The Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 195, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 16, 1879 Page: 2 of 4
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It V K.in KIN £ LEVjtX.
I) REN HAM, TEXAS, AUG. 16, 1879.
GeK. James has inspected the
Bryan Rifles; The company
is classed third in-the state. ; J
The national cotton exchange
convention is now in session at
New York. A large delegation
is present.
Money is usually well behav-
ed and hard to get, but it is de-
moralized in New York and u
said to be "tight."
AL DECLINE.
recent extra session of ^
congress was chiefly notabh i Stanley Matthews met i
'York lntelv Hendrick
is relate
The recent extra session of.*8 Hendricts and.. aena
.'New
for the disgraceful bitterness j York lately. Hendricks iaid
and coarse personalities of • Ewing1. would be cflfccted 'g»v-
speech which characterized the'ernor Ohio. Matthews taid
Foster would be
In consequence of an active
American demand, the large
iron-making districts in Eng-
land are showing signs of a re-
vival in productions.
In the case of Col. Leader,
at Austin, charged with forgery,
the weight of evidence is so far
against him. He has rebuttal
testimony to introduce.
The Houston TeUgtam invi-
ted communications on the
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Sunday law. It received no
less than sixty in one day and
was glad to shut down.
Plans are being matured for
a reorganization of the M. K.
and T. railway and the exten-
sion of that road from Denison
or Sherman into the interior Of
Texas.
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Two moonshiners, who for
some months had been running
a small crooked distillery in the
woods nine miles from Dallas,
were at last arrested by the gov-
ernment authorities.
Large manufacturing estab-
lishments in England are sys-
tematically reducing wages.
The condition of the operatives
in many districts is represented
as truly deplorable.
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Acting Governor Wiltz of La.
has telegraphed to Governor
Robets, of Texas, asking that
quarantine be raised and stating
that no case of yellow fever has
occurred since July 29th.
A San Antonio man recent-
ti ! 4»,
ly received a box of, <
weighing 30 pounds, froii*
veston via the G. H. and S. A.
Ry., the freight on which was
52.85 or about $8 per 100
pounds.
The papers arejust now..full
to reaction with the Sprague-
Conkling scandel. The parties
being ex-senator, Sprague, of
Rhode Island, tys tyifc, former-
ly Miss Kate Chase daughter,of
the late chief justice and sena-
tor Conkliag.of NqwY.qrk-
debates in both, the senate and
house,; and yet, if such abuses |ernor
I nkrtiif flva
would awaken the country at.
lafge to a sense of the depth to, ge«tleman
which American politics have
fallen through the indifference
of tjie people, the evil might be
accompanied with a compensa-
tion. Such vulgarity was never
before witnessed in either branch
of the federal legislature, and
should provoke the censure of
every decent citizen*
Political decline in this coun-
try is becoming so universal as
to be alarming. A fraudulently
chosen president, surrounded
by a cabinet composed of men
who par i:ipated in the game of
"bluff" which seated him in of-
fice in defiance of the expressed
willl of the people, diffuses
through every department' of
the federal government the taint
of corruption.
This is, indeed, the day of
little men, and, in contrast with
the comparatively recent past,
is sadly depressing. How the
very walls echoed and re-echoed
the eloquent words of Webster,
Clay, Calhoun, and their con-
temporaries, must have frowned
upon their successors of the
forty-sixth congress, as they,
day after day, made of that ven-
erable forum a cock-pit. If
they could but speak, is it hard
to imagine the impassioned
tones in which they would com-
pel a recreant people to appre-
ciate the enormity of the dere-
liction which. renders possible
such a sickening exhibition of
rowdyism as that which made
the session of 1879 painfully
memorable!
Is it not time, therefore, that
intelligent men, irrespective of
party, were giving this matter
the serious attention which it
demands ? Does not the alarm-
ing spread of the evil require of
every thoughtful citizen that hi-
dependent political action which
alone can be depended uppn to
arrest the growth df demagogue-
ism in our politics ? If such
men throughout fche country
would but act in . accordance
with their convictions, the reign
of the Conklings, Blkines, Chan
wd gov
ere was no
ifs" about the assertion of eith-
ublic $an
take their choice ^fi the opin-
ions'of these two tlistirtguisned
gentlemen and then await the
result of the election.
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m. russi.
nit i u.s.
Giddings' Building, S
te'oj the Public Square,.
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Texas,
- DEALERS IN
A number of prominent Ger-
man citizens of Houston held a
meeting to consider ways and
meftns of defeating the Sunday
law. After a free discussion it i
was determined to call a mass
meeting of Citizens qjjposed to
the law, without regard to na-
tionality or ♦e'eupatron, and by
junited actioivjfcake some means
to accomplish that end. A
committee was appointed and
it is thought the meeting will be
called some time next week.
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1 Considerable excitement is
reported amongst the negroes
at Hearne. It became neces-
sary for the town marshal to
shoot a bad negro., A special
to the Telegram says the ne-
groes gathered in town till there
was an immense crowd and
threats were freely made against
the marshal. The military and
citizens armed and prepared for
trouble.
A Choctaw Indian was exe-
cuted, at Atoka the other day,
for having„mur^ered art orphan
boy some four months ago. He
said he killed the boy "because
he felt like it." He was shot,
as is the Choctaw custom. He
died game refusing to be bound
and did not stir when the com-
mand to fire was given.
The following from the good-
looking and good natured edi-
tor Houston Age explains itself:
When we crack a good na-
tured joke at an editor of the
nf
f
ve
Bre
of our
m
twenty
nner
"chums"
years ago, we do not like for
the editor of the Sentinel; to re-
peat it as if we were in real earn-
est.
end.
An oil tank near Parker, Pa,,
wa^s struck by lightning and thej
contents, 18,000 barrels of oil
set on fire.»»The tank was de-
stroyed and the burning oil,
flowed down the hillside ruining
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FURNITURE,
Bouse Furnishing Goods.'
Parlor and Chamber Sets,
Carpetings, Mattings, Oil Cloths, Et<*
The only exclusively Furniture and House Furnisfiing
Establishment in the city. v
UNDERTAKING.
We keep a full line of COFFINS, CASKETS, BURIAL CASES, and Under-
takers Goods. , . _ , , , |
BftU Please give ws a* call and examine our goods and prices. Goods tleiiverco
n aliparts of the city Free. Carpets sewed and put down at short notice when ue-
ired. -«i July 16th, i879-d&wtf.
UNDERTAKING.
Has connected with his livery Business an l/n
dertaker's Establishment, and keeps for sale a fall
stock of
Wood and Metalic Burial Cases and Coffins
Hearse and Carriages furnished for funerals wlier
4esired.
New and Second Hand Buggies always on hand am
for sale.
NEW BAR,
Beer\ Lunch Saloon,
JACOB \Ell, Proprietor.
(Wm. Newman's old stand)
Ant Street
BRENHAM, - - - TEXAS,
ci
The finest liquors, wines, beer an
,rs always on hand.
unch at all hours. r"ihi2cliy
dlers, Logans and^Carpente/s, ^ve WCHS an<^ ^ve dwellings and
would soon be brpught to In arfdtfter tank of 30.00^
Danwge
Til* Fere
An ice company,in pougt^n
was tried and found guilty of
a violation .of Hie Sunday la\y
and fined $20#a'na costs. The
cost bill is as follows: Justices
fee $5.80, county^attorney's fee
#10, jury fee #3 sheriffs fee £6,
delivering writ $1, returning
same $1, total cists $26.80,,,,
A society calljpd the Alamo
*
monumental association» has
been organized at San Antonio
for the purpose of erecting a
suitable monument to the heroes
of the Alamo who fell .fighting
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for the independence of the
Texas republic. Active steps
toacccmplith this very lauda-
Wc purpose are being taken.
-Memphis, .Aug. i4f— ^orty
cases in all were reported to-day
thirty of whom were colored;
there, was deaths. t
s. The Shelby county medical
society passed resolutions en-
dorsing Dr. Chochran's propo-
sition to depopulate the . city
K i
and urging the national board
of health to make such appro-
priation as will, to the fullest
extent, enable the authorities to
carry out his plans. All hous-
es where yellow fever has ap-
peared are being flagged.
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The Rusk penitentiary is to
be enclosed with a brick wall.
On the utf of September th
brickmakers at Huntsville '
be sent by the lessees. """
Wood choppers are
work.
The official census returnjj
just completed,' show, that th4
population ofiiKanyta on thO
first Of March, ^as ^49,978; an
increase of nearly go0*,oo6 sincii
1877.'' Trhis show^ ^hat cart
be done by the systematic op-
. ' * • 4 >ad oldest NORDHAUSLR Whiskey
eration of 'kn elM^e irtmlgra^ • " ' - ' ,:-
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tion bereati.
Q^EItBEU'8 8AL005,
Sandy street, opposite Banner Offic
Brenham, Texas.
B. BERBER Pr»prl«lor
This Saloon is well supplied at all time-
with the finest liquors, wines, St. Louis AK
and beer; also domestic and imported cigar*
Agent,at this place for the celebrated Stone
wall whiskey. A private sitting-room, foi
the-convenience of customers, is attached t<
my saloon. Patronage solicited.
Breriham, January 1st, i878=-dtf."
LEHMANN'S
B.
S. E.Coiner St.Charles and Sandy Street*
bi&kham. Tfx<\s.
■ii tati
The govemmiiit at Washmgi*
ton has pfHci^information thi&|t
yellow fever is raging in Tan*
pico, where, in {he graphic lan-
guage of> the consul Mata-
moras, "people ^ are dying like
flies." A sharp look'out should
be kept on the Texas coast.
\
tETEWAYU, the
trouble,
deserted
the eitjvn» well -as the best lilies, lj(jfior>
and fcigars. - I
City and St. I-ouis beer on tap and lot-
id. ,
Cheese of all kinds, sausages, oysters,
lobster*, s^lmcr^ herrings, etc., etc.
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O. S< Saloon,
M
Ant Sjtreet, opposite the Central House,
Brenham, Tfxas.
THE undersigned, proprietor of
popular saloon takes pleasure in nr.
nouncing to his customer* that he hasfimO
a fine Bar, Beer and Lunch -saloon.—
erything first class. The finest imported
aors and French Wine, Imported Ci
-'so, Swiss Cheese, Imported Sausaire
other delicacies and substantial! be
longing to the lunch department Atiitbed
to the Saloou is a private sitting room which
is at all times at the disposal of my friends
SAM MUEKY,
TH 15
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Which enables us do. first class
work cheapcr than any other
Printing House in the
City of Brenham
We keep constantly on hard
for sale all kinds of
COUNTY AND JUSTICES
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Rankin, John G. & Levin. The Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 195, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 16, 1879, newspaper, August 16, 1879; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth478032/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.