The Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 207, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1877 Page: 4 of 4
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WasliiivHan eotinfv ifsirnat- lation of 4000 inhabitants, is
in latitude 3l>Q norths audj situated upon the Western
I iniiitU'le 0t> ° west, The Bra-j Branch ot the Houston and
xo.^riv. r foi,nis it^ealtern awl! Texas Central RaHroad—96
the ^'egua Greek it» norfciiem | tailed east ot Austin, the Capital
b nindafv, The county contains ■ of the State, 70 wiles north-west
>ut 000,000 acres:{rom Houston, 125 miles from
ah'
— n —- , di-crat'ts everv
tho County Seat, with a popu- are adequate to the wants of the every country in Europe, the
town and surrounding country, j immigrant will rind friends and
a iwarty welcome iu every
neighborhood.
IXOKI'liXOKAUE.
is 8 miles north-west from Wash-
ington and 12 liiife> north-east
from Brenham. This place is
the gcat of Bavlov University,
Ths G?ax law-
vh land, well timbered and:Galveston, the principal sea-j 1(,,U1U^:<* ln aud Lay lor
watered. The soil is of excel- • port of the State, and 800 miles J'eiMle (.•o!le«»e, witli able fucul-
lent quality, well adapted to the 1 south from St. Louis, having fies awl a lar^e number ot stu
T!ie new tax laws, enacted by
the last Legislature, are but Ki t le
known; and for the benefit ot
dents, in regular attendance.; tax-pavers we give it below:
viwat. oats, barlev, sweet and I each of the places named bv two |weJl"\0US. ^CI'VI"^ illv nm-l re^u-; 1. I he collector makes reports
■ •' • — " ■ tarty by the baptists, Mctho-, and remittance (quarterly.
dists and Kp-scopalians, and a* 2, The collector must post lists
Masonic Lodge meets monthly, of delinquents at the courthouse
cultivation ot cotton, corn, j communication by rail with
Irish potatoes, sugar e&ue. sor-j daily trains. Tho railroad
srtimn, cte. All kinds of fruits] facilities will soon be increased
«'-;u swj'msfiilly grown. There; by the completion to this place
nre in the vicinity ot BrenhaHiiot the Galveston and Santa Fe
three large nurseries ot estab-| Railroad, which will connect
lished reputation, supplying, a; the Pacific Railroad with Oal-
V-wge portion of the State with j vesfcon. The-Methodist, Baptist
Dea'eh, plum, pear and apple, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Gar
* l ooks, in all ot their varieties, i man Methodists and Catholics,
The nati ve grasses are excel-' have places of worship, The-Bub*
hint. Cattle are kept in tine j lie Free School, graded classes, a
condition upon pastures during j corps ottaaehere, and an average
the entire year, Sheep are ex | daily attendance of 800 scholars,
ionsively raised, aud require but! is \r> successful operation, A
little corn, school building, with all uf the
The lauds hordering upon, the latest educational improvements,
frtieaus* are heavily timbered, is about to ast
but are easily brought into cul- of $10,000, Several aoc.om-
t [ration, L;irge bodies of prairie plished musicians instruct class-
GAY HI Lit
door and two other«places iu the J,'
land lie botvyeen the skirts, of
timber, w4iieh supply fuel and
feneing within easy distances.
Wheat, oats, barley and rye,
are sown in the fall, fixr winter
pasture. Corn is planted from
the 10th of i'elxruary to the 1,0th.
vf March and can be housed at
^uy time after the first of Sep-
tember. It is often permitted
to stand in the Held until No-
vember and December.. Cotton
is generally planted between the
os and at private fooms.. A
literary society ineets weeMy for
reading, music aud cortversation
awl extends a cordial invitation
to visitors, A public library is
about being f'ounfled fiilder the
auspices ot several enterprising
citizens..
The Masons, Odd Fellows,
Knights of Pythias, A O. Ji B.
and Hebrew Benevolent; Socie-
ty, eaoh, have regular meet-
ings. A temperance organiza-
Vtttb ot March and the 2t)th of tjon, numbering 225 members,
Ajiril, but in ordinary seasons | meets weekly. Sunday schools
way be planted as late as. the j and Bible classes, upon, which
10fch of June, and will make a {there is a large attendance, are
^ood crop. Cotton picking com- J attached to each of the churches.
] nonces. generally about tlie 1st There are resident in the citv
of Aimv-t and mav be con tin-
f #
ued until Christmas, immediate-
ly after which preparation is
i,uade for the succeeding crop.
The average yield of corn,
that lias been properly cultivat-
ed, is forty bushels per acre, and
jts average value is litty cents
per- bushel. Cotton land, will
yield] one bale- of cotton per
*tcre% awl as high as. two, or
even' three bales, have been
made to the acre. The- average
value of cotton is $40 per bale.
One hand, with team and pro-'
s and eight
physicians,, many ot whom are
eminent in their professions,
with reputations coextensive
with the State,, The busiwas of
the city is represented by three
banks, two insurance otiices,
about eight dry goods and pro-
vinous stores doing a wholesale
and jobbing business, and about
twenty-six dry goods and pro-
visions stores doing a retail
business. There are in, addition
one crockery stoce, three hard-
ware stores, three furniture
per tools Con cultivate ten acres stores, three drugstores, two
iewelry stores, one book store,
two establishments dealing ex-
tensively i,n Widens and ma
in. corn awl eight in cotton.
Farming lands of good quali ty
c;tu be- bought at from £2, to $50
per acre, tin price being depen-
dent upon locality and improve-
ments, and can, be rented at
trow &&50 to$5 per acre, or one-
iourth, of the cotton. an,d one-
third, ot all other products. Laud
owners will furnish teaents with
land, houses, teams, farming
utensij^ feed for team, awl seed
for planting for on.e-h.alf of the
crop, and will advance provis-
ions to, h" paid tor out of the
crop.
The. health of this county i.s
exertion ably good. JN'o where
in the-co^ty are there any local {market with eight stalls sup-
chitiery, one pjaning mill, one ;
iron and brass foundry, four
blacksmith shops, 4 wagon
shops, one carriage factory, four
or five lumber yards, one war
%/ 7 /'
hie yard^ seven-, or eight paiiu.t
er
maker shops, t.
die and harness makers, about
six milliners aud d.iess makers.
Four hotels furgwh aeedriimod'a
tion to the travellers and a large
number ot boarding houses en-
tertain numerous permanent
uuests. A wcH conducted city
cause* for Rickness. The heat
of tl\p4 summer sun is tempered
plies beet at five cts. per pound,
nuitton at ten cts., pork at 12.}
by the breezes from the Gulf, cts., fish at 12|- cts., and vegeta
laden with moisture. GeruiJiiifj. bles.of every variety at reasona-
and iVmm^rants from the Korc.li- ble prices. Two newspapers are
em Stares can and do labty.in. published here, the Baxneu,
tho-field without su tile ring from i daily and weekly, Arid the Texas
the heat. A ct^e. of sunstroke,
has never been known. Tlw
nights are uniformly cool and
pleijsa;ijt.(,,
A^oy varieties of" garden 'veg-
etaldes "grow during the entire
year. Irish potatoes,. Englisli
^olhbok\ German, published
weekly,
An Opera House bu'lt at a
cost of $25,000, and fitted up
with all tho modern stage ap-
pliances. and abundant scenery,
mrnisbe.s a a popular* place of
peas. ct&, ai;e rcadv for tjhe |a- jimusetijent, and a large and
(tle'bl ftie 1st 'of April. Toma-* handsomely fitted; up lecture
toes, ^iciwib:u's etc,, are abun
dayt by the loth of May.
Roasting ears, sweet potatoes,
wateriivions, peaeljes, etc., are
i-n market by the 1st of July.
Strawbarri^, dewberries, and
blackberries are abundant, iri
April And May., An iudustri-
oua'tfirwer can live luxuriously
on t'w products. orchard RPH|PPP|P| |P|
an 1. garden, with- no. expense, an<'' business is done by sev-
i'(X>m supplies the public vyjajit
in that respect.
WASHINGTON
is situated, upon the BrftKos riv-
er, 20 miles east of Brenbam
aijd six miles tyoyi Navasota, on
the line of the Iion?t,on & X^xas
Central ICailroad. The popula-
tion ot this place is about 300,
other than the labor-expended:
i' cultivation: of the soil.
|UU? tire in field cul-
t and seldom re-
eral lawyers, physicians ana
merchants. The Baptist, Meth-
odist and Presbyterian, churches
hold regular services; a Masonic
d^e is established here. The
is a densely populated neighbor-! county; sixty days alter wards he
hood, with a Presbyterian and can seize upon and sell lots and
Baptist church and Masonic, Inwl, or sufficient to pav the
Lodge, about six miles west of; taxes due thereon.
iwJependenoe and nine; 3. B-.■torn-the day of sale pro-
mises north of Brenbam. Two {party must he advertised in a
dry goods stores luvpl.v ihc! newsjiawr in tho for 8 Ke»,0v b
wants ot ttK}.neigldiurnood Swtj weeks. It no newspaper, notice) warpiuted uuttocomain » vHr
one physician is able to meet,; must be posted thirty days atj,i('i''ot' Mercury,or any iiijuriuuH tuin
the demands far medical ser- {the courthouse .door. ' ^ kv,t u'*
vices, live,Oak Female 8ein-| 4. It a eity lot, enough shall
inary, which.luis beeu conducted
. ovei'
twenty-five years, is located
•^T
Ask the reoivfit ii (lyfMit'i'iiiil'out*
sutlMfvi's, victims Hi r< v«r tD'.l Ajnit*,
tlif in rcurial flisi-wsi'il ntii'iit now th1 y
n.-coyerfd' lienlth, elir-rtu! siiritsiunl
Ktfl (vi11 ijt ii t\ t ht-y will : i. il y- •» by
ins' Simmons' y vt-r lit ^uii-.ior.
The rfwapest,. purmt and fod
f'Unity nwr/tciue in the world.
F",r i)ysyt"l>i?i»% v'ousiit> ui->n, .Inuu-
oic»\ Bilious attacks, ki<• k licudacUtv
Wll'.t, (li-|,)J>',-*iini4 Olf »|HI iv% Hour b-t< Oil
aeli, heart burn, &e., &c.
Is
fiere,
" *wm Ff«firr
is. ^a^lyjyliryniiles west;
from Gay Kill and nine miles
north-west from Brenham. it
was noucc the centre of a large
Irade, which has been trans-
ferred to
burton,
a town wa$h a population of
alwutSOO VnUabitnws, situated
upon the Western Branch of the
U. & T.,0. R„ 5 miles south-
west from Long Point and M
miles north-west from Brenham.
«ral »ui)Ptauc«, !wt is Pur*?!}
cnntftini»jf tlione Southern l<o' ts mi<t
IIvi bn, winch tin vyism Froviilfuce h. 5
he taken off the ooruers 111 a plawd in coujitrirs wher« Liytr I);«-
sepwe to.sarisfy tho claim. |;^'8 m"st !>
-1- mi J , , Diceanes caawu by tJirautfenicat. ot
5. 1 he property can be pur Pthe Llvi-rand Bowh1j<.
chased by individuals^ or the
state, connty or city.
6. After the sale the collector
is empowered to give deed, which
shall be good.
7. The owner ef city lots or
lawls has two years from the day
of sale in which fit redeem pro-
perty, by tendering to the pur-
chaser, his heirs, assigns or rep
resentntivesj. double the amount
bid and paid by him.
8. The collector cannot dis-
train till after the 1st of March J jwat. sufforintf, wretcUtnhiefHuuilduitli
succeedimi the assessment on'v*111 ei gut>-
I'fto hyrflpums of Liver Com])l«int,
are a bittor or had tustw ia tliHiuoutli.
(ir'hs in tbe hapk,. adex or joint.-„oli. a
iiiititakeo tor Bheunuvtisru; Sour Htom
acb; loss of bowfl« alteruatf
ly coiiiive and las; H^adac-lie; loss ot
iui'iuorj\ with a pain 1 ui sensation ot,
j having failed to do souii-tliing whieli
oujiht to have been done;, debility, low
.spirits,, a tbii-k yellow a|iyetuaiiCt; M
tlienkin and eyes, a dry cough often
mistake/) for consumption.
Some! imes ma'uy <>t -lo-sv pyoiplons
iltimd the disoase . at others very few;
luit the Liver, the largest organ in 'lie
body, L general I y tin- scat ot the din-
ease^and if not Regulated in tiuie..
1. 1 ,""v , v" I "lean ruconunend as an etiicacious
1 here are resident Mere several j wtneii tax ones are ciaiiHccl.— jWm.Hiy tor of th« Liver, H^ari•
lawyers, physicians and mer-
chants. The'Baptist and Meth-
odists have churches in which
services are regularly held, and
the Masons and. Odd Fellows
have regularly organized lodges,
skidel's stoke
is the centre of a densely popu-
lated district,, about 16 miles
SOUfh-west from Brenham.
BERLIN
is a bamjet four miies w.egt froui
Brenham, having the conven-
ience of churches, in its vicinity,
schools, stores, etc.
CHAPPBLL HIKL
'is an nri}x>rta.ut town on the
Western l>ranch of the II. k T.
C. It,, ten miles east from
Brenham. At this place are
located Soule University and
GhappeJl Hill 1 owaW College,
vv.ith able faculties, aud a large
number of students in regular
attendance The population of
the town, about 800 aud its busi-
Ile cannot Seize or Sell lands or'bum and Dyf-pepsiii, .-'mnuons' Liver
lots for taxes due for 1870 UntH' ch NVuA-ief"»]c2fA
after March 1st, 187T.
9. The homestead cannot be
sold for taxes prior to the date ot
the Constitution of Texas, but
can tor the tax. of
It). City collectors) have the
same powers, and are governed
by the same rules as county col-
lectors.
11. Owners may claim to. pay
back taxes upon the assessments
ot 1S70. '
REWM, ROOK,
A so
J03 PRiNTING
K-TAIi(.lSlt M H\T
JUttS t. KAKKI5,
J'rnjiriefror, J
OltlCNll .1 Jl. T'i'iX.VH Ji
Viok.*s
nesrt is transacted by three law-
!yers, three 01 four physicians,
;s, aoujl: tailor «hops, five, slijoe^. |an^ a nui^r ni'^-chants.
taker simps, three or tour sad- Beguhir services arc heid in the ! , ;
Bapiist and Meth"di-1 churches, I ' / Catalog us.
and a Masonic Lodge meets j Fifty paces—son illustrations, with
twrrfitbl v- | l)eS(*i»if>ti<Uif« < $ t'loownidn of the bept
u, v . , ' , | flowers ai<(t vegetabiee in the world,
Washington county occupies an,, tlie way to grow thepi—aU lor a
a prominent place in the history two cent po^«g«' stamp, printed in
.. L' rp 1 l» *■* l-i 11 -1 4- n r\ 4- 4-1 .-vi-v* a»\ 4-
of Texas. The first settlement
•in Austin's w>lony was nmde
near Independence in 1833. The
Gernmu and Entflifjh
VickV fior§l Uuide, Quaitiriy^Ja
cents tv year.
Flower and "egejtable Gajden
.■Outtvelltioll. whiell declared the 0<> cents in pa.pvr; in elegant cloth eov
Indepmdencv rf Tex» mot a \ ^ t.
the town ot Washington in 183b..; - —
The* town ot Washwifton was! Vick's Floral Guide
the Capital of the Republic of j ^ (l beautiful Quarteriy J(<urnftl, finely
Texas from rtovember 1^12 tin- illustrated,and ootiu»i»iiiig' an^ltgioit
■til lS-fO. * colon d Flower Pluto with tlie first
Tim fort Hi r* nf its tif>:l and "urnner Fncfe only 5Jfi cental** the
ine ICJtllJXy .tS <»OJ, ana, The first No. lor 1877 jufitis-
surjiassiug, beatify ot its scene^v,, ^-d-ia Wurman and ftugljah.
attracted to. this COliiltv, ioinii- : VicK's Flow,et- and Vegetable Gar-
oration from the- first settlement j in w*'™ wllLs; vvith fcl^nnt
rt. . • fp ,1 cuith coywrs $L00<
.of the pj'0> 1UCO 01, 1 exas, aud V.ick'H (.'atHiogue—HlK) illustrations,
the charaetei; of i.ts population only tt-trnta. Address >
in intelligence anil moral worth, j Ja.uks Vick, Rochester, N. V.
has not been excelled by that of!
any part, of the State. A large
;body of Germans.settled in this
county at an early day, and by,
a • 1. 1...:,,., IS tbe mast, Iwautifnl woik of the i^nd
their lnduert.ioua thnJt aided in , in th)) worlll( It contaiiiR nearly 160
the rapid development ot Its i pastes, Iwonlrfds of fin« illustrations,
rich agficuifuml resoiir-cew^iind i tati si* (ylironto. Piatbs of Ffowrw,
MHAnc niihli/i I'M<11-1 ■ i*iTiot'iy I beantifullv drawn and colored from
the various public toads, emeig-, muurH Prlctt&0 mUs in pRper (.,t)VHrtl,
wig at the y«>unty seaf^, are now j ^i,(jo w eiw^fwuoknln I'riuted.in (it-r
bordered with fields in tliQ ||gh- umn and English.
est stare of tmlkivatiwii.' - the j <.(.^R'yt,Jrl"r,l, 2r'
rapid growth of its capital town 1 wit's ''atnlop>tie—IDO illustratious
and uumerous yiihtges have kept; ouJj a-oents. Address.
pace with the development of James "Vick..,Rochester, N.
the county, and is but a fair
indication of, the entiix* county.
' The population of the comity
having becu d|»wu from almost
Aiii<iter Street. Assist ant Post Mast,
linliul,el|ih'u."
'We liiive tested its virluss, person
ally, and know that f- r Dyspepsia,
Biliousness, and Throbhini. Ileadache,
it is tin! I"-st inedieine the woiid ever
saw, We havu tried tor'v otlive relne
diea before Siunuons' Liver ii^gulator,
but none of tlo-m yave i^k uiore than
temporary relief; but the P,emulator
not. only n lieved, but cured us."~Kd
Telegraph and Messenger. Macon, Ua
Ma-nn/aciM-rcd only by J. If
Zodin cf; Co., 3/acon, 6'®.,
and Ph iladdph ia.
It contains four medical elements,
mver united in the same bapi y pro-
pottion in any otter pfejiHrution, viz
a gentle Cathartic, a woudejfuJ Tonic,
an unexceptionable. Altt ra.tive aud cer-
taiu Corrective of nil impurities of
the body. Such signal autccss has at-
tended it° uk', tluit lit is 1.o\\ regarded
as the tilectual Sjieolile tor all diseas-
es ot the L;\. r, fcjtuniacii and tSpleeu.
As a remedy iu malarious levers
bowel complaints, d^spepna, mental,
uepressii n, restjessuess, jaundice, liau
'sea, siek headache, colli-, CN'm-tipatiou,
' s-jid bilioubuefS,.i,t Ijas Kjuai.,
, "Your valuable meiiu-hie, Simmons"
Liver KeguiaO-r, lias Mi\ed !in- many
Jootors' biils, 1 uiie it for cvt rt, thing it
ij! recommeuiie-d, and never kneu it to.
tail, 1 have u*ed it in Colic and Uruhba
With m.< muJeijand holies, fiivnui tht'iii.
about hall a bottle at a t me, 1 have
■not lost one that I yavti it to, you can
recotutm nd it. to every 01m that hat!.
Htoek us Lieing the best immiciji- known
for alfc 'complaints that horse,-tleeh ia.
heitto. £ X. TAYLOli,
Agent for Gram/ess of Ueorgia.
OClt.iWlv
XTio2s.'s
Mwpl and Vcitable (lanhn.
<BiO m A >K>N TH.—Agenta-wan
')' / ted KVt'rywliere BuPin^s
honorable and tlrst class. Particulars
sent frw. Atldn-w J. WORTH k C.'o., mon^y
Ijt,. Louis Mo, d«'cM)UAvvlt,
Steam Engines
mm®*. Mi-re eU'ective and-
mure completo, and.
more readily, adapt-
to the various,
mechanical and ag-
rh-ulnual uses than
any other iu the
lnnrket I'racticalim
provetH*»nts ar<<!tiniulaiwil trom twenty
years nianut'aet urin</; experienc^i, with
reputatlo^ maintaiuecL Mud success es-
tablished
Send.for circolars, doscriptive, and.
containing testimonials concerning- our
PortaUU>, tiiatiouary, aud Agricultural
Steam IJnglnea.
Wqo4, Tabor a Morse,,
apliJtf Katmn, Jlndlsou Co,. K, V,
xoa sals
VERY CHEAP!:
A second hftiid;Morticing and Hiring
machirie; also, one of Ji A. Kay's
automatic gau»« 1-Uluis. I will
dis)K)so of tile above very cheap. Ap-
ply to the undtu^igned at. Uftllvitlu
Austin county J. J. STOPPLE.
March m, T87T. w4t
flooded Stock.
Haviug purchasi'd1 tl<« blooded bull
SAM Till,EN,
notice i« hereby given that he wM
staf'd at mv stable at tho low pricn ofc
tfg.Ofl l«jl Bbtti on payab.e iu corn or
t A. TEBT^liD)
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