The Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 187, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 7, 1877 Page: 4 of 4
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Washington County.
bkkxh\m various trades and liaudi-crafU, every State in the I'nion, and j
the County Seat, with a popu- «re adequate to the wants of the' every country in the!
Washington countv is situat- lation of 4000 inhabitants, is 1 town and surrounding country. j iminlgraht will find triends and |
<;.l in latitude 3<i°north, autj{situated upon the W.eotei'h i.ndepkxdkxce. a he-irty welcome in oven!
longitude t)>D west. The Bra- i Branch of the Houston and ... . , 1 neighborhood,
Ziv river tonus its eastern and!Texas Central Railroad-~9(>
t !1 Yeirua creek its northern miles east ot Austin, the Capita! j
of the State, 70 miles north-west
boundary. The county contain
:m area of about Hi)0,0()0 acre- Irom Houston, l-o miles troin
of laud, well timbered and Galveston, the principal bey-, , ■ (.
watered. The soil i^ of excel-, port ot the State, and >>00 miles " r^'
o.. 1 :, 1,..,.!rw» 1 ties aim a jiiiiii.
independence.
is S miles north-west trom Wash-
ington and 12 miles north-east
fi
Vom Brenham. This place is
lie *cat of Bavlor University,.'
I tin
founded in
The Tax liw-
The new tox laws, enacted bv
the last Legislature, art- hut little
the
•it quality, well adapted to theIsouth from St.
ivation ot cotton, coru,i communication
Louis, having
bv rail with
■ dents ill
1815, and Baylor
with able facul-,, . „
number ul' k"0W1,i ai"> l"1' |W
attendance.; tax-payers we give it below:
I?
regular
lgious service* are held regu^ 1. The collector inakes
the Baptists Metho- and remittance' (juarterlv
REGULATOR
Ask tlu* recovered dvcpepiie*, Hiluim
and Episcopalians, and a' 2. 1 he collector mus! post listslsnitjererii, vletimsot Jf"»v»*r ar»d Ag
it. oats, barlev, sweet and each of the places named b\ two. , j"j
In mi potatoes sugar cane, sor- daijy trains. The ^ railroad jj!^ ^
■„ . um. etc. All kinds of fruit- • facilities will soon be irieica*cdj j^j- meets monthly. ; of delinquents at I lie courihouhej^w »' n-m-ial mm ib.-y
. 1 here' bv the completion to this place fc • : , ,» , , . , Im-overed health, cheerful pjiriti-- m.d
lirenlmw;<>i die densely 'populated neifflilwr-;wlnitv^rxtv Jay,
.IttelMi. Inroad with '"A™ *V~h <>?<
\ iree
ila-ilO'
iav-j'
suceesr«fidlv grown
Hie vieinitv ot
«/
large nurseries ot
reputation, supplyi
portion ot
the State with> veston. ^ ^ «,WUi
\>t'acn« plum, pear and applei Episcopalian, Presbyterian, (-rer | 'V;?.4^
,-j;><•!•> in all ot their varieties. j man Methodists and Catholics.: ., J ' 4
The native
„„ «r a , i> 4.; ,f 1 naiitist church and Masonic j land, or sufficient to oav the
I lie Jnctliouist, baptist .1, , . ., ,1. 1 .1
Lodge, about six miles west ot taxes due thereon.
Sand nine 3. Before the dav
I LillyM ' ivi ivvi vaj • unoi *.»«. v. -,.iw -- - •
grasses are excel-j have places of worship. The .Pub-
nine
Two pertv must be
drv goods stores supply the newspaper in tlie
miles north ot Ikenham.
font. Cattle are kept in fine lie Free .School, graded classes, a j
condition upon pastures during corps of taacliers, and an average | ,
! m 'entire veal* Sheen are ex-' duilv attendance ot 300 scholars, 111 1'^ \ „ ,. ,
. 1 • , '. „ a the demands tor medical
r-e.sively raised, and mjuiro but; is in successful operaaon. a
I-r tic corn. j school building, with all of the
The lands bordering upon the latest educational improvements,
s*:"oam-» are heavily timbered,! is about to be erected at a cost
(; it aie easily brought into eifl-! of il0,(K(0. Several accom-
-ation. Large bodies of prairie j plished musicians instruct class-
ivid lie between the skirts of'es and at private rooms. A
jdiilil}/ iiudthvi/U' ili' Ifiv Wi'i'i'f.
| For i)vs|>Vp$»8, C'npTijwiioii. .lu.in
ot >!l1i! pro- jdirc. Bilious nttHckn, nuk lit utl,
advertised in a |colic, il«.'i<rf>s»i«>ii of »j»it t»our ston,
countv for
: ;;!>er, which supply fuel and! literary society meets weekly for
oncing within ea3y distances. I reading, music and conversation
Wheat, oats, barley and rye,
« e sown in the fall, for winter
p.oture. Corn is planted from!about bein,: founded flnilef
and extends a cordial invitation
to visitors. A public library is
founded flndet thej
V\o loth ot February to the 1*>cli: auspices ot several ciiteiprising-Jrei recI to
L r March and can he iuni-cd at, cilizens.
, , ... aeh, heart burn, «Hc., io.
. ,"«™.aprr in u.e wumv i.,r; .,j TtounrlvuIWS.'wW Ifawi. «
wants, of the neighborhood and weeks. It no newspaper, notice j wamnful uottocou'HiD « for
able to meetmust be posted thirtv davc at ■<'»' Mercuiv,or ut>t injumuh imii
scr-' the courthouse door. ' |«~l»0»taae».l»ti.fM*|| \nwMW
....... . £, , . , . ,,;| e'liiratnia^ tliooe Siutluirn Hoou nt..l
vices. Live Oak remaleSem-j 4. it a city lot, enough shall {uUrU>. wl.iflmuuJ:wiw PruvW*»r® 1,»
inary, which has been conducted be taken off the cornet W a 1 in countri»:» wlwr* Uv«t P»i«-
square to sarisfy the claim. i^9 ,nnHt TiiI1
^. m • , , I cauml by i)fr«nitffm«;Ut
0. The property can be pur |tiie iA,.rttu.i Bmrfa.
chased by individuals, or tile I Tin* afmptonn of I-ivi-r Coinpijint
1 state, county or city. j a bil^r ,)r hMl XlL*w in .t!iV in'ni,h;
18 anotbei bainltt, 3 1 l^s Yiest ^ f -\fti i the sale the toilcetoi t
niiKtukt'o tor Rhcuntntiflta; 3oitr »>to»n
from Gay Hill and lime miles 1 is empowered to give deed, which {ath; lowot *>«*«•)* aiteruait
north-west from Brenliain. It I shall be cood.
with great buccesst for over
twenty-live years, is located
here.
LONG POINT
f
was <yiee the oentre a large
trade, which lias boea trans-
;.nv tiniu aticr
mber.
the first t
It is Often pin; itrod Knights of Pythias, A. 0.15. R! about 300 inhabitants, situated
f. staii I in the field until .No-: and Hebrew Benevolent Socie- upon the \\ estern Branch of the
wuiber and DeeemVr. ('otton ry, each, have regular meet-i H. G. ll„ 5_mi!es south-
generally planted between the, iugs. A temperance organiza-
i")th of March and the of rion, numbering 225 members,
April, but in ordinary sea-->n» meets weekly. Sunday schools
loiv be planted as late as fit-1and Bible classes, upon which
iO'Jh ot Juuc, and will -na there is a large attendance, are
good crop. Cotton pick?re* com- attached to each of the churches.
i'lcnces generally about ttie l.-t. i'here are resident in the city
•i August and may be condn- ■ tweuty lawyers and eight
•ued mitil Christmas, immediate- • pliysicians, many of whom are | have regularly organized iod,
iy after which preparu[i<ii! is j eminent in their professions,
made for the succeeding crop. I with reputations co extensive
with the State, The business of
the city is represented by thre
f ^ep-1
BURTON
The Masons, Odd Fellows, a town with a population of
west from Long Point and 14
miles north-west from Brenham.
There are resident here several
lawyers, physicians and mer-
chants. The Baptist and Meth-
odists have churches in which
services are regularly held, and j
7. The owner of city lots or
lands has two years trom the day
of sale in which to redeem pro-
ly eoetivc »wd 1st; Hradm-h*; "tow of
munory, with ^ (miiilwi ot
loiving failed to <lo sr>iu*-tliit g wiiieii
• niyht to Iijiv* bcttn dotif, debility, low
t-pinl.% » t luck \ hIIow uy>|>vit>^in- .if
perty, by tendering to the pur ll,r;kjn HJld "***' KW&t,lu u
- ; n, I I laihtiilieii for roiiKioiijitioii.
chaser, his heirs, assigns or rep j i$r,iuHini(tH twwy ot dwite Kj>M|>ton#
reselltatives, double the amount jattoncf tli« lliaeapo.at otliern'very few,
bid and paid by him. j [>"! 'V 1;,v,'r•k^Hl in iU-
,, n-I ,, • . . ,. ! Mv,w gt'imrully tlio neat ol. 11.n din-
o. 1 he collectoi cannot dis—i-irtd if nut. ^n»!iiMtwi in
turn*.
train till after the 1st of March ^•"twufl^riujfjW-meliHfuet'attBtidriitu
succeeding the assessment on
which tax dues are claimed.—
svi ! 01 hue.
"I can Tocomniend as in Hfiffrifliin
, reiunly for diaeues ol tlit- Livt-r, Hiar'
1 le cannot seize or sell lands or'lmrti auti cin, ^»u>ujoi 1»' Liv»-r
lots tor taxes due for 1S7G until • H^uhxu.r.-hcww o. Wurwi.-r, j62S
i, -\T„ 1 * 1 ,,i77 | Milder iStieot. AHdil»lftDt Pout Mat-t,
after March 1st, 1M7. ! Phiimf-iph a."
9. The homestead cannot bel 'We lutve tei-t+d
the Masons and Odd Fell oars! so^(^ ^-)r taxes prior to the date of,
IO|S
if#
am:
JVH vtritifM, person
that for DyKpej'Mx,
UilioiiHiifS!*. and rJ'hroM>iMif rlt-adaflo .
j it. is tin' best nit (liciiio tin; World « v» r
average
banks, two insurance offices,
about eight dry goods and pro-
visions stores doing a wholesale'
ol corn,
ihat has Wmi properly euUiyat-
ed, is forty bushels per acre,'and
its aver.s;,: value is fifty cents
per b'.iihel. Cotton land will
viehl one bale of cotton per land jobbing business, and about
acre, and as high as two, 01 ! twenty-six dry goods and pro-
,sven three bales, have been \ visions stores doing a retail
made to the acre. The average j business. There are in addition
\ d:u) of cotton is SdO per bale, ione crockery store, three hai'd-
One band, with team and pro-'ware scores, three furniture
]>cr tools con cultivate ten acres 1 stores, three d'mg stortjs, two
I the Constitution of Texas, but
Call lor the tax of IStb. jaaw, We hav* tii«l lor'y other reme-
! 10. (it V collectors have the btilorn S-iiuRiouh' Liver Regulator.
. l)0t)U: I same powers, and are governed |,ut ,'H !f r,;v,\!"s Tn' !l'Hn
I•; iHih'Sii .5 1 . 1 lempoiarv nlicf: but tin- h<-iru!ati>r
oy the same rules as county col- not ouly rtdit ved, but eur,-d uh."—blil.
lectors. '
11. Owners may claim to pay
back taxes upon the assessments
ot
corn and eight in cotton.
Farming lands of good quality
can lie bought at from £2 to $50
acre, tin price being depen-
dent upon locality and improve-
ments. and can
jewelry stores, one book store,
two establishments dealing ex-
tensively in wagons and ma-
chinery, (in6 planing mill, one
iron and brass foundry, four
1 • *
be rented at j blacksmith shops, 4 wagon
tVom £2.50 to So |>er acre, or one-1 shops, one carriage factory, four
i,)uvtii of the cotton and one-j or live lumber yards, one mar
ibird of all other products. Land I bio yard, sevbn or eight paint-
own ;rs will furnish teuenrs with {era, four tailor shops, live shoe-
land, houses, teams, farming j maker shops, three or tour sad-
utensils, feed for team and seed; die and harness makers, about
lor planting tor one-half of the j six milliners and diess makers,
crop, and will advance provis-j Four hotels furnish accommoda
ions to be paid tor out of the Ition to the travellers and a large
crop. number ot boardin
The health of this county is
c\<'.optionalily good. No where
in tin
SEH'S, HOOK,
AND
JOBPRINTING
K-T.tllt.1SH.MKM'.
JOII.V V. HtKKIK,
PrD'&ietor. 11
ItltKMIAM, TfciXAH.
/>
SKIDKI. K STOJ5B
is the centrc of a densely
lated district,, about
south-west from Brenham.
BE EI.IN
is a hamlet four mites west from
Brenham, having the conven-
ience of churches, in its vicinity,
schools, stores, ere.
.CH ATMX I1IKL
is an import&'it town on the
Western Branch of the II. & T.
(J. II., ten miles east from'
Brenham. At this place are'
located Smile University and j
Oha|<pell Hill Female College.
with able faculties and a large ;
number of students in regular!
attendance The population of
the town about 800 and its busi-
ness is transacted by three law-1
*t j
yers, three or four physicians,;
and a nun|ber of niercliants.!
Regular sert'iccs are held in the j .
Baptist and Methodist churches,; ^ need
and a Masonic Lodge meets j Fifty p«k<*—#co iiinHtrationx, with
nuAiriilv ' ^eacriptio/ja < f tlioiiRMniH nf the Ix-at
•• .* , ... • ! flowers and vej<otableti in the world,
»cnciij tinm n uu^i ^ asllin^on count \ occupies Hn[j ti,e way lo gr<uv them—-nU lor a
ardino- houses en- a prominent place in the history 1 two cent postage sump. Printed in
irous " oermauent ef Texas. The first settlement | a"d. n . „„
, ociiuauuni j 1 \ickV floral H«idf, Quarterly,2;>
:11 'conducted city!,n Austin's colony was made j CHlts a yeHr.
j near Indejlendencein 1838, lhe- Vick's Flower and T^otaWe (iarden
c-mventiol which declared the oOccim. in paper; in elegant cloth cov
ltxlepemlfu* «f_ Texas met at! A<ld'™'
the town (ft Washington in 1836.
The towi of Wasiiington was al Guide
the Capital of the iiepublic ^ j a beautiful Qwmterly Journal, finely
1 exas fnxii November 1842 un- illaiitrated, and containing an elegant
Cfltitilos/ik-.
James Vk k, Uoelienter. X. Y,
thi
tin
til 1845.
.colored Flower Plate with the fir^t
tcrtain numerous
guests. A well
comity are there any local I market with eight stalls
c iu-os for sickness. The heat j plies beef at five cts. per poflrtd,
of the summer sun is tempered ; mutton at ten cts.4, pork at 12j
by too bree/.es from tile,Gulf, jets., ti»h at 12-J cts., and vegeta-
ladcn with moisture. Germans j hies of every variety at reasona-
nod immigrants from the -North- j ble prices. Two newspapers are
mi States can and do labor in'published here, the Uaxxk.u.
, iwl,l witlwit suffering tr„,n I daily and vfeekly, and tliu Tern . ,mimu„ Iw.„,lv 25 tl„
heat. A case ot suft-stroke j \ olk&ote, (lerman. published 1 he fertility ot .U soil and ; ^e tim No.'for 1^77 }uKt is
lut-> never been known. The \ weekly. surpassing beauty ot its scenery, I uued iu Wernan ajjd English
rUiU are unifonnlv cool aud i An"Opera House lui'lt. at a j attracted to this county, immi-' vick'»Floweir and Viable ftar
pliant. . / j"'>st of ^25,000, and fitted upl^atioD from the first setrlement,* *
Man»" varieties of garden veg- with all the modern stage ap. 1 ot the province ot iexas, and1 vir.k'si Cataiogao--}»fi0 illuatration«,
ciablc- grow* during the entire ;]»liances> and - abundant scenery,i the character of its population.;ou'y 2centB. Address
y ear. Irish potatoes, Euglish j tumishes a a popular placje ol in intelligence and moral worth, j
etc.. are ready for the ta-1 amusement, and a large and , has not been excelled by that of;
of April. Toma-1 handsomely fitted up lecture
etc., are nbun-jroom supplies the public want
15t,h of Mnv. jin that respect.
JaMks Vick, Rochester, N Y.
b'-J !>V tin
WASHINGTON
It*, art? amuy tuc wjuuiuwmcut, ftim a uu-u «uu |
1st
to1-, cucunib?
daut bv the
Roasting ears, sweet potatoo», •
•.viiorni ilous, {teaches, etc., arc . .
i(t m-.rket by the bt of July, j ^ situatedI upon the Brazos riv
Strawberries dewberries auti
bhrnkherrics are abundant in
\ori! and Mav. An industri-1 tin* l'»e 0. the IWou tfe 1 exas
- |f(»'in-r can*live luxiirioiuly |Central Kmlroad. The ]>opula-
of the orchard 11ion ol this place is about o00,
;er, 20 miles east of Brenham
and six miles from Navasota, on
oil
o'l tUO JU'tn
an
\
i ii 1
in th
any part of the State. A large
body ot Germans settled in this and Vegetable Gavder
countv at an earlv day, and by . , .
. , v , i« tlit, 111,'Hl lii'iinl 1 rill uaik of Hip l,-i<iii
their industrious thrift, aided in
is the niest beautiful wotkof the kind
inflie world. It contains nearly l.r)(T
pages, hundreds of fin* ilftiMrailfiim
and six ChiouiO I'lates of Flowers,
beautifully drawn and colored from
nattire. Price 5C reritn in jmjter covers.
$1.00 ill eloyaat cloth. IViutod in Otr
man and Knglitdi.
VickV 1-Vial Ouide, (^tiartfrly,
cenie a vt'ar.
fuels of the orchard 1 "ou 01 mis piaco is aoout 000, rnpm growui 01 uh cajmai town vick'n « aiulog«.,-;HKi UltiMrttioiM
1., *tt|, nn exoenw. i ani<-l it® bufinowi is done by ,sev~ and numerous villages-have kej»t ooiv aAddm*
Mhiui'ihe lab«u' expended !«••«' lawyeiv, phyniciau^ amljpucewith the developt^iit. ol, :..J AM.f.V" .V
ilfivrion of the soil fmerebants. The i.aptist. Mcth- the county, and is ,but a fair A MONTH;—Ag«-um wan
1 • 'i
turi
», i. •
in fk'H (inl-!"'lisf «!>4 IWliy.tBr.ian chnrek'S.
nnbiu'wu and sui-j jui re ,|rokl 11 Micwio
the rapid development of its
rich agricultural resources, and
the various public roads, emerg-
ing at the c«»unty seat, are now
bordered with fields in the high-
est state ot eultfvation. The
rapid growth of itn capital town
induction vf the entire countv.
;1«
(r.([. j ,n i bodge is e-'tublislied
r>
■o-
toil ever* '.vhorc Bu»liiew
till. iiimnlHtuin of tlw (innniv honofaWe nt.rt frtvf o'lnffl. l'articnlars
j lie population ot um, touut y frtjp AtMr j vioHTllrAr-Co.,
I he i having been drawn from almost tyt. L->ui» Mo. iwuJHU
Telegraph and Mi-ncrnger Macon. <)a
MmvfueUwed only (>ij J. II
Zedin Co., Macon, h'a.,
and PhiladdpliHi. ,
It contitlns four medical elynieotH,
ro ver united in ihe bttuie hapiy pro
pottion in atiy otlier jneparatkm, \i/.~
a gentle Cathartic, a wonderful Tonic,
an tinexceptionalile Alttiative and c«'r
min CorM-live of aVl iMtpurilies of
tUebocy. ,I^nch aigoaJ succetM hat* at-
ti nded io» ui«e, that it is r.ow regarded
aw the Mectunl,Spcclfle lor all die»-a.i
ea ol the Livt r, «St'imacn and Spleen.
As a remedy iu malarious lev*rn
boivel conn] laiptfi, d}etp»pHia, mental
depr;-btii 21. reMh-nB»>e«>a, jaundice, moi-
| «ea, sirk heaoai he. colic, c<aiHtii>atiiir»
! and biliouttnetfl, it has uo C^liMl.
j "Your valtiaL'h,' medicine, Simtiions
Slaver Megliiator, Ima Hived Hie man*
i Jocters' bull*, I nae it f«r ever, tiling »
ic recoiiiBuitded, and nevi r kntnv it i<>
tail, 1 have used it in f'oltc nlid Wrnbtfr
with ws uinU'Hiind horsta, iviiitf th*m.
about hull a bottle at a time. 1 haw
not lost one thai 1 ylivw if to, you nm
reccumnend it to eveiy OUO that ha*
Stork aWbeing the beat medicbi' known
for all complaint* tluit hor»e-ti''Hh i»
heir to. ET. TAYLOH,
Ajrent for Oran«e?s of Georgia,
wcti.twijr
Steam Engines
Moreeflacllvf ami
more coinpleie, md
more reatlilj adupt-
ed to the various
iiieclmnieftl and »<■-
L licnltural uaen than
[any other in tho
nmrkot.Practieulh/i
|)rove«ieut« acciuunhued from twen 17
years tnanitfacturliijr ox^-rlence, wiib
reputation nmuvtaincd. and hncoeit cm-
tahliabed.
fiend for clrenlara, descriptive, atnl
containing teM tiionialacomvroiiijr onpt
Portable, Kmtiotinry, and Agricultuial
Steani Kn^inea
Wood, Tabor &, Morse*
"pliitf K at on, Madison Co.. N. !,
FOR SAU
VERY CHEAP!
A uncoild hand Morticing and Boring
machine; alwi omj of J. A. Fa>V,
automatic gauge lsthes. I will
tliapnae of the- above very cheap. Ap
plv to the tuidernigiitd at Ihj'lvJtle,
Aitntln eourifv. ). J. SffdPPI.K '
March m, lew. w4t
Blooded Stock •
Having purchased tf'»> blooded 1<ul! '
SAM .TU,1,ES.
tioticp ifs hereby gi!k,u he will
Maud at it y stub!* nt the h-w pr>n r,f
W 00 per tie hi. to prttAb?»< in c>irti uf
fiioruiy.
H'.ciadiwu A. Tii^riitu.
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