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BRENHAM DAILY BANNER.
VOL XXIII.
BRENHAM, WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1898
NUMBER 285
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ALTERATION SALE
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THE HARRISON
DRY GOODS COMPANY
^WING to Changes and Altera-
tions to be made in our busi-
ness on January 1, 1899, we ofler our
entire stock at prices lower than ever
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Watch for
Special Announcement
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In a Few Days.
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All the goods must be sold, so
call early and take advantage of this
sale.
Harrison Dry Goods Co
3GHMID BROB,
DEAUtS Dt
Staple and Fancy Groceries, Dry Goods, Notions, Boots
Shoes, Hats, Crockery, Hardware, Wooden ware,
Cigars, Tobaccos, Ktc.
uoti for in atmisrr nnrt or mm
LONE STIR BREWING ASSN. of San Antonio.
Ac keep a l«f» usortmoit of Zi'qaors, amongtbwn the eefcbeated
HM," •'Old Cotter,'' *nd "Old Valley?" Imported, California, Xieeoni
and Toes Wine*, which ire olfer at low prices.
nioan mriuHxa, nua rano* bktot.
Break
The CITY DAIRY
KOHTH FAST BBKNRAH.
TKLBPUO.SE 15,» KINGS.
MCowiBoiit,Soil, Masted
MILK, BUTTER AND
CBUI OIIMK IN
ANT QUANTITY.
The patronage of the public respectfully
solicited.
J. B* WILKIN,
Proprietor.
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BEST.
J. S. WILLIAMS, Prop.
HEBER HTONE, President.
a. K.
JOSEPH TRISTRAM, Vloo Pre*iden
HARRISON, Ca*hier.
First National Bank.
Oaoital and Surplus S180.000.
HEBERHTONE
ED. AMBLER
MRS. A. M. GIDDINGS
OZRBO VOXI
HENRY BODDE
B. E. WITTE
F. W. WOOD
JOS. TRISTRAM
T. A. LOW
H. K. HARRISON
Aocounts
tolieiied.
of Furaeri, Merchant* and bwioeee men generally respeetfalH
Texm
We hat* the
Coolest and most
appointed
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Buy a SUPERIOR
NONB
BKTTKB.
BRENHAM,
TBXAS.
Vow patronage U reapecthlly tolidted, with
tie assurance that 70m will be well pleeaed
with enr eerrice.
O. E. NOACK
Gun and Lock-
smith
mi OUH AND LOOK-RIPAI*
OO TO O. «• "OACK. ALL
K DOM ON mo.
AND KIAtOHACL* PRIOIS.
Brenham
Sure to pi mm you. All kind*
ot Cooking Utensils in Iron, Til
and enamled war* at the LOWES!
PRICES. If you nead bolta ot
eorew* ot any kind, or aise we've
jot e m. ..I......
DONT rn HURT w* aiu III
COLORS or FA1NT8.
M.
W.A.WOOD ItCo.
II
LUMBER.
ae*n Shingle*, Windows, Doors,
Briok, Lima and Cement,
Stndrbaker la|«u,
Oenaine Olidden Fence Wire
Bmkn Texa
F. W. WOOD
»fl FE IN HARD LOCK.
TRAINS ARE HAVING TROUBLE AT
VARIOUS POINTS ON THE LINE.
Ko Details of the Affair Received Here
South Bound Passenger Train Was
Delayed Nearly Four Hours.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe railway is having! hard luck
during the present busy season
of the year, and one disaster has
been following another in suc-
cession. It is only a few weeks
since a train load of wheat went
in a ditch a few miles south of
Brenham, a few days later a
wreck occurred on the northern
division, and last Monday night
a freight train parted within
three miles of Bellville and traf-
fic was delayed about eight
hours. "Wednesday night a train
parted just north of Brenham
causing a delay of an hour.
Thursday night a disastrous
wreck occurred at Milano, but to
what extent the damago will run
is not known in Brenham at this
hour. A north bound freight
train, Engineer Caldwell and
Conductor Blake, left Brenham
at 11:45 o'clock Thursday night.
Engine No. 363 was pulling the
train which was light, no loaded
oars being included. Soon after
the train passed Lyons a cotton
fire occurred, which was proba-
bly caused by sparks from the
engine. At Milano Junction about
2 a. m., the train cut into a pas-
senger train on the International
and Great Northern railway,
which was crossing the Santa Fe
tracks at the time. It is not
known whether any one was
killed or not. The report which
reached Brenham is that the train
cut through the baggage car, and
that the engineer on the freight,
Mr. Caldwell, was seriously in-
jured.
On account of the collision at
Milano, the Santa Fe tracks were
blockaded. The south bound
passenger train due in Brenham
at 6:10 o'clock a. m., did not ar-
rive on time, as it was necessary
to come here via another line. The
train left its own tracks at Cam-
eron and went to Giddings via
the San Antonio and Aransas
Pass. From Giddings it came
into Brenham over the lines of
the Houston and Texas Central.
This was train No. 7, south
bound, in charge ot Conductor
Smith. It reached Brenham
slightly disarranged, the engine
being coupled to the Pullman
and the coaches being pushed
into the city, the baggage car
head on. Upon reaching here
the train was switched to a prop-
er arrangement of cars and left
at 10:05 a. m., exactly three
hours and forty minutes late.
The damage at Milano must have
been considerable, since the
tracks were blocked to such an
extent that a regular train could
not switch around the debris in
the junction yards.
For Ov«r Fifty Years.
M r». Winslow's Soothing Myrup has been
used for over fifty ynars by million! ol moth-
ers for their children while teething, with per-
fect succene. It soothe, the child, sa'ten.
rb» guma, allays oil pain; cures wind colic,
»rd is tho Ix-st remedy (or diarrhoea." it
will relieve the poor little s'ifforoi ^medi-
ately. Sold by druggists in every part of the
world. Be sure ana ask for "Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind
Twenty-five cents a bottle.
A. HEALY,
BR KMII AM, fIXAS.
LUMBER.
■•art Oypraaa Sliailu
nn BRICK. BOCK LIMB,
HIGH OBADS CBMBNT
BRUME TUBERS CEDAR PUBifi
Vitrified Pipe {or Wall Curbing,
Buekeye Mower* end 8ulky Bake*.
Berb^Wtr^Avery Stalk Cutters end
Royal
w Absolutist toitE
Baking
Powder
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
A0*AL tHKlWI pa worn CO., NCW YORK.
THE SITUATION IN COTTON.
Judging from the complaints
which are heard from all parts of
the South the New Orleans Pica-
yune feels satisfied that the pres-
ent season is proving a bitter ex-
perience to tho cotton producers.
Notwithstanding tho predictions
of those wiio m&;ntain that cotton
can be produced at less than 5
cents a pound, it is very cier.r
that the present price of cotton,
which is considerably below 5
cents on plantations, is proving
anything but profitable. P'an-
ters and tenant farmers who
have made their crops on ad-
vances find themselves unable to
pay out, and even the more
thrifty who were able to do with-
out advances now find that their
labor has heen without profit.
Notwithstanding these many
evidences th n the present cotton
crop is selling below the cost of
production, there are still many
people who believe that prices
will go lower, and it must be ad-
mitted that there is no specula-
tion to speak of at present prices,
and, consequently, nothing to
indicate the confidence of money
ed men in ,t better outlook for
cotton. Experience teaches,
however, that when a product of
staple as cotton drops below the
cost of producton in value, a re
action is not far off. Such was the
experience which followed the
low prices of 1894, and such, in
the natural order of things,
should be the experience this
season.
Just what will give the initial
momentum to the upward move-
ment it is difficult to foresee, and
just when tho upward movement
will begin it would be hard to
predict. A first favorable symp-
tom has already become appar-
ent, however, in the better de-
mand for s;. 4 cotton which is re-
ported both from domestic as well
as from foreign spinners. This
must be considered as an evidence
of growing confidence upon the
part of the actual consumers of
raw cotton. Were this actual
demand followed by a revival of
speculation, the reaction which
all interested in the cotton indus-
try are praying for would soon
set in. Speculation, however,
continues dormant.
Never, perhaps, in years has
there been so prolonged an in-
difference to cotton on the part
of speculators, and this lack of
interest bas had much to do with
tho persistency with wnich
prices have sagged downwards.
This indifference on tho part of
speculators cannot .continue in-
definitely. There are those who
believe, and they are probably
right, that should tho demand
for spots continue, speculators
will bo encouraged to believe
that the turn in the tidohas come,
and will then take hold with
something like old-time energy.
People are already beginning
to consider the probablo effect
upon next season's crop of the
low prices now prevailing. If
farmers are losing as much mon-
ey as is reported, there can be
little doubt that they will be le68
able to plant a large acreago next
season. Moreover, there will be
a strong agitation in favor of
curtailment of acreage; in fact,
the agitation in that direction
has already commenced.
SHORT LOCALS.
ip-
pell llill spent tho day in the city
Friday, Mrs. Toland coming in
to do some shopping.
Mr. A. M. Clay of Independ-
ence, one of the best known of
Washington county's old citizens
spent Friday in the city.
Stanley H. Watson propritor
of the Rosdale nursery, passed
through Brenham Friday on a
business trip to West Texas,
Dr. R, E. Luhn and Capt. T.
H. Smith left via the Central
Friday afternoon for Houston en
route to Beeville on a business
trip,
Frank Myatt, one the leading
citizens of Washigton county,
who conducts a mercantile busi-
ness at William Penn, spent Fri-
day in Brenham.
William McCorquendale ol
Clay Station, foreman on the Clay
farm, spent Friday in the city on
a business trip, and in consul-
tation with Mr. A. M. Clayl
Miss Ruth Sayles of Gay Hill
came in Friday to spend the day
with friends. Her sister Miss
Lizzie has been in the city seve-
ral days a guest of Miss Dusky
Pennington.
Will Clemons who is visiting
his friends ia the city after an
absence of several years, will
leave this morning for Indepen-
dence where he will spend seve-
ral days with friends and reli-
tives.
The shingle roof of the dwel-
ling of Mr. Tom Matchett caught
fire from a defective flue about
8.30 o'clock Friday evening, but
the damp condition of the ma-
terial, prevented the blaze mak-
ing any headway
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY.
Now is the time to become the
owner of a very fine 10x20 crayon
portrait. To every person who
<vill order 1 dozen cabinet size
platino photographs from me be-
tween now and December 20 I
will make them free of chargo a
16x20 crayon portrait of them-
selves. This offer is only good
till December 20, as the portraits
alone are worth $2.50. Come
aarly so your order can receive
careful attention.
F. C. WlNKELMANN.
Princess street, sir?" said a cabby
outside a Voiksbiru street railway sta-
tion to his fare. "Why, tlint's not half
miiintn's wank from 'ere."
"Never mind, drive away," a;, war-
ed tho gentleman.
"But I can't charge y n less than 13
pence, sir; that's tl>u legii fare."
"All right, my good man, only start
quickly, ami I'll give you a conple of
fares.''
Utibby jumped dpon the box with *
beaming f&oe, flicked np hi* horse and
shouted jocosely to au imaginary wife:
Don't wait dinner if I'm late, Mary
Aon I I'm taking the king o' Klondike
'is bit. ferial ha bode ("—London
Telegraph.
The iBouraaee Man's Owes*.
"He is the stupidest man—be never
opens bis r>onth without putting his
foot in it," said the yonng girl of the
clerk who bad taken ber to the nete-
lorium.
"Perhaps that is tlio only way be can
make both ends meet on his small eel-
ary," remarked the insurance man —
pokane Spokosmnn-Eotlew.
The desert of Sahara is as large as alt
that portion of the United States lying
west of the Mississippi.
railed tu Tempi H<T.
Clerk—Talk ;:Lout closefistod men!
Why, that woman just going out at the
door could pvc auy man I ever saw
cards and spades.
J?)oorwtlklT— Oli, it's a woman's na-
ture to over prices, yod know.
Clerk—lh;t the didn't haggle. Site
select'<t her thing* and paid for then:
without a word, hut during the lfl min-
utes I kept tier Waiting for her change
she never 1 w d ut a thing in the store
Triad sho'u «: -vs- t'uiug she wautcd.
I supj/ose.—Chuajtii News.
Combined with gre»t durability are the chief
merit of our
CARPETS.
J Of course they have m»ny other things
to recommend them, notably threat
beauty of design and wonderful blend-
ing and narmonious contrasting of
coli-rs, which give# tich and onlfinnL
but thoroughly retaed and artistic
effects. "
Then in the mat'er of price, we doubt I
if anything like these value* can b«r
found ' utside the big centers of trader
Brenham
Furniture Co.
Supposition.
Cwtoniftr—I tfccm&ijt I told you tu
pain 1 xoe sitting <jIi tbo piazza of my
h»u... You ve piintvd tho piazza all
| right, bnt tltcre's nobody on it.
i Ants',— Of course not. The painting
j reprt-iUite an afternoon view. Tbq sna
1 wonid t ic-n U> ou the trout of the house.
! and ot touree you wouldn't be sitting
1:n tii« sun. The picture is true to art
And to nature. You are supposed to be
lifting on tbe back stoop.—Boston
i TTsasrript.
The SeereL
The Scoffer—Why do m:>sionarie«
1 make such great efforts '0 train tbe
, heathen to wcuting clothe#.' Are dresses
i .*nd bonnets a uecessary pert of religion?
Tbe Missionary—No, but nothing
makes a winnu come to church regu-
larly well a* kuowitig that the otbe"
v6tm-a will bo there iu uew bonueW-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, bat also
to the care and skill with which it ir
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fia 8rsur
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the Caufohjtia Fro Sthup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthleee
imitations manufactured by other par-
ties. Tho high standing of the Cali-
fornia Fiq Sikcp Co. with tho medi-
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup ot f ig* has
given to millions of families,
the name of the Company a {.
of the excellence of its remedy. It i
far in advance of all other lax
as it acts on the kidneys, liver
bowels without irritating or t
ing thorn, and it does not 1
uauseatc. In order to get its S
effects, please remember the i
the Company — ' S ofe
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Rankin, John G. Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 285, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 26, 1898, newspaper, November 26, 1898; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth486061/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.