Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 47, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 28, 1897 Page: 3 of 10
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LOCAL. NEWS
"Business is yet practically at
a. standstill. King Cotton has
been dethroned and all other in-
terests have gone down in the
crash.
Miss Clara Tobinsky the un-
fortunate young lady adjudged
insane on Oct. 4th "was con-
veyed to the Austin asylum
Thursday night by Jailor Ward.
The agent of the Huntsville
penitentiary was here Thursday
alter Minnie Lochridge Eliza
Tbland and Jim Hubert con-
victed at the' fall term of district
court.
At the Oak Hall saloon Mr.
"Wm. Buecherl has introduced a
unique innovation in the way of
a. hydraulic process for drawing
beer which keeps the liquid fresh
.as long as a schooner remains in
43 keg.
He was an humble tourist and
lie didn't have a cent; but he
spied a lowly thirst resort and
Info it he went. The sun was
shining fiercely hot; no cloud
sras in the sky and so the dusty
traveler like all outdoors was
dry. No sign of rain was visible
in heaven or earth- and yet he
"put up" his umbrella and at
once was soaking wet.
There are several ex-Mem -jihlans
in Brenham who were
very much distressed at the re-
port of yellow fever in that city.
As the report was made on the
-diagnosis of an "ordinary doc-
inr" and not a government ex
pert there is little ground for
Izope that it will prove so harm
less as the fever Dr. Guiteras
discovered in Galveston and
Houston.
Galveston people are contem-
plating a demand upon Surgeon
General Wyman that lie with-
draw the statement made public
through the medium of his de-
partment that yellow fever has
exlsted in that city. They insist
ehat events Tiave proven that the
declaration was untrue and that
16 should be corrected. San An-
tonio Express.
In the building formerly occu-
pied by the first ward school
stow standing vacant some half -
dozen vagabond negroes have
-established quarters and have
converted the erstwhile temple of
learning into a winter hotel. The
owner of the property may have
zx objections but the neighbors
.are kicking vigorously.
Five cents was the best offer
for cotton yesterday and the
Houston market was off a six-
teenth. 'At the same time the
frost advanced the price of sugar
one-sixteenth. Thus it will be
jseen that' "McKinley prosperty"
-catches the farmer "gwine and
eomin."
Rushing cotton to the market
-and selling below the actual cost
of production to pay the banks
for borrowed money which was
spent largely for things that
could have been made at home
-ssUl keep the farmers of this
country forever poor.
"Well my son" said the edi-
tor of the Danville Breeze td his
son who "wanted a wheel "you'll
Undone in the front end of the
wheel barrow and there is a big
pile of cbal ashes back of the
3iouse that will have to be moved.
The handle bars are of white ash
sxnd are adjustable so you can
get any style of hump that suits
vour fancy. It is regulated large-
ly by the load you put on. The
Siigger the load the more you
&s.ve to hump yourself. Be
caref ul and don't mar the enamel
an the frame and keep the ball
ije&rings well oiled so they won't
cat into the cones. The tire is
absolutely punctureless so you
won't have to take a pump and
repair lut with you. By the time
5i have removed that pile of
aahes I think you will have made
a century run also the perspira-
tion. You'd better come into
Ecner.now."
STABBED SEEX TIMES.
A PRAIRIE HILL TRAGEDY WED-
NESDAY MORNING NEARLY
FATAL.
Louis Jeske the Victim Fritz Steinke
Assailant; a Pocket Knife the
Weapon.
Louis Jeske a farmer lad of
Prairie Hill neighborhood got in-
to a difficulty "Wednesday morn-
ing by which he received ahalf
dozen or more lifetime scars lost
considerable blood and came near
losing his life. As it is he has
gone into the hands of the doc-
tors for a good long siege and
resembles to some extent Wey-
ler's trocha after the insurgents
had driven a heard of cattle over
it being considerably cutj up.
Dr. James Bartlett who dressed
his wounds says they are seven
in number covering both arms
one shoulder his back and
breast nose and face. They are
not deep however and with
careful nursing the young man
will pull through in time to be-
gin spring plowing.
Fritz Steinke was the assailant
and the weapon with which he
did such wholesale execution was
an ordinary pocket knife.
The row occurred on the Bren-
ham and Prairie Hill road. The
casus belli has not been deter-
mined but it is stated that Jeske
started the row and did not dis-
cover that he had gone up
against the wrong man until the
slicing process got action on him
to the extent indicated. A box of
arnica and a spool of thread have
set him partly to rights and it is
thought he will not give a circular
saw more than three rounds tne
start next time he goes after
be-lood.
THE BONDS OF HYMEN.
Mr.
Wm. C. Eenderson and Miss
Toy
Jackson Married at Barton.
Mr. Wm. C. Henderson of
V
Brenham and Miss Toy Jackson
were married at 11 o'clock Wed
nesday morning Oct. 20th at
Burton. The ceremony occurred
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Francis the latter being
a sister of the bride with whom
she has resided for several years.
The beautiful ceremony of the
Episcopal ritual was used for
solemnizing the happy event and
was impressively rendered by
Rev. George Lloyd rector of St.
Peter's church of this city. Only
relatives and particular friends
of the contracting parties wit-
nessed the ceremony. At its
conclusion Mr. and Mrs. Hen-
derson departed for Austin on
the westbound Central. They
will visit a number of Texas
cities and probably take in the
Dallas Fair. The bridal tour
over Mr. and Mrs. Hender-
son will on their re-
'turn to Brenham be tempor-
arily domiciled at the rssidence
of Captain J. T. Shelby pending
ing the completion of housekeep-
ing arrangements.
The Banner extends congratu-
tions and best wishes to Mr. and
Mrs. Henderson. The bride is a
cultured gracious lady with all
the charms of face mind and
heart that make young woman
hood so admirable. She will be a
welcome addition to the ranks of
Brenham's social circles and
will find abundant evidences of
welcome and appreciation upon
her arrival here.
The groom one of the popular
members of the Brenham bar
having achieved that distiction
during his short residence in this
city is esteemed professionally
and socially as highly as any
practitioner and citizen who re
sides here and it affords the
Banner much pleasure to say
that the esteem in which he is
held is deserved in every par
ticular.
ATTENTION VETERANS.
waqU5"-l.- h-e not.
U. V will be held at Giddings'
Hall on Satuaday October 30th i
1RQ7 nf 9 n'nlnnl- n rv ..ll
attendance requested.
By order of M. A. Healy
-"J - " w w. a -ii. AViAi
Commander
J. R. Holmey Adjutant.
GOUGED HIS EYE 0TT.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT IN A
PRAIRIE HILL BLACK-
SMITH SHOP.
Little Hermann Lange Loses His Right
Eye From a Chisel in the Hands
nf His Sister Mary Carried
to Austin For Treatment.
A distressing accident over-
took Hermann the three-year-
old son of Mr. Hermann Lange
of .Prairie Hill Wednesday
morning. The elder Lange is a
blacksmith by trade and his
shop near the family residence
is a favorite play place for the
children.
Wednesday morning Mary
aged four and Hermann aged
three were playing around the
work bench as usual. The fa
ther busy with his many duties
especially pressing at this time of
year had forgotten the presence
of the little tots until the screams
of the little boy attracted his at-
tention. Mingling with the tears
which the excruciating pain had
'drawn from the little fellow's
eyes was a stream of blood and
an examination showed that the
right eye wTas dreadfully injured
if not permanently destroyed by
a chisel cut which the little sis-
ter had accidently given while
she and her small brother were
playing with the tools.
Dr. Bartlett was at once sent
for. After examining the hurt
the doctor decided to place the
little sufferer under the treat-
ment of Dr. Hillgartner the cel
ebrated Austin occulist and left
for Austin on the 2 o'clock
Thursday morning passenger. It
j is hoped that skillful treatment
will restore the sight but the
chances are against it.
'I can't seo how anv family Uvea
without Chamberlain's Colic cholera
Bnrl Diarrhoea Ksmedy says J K.
Adams a well known druggist of
Geneva Ala iu a letter inquiring
the price of a dozen battljs that
he miuht not only have it for use in
his own family but Buppjy it to his
neighbors. The reason some people
get along without it is because
they do not know it value and what
avast amount of suffering it will
save wherever it becomes known
and used it is recognized as a ne
cessity for it is the only remedy
tnat can always be depended upon
for bowel complaints both for chil-
dren and adults. For sale by R.
. Luhn
A unique representation of a
prize fight in minature took place
in one of the show windows of
the Harrison Dry Goods Com
pany yesterday and attracted
numerous spectators.
The purpose of the advertiser
is always to build up his own
business; to set forth the superi
or quality and low prices of his
own goods. Therefore it is not
good sense good manners or
good business to attack the
methods or to impugn the mo-
tives of some one else.
use nunarea ana lour young
women recently graduated from
Vassar. Tlus means that about
one hundred and four young men
are fated to be confounded at
nearly every turn unless they
hurry and imbibe all the knowl-
edge that is to be gained about
everything.
A writer in Advertising Ex-
perience puts an important truth
in the following terse way:
What the advertiser wants is not
beautiful afls so much as power-
ful lids. The most effective
salesman is not he who attracts
because of his fine clothes but
he who by his personality good
sense and logic convinces his
customer.
CASTOHIA.'
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&CH wJ5
There has been some beauti
ful snow in the north alreadv.
reached this climate.
Editor George Tucker went
1 home
1 ri 1 .1
aome oaraay evening wim a
"suspicious case" which is
doubtless full fledged dengue ere
this time.
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AHTESIAX AVATER "WANTED.
There was an adjourned meet-
ing of the city council Thursday
afternoon at which Mayor J. A.
Wilkins presided. All of the al-
dermen were present with the ex-
ception of Alderman Heartfield.
The especial purpose of the meet
ing was the devising of ways and
means for securing an adequate
water supply for the city. An
invitation had been extended the
citizens to meet with the council
and give that body the benefit
of their views on the subject.
The tax payer is the man who
after all pays the freight and he
ought to have an abiding interest
in any proposed increase in the
burdens already imposed on his
devoted head.
For some reason probably
lack of properly advertising the
meeting the representative tax
payers in attendance were few
and far between. The concensus
of opinion among those present
was that the city must have an
adequate water supply and that
the city council ought to try for
artesian water and failing in
this fall back on some other ex-
pedient. Major T. B. Botts Dr.
R. E. Luhn Dr. E. Becker
Messrs. W. A. Wood Frank
Dobert and others expressed
themselves as favoring an effort
at securing artesian water.
Previous to the discussion the
council adopted a report from
the well committee and ad-
journed to meet Monday after-
noon at 4 o'clock at which meet-
ing all citizens and tax payers
interested in the matter are in-
vited to be present the council
desirine a fuller expression on
the subject than that obtained at
the present meeting. The well
committee report follows :
To the City Council Gentlemen :
We the committee appointed
by the city council to superin-
tend and see that the work and
sinking of the well was carried
on and finished according to the
contract with the American Well
Co. beg leave to make the fol-
lowing report:
The company have sunk the
well to a depth of 705 feet. It is
cased from the surface with ten
inch pipe to a depth of 374 feet.
A 10x20 foot strainer is placed in
the casing 120 feet from the sur-
face. This was the only water
bearing sand of any consequence
we found in the well which is
supposed to be about T2 feet in
thickness. After testing this
strata of water bearing sand with
a deep well pump of a capacity
of about 80000 or 90000 galons
per day we could get probably
59000 galons of water per day
which we do not consider is near
the supply needed with the origi-
nal supply we had in the old wells
We have concluded that there
is but very little chance if any
of getting a sufficient supply of
surface channel or deep well
water and our only hope now is
of contracting for artesian water
with a prospect of sinking a well
probably not less than 2000 feet.
We would recommend a settle
ment with the American Well
Works for the amount of work
they have done and would like
to know if it is the desire of the
city council and the citizens gen-
erally to make a new contract
with the expectation of procuring
artesian water by probably sink
ing a well not less than 2000 feet.
Very respectfully
Robert Striekert
J. A. Wilkins
F. Haubelt"
Committee.
In accordance with the adop-
tion of this report the clerk was
instructed to draw a draft for
81000 payable at sight and
an equal amount payable No-
vember 1st.
The amount of additional
bonds which the city can issue is
approximately 812000 being 7
cents on S100 on an assessed
valuation of 81875000 which
will bring in something like
81300 annually with which to
provide a sinking fund and pay
interest which according to
law cannot be higher than 6 per
cent.
Otherwise Unnoticed.
A conundrum fiend perpetrated
on an unsuspecting citizen a
query which together with the
reply is herewith appended:
"Do bloomers make a woman
look shorter?'' "No but they
make a man look longer."
Tottie had a little Iamb
HU clothes were full of douj;h.
And everywhere that Tottie went
The Iamb was sure to go.
"Why did the lamb love Tottie so?
It s mighty hard to tell;
There's only onethmjr that we know
That is sne fleeced him well
A company has been formed to
deal in bottled compressed air.
And thus the difficulty of raising
the wind continues to be more
and more complicated.
Some people don't care how
worthless an article is so it is
expensive.
Lives of Brenham maids remind us
Some of whom we dare to like
That all chunks of icy coolness.
Are not 10 and m the Klondike.
It is said that a woman who
suffers in silence never sufferers
long at a time.
Advice to girls To find out
the faults of a man marry him
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.
Trouble Brewing Between Them in Mc-
Clennan County.
Landlords in McClennan
county are considerably worked
up over the turn matters
havetaken in regard to rents of
farms. The determination of
tenants in certain localities to'not
pay money rents is becoming
serious.
Just below Waco it is reported
the renters union has a member
ship of 125. They are determined
to resist every landlord who
holds his property for money rent.
It is said the organisation of
renters propose to use the strap
on those who agree to pay money
rent and also on those who favor
it.
The following is the latest
anonymous letter sent out by the
organization :
"Dear Sir We understand
that you have rented land at 84
per acre. Now we ask you to
countermand that traae as we
don't intend that such prices
shall be paid and we guarantee
you land at S3 per acre or one-
third and one-fourth. We ask
this of you in kindness as you
know and the landlord knows it
is too much for if we can work
the land and live on two -thirds
and three-fourths then they can
certainly live on one-third and
one-fourth Now then if you
both want to live and look
well you all change your trade.
P. S. Don't get any negroes
on your place as they can not
stay flease take need to this
and save further trouble."
Troubles of a Poultry Keeper.
In the heart of the residence
portion of the city near where the
Clinton street bridge spans Hog
branch a sly old 'possum has es-
tablished winter quarters and is
playing havoc with his neighbors
chickens making nightly sallies
in quest of his favorite diet. Tho
fowls of a Jewish poultry peddler
with an unpronouncable name
have suffered particularly and
their number is nightly 'depleted
by a visitation from the pesky
'possum. Time and again the
peddler has lain in wait for the
bold robber of hia hen roosts
and once he caught the animal
dead to rights but let it slip by
him in the darkness. Goaded to
desperate measures by the con-
tinued losses the peddler has in-
vested in a variety of traps and
in addition to . these offers a re-
ward for the capture and con-
viction of the 'possum.
c.
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For Infants and Children.
TSafis-
U tcdc44K.
AUTUMN'S YELLOW AND GOLD-
What Botanists Do and Do Not KjicW
About Leaves.
"Probably not 1 person in 1000'
knows just why leaves change
'their color in the fall" remarked
an eminent botanist the other
day. "The green matter in the
tissues of a leaf is composed of
two colors red and blue. When
the sap ceases to flow in the au-
tumn the natural growth of the
tree is retarded and oxidation of
the tissue takes place. Undef
certain conditions the green of
the leaf changes to red; under
different aspects it takes on a.
yellow or brown hue. The dif-
ference in the color is due to the-
difference in combinations of the
original constituents of the green
tissues and to the varying condi-
tion of climate exposure and soil.
A dry hot climate produces
more brilliant foilage than one
that is damp and cool. This is-
the reason that American auf
tumns are so much more gorge-
ous than those of England and
Scotland.
"There are several things'
about leaves however that-even
science can not explain. For in-
stance why one of two trees
growing side by side of the same
exposure should take on a bril-
liant red in the fall and the other
should turn yellow or why one
branch of a tree should be highly
colored and the rest of the tree
have only a yellow tint are ques-
tions that are as impossible to
answer as why one member of a
family should be perfectly healthy
and another sickly. Maples and
oaks have thebrightest colors.
"People should be careful not
to touch the gorgeous red and
yellow autumn leaves or shrubs-
and climbing plants which are
not known to be harmless. Our
two poisonous native plants dis-
play the most brilliant autumnal
colors of any species in our
woods and highways. The pois-
onous sumach resembles a group
of young ash trees. The poison-
ous Ivy resembles the harmless?
woddbine. Its leaves however
have but three leaflets while
those of the woodbine have five.''
Talented Young Carolinian.
The Orangeburg (S. C.) News
and Courier contains the follow-
ing notice of a young gentleman
a nephew of Collector E. L. Sal-
ley who has many friends lit
Brenham : '
Mr. Alex S. Salley a talented:
young Carolinian" of Orange-
burg is doing modestly and ably
a work which- deserves moreno- '
tice than can be here given. Mr.
Salley is destined to do gocd
work for his State work that ws
"never more needed than now. Hi
is a natural born historian. His"
knowledge is full accurate and
comprehensive and over it all Is
the truth of devoted a'nd sincere
patriotism. The history of
Orangeburg will soon be pub-
lished and among other things
it accurately and unmistakably
evidences the fact that he could
render distinguished service to
South Carolina by enlarging the
scope of his historical labors. x
CAUGHT IN A COUPLING.
Tobe Lewis Loses a Hand in the Santa He?
Yards at Navasota.
Tobe Lewis? a negro brakemar
who runs on the "African Paci-
fic" between this place and
Springer lost his left hand in the
Santa Fe yards at Navasota Fri-
day while making a coupling.
He was sent to the company's
hospital via this place where'
the injured member wa3 dressed!
by Dr. W. A. Lockett.
Upon the inquiry of numer
ous county attorneys Office As-
sistant Attorney General King
has ruled that all billiard tables
pool tables etc. under subdivis
ion 17 of the occupation tax bill
upon which games are played
when run in connection with a.
saloon or place where liquors or
other things are sold are subject
to and must pay an occupation
tax regardless of the fact thatnoK
fees are charged on the tables.
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