Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 306, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 10, 1884 Page: 2 of 4
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_ any of
Racine, Wis., have nude an aseigu-
ibooti
Gso. Ofptu k Co., bankers, of
New fork have failed. It is an
old
Ths senate finance committee
will leport favorably on the nomi-
tion of secretary McCnilocb.
To Galveston News is now ox-
tensively engaged in publishing
pufhofits celebrated deep water
edition.
Gill. Nkwton, chief of engineers,
thinks that the sum ot $1,000,-
813 will complete the work now
begnn on Galveston harbor.
Thk little town of Moody, on the
Santa Fe railway, now has a week-
ly newspaper. How tbe paper i«
to be supported is a question that
time will solve.
The Dallas Herald admits that
there is plenty of room for both
Galveston and Dallas in Texas, but
it says Dallas is "Scrouging" Gal-
veston and the latter place kicks.
Comptkollir Swain has re-
ceived a telegram from a New
York capitalist who wanta to take
the proposed issue of 4 per cent,
deficiency bonds at par and ac-
crued interest.
business
of >iew York, Boston and
other larger cities in the cast.
Their business relations arc co-
extensive with the country, and
as almost every state has a differ,
ent law bearing upon the collec-
tion of debts and assignments, it
is argued that a uniform law is re-
quired for the adjustment of insol-
vent estates; that debtors and creU.
tors would aliko be benefitted by
it, that the insolvent laws of tho
several states arc conflicting in
their provisions, and are largely
in the interest of the home credi-
tor and result often in confusion
and injustice. Tbe itoweil bank-
ruptcy bill has been pending in
congress for a considerable time,
but objectionable features have
prevented its passage. The bank,
ruptcy law of 1867 was only al-
lowed to remain some ten or twelve
years in operation and was repeal-
ed by congress. One of the Btrong
objections to it was that it was ex-
ceedingly cumbersome and re-
quired a large amount of red tape;
Gcn. Grant has done one sensi-
ble thing, be has written a letter
declining, under any circumstances
to accept a pension from the
United States, and asking the
withdrawal of the bill lately in-
troduced in the senate.
Thb Gazette wants a railroad
built from Fort Worth to Waxa-
hachie; it gays a large business
conld be done in the sale of loaded
i ugs. Waxahachie is a local option
town and at present Dallas is get-
ting rich by furnishing the jugs.
It is claimed that penitentiary
convicts are overworked, underfed
and badly treated. The legisla-
ture should appoint a committee to
give this matter a thorough inves-
tigation and if found to be true
remedial measures should be adopt-
ed.
Thi wife of Mr. Ephriam Arch,
a wealthy fanner living on Long
Island, has eloped with a negro.
She left a note saying she could see
no reason why she should not
elope with the man she loved.
Mr. Arch does not want to see her
again-
Thb Texas Monitor, the Catho-
lie paper published at Galveston,
is at out with most of tbe secular
papers in the state and as a conse-
quence it is getting a great deal of
free advertising. The Monitor
however, is able to hold its own in
all matters pertaining to its
church.
Sbc&bta&y Chandub says our
existing navy will in fifteen years
be reduced to three small iron
vesselsi and yet he asks an appro
priaUon of $17,860,658 for ordi
nary purposes and public works
Better wait till we get a Demo
cratic secretary of the navy before
much more money is wasted.
Thus of the men who were en-
gage in the bold train robbery,
within three miles of Little Bock,
tbe other night, have been captur-
ed. Ten of the stolen watches and
•$80 in money have been recover-
ed. It is said there was only four
instead of five robbers, one of
whom was a boy 16 years old.
A ho&bibli tale of murder comes
from Omaha, Neb. On the night
of tbe 5th inst. a rejected suitor lay
in wait for two young ladies and
their lovers, who had been to a
dance; when the four arrived in a
8PnD£ wagon at the gate of their
father's house, the murderer fired
both barrels of a shotgun loaded
with buckshots at them, killing all
four, die father came out of tbe
hooseafter the firing and was brain
ed with the butt of the gun. The
murderer then finished the tragedy
by blowing his own brain out with
a revolver.
in addition it was very expensive,
so expensive indeed that if a small
business man failed with a tow
hundred dollars of assets every
cent of them was consumed in car-
rying out the provisions of tho
law and the creditors got nothing.
The necessity for a national bank-
rupt law might be easily obviated
were it possible for every state in
the union to adopt a uniform law
for tbe collection of debts and the
management of tbe estates of in-
solvent debtors; the law governing
limitations would of course be dif-
ferey>'Mifferentstates, according
to tb^^'^Kl condition. The
oonstitvlJ^-.-ftivcs to congress the
right to establish uniform laws re-
lating to bankruptcies throughout
the United States. The first bank-
ruptcy law was passed in 1800 and
repealed in 1808; the second was
passod in 1841 and ropealed in
1848; tho last one passed in 1867 is
familiar to most businoss men and
lawyers. It may be added that so
far no national bankrupt law has
proven satisfactory, and it yet re-
mains to be seen whethor the law
makers can devise one which will
prove satisfactory and do justice
to both creditor and debtor
from a car on the International
track at Laredo, the other night.
— Tho Santa Fe depot at Came-
ron was burned last Saturday—
cause, the accidental explosion of
a lamp.
—Laredo sends 11200 per month
to St Lonis to pay for lager beer,
and that's why money is scarce on
the border.
— Therepresentative elect, B.C.
Davis, from Navarro county is de-
cidedly opposed to the contemplat-
ed now county.
—One merchant at Luhng has
already shipped 3500 bushels of
pecans; 7000 bales of cotton have
been shipped.
— Klder Goodlow raised a row
in a colored church at San Antonio
Sunday night and was fired out
bodily by the pastor.
— Candidates for door-keeper of
the House are becoming numerous.
Nearly every town has one some
deserving of tbe position.
—John D. Hardin, living near
Hempstead, has prepared a bale of
cotton for shipment to New Or-
leans, and will enter it for the
hkknham. tkxas.
Officw over Giddinga & tiiddingi' liank.
W. H.VINSON
Will insure your Iiouhm, household and
M.S. E.&B. A. OF A.
W. U. VINSON
Will forward your applications to tha M. b.
K. & B. A. of A. for a benefleiary certificate
.L-. _:ii rou tjle
iiu are
Only a few days ago the Galves
ton News was making fun ot some
of the interior papers for pub
lishmg a story, having for its ob
ject the advertising of a patent nos
trum. The News of Tuesday is
guilty of the same thing. Under
the caption: "The Fancy Can
Mania," the patent medicine man
deceives the nnwary reader anc
gets in his work.
Jonks Bbothbbs, of the Whitney
Messenger, announce that one is-
sue of that paper will be omitted
AH incumbranees on the paper
have been removed and it is now
the sole property of H. P. and
J. 0. Jones. Mr. H. P. Jones, the
senior, is a thorough praotica
printer and newspaper man and
will, we feel sure, give the people
of Whitney and vicinity a local pa-
per worthy of their support.
Thb Eailway Register thinks
that it is mistaken economy on the
part of the railroads to discharge
employes, especially in the winter
season when no work can be had
It thinks the best policy would be
to keep on the pay rolls all the
force and effect the saving in some
other way. If it is necessary to
save $50,000 divide up that sum
among the men, reducing wages
and salaries proportionately and
discharging only the incompetent
and negligent.
—A special meeting of the city
council of Laredo has preferred
charges against Col. J. P. C.
Whitehead, city attorney, for in-
competency and neglcct of duty.
•—Ward the young man who
murdered young Fly at Hondo
City about a year ago, has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for
)9 years. He was lucky to escape
death penalty.
— There seems to be a general
complaint throughout the state
that excursion rates to the New
Orleans exposition are too high.
The fact is money is very searce ^
and hard to get.
■—The prisoners in the Fort
Worth jail sent a commuication to
upon your life, that will pay ynu 1
ainrfnt at stipulated periods whife y
livjrfc or the full amount to your tamiiy
afwr.-Tour death
THE M. S. E. & B. A. O-F A.
Will pay before you die, therefore, you don't
have to "die to beat it." It will it tan money
to its members who hold an endo\nncnt cer-
tificate, before maturity of coupons of same,
at a l»w rate of intercut, thereby '—!—
profits of it.- business in the" banJa of its
member?. Now is tho time, while in good
health, to secure a benefit certificate.
W. H. VINSON
Will rent houses and collect rents in the
city, for a reasonable commission, and can
sell you a residence in the city or a farm in
any portion of the county at bottom rock
price*. I have the following and many
others:
C. C. Hemming's Central Hotel, 4-story
brick, centrally located in business part (if
the city, now paying over 12 per cent, per
annum, and annunilv increasing in value,
now offered at, $18,001).
Lumberyanl lot and improvements tlwre-
on now occupied by F. W. Wood—about
2-12 acres land—paying property; at $8,400.
About 8 acres land on the old Hemming
homestead, 1 mile from the court house, on
Clinton street, for $1,000.
Any or all of this property will be sold
on easy terms.
I. H. Randall's 8 acre lot on Main street,
south of Col. Allcorn's residence— a bargain
-at $1,000.
B. R. Baker's residence and lots adjoining
now on tho market, at reasonable pncis on
easy terms.
F. Hams'lot and house with five rooms,
adjoining and east of Mrs. SpencerV
fortable residence, very cheap, $1,600.
R. T. Flewellen's 716 1-2 acres about 15
milee east of Brenham—376 acres in cultiva-
tion, 100 acres in pasture, 60 acres ofcei!:ir
timber, a good and comfortable dwelling,
a Dallas paper complaining of «ervants and 12 tenant houses, barn and
their tood and bedding. The grand 'tables, store-house and a 26-horse power en-
gine and boiler, cotton gin, saw and grfct
mill; $17 60 per acre.
T. J. Evans 600 acres about 4 inilea south
ofWashington, 800 acres in Brazos bottom
farm, in good state of cultivation, $16 per
acre.
Many other houses and lots and vacant
Jots jn Brenham, and other tracts of land
in different sections too numerous for this
•paco
their tood and bedding. The grand
jury at Fort Worth should inquire
into this matter.
— At Hempstead on Sunday
night unknown parties fired ten or
fifteen shots into a bouse occupied
by negro women. One woman
was shot in the back ami mortaily
wounded. The city officers are af-
ter the shooters.
— Assignments and attachments
seem to be the order of the day in
Texas at present. Hard times are
pushing many men to the wall.
Too much credit and too slow col-
lections is the general cause of the
depression, but the bad crops is
the main trouble.
—The desk of manager Watson
in the Evening Journal office at
Houston, was broken open the
other night and robbed ot $8 or
$10 in cash—a fabulous sum to be
left in a newspaper office—a dia-
mond pin and a revolver. An over-
coat was also missing. A negro
employed in the office was arrest-
ed and a part of the stolen proper-
ty was found on his person.
Greenville already has two
very excellent papers and now a
third one is to be started in the
near future. The newspaper busi-
ness is generally overdone and
why men persist in starting papers
where there is not a remote
chanco of making anything out of
them is one of the mysteries of the
printing business that cannot be
satisfactorily explained. Many
weekly papers are now running in
T^xas with less than 800 paying
subscribers and an advertising pat-
ronage even smaller in proportion
than the subscription list. Those
whose newspaper experience
is limited imagine that if they
are the editor of a newspaper
that they nossess unlimited power
and that their suggestion in local,
state and national affairs carry
great weight. A year or two's ex-
perience generally convinces such
men that they were mistaken, and
as soon as one man is satisfied an-
other one takes bis place whp
knows exactly how to run a paper,
and so it goes.
J| Ladies approve of yon amok
jug "Little Joker." ™
Dallas Hkeald : The pistol must
go. More reasons were given in
yesterday's Herald why it should
become a thing of the past. A num-
ber of persons, all armed, bad a
regular shooting bee at Gatesville,
and by parties* who aro roporled
highly connected. Those engaged
in the figbt no doubt regret now
that they had piatols on .their per-
sons, Instead of being a benefit
and protection, their pistols have
proven a »nd a trouble to
them,
^ FREE!
j^RELIUU SELF CURE
a fevr- * " -*
noted:
favorit* prescription of one of the most
_.ted and successful tpoculists in the U. S.
(now retired) for the cure of IfervMM Debility,
*■■■••*, Weakaaaa and Decay. Sent
in plain sealed envelope Free. Druggists can fill it
Address DR. WARD 4 CO., Louiaitna, Mo.
for christmas '
A VARIETY OP WARM
WINTER DRESSES,
TO BE SOLD MUCn
UHD1B COST PRICE,
—Br—
MRS. JOHN S. DUNN:'$
Dress-Making Parlors,
G EHRMANN'S BLOCK, coraer of Main
f»ii<l Market streets, opposite w«st shin
•mtriince to Mclhtj rc Ifotc).
V. LAV l AD A,
CM MANUFACTURER,
Factory near Central
BRENHAM TKXAS:
Ordora solicited for Havana and Domestic
Cigars. Prices given upon application. All
Roods warranted as represented.
WM. Y. HUNT,
—AND GENERAL—
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
WEST - - - STREET,
Near Santa Fe and Union Depots,
Brenham ... Texas.
Itnst Proof Seed Oats and finest quality
Washington County Baled Hay on t^H
Harrison & Stuckert
Aro determined to meet hard
times with Bottom Prices
on all lines of
FALL 1 WINTER
GOOCDS.
FREE DELIVERY
on all groceries bought of them,
keeping nothing but best brands in
both Staple and Fanoy. All orders
left at store promptly attended to.
\y. AhKKNBICK, PrMl.li.nt
j ' Vlce-Prenldeiit
7t' Vty^BLi
T ...Act. Sec., Brenbui
Muck Oil Co.,
—ManuQi<"nrerg*oi —
COTTON SEED OIL, OIL CAKE
AND untbrs,
Oieratiai MiUsat Hemisteal& Breibao
pared to 011 all orders in onr line at lioih mints
and th|t we will at *11 time, ,*> the &8l
niarkrt price for Cotton Seed nf alf |>olnt.<Tth«
H:*T. O. andO.C * 8. K
■rill atao have in connection with the inIU4 at
v!.?wSL'VO™ 0,m with a capaci-
«J of Fifty Bales per d*y, where we will ac-
lommodaM our customer* to the be«t „r m,r
ibllity. We will keep all cotton I n the aeid
ent to ourUint inllv covered liy imurance fW.
if charjfe and will be resiioniiible for lb value
n.Ase ol*Are, a* Ion* a.s It remains nnbftled In
T JST* will '»e prepared to furnish Km.
ting atir Tie* 10 our ,customer* at the loimt
t'l'lull the irjendst we can.
rrMi
NORTHWEST CORNER OF PUBLIC SQUARE,
BRENHAM, - - - - TEXAS,
Hf>« Received a Full and Complete Stock oi
fall winter goods,
LATEST STYLES IN
'if v
OLOTBUfO* SOOYfl AND SHOES,
Hats, Oap«, QusaiiawRre And Orooerloa.
Alto a large and varied assortment of
Parlor and Bed Room Furniture,
CARPETS, MATS and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
I^Call and examine onr goodi before purchasing elsewhere. Guaranteesatisfaction in all
departments. Give us a trial.
r. hoffman;- t
DEALER IN
Dry Goods,
Has received his stock of Pall and Winter Goods, Dress
Goods of the latest styles and textures.
Trimmings of all kinds. Laces and Embroideries. Hosiery—all the latent novelties for
Ladies and Children. A full line of
Clothing for Men, Boys & Children,
Fokntlemen j BOOTS AND SHOES,
In The GROCERY DEPARTMENT,
Will be foani a full and complete Una of all goods to be foun4 la tUa •class grocery 9tnre
Purchasers are cordially invited to call and examine tbe goods and p Ices.
R. HOFFMAN
Main Street. Brenham, Texas.
< i
DOMESTIC PATTERNS A SPECIALTY.
HERMANN-FISCHER,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Im^brted and Domestic
Western and Texas Produce,
WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, TOBACCO,
Delicacies, Candies, Preserved Vegetables, Fruit, jVfMt
BMi, Pickles, Canned Fruit, Nuts, etc.
BRENHAM TEXAS,
Sole Agent of Anhaitaer'a Celebrated Sc. LohIm Beer.
9Sr ICE IN QUANTITIES AT LOWEST RATES
{^Lowest wholoMlcprices to the trade! Pays tho highest market
price for Cotton and other produce.
J. W. WEBB & CO..
•DEALERS IN-
ll
Short and Lot Leaf Piie, Doors. Sash, Blinds
ill M BtiliHiit laterial, Routt i Dread Liite, all Urate of Slties
A complete line of Bnilder'i Hardware, inch as LOCKS, BUTTS, SCRWVS & NAILS
T«n*otine.
H FRANKE,
t'i» rv '
I>EALEB IX
General Hardware,
ST07ES, HOLLOW
—AKI>—
TINWARE,
Guns, Hunters' 8upplie«, Belt-
ing, Asricultural Imple-
ments Etc.
All kinds of Tinners', Gun
and Locksmiths' Work and
Repwing Promptly Ex-
ecuted.
ANT STREET, next door to
H. Fisher.
mi
A. A. JAHN
-DEALER IN-
Barry;* Btim,;
stoves,
tinware,
hardware
-and—
HOUSE FM8HI1 (Ml
Main, Street, Bro^lmia, Texan.
Has a my tarce and complete stock of-
goods m his line and invites ail who
•lesiro to purchaso to call and
"amino his stock and prices.
He is determined not to
undersold.
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Rankin, John G. & Levin. Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 306, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 10, 1884, newspaper, December 10, 1884; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth482683/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.