothing
and healing virtues. Do not put it off until
too late. J. D. Rogers Agents.
The infant of Mr. Richardson
who lives near Eastland county met
a horrible death by falling into a
vessel of boiling water. The mother
has become hopelessly insane.
Try Lone Star Catarrh Cure. A sure euro
for Catarrh and colds in the head. Sold Ly
Dr. Jos. D. Rogers.
Doubt is that which makes man
suspicious of all his kind.
If you feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS
Trifi mnrfihnl of fiorsinnnn nr-
rested a young man wanted in Colo-
rado Monday.
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"Don't Care to Kat."
It is with the greetest confidence that
Hood's Sarsarilia is recommended for loss of
appetite indigestion sick headache and
similar troubles. This medicine -ger.tly
tones the stomach assists digestion and
makes one "real hungry." Persons in deli-
ca:e health after takins Hood's Sarsaparilla
a few days rind themselves longing for and
eating the plainest food with unexpected
relish. r
oil
'The Ethiopians disposed of the
dead either by throwing them into
the river or by preserving them in
their houses in statues of gold or
baked clay.
The success of Mrs. Annio JU.
Beam of AlcKeesport Pennsyl-
vania in the treatment of diar-
rhoo in her children will undoubt-
edly bo of interest to many moth-
ers. She says: "I spent soveral
weeks in Johnstown Pa. alter -tho
great flood on account of my hus-
band being employed there. We
had soveral children with us two
of whomtook the diarrhoea very
badly. I got some of Chamber-
lain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea
Eemedy from Rev. Mr. Chapman.
It cured both of them. Several
other cases where it was equally
successful. I think it cannot bo
excelled and cheerfully reccom-
raend it." 25 and 50 cents bottles
for sale by R. E. Luhn.
The summers are very unsatisfac
tory. They are too long to make
J one straw hat do all summer and
are too short to wear out two.
Preston's "Hed-Ake."
Mr. J. H. Simon of Simon & Gee Bren-
ham. says: "I have used Preston's "Hed-
Ake" and found it the best I have ever used
for curing headache." For sale by all drug-
gists 5o cents.
The executive committee ap-
pointed to manage the proposed
Waco cotton fiesta has resigned
because the proposed trades display
was not in accord with their ideas
of what it should be.
Sugar Chill is as sweet as sugar- Children
cry for it. Sold on guarantee. No cure no
pay. By Dr. Jos. D. Rogers.
Parker county cotton looks well.
The prospect for a top crop is splen-
did. The recent rains there have
made the farmers look more cheer-
ful. I used Lone Star Catarrh Cure for Catarrh
of the head of 20 years standing and must
skv that it perfected a permanent cure and I
believe it to be the peer of all Catarrh reme-
dies. A. A. Caolk St. Jo Texas.
I Sold by Dr. Jos. D. Rogers.
STATE NEWS
W. H. Briggs of Elgin failed
for $9000 Saturday.
Victoria has shipped 1120 bales
ol cotton tins season.
The ladies of San Marcos have
organized a Cemetery Association.
The "Wooston dairy near Fort
"Worth was burned a few days ago.
A special term of the Calhoun
county court is called at Victoria
October 2.
J. B.Lott a prominent citizen of
Goliad died there suddenly- Satur
day niglit.
The Methodists of Gatesville
are considering the erection of a
church in that town.
Messrs. Tips and Klein of Se-
guni expect to move into their new
30000 store nest week.
Representative Erskine is re-
nominated at Del Rio as representa-
tive of the Slst district.
A deacon is under arrest at
Gainesville charged with insulting
the wife of a neighbor.
The cotton crop is cut short in
Limestone county a bale to three
acres being about the average.
About l50f gallons of fine lu
bricating oil are being shipped from
Nacogdoches oil wells every week.
The Belton roller mills owned
by Ben D. Lee & Co. burned Sun
day morning. Total loss 810000.
The horsemen of Hays county
expect to seud fifteen or twenty of
their best horses to the San Antonio
Fair.
Thos. L- Flemming treasurer
of Madison Prrish.La. suicided at a
boarding house in Dallas Saturday
night.
Houston holds primaries for
election of delegates to county con
vention ana will run a straight
ticket.
Papers have been signed for
8100000 cotton factory in Laredo.
The enterprise of Laredo in bound
to win.
Lubbock county is to be organ-
ized in December and the prospec-
tive county seat will be named Lub-
bock. - -
The Texas Logging and Lum-
ber Company of Tyler has been
chartered with a capital stock of
$42000.
The farmers around Coleman
are beginning to sow rye and hard
wheat and are planting their Fall
gardens.
The mail service from San Saba
to Cherokee and from Sonora to
San Angelo is increased tosis. times
a week.
The report that negro brake-
man were being employed on the
Cotton Belt to take the place of the
strikers is t metwith a fiat denial.
Tom Jackson living near Ran
ger was badly wounded by his
horse becoming unmanageable and
running terough a barbwire fence.
A company to put up telephone
lines between Cisco and Eastland
and between Cisco and Rising Star
is among the probabilities.
Some farmers in Johnson coun-
ty are complaining of a blight on
cotton which injures it greatly and
causes the leaves to turn yellow.
A nine-year-old boy of Mr
James "Webb of the Hines Chapel
neighborhood near Ennis had his
upper jaw broken by a kick from a
horse.
Bell county fair grounds are be
ing rapidly prepared lor tne lair.
Good stand tack hall water supply
and cattle stalls aie already pre
pared.
The strikers of the cotton belt
are quietly awaiting the result of
the engineers conference at Tyler.
The yardmaster has joined the
strikers.
Cotton is not so good in "Van
Zandt county as was expected a
few weeks ago. However the crop
will be fully double that of last year
on account of acreage.
State health officer Rutherford
pronounced the case of Chas. Math-
ewE four miles from Temple genu
ine small pox and established a
quarantine against the family.
It is fearfully dry and crops are
poor in Cass county though cotton
is 20 or 25 per cent better this year
than last. Corn is very poor and
forage will bo scarce in deed anoth-
er year.
In a difficulty at Crockett be
tween Alexander Kenney a butcher
and Ruck Dawson the former was
cut in tho arm and breast and a
"ash seven inches across tho left
breast.
A few weeks ago it was thought
that a full crop of cotton would be
gathered in Rains county but now
it is a settled fact that only a half
crop will be made.
Seymour and Baylor county
now claim ready for use the finest
bridge spanning the Brozos river in
the corporate limits of any town and
county in the great Northwest.
Recently there was ginned and
baled at .L&redo for market the first
bale of cotton ever raised and gin-
ned in "Webb county. That section
expects ' to be a large producer of
cotton in the future.
-Two cases of small pox are re
ported in Navarro county at Rich-
land station. The authorities have
taken every precaution to prevent a
spread" of the fearful disease and no
danger is apprehended.
The artesian well located near
Pottsboro is a wonder. It is 2700
feet deep and when its full power is
on throws water through a 5 inch
pipe 20 feet high and requires 1000
pounds pressure to stop it.
The city council of Henrietta
have accepted the proposition of a
company to put in a waterworks
plant at an annual rental with the
reserved option of purchase. Elec-
tric lights are also to beputin'by
the same company.
List of patents granted to Tex-
as: Brace Win. H. Henderson and
L. H. Porter Rockdale; running
gear Vm. D. Mayneld Ft. Worth;
fumigator Lee Russell Luling; cot-
ton chopper Thomas H. Smith
Honey Grove; cultivator. Isom and
D. Stuart Nolanviile.
The Aransas Beacon is calling
loudly for the construction of a rod
from Rockport to Harbor Inland in
order to furnish transportation fcr
material to push the wort at the
Pass. About ten miles of road' is
all that is required and they will be
built in time to meet the wants of
the improvement syndicate.
An oil painting of the last sur-
vivor of the massacree of the Alamo
was recently placed beside those of
Sam Houston and Gen. Santa Anna
at the entrance corridor of the court
house at San Antonio. Under the
picture is written: "Madam Can
delaria the last survivor of the mas-
sacre of the Alamo. She is 104
years old and resides on South
Laredo Street No. 7."
A report from San Angelo says
that the country there is full of
homeseekers who are purchasing'
land and continues. There is one
good thing about this country and
that is the lands are aobut equally
divided between grazing and agricul
tural lands and both industries will
be followed by those who settle
here. Cotton will never be the one
industry there that it is in many
parts of the state but farming and
stockraising will go hand in hand.
Xrg. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
Eev. Svlvanus Cobb thus writes in the
Boston Christian Freeman: We would by
no means recommend any kind cf medicine
which we oil not know to De geoa particu-
larly for infants. Bat of Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup we can speak from know-
ledge; in our own family it has proved a
blessing indeed by giving an infant troubled
with colic pains quiet sleep and the parents
unbroken rest at night. Most parents can
appreciate these blessings. Here is an article
which works to perfection and which is
harmless; for the sleep which itaffords the in-
fant is perfectly natural and the little cherub
awakes as '"bright as a button." And during
the process of teething its value is incalcul-
able. We have frequently heard mothers
say they would net be without it from the
birth ot the child till it had finished with the
teething siege on any consideration what
ever sow bv all druggists ia cents a Dot-
tle. The "Woman's Christian Temper-
ance Union are very large hearted
and all-embracing association of to-
tal abstinence workers but they do
draw the line at the Salvation Army.
"C. C. C. Certain Corn Cure" removfts
corns warts bunions moles and callouses.
arranted. See that C. C. C. is blown in
every bottle. Take no other. Sold by Jos.
Tristram.
Dueling being no longer obligato-
ry in the French army it looks as if
civilians might be less punctilious
about observing the rules- of the
code. The present ministry is do-
ing its best to discountenance the
practice.
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Guaranteed tree from "Verdigris or other
impurity containing the rich properties of
malt. Chase's Barley Malt Whisky builds
up the system and strengthens the lungs.
L. F. GRAasMPCiv. Sole Agent.
Tramp "Madam I'm weary and
discouraged can I go out in the
barn and die?" Lady of the House
''Tcor man! I'm sorry for you.
But you'll have to come some other
time. "We're going to have a dance
out there to-night."
A prophet may be without honcr in his
own country but there U more "C. C. C.
Certain Corn Cure'' &j d at home than all
other remedies.
. Some time ago an Englishman
named John Murphy surrendered
himself to the police of Fort "Worth
in a starving condition saying he
had stolen 200 from a London tea
firm and come to this country but
was unable to find work. The offi-
cers gave him a square meal but re
fused to hold him. Tuesdav a cable
gram came from the firm of Eearley
Brothers London which says they
will send a representative for Mur-
phy. Murphy was easily found and
was placed under arrest. The sup-
position is there is something else
in the case than the embezzlement
of 200.
XFTOTTXt buck acmes
Or you are all worn oat really good for noth-
ing it is general debility. Try
Bitowx's ijtoy JIIXTJEXS.
It will cere you cleanse your liver and give
a good appetite.
"Here's something interesting'."
said the exchange editor to the para-
gaphic serf. "They hung a news
paper-man out "West for something
he wrote.-' 'Well' said tho p. .
wearily "he had the satisfaction of
getting the noose exclusive."
For seven long years I suffered untold
agonies with a sore leg. I used six. bottles
of Lone Star Blood Syrup and am entirelv
cured. I sa 6-5 years old and weigh 16&
pounds.
"William Cubey Gainesville Texas
Sold by Dr. To. D. Rogers.
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Don't get in the habit of vulgariz-
ing life by making light of the sen-
timent of it.
Preston's 'Hed-Ake' certain and imme
diate cure for nervous neuralgic sick dys-
peptic and chronic headache. Ask your
druggist for it bo cured 'while you wait' or
cave your money reiuncea.
They say that when a citizen is
charged with horse stealing in Okla
homa his attorneys try to get him
indicted for murder.
Extraordinary Hone Fcratchlnj.
Herbert Sperry Tremont HL had Erysi
pelas in both legs. Confined to the housa
six weeks. He says: "When I was able to
;et on my legs I had an itching sensation
hat nearly run me crazy. I scratched
"them raw to the bones. TrM everything
"without relief. I was tormented in this
"way for two years. I then found Clarke's
"Extract of Flax (Papillon) Skin Cure at tho
"Drug Store used it and it has cured me
"sound and well."
Clarke's Flax Soar; has-no eaual for Bath
and Toilet. Skin Cure SI. Soap 25 cents.
For sale at J. Tristram's Drug Store- .
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Ambition means always feeling-
that you. want to do do something;
that you know you can't.
Ladies you will find in Lone Star Blood
Syrup the greatest remedy on earth for Dis-
eases peculiar to Women. It makes home
happy and your existence a pleasure. Sold
by Dr. Jos. D. Kogers.
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The sash is a good thing for
babies and grown-up men who are
sick at the stomach. But a porous
plaster would be more effetcive and
quite as ornamental.
Clarke's Extract oCFlax Conli Cure.
It is a sure cure for "WhoODinir Couch. It
stops the whoop and jennits the child to
catch its breath. It is entirely harmless.
Hood for any couph. of childhood or old a?e.
It heals the bronchi and lungs and stops the
cough. For Winter or Bronchial Cough
this syrup is the best ever discovered. Only
one size large bottle. Price $1 at Tristrams
drug store.
Clarke's Flax Soap makes the skin
smooth soft and. white. Price 25 cents.
The boy who carries all his pock
ets full of strings will know how to
put a string on something when he
gets to be a man.
Neuralgia Causes Much Insanity.
Thehichestinedical authorities of Earone
and America have recently decided that a
large percentage of cases jof "insanity is caus-
DV me excruuaung pains ui xieuraigut ol
: head and face. If any member of your
family suffers this tormentor induce them to
try Ballard's Snow Xiniment. One applica
tion will auru uiuj;euiabe rciiu zuiujvu mu
soon be rid of a dangerous and tormenting
disease. Ballard's Snow Liniment is tha
most penetrating Linimert known. It posi-
tively cures Rheumatism. Lame Back. Con
tracted Muscles Old Sores Corns Bunions
etc It penenates and opens up tne pores
dratriT! all noisonous matter to the surface.
restcing and promoting a natural circulation
of the blood through the diseased parts.
Sold by Uaelstok .nash.
A "Washington lady has attended
many games ol Daseoau recently to
gain acquaintance with the game
and lately at the dinner table an
nounced the result of her observa
tion- "I have learned" she said de
liberately "that the pitcher does not
tryto throw tne ball so tnat tne
man can hit it."
"For summer complaint" says
Ben L. Bear a prominent drag
gist ot Los Angeles oai. -x
know of no remedy so sure and
safe to use as Chamberlain's Colic
Cholera and Diarrhoea Eemedy."-
Mr. Bear is not alone in entertain-
ing that opinion a3 wherever-
known tne .rtemouy is piaiaeu uy
all who -aso it. For sale by R. E
Luhn.
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All crop conditions throughout
the country show improved condi
tions oer one week cjjo.
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