Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 38, Ed. 1, Friday, September 20, 1878 Page: 3 of 4
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Local intelligence.
A large trade is being done
in bagging and ties. .
Receipts of cotton continue
liberal but the market is very
dull.
Seven hundred bales of cot-
ton were shipped from Brenham
Monday.
A Hebrew: named Ross is
now lying dangerously ill at the
Penington House.
Tun Hotel de Jug now has
only iifteen guests including
lunatics and paupers.
III. Mr. Sam Mueryis still
confined to his bed but is not
considered dangerous.
THElCnlghts of Hqnordf this
V ' city have contributed $$o to the
yellow fever sufferers.
Ca.pt. C. P Estill of Mexia
siSas(.beca appointed Superin-
" "tenHcnt o'f Public Schools.
'rSo far as we were able to'
". learn the police did not make.
A "single arrest on Tuesday.
The family of Mr. L. Louis
left this morning for Marlin
- where they will reside in future.
Liie. is still being liberally
used; a considerable quantity
teas sprinkled in the streets on
Wednesday.
A drove of mules accompan-
ied by a mover's -wagon passed
through town yesterday west-
ward bound.
Rain. On Tuesday' we had
several showers of rain suffi-
ciently heavy to prevent cotton
picking.
Pecans hickory nuts- and
walnuts are now ripening and
the' juveniles are happy in con-
sequence. ' N. Kavanaugii will receive
one car load Grange wagons
this week. For further partic-
ulars sec advertisement
Hall At Berlin. See card
of Mayor Pesh ia. this mornings
. issue. He proposes giuing an-
other ball on the 5th of October.
In the next City election it is
said that pigs and not politics
will-berthe -issue A pig ticket
is already spoken of.
There was a secret and solemn
meeting of the faithful compos-
1 - - ed of Harvin Hutchinson & Co.
at-Asbeck's hall yesterday af-
ternoon. The weather for the past
.week has been clear cool
bright and lovely affording our
farmers a splendid opportunity
to gather their cotton.
F. W. Becker keeps a fine
assortment meat all he asks
is an inspection of his sock
feeling satislRed that he can
please the most fastidious.
The chilly weather of the
past "few days admonishes the
prudent husband of the nccessi-
" "ty of replenishing his wood-
yard without further delay.
So far the split in the Re-
publican party of this county
has not been reconciled; two
" sets of candidates are still out
T .forsheriff and tax collector.
1
Cotton seed continues to hold
ts-wn as a marketable pra-
c 'duct; judging from the quantity
to "be seen at Wilkins' ware-
liouseV CnuRcn Collection. On
' Sunday last the collection taken
r up in St. "Peters Episcopal
church for the benefit of the fe-
ver sufferers amounted to near-
; dy-Sis-;
It is said that CapL J. M.
Williams will make an active
canvass of the county in the in-
r tcrst of the Democratic ticket.
Let every other nominee do the
r sameteihg.
j
- Cotton Pickers. By early
daylight on Monday morning
the streets were thronged with
wagons in search of cotton
pickers. Many wagons went
''home empty.
There was quite a pleasant
ball- at Wesley on Sunday
evening last -and we are told
that our German and Bohemian
friends of that section had a
glorious time.
Harry Lee a competent
printer will have charge of the
Banner job. rooms for the pres-
ent Now islhe time to send in
your orders for all kinds of
id bjifik-bindine.
Cotton wis rather slow sale
Tuesday at 9 cents there being
no orders in the hands of buy-
ers. Want of transportation
from Galveston is assigned as
the cause.
Trimming's. The city mar-
shal informs the Banner that he
has deposited t77 w th the city
treasurer since the 1st inst. as
the proceeds of the mayor's
court.
To-day the Democrats ol
Washington county open the
campaign at Long Point. All
the Democratic nominees are
expected to make speeches and
tell what they know about coun-
ty matters.
A large number of new wag-
ons beautifully painted the
running-gear in red and the
body in green are now daily to
be seen on our streets. Far-mers.able-tdffcuy
new wagons
arc prospering.
Cotton receipts during the
past week have run up to over
fifteen hundred bales. There
has owing to an absence of or-
ders been but little demand
from strictly cash buyers the
most of the sales have been
made to merchants.
Next Saturday is the time set
for a meeting of all the nomi-
ees of the county Democratic
convention to adopt measures
for the prosecution of an active
campaign. Let there be a full
attendance.
The Bensons. The Ben-
son's succeeded in giving bond
in all the cases. Messrs. R.
Hoffman and J. D. McAdoo
went on the bonds of all three
and they were released from
custody.
Weddings. The Banner
learns of several weddings to
take place within the next thir-
ty days some of whom are our
special friends ; and we there-
fore tender them our congratu-
lations in advance.
There is great competition
among the Brenham warehouse-
men ; but it seems the Amsler
Brothers are "getting away"
with the whole business . c.
theyreceive more cotton than
any three houses in the city.
Aeout sundown on Saturday
a negro woman was arrested
wearing a dress that she had
stolen from another negro wo-
man. The streets being crowd-
ed with colored people the epi-
sode created quite a commo-
tion. We 'learn that the Harvin-
Hutchinson faction of the Re-
publican party have proposed a
compromise to the Klaeden-
Fricke faction ; but we are not
advised of its acceptance. The
probability however is that it
will be rejected.
Our people are well pleased
with the manner in which Mrs.
Louise Wilkins manages the
preparatory department of the
city free school. All the chil-
dren speak of her in the highest"
terms of praise and seem to ad-
vance rapidly under her instruc-
tion. Quiet. Yesterday Satur-
urday the usual number of col-
ored people were in town en
joying themselves after their
peculiar Saturday style. With
the city marshal and five police
on duty order similar that ob-
served In large cities prevailed.
Country Produce! Tur-
keys are worth from 40 to 50
cents each; chickens 10 to 12
1-2; ducks 20; geese 35 ;
eggs 8 cents per dozen; lard
10 cents per pound sorghum
syrup 40 cents per gallon ; new
corn 30 cents per bushel.
Quite a number of our farm-
ers were in town yesterday in
search af cotton pickers some
of whom spoke of going to
Houston in search of hands.
The fact is Washington county
this year has raised more cot-
ton than she has hands to pick
and is therefore compelled to
look elsewhere for assistance.
Public School Fund. Hon.
Monroe P. Kerr mayor of this
city on Saturday had paid over
to him by the county treasurer
thesum of S957 60 this being
one third of the county school
fund. This money is recieved
by Mr. Kerr as the president of
the Board of Trustees of the
city public- ichooU
Safe Arrival. A telegram
from Dr. G. D. Bradford was
received here on Wednesday
announcing the safe arrival at
Memphis of himself and party
of nurses from this city. He
had not been assigned to duty
then but expected to remain in
that city.
The Relief Committee ac-
knowledge these additional re-
ceipts :
From Baptist Church (additional). $ 2 50
" Individual subscription Ico
" Long Point 1335
Total $iS 85
This amount was paid to Dr.
Bradford of Long Point for in-
cidental expenses to Memphis.
A dispatch recieved from Mr.
Frank Mclntyre- at Holly
Springs reports the death at
that place of Mr. E. W. Up-
shaw of yellow fever.' Mr.
Upshaw was a brother of Capt
R.L. and Dr. H. Upshaw of this
county.
Declines. -Mr. Silas Wood
of Long Point authorizes the
Banner to say that lie positively
declines being a candidate for
county commissioner from his
his precinct under any consid-
erations.Wouldn't hold any
office under governor.
The Republican candidates
are working like beavers while
the Democratic nominees are
seemingly taking tilings easy ;
and should they be defeated.
they will have no one to blame
but themselves. Stir out among
the sovereigns gentlemen ; stir
out
11 . 11 1 .ad..
Now that the cotton crop is
being marketed corn juice is
becoming an important article
of merchandise and the pur-
chasers not unfrequently be-
come leg-weary and exhausted
from a two free indulgence and
are not overly particular as to
where they roost o'nights ; side-
walks being often used as a
bed.
If we mistake not there is an
ordinance providing for the pro-
tection of the side-walks of the
city 'but it seems to be a dead
letter so far as its enforcement
is concerned. In the vicinity
of the old Crumpler House
scarcely a day passes that
horses are not hitched to the
fence on the side-walk to say
nothing of wagons left standing
in the same locality.
More Aid. The concert and
ball at Giesecke's Hall on Sun-
day evening last in aid of yel-
low fever sufferers was a com-
plete success. The instrumen-
tal solos and duets by Profes-
sors Korff and Jessen were su-
purb and were lustily applauded
by the audience ; the vocal mu-
sic was also excellent especial-
ly the ballad song by Mr. Carl
Schuetze. There was a fine au-
dience in attendance the major
portion of whom participted in
a pleasent dance at the conclu-
sion of the concert
Mayor's Court. Monday.
G. Felder plead guilty to disor-
derly conduct paid $g.
G. Felder charged with un-
lawfully carrying a deadly
.weapon. Fined $2$ and costs.
Takes an appeal to County
Court claiming that the May-
or's Court has no jurisdiction in
case.
Barney Clanton plead guilty
to disturbing the peace by
striking Mack Oaks on the
head. He paid $12.
The hog war goes bravely on.
Vagrant swine are captured
daily but sometimes the own-
ers of the swine attempt to take
them away from the captors.
A day or two ago a man
whose hog had been captured
arrived at the pound about the
same time as his hog; the man
had a dollar bill in one hand a
car of corn in the other. He
left the dollar bill with the
pound keeper and at once pro
ceeded to shelling the corn and
tolling his hog home again.
Capt. C. P. Estill the newly
appointed superintendent of
public schools vice Prof. Rote
resigned is a Virginian by birth;
is an A. M. of University of Va.
and has taught school for a
number of years. First taught
a grammar school in Lexington
Va. preparing students for
Washington College now
Washington and Lee University.
He came to Texas in January
1 870 and has taught school at
Navasota Huntsvillc and Mexia
He i an- excellent teacher.
Serious Charge. Mr. Jacob
Benson aged about sixty-five
years and an old citizen of this
County living about six miles
east of town a few days ago had
a family trouble which came to
blows. Constable Hancock ar
rested and brought him to town
and waiving an examination
gave bond for his appearance to
answer a charge of assault with
intent to kilL Mrs. Benson died
on Thursday from the effects of
the injuries received at the
hands of her husband. Benson
is still at large.
Hog Cholera. Gentlemen
from the Sempronitis neighbor-
hood in Austin county inform
us that a disease supposed to
be cholera has broken 'out
among the hogs in that section
and that large numbers of.thsm
are dying. The animal takes
sick swells up froths at the
mouth refuses to eat and final
ly becomes .blind and a&er-
staggering around for awnile
falls down and expires."1 Reme-
dies for the disease are in ac-
tive demand.
. Tiie gin-house of Mr. R..F.
Tamplin of Gay Hill came 'near
being burned last Friday night
by the bottom dropping out! of
a lamp while his son was en-
gaged in weighing cotton picked
during the day. The gin-house
was full of cotton and the flames
spread rapidly but luckily
enough there were about twen-
ty hands present who fell! to
work in earnest and extinguish-
ed the blaze. But little damage
was sustained. j
It is estimated that not less
than twenty thousand dollars
per day has been paid out'-for
cotton during the last two weeks
and strange to say but a liini-
ted quanity of that amount has
been placed in cirulation. The
act is the major portion of this
sum has been "salted down"jf6r
a rainy day. ' -
More Relief. The congre-
gation of St. Peter's church
Brenham contributed on last
Sunday for yellow fever suffer-
ers thirty dollars which has
been forwarded direct to Rev.
Geo. C Harris D. D. Dean of
St Mary's Cathedral Mempnis
to be ministered to the" suffer
ers by his noble band of work-
ers the sisters of St Mary.
Correction. In the pro-
ceedings of the Republican
Senatorial Convention held last
Saturday published in Sunday
morning's Banner it was stat-
ed that W. K. Homan ofBur-
leson county was endorsed or
recommended. It now transpires
that he was tegtilariy nominated
and is therefore the Republi-
can candidate for Senator j
Mrs. Emma Howell who is
about to commence teaching
public school in the Pennington
' neighborhood will begin teach-
ing week after next with about
36 or 40 scholars. Mrs. Hovjell
is an experienced and able in-
structress having taught several
sessions at Scooba Miss. She
comes highly recommendedand
we bespeak for her a hearty
co-operation on the part of the'
trustees.
What about county comnii
sioners? No nominations Irave
been made for these officers by
the Democracy. To the coun-
ty there are no more impor-
tant offices than these to Je
filled and it is essentially nec-
essary that the best men of the
different precincts should jbe
put forward as county coflsrriis-
sioncrs. We hope the diffbf'-
ent prccints of the county will
take action in the matter with-
out delay.- No time to loose.
i j
Resignation. Prof. Rottc
Superentindent of the Public
Schools on Monday morning
tendered his resignation. 'A
special meeting of the Board of
Trustees was held and the re
signation accepted to take ef-
fect Sept 27th. Prof. Rote we
understand intends going to
San Antonio to accupy a simi-
lar situation at a higher salary
than Brenham cn afford to pay.
For CountyVYttorney. In
this issue appears the announce-
ment of Mr. C. C. Lockett the
Democratic nominee for county
Attorney. Mr. Lockett is a
young and well known attorney
of this city; he is very popular
among his acquaintances and if
we arc not very much mistaken
he will be the next county at-torncy.
Republican Sonatorial Convention.
The
Convention a
court
Parkei
man an1
The del
time"of
reporter
convention deeme
ent to make any nomination for
senator and contented itself by
recommending W. K. Homan
of Burleson. Mr. Homan is al
ready before the public as an In-
dependent candidate.
Alonzo Sledge a colored gen-
tleman living in the Chappell
Hill precinct was nominated for
Floater.
We should have stated In the1
outset that the majority rule was
adopted.
The usual committees were
appointed and the Convention
adjourned sine die.
. .
Getting Even. Jordan Gar-
rett a negro who has been out
in the country returned on Sun-
daynight and going to the res-
idence of Mrs. Charlott Vinson
where a colored woman named
Mary Williams is employed he
at once broke into a building in
the yard occupied by Mary. He
proceeded to break up things
generally and also fired a shot
at an old negro man who was
sleeping in the room ; missing
him he struck him a blow above
the eye with a stick inflicting a
painful wound. He put all the
clothing and bedding in a pile in
the center of the room and
pouring coal oil on it set
it on fire. By this time the
family heard the disturbance
and one of the male members
going out intothe yard Garrett
made a hasty retreat He has
not been arrested. Mary was
the wife of Garrett but had lelt
him. Garrett threatened to get
wen with her and the'above is
the way he did it
For Memphis. Dr. George
D. Bradford of Long Point star-
ted to Memphis on this morn-
ing's train going via Houston
in order to meet his father Mr.
Andrew Bradford ' who . will
accompany him. Dr. B. is a
graduate of the Galveston med-
ical college and has passed
through three epidemics. His
father has had experience with
the disease in Tuxpan Mexico.
Messrs. Ben Estes G. G. Gay-
lord and E. Wilson and Wm
Jackson and Charlie Carpenter
colored also go with the doctcr.
The best wishes of the people
of this county accompany the
entire party.
The Benson's. A prelemi-
nary examination took plack on
Tuesday afternoon before Jus-
tice Zurcher of Jacob Benson
and his two sons charged with
assault with intent to murder
Wm. Deemer. In this case
bond was fixed as follows:
Jdcob Benson 1000; John
S500 and Dan 250. On a
similar charge as to Mrs. Dee-
mer the following bonds were
required: Jacob Benson $500
and the two sons 250 each. In
the pistol case against Jacob
Benson S100 bond was required.
The- Benefit at Geisecke's.
The concert at Geisecke's on
Sunday night for the benefit of
the yellow fever sufferers net-
ted S74. This was deposited
with the Banking House of F.
A. Engleke and has been trans-
mitted to the Howard Associa-
tion at Memphis. Much credit
is due Professors Jessen and
Korff and Messrs. Strove and
Pesch Jr. for the success of the
undertaking.
Wood's House. Travelers
and others' visiting the north-
ern part of this county should
not fail to stop with Mr Silas
Wood" at Long Point Jf they
relish fine living rich jokes and
a profundity of joviality. Uncle
Silas is one of the most enter-
taining gentlemen we ever met
there being a rich vein of humor
permeating his entire system.
Weekly Cotton Statement.
Mr. W. K. Lewis furnishes
the Banner with the following
statement for the week ending
Thursday Sep. 13th 1878.
Net receipts bales 153
Shipments -. 1645
Stock on hand 1315
Total recciptsthis season 3317
Freight to New York $i i$
per 100 lbs. rail and water.
Weather report by Dr. Wood:
Total rainfall in inches
Highest temperature 01
Lowest temperature 04
Average temperature ........ v .. 7S
RcpubJikXsaloridl
tafeiie
t..o-Jfe.
HIBl
K V7t
unicAucur 1
Cotton. Receipts during
the past week have been very
liberal. We quote at 8 3-4 9
and 9 1-8. Market dull.
Tracy wears the champion
as stepper. He steps down
out one day. The next
steps in and up.
ong Point the colored
ije put bells upon the necks
of their children to keep them
from getting lost in the weeds
that surround the town.
The senior of the Banner ac-
knowledges the receipt of an in-
vitation to a fashionable Hebrew
wedding at Hempstead next
Sunday and promises to be on
hand.
There is plenty of cottton in
the fields yet to be gathered
but there seems to be some dif-
ficulty in procuring a sufficient
number of hands with which to
gather it as fast as desired.
Corn .Bread. If the good
ladies of Brenham want to learn
.to make good corn bread they
ought to get a recipe from Mrs.
Silas Wood who makes the
best corn bread we ever eat in
Texas
Col. G. W. Jones addressed
the people of this city at the
courthouse last night He made
no new points; his speech being
the same old thing; absolute
money seeming to be his pet
hobby.
Fashionable Millinery. We
take pleasure in calling the at-
ention of our lady readers to the
advertisement of Mrs. J. S. Nor-
ton whose stock of fashionable
millinery is unsurpassed in this
city.
Burleson County. Yester-
there was a delegation of about
half a dozen Burleson county
farmers in town with wagon
loads of cotton. They sold it
and bought goods with the
proceeds.
Marriage Licenses issued
by H. M. Lewis county clerk
for the week ending September
19th.
Henry Nunn and Mary Fitz-
gerald. Richard Cooper and Mar-
garet Jackson.
The following from Dr.
Swcaringen at Holly Springs
was received at Austin on the
18th inst: "Please make no per-
sonal appeals for us. I desire no
more McKee and Manning will
probably never need any more."
Dr. Manning is a volunteer from
Austin and McKceanurse from
Houston.
Blessed. We heard a new
definition of blessed the other
day. A man remarked of an-
other: "He has been blessed
he's been burned out five times
and got the insurance every
time. "
Farmers in this county con-
tend that there is no money in
paying 75 cents per hundred to
have cotton picked and then
sell it for 9 cents per pound and
some planters vow that they
will let it rot in the field before
they will pay over 50 cents a
hundred for picking.
Tax Assessor. Elsewhere
appears the announcement of
Mr. H. O. Robertson for Asses-
sor. Mr. R. is the Democratic
nominee and present incumbent.
He has made a most excellent
officer and has so far as we are
informed given general satisfac-
tion. He should be re-elected.
The Old Story. On Mon-
day a negro family living on J.
M. Bethany's plantation near
Nelsonville Austin county went
.away from home leaving their
three children aged respectively
from 5 months to 3 years in the
cabin. During the absence of
the parents the cabin caught fire
and before assistance could be
rendered the house and chil-
dren were consumed. This
happened in daylight.
Reversed. Yesterday noon
a pair of mules were standing
quietly on Sandy street hitch-
ed to a cotton wagon. Mule
like they got scared at nothing
and giving one lunge the wagon
landed bottom side up ; by this
tune the mules were scared sure
enough; the negro in charge
finding he could do nothing
with the scared mules asked a
bystander to watch them a min-
ute saying : " Dese mules won't
'low anybody but white folks to
'fool 'long wid 'cm. "
KlTr
Local Correspondence.
liong I'dlnt Barbecue.
The barbecue it Long Point on Wednes-
day; Ihcugh not largely attended on ac-
count of pressing work in gathering in the
crdps was a splendid success. There was
an abundance of finely barbecued mcau
L'rcad cakes pies and other luxuries to
hart fed double the number present.
A It o'clock Col. G. Y. Jones Green-
back candidate .for Congress was intro-
duced to the audience by Mr.' J: B. Camp-
bell after which he entertained his heaters
in a three hour's speech. It was a notice
able -fief that lh this speech CoL jottes
had softened down considerably; in fact
he pltfrrfbcd the flrtantfal plank of the
Democratic platform save and except. In
his pet theory of absolil'e' money.' He
spoke in the utmost good llurrVr and
seemed strongly impressed with the idea of
suiting his speech to the occidCn. Jones
has a Urge fltnrbef of warm sdpporters m
that section wno epreea thertiselves well
pleased with his remarks.
At the conclusion of Jones' speech
DINNER
was announced and the audience re-
paired to the tables and did ample justice-
to the good things set so temptingly before
them.
At 3 o'clock speaking was announced as
again in order and Major Campbell mas
ter of ceremonies introduced to the audi-
ence Capt. jrM: Williams Democratic
nominee for the-Legislature who delivered
a fine speech Democratic in the strictest
sense of the word.
He commenced by saying that he was
not a politician but that he was a true
Democrat ; that he planted hrmselfcquarely
upon the Austin platform and that he pro-
posed to make the canvass on that basis ;
he favored the thorough organization of
the Democratic party; that organization
was the ark of our safety ; drew a striking
comparison between Hancock and Shep-
ard; knewthatbhepard was the preference
of a large majority of the Democrats of the
District for Congress but hat Hancock
had received the nomination of the party
and thought him entitled to its support ; he
was not an anient admirer of Hancock but
would support him as the party nominee;
could sse no necessity for a new party to
carry out the needed reforms as the De-
mocracy were pledged to and would carry
out measures or reforms necessary vto the
prosperity of the country; charged the
Greenbackers with faoring high tarift
which was opposed by the Democracy;
couldn't see that the people could expect
anything of a party headed by such men as
Ben. Butler whose greatest boait was the
robbery and desolation of the houses of the
good people of New Orleans and the State
of Louisiana in general; and Brick Pome-
roy who bolted the Democratic nomina-
tions for President and Vice-President made
at St. I-ouis and who ladies and gentle-
men enjoys the reputation of having de-
serted two or three wives. Laughter.
Believed the people of this country compe-
tent to govern themselves and was confi-
dent that there was enough honesty and
purity in the Democratic party to carry the
ship of State through the financial storm in
safety; admitted that the party had been
iniuretl bv eanttahsts and hund-holders.
who had obtained admission to its ranks
but they had been speedily rotten rid of:
was opposed to National Banks and the
V.llna.l T..l l. . ... . .1B..t.. !. Jk&Jk
4iiUiuu.li iuifviMajramii luungui
mental to tne prosperity ol tni
considered them in the licht
men between capital and labor. U
posed to contraction but fav
economical administration of public affairs :
thought that as the Democrat- were doing
so much for the country it was not right
to desert its ranks upon the ground that it
was being abused by certain aspirants for
position.; was for punnne the party of its
impurities if any there be and dnvc-.oat-
U1U5C UUtVUEUtV IO lCMU1t5IUp HOD WCTC
attempting to pervert its name to their own
selfish purposes from its folds. He could
not look upon CoL Jones in any other
light than that of a disorganizer hence he
opposed him.
The speaker next made reference to Stated
matters.
He believed the State in a more di
ous condition than that of any other
in the Union: but favored a further
trenebment in public expenses: favored V
reduction in taxation; beEoed some offi-
cers and employees in office? received too
much pay for the work performed there-
fore favored a reduction of ularies. He
thought that the appropriation of $Scco
per annum for the maintenance of the
Governor's mansion too much ; there had
alio been too much extravagance shown by
Legislators ; felt that it was the duty of the
State Legislature to regulate railroad
tariffs which should be done at the earliest
possible moment. He bitterly opposed
the produce tax thought it worked a hard-
ship upon the people; that the taxing of
the ground and then the products of the
same was a species of legal robbery and
rJcdral himself if elected to do his best in
bringing aboutji remedy for this eviL
in spouting 01 wuuiujr mailers iapiaui
iDiams stated that it was his belief that
some of our county officers were getting
too much pay ; didn't blame die officers
but thought the law at fault; would favora
reduction in some of them ; thought it an
outrage that the- county should pay the
SheriS 40 cents per day for feeding prison-
ers; when 20 cents would be amply suffi-
cient; believed that the County Commis-
sioners hart not done their duly that bills
had been approved and allowed by them
that were no t warranted by law for instance
the furnishing of wood at the jad and the
paying of $75 to the District Clerk for in-
dexing a book which should have been
done by him as a part of his official duty
free of charge. He classed the jail as 3.
county boanlmg-house and believed it
netted the Sheriff more dear money than
was made by any hotel in Brenham. He
was in favor of a check being placed noon
such profligacy ; was in favor of purchasing
a county poor farm as a home for county
convicts and paupers and was confident
that such an institution could be made self-
sustaining besides saving to the county
$cooo a year now paid out for the support
of paupers; with the purchase of the
county farm there would be a heavy falling
offin the number of county paupers. He
was not'in favor of offering rewards for
criminals; if sheriffs would do their duty
there would be' no necessity of offering re-
wards; would suggest that sherifls be
elected who are not afraid to make arrests.
In addressing the Germans present he
said;
The Democratic County Convention has
complied with your request and placed
three of your best and most honored citi-
zens upon the ticket and now thought
they ought to rally to the Democratic flag
and help to elect the ticket.
aClXJCKETT
candidate for County Attorney was next
introduced ana made a good sensible and
humorous talk in which he got off some
fine anecdotes at Jones' expense.
SETII SHErASD
was next called for and in responding
said he belieed the people of that section
would much rather have him eat with them-
than peak to them just at this particular
time however he would endeavor to gie
them some of his opinions upon the money
question and proceeded to deln era speech
upon the fininces handling the question
in a masterly manner occupying about one
hour and a half; after which everybody
departed for their homes to make prepara-
tions for the
TEMPERANCE DALL
which took place at Bamett's HalL There
was a large attendance of the youth and
beauty of the neighborhood and a pleasant
season of enjoyment was the result for'
wWli tti( mnwrnnen1 r!i?scre the; heart
felt thanks of all partu-ipators. (
HIKk.t
Immense Dry GoorlsHBalo
At NcwbonerBro's.Dry Ooodf 'Palaces
too pes. yd. wide rercale at'JeT
25 do. Black Alpacca at 25c
20 -do. French Plaid' at 10c.
30 do. Silk figured Dress" Goods 15c
50 doi. Silk Handkerchiefs at 25c
100 sets Collars and Cutis 25 a set.
15a ruffled Lawn Aprons at 25c.
3S doz. Ladies Silk Ties at25c
Come early and secure these bargains as
they are offered at remarkable low prices at
the LARGE DRY GOODS ESTAB-
LlSMENT of KBWBOUER BRO'S.
&eal Estate transfers re-T
corded in the county clerks of-
fice for the week ending Sept.
19th. Reported by Mr. C. F."
Herbst
E. BRan&e'tojormA'fen'fcts jT
20 and 59. Cassetts eddiiionf $700.
August Werner Vi Albert Wefaer' his
interest ifl lot No 73 Drenu'trrj ;$xo.
Vf: II; McCutcharttd H. .Kmttle. lots
4-3-Of block 122 Burton; $200.
ZV; GrWiIkins and wtfe to Ben- Estcs
lot 2 block 33' $75:
T. W. Morrissto hranlf fjiesecke lots.
II 13 and 2 one-half undivided Merest;
$5-
J. 11. Hutchinson S W. CTto Mrs. R.
A.Testard block 21 Wilkins. addition;
$196.
Margret Buster to Thomas Dwyer 61
acres Washington county; $312.
John N. LeGrand -and wife- to' Vfmi
Slruve 76 I-lo acres S. K. Austin league f
$1400.
Calendar Clocks. TheSouth-
crn Calendar Clock Company is
meeting with success. This is
not at all surprising considering
the meritoriousness of clock they
arc selling. We have bad oner
of their Fashion clocks iaour
office for the last six weeks an J
the longer we have the better
arejwe pleased with it' The-
clock are everthihg they are
represented to be.-
Great slaughter cf goods st-
the Star Auct'on House.
Ladies dress goods all shades'
and styles. Paniptell & Harrison.-
Handmade boots-and1 shoe?
for gentlemen at Pampell&
Harrison's. -JC
Large consignments ofgoody
received daily at the Star Auc-
tion House. l-
Query. "Wrry will mert
smoke common-tobacco when
thejnn buy Marburg Bro'sv
"Seal ofNottli Carolina sftjhe?
same pne
1 Missesiraind La-
dies
ers Shoevery low r
HF anrl "Rmrc Rrnt: nnrT
hoes call and see them at Ds
y; .- - . -
iV. Bloombar;'s."
If you want bargains you wilt
have to attend the auction sales1
and. inspect their goods and.
you will certsinly1- buy. Don't-
forget the -place. Star Auction
I AltmrnVP..;)); r I
4JLvuv. UJt.uia ijuuuuig.
Dress Goods. PampellizHar-
rison have just received an ele-
gant assortment of the latest
styles of dress goods j to which
they call the attention of the
laajps
lust received a
f three button Jckf
ivesJBprted sizes and col-
7? "IHtea oair a D. W
Bloombagj
Apples pMttoes onions and;
sour kraut. Spar load justre-
ceived by HSFisher and for
sale to thej3ubh?atlow prices.
T. . r T . '
nana maae snoes lor laaiey i
and misses. !The finest assort-
ment ever brought to this mar-
ket for sale at Pamp'ellSc-
Harrisons. Gexts' shirts drawersr col-
lars ties hats wrappers and'
latest novelties at D. W.Bloom-
bargh's. Jusrreceivcd Straw- Hats-
Straw Hats latest novelties-
from 25c and upwards; at D. W
Bloombargh's.
Star Auction House will
commence on Friday Sepferrii
ber 6th. Daily sales from1 loJ
A. m. to 4 P. M.
Closing out of Summer Dress:
goods brown Linen Ijjc per
yard regular price 25c ; Black;
Grenedine 20 30 35 40and5pc?
former price 25 37 40- 50 -'and
65c; Colored Grenedines' 12c"1
and upwards rare bargains"' ai
D. W. Bloombargh's:-
Removal. Frahl EvarisicTi
has removed to the-basement
of the cotton exchange-Quit
man street where he-will' be
proud to see his old fnendsiarM
customers. Cold- luheh! Beer
and hot coffee always in readi-
ness. Oysters in season.
-raiiK:
Jvkabloves.
ieM0
BcB Cotton bEnp Wanted.
Highest cash price'paid orsamc
delivered at my warehouse. s.
d&w3tn. j. A. Wilkins.
If you want to buy town
property in Brenham. call on
John A. Randle and "see his
list of offerings and get general
information. Hehasnowinthe
market about loo lots in. var-
ious partSfof the city both im-
proved; and uninprove'd. Terms
made easy.
SAUSAGE! SAUSAGE! !
Brenham home-made Sausage
fresh- every day at wholesale
and retail.
Ice cold Soda water at five'
cents a glass at the Naw Or-'
leans Bakery and Sausage.-Man .
ufactory; old stand. !. -
'&yOrders from the; country'
will receive DromDt attention."'
E. O. JANNETT-
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