The Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 236, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 3, 1877 Page: 1 of 4
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THE DAILY BANNER.
VOL. 2.
(the Hail!) ftanutr.
BRENHAM, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3,1877.
NO 23a
Mexican Affairs.
CO
BY JOHN G. IIANKIN.
OFFICIAL .lOUltNAL OF THH CITY.
A Hews s]»ecial from San An
tonio, Oct. 1st, says Gen. Ord
GREEN'S HKKJADK-
Mr. II. M. Lewi?, 8 crettry
of Green's Brigade Re union
received a telegram to-night j Association, having reques e<
troni Eagle Pass saying it was Majors II. II. Bo«»ne and B. II
. ■ J reported t i at Lieut. Bullis had
1 UK yellow tever continues 1 ' , ,
unabated at Fernandina.
Tin: A. & M. College opened
on Monday witli 225 students.
been roughly handled by Mexi-
can troops from Saragossa and
there was no doubt he had had
a tight and lost some men and
horses. Nothing positive from
Now Advertisements.
VNEWMAX,
.
DEAU'.n IN
Dry Goods Clothing, Ilats,Caps,
Boo% Shoss, Groceries,
Crockery, Bagging and Ties.
Great bargains tor CASH. All goods
Central Eoute!
THE
Bassett to be present at the re-
union, Major Boone, as the ora-
7 J T> | ureal imrgHina wro
tor ot the day and Major L>assett goj,| al L>0tt«<in figures
to deliver the address ot wel-j hard money
cnuc, has received the fullowins pro
Molliu Wklch, one more un-i
fortunate, morphiued at Dall«fJcitUer 8,u,fter ur !"llhs' lhf
| Herald's latest special says Bul-
Jkfkeiwon buyers are paying i,,st nearly all his men in
li> cents for good grades ot cot-
ton.
Hon. M. Clay, ot Ken-
tucky, killed a bad negro near
his farm at Richmond.
Fifteen bales ot cotton ar-
rived at Jefferson from Port
Caddo. It was "hauled" to Jef-
ferson in skill's.
cutting his way through his en-
emies and that Shatter was sur-
cial to the Express says that a
larire bodv of United States
n •'
troops were at San Fernando,
Tiie residence, kitchen and!two miles south ot Saragossa,
smokehouse ot T. A. W. Hill, Mexico. The United States
letters in reply:
Attouney-Gkneral's Office,
yiusTiN, Sept 28th '77
H.M. Lewis, Iinq.,Sec., Brenham:—
Dear Sir—Your favor ot the
24th inst,., is at hand and con-
tents read. I accept the invita-
ronnded by 1000 Mexicans. No rion from my old comrades to
particulars of this have been! address them at your city on the
recieved by General Ord. 1^' ..November-eonldi not do
; i u., otherwise. God willing 1 shall
There is no doubt that Bullis | j>c with y(m> a])(1 hopQ tfJ ,neet
was roughly handled. A spe- nianrot our old command, and
Erasti & Texas Central E'j
the connecting link
Between the Trunk Lines of the Ncrtli
and East, and the
JjT" No trouble to t-how goods. G ive
iuo a trial. A. N E WMAN,
T
nilE stamps LIBRA 11y
OF HOOKS DKVOTKD TO
SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY,
now open to truc public!
Gulf of Mexico on the South,
FOKMS TUB
tyeat ZffitouQli Siouie
And main artery of commerce and trade
TO ALL POINTS,
iriHU UII7 moot Oiuiuruir (VliiuuJO IU »u«n I
dfcpKHmeut of investigation have al ; And offers the Best Routes, on Quick
ready been secured, and others will be | witli more Comforts, bet'.er Ac-
Ove*f>ne hundred and tliirty volumes'
from the most eminent authors in this
12 miles below Bastrop were
burned last week.
Mablin is well supplied with
•ocery
-Ball.
Wet or dry groceries, eh?
troops are under command ot
Col. Shatter and Lieut. Bullis,
who have eight companies and
, . , , i Gatlin guns, It is thought the
sroeerj stores-having only ten., bee„ ,,acl.ed l)y
the Mexicans and there has
been some interesting lighting.
our old friends ot the Terry
\v"*M *1 • .1^.1. K, nnn ' English and t rench Scientists, are now
W I til kindest lCcaidb to }0U j for the perusal, of the dozens of
find those whom you represent, Brenham tree of charge. Conditions to
* " T those not citizens—price of book depos-
ited till its return Library at the store
added an they are issued. cominodations and Ureater Security
Owen, Peebles, Bnttan, Crowell, Davts.; [j)an aily 0^l(.r Line. Passing through
Edmonds, Watson, and more than fitty ; jijciie8t and Most Beautiful por
other American writers, besides m:iny »i,„ u,u.i
Senator Bogy, of Missouri | •
has not been in his crave a i A. man named Carter wa&
week, yet there are more than j brutally murdered on liila>
in your letter; I am,
Truly yours.
if. H. Boone.
Breniiam, Sept. 20, '77.
II. M. Lewis, Ehij. £ec.,Brecham:—
I have vours of the 24th, ap-|x „ _
prising me that I had been se I W. S. IttcBonald,
lions oi the Ureat Empire
STATE OF TEXAS,
of J. S. NORTON. , . t , r .1
Sent. 28, '77 diw4in. Brenham.!il K1™8 to t,ie pa^enjrer a Ttew of tho
1 > grandest scenery, finest agricultural
[ district and great giazing grounds of
TJCTION. [the west.
| Its passenger and freight trains ar»
j surpassed by none in the Siate. Pull-
|uion? ujv w.»v . -- . i man's Palace Drawing Boom and Skep-
l,rted' by the ^committees ot the\ciTY AUC TIO&'EER. \ **£>» ^
I m-rv l?.nnirpra Assoaatioil ai d ! 10:00 A. M., and Sedaliaat tt:23r. M ,
Has regular auction sales ev
| running tbioujjh to Denison, bhermou,
ery day Ot Bankrupt Stocks. I Diillas; llesrue, Austin and Houston
Terry Hangers Association and
Green's Brigade Association, to
deliver the address ot welcome
on the occasion of their ap-
proaching joint re-union in this
,)jftC0 November 15.
fifty men ready, anxious andjn,g^» t'lveo ini^es iro,n 0 [ teel duly honored by the in-
willing to take his vacant seat. .Rock. He and a man named
Tiie Indian council at Wash-
iiiGton has closed, it having been
decided that the Indians should
remove to the Missouri river,
where their supplies are;
j - - ,
Bales room, St. Charles Street, without change. Connection is also
,« rlnnv nort li at Ka.ulv. 1 '_nlu!« iU. SbenUan .With the TeXH9 &
vitation and accept it with the
greatest pleasure.
While niv own feelings are
suffifientlv entluuiastic, I have
no apprehension that I shall
overstate the cordial welcome
IInut had camped for the night
with a wagon load ot cotton,
about 9 o'clock after they had
lain down two men came up oiaiu miv
and commenced shooting. Car- j wbicjh the citizens ot Brenham
_ | ter was shot through the abdo—|and ol Washington county will
Joel Collins, the leader of; men and in the legs. His j extend to the vetuaiib ot theii
the Union Pacific train robbers, | throat was cut and butchered, lUo11 "ruly
who was killed in Kansas, is up. A man living two mi1'B
the son ot A. G. Collins, one ofjtrom Round Rock attempted to
the oldest and most respectable Cut his own head off while la-
Pacific K'y. lor the above named points.
The connections of this Koad with
t.he M K & T at Denison for St. Louis,
! Hannibal, Chicago. Fort ,Scoit,Kansas
one door north ot Sandy. 9-22tt
T7UIED KEXDOii
~JL. : umuill VUiVft^u, x VJ b jWVWii, Akuiimo)
Ou St. Charles street, near the depot, j City and all points North and East;
has opened u i with the Tc^as & Pacific at Sheviuau
! t\-r St. Louis, Cairo Memphis, and all
NEW BAKERY j points Wastaud Soutn-east, and at llous
. t ton with the U II & S A lor San Antonio
where Fresh Bread ^nd any kind ot the U H & H tor Galveston, the Texas &
, , n , j S. Orleans Rv. for Beaumont, Orange,
Cakes are always on hand. Come and , tUe Morgan and Mallory Steam-
esamme my work Consumers ot i for #u on U)e Uulf aU(, At.
Bread and l akes will do well 1 ie> iamic coasts,and the Liverpool k Texas
tfivt? him a call. 8ttpl*)UlLU sltuamohin I.iim tn l.SvarruMd HmvTA
citizens of Dallas county.
%! '
B. II. Bassett.
C
ilTY RESTAURANT,
Steamship Line to Liverpool, Havre
aud other European cities are perfect.
( while its freedom from dust and heat
! on account of the nature of the soil and
Mrs. C. McDOJIALl), Proprietress j ^ ™S>
pleasant scenery of broad prairies, beau
Opposite the Cotton Exchange.
The Jimp, says that over two-
thirds ot the cotton and other
produce that goes from Eastern
Texas to St. Louis and N.Orleans
should go to Houston and Gal-
veston if the International was
completed to Jefferson.
♦—«— ■'
A fike broke out about 7
o'clock on Monday night in the
old Donnell hotel, (Jorsicuna.
The entire block, consisting ot
wooden buildings, was destroyed.
Herculean efforts, etc., saved
iurther destruction ot property.
Gen. Geo. B. McOlellan ac-
cepts the nomination as Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor ot
New Jersey, ar.d will probably
be electod as that State gave a
Democratic majority ol 12,445
in 1876.
boring under the influence ot
tanglefoot.
tifnl groves, well cultivated fields ot
cotton, corn, small giain, aud tvuits,
The Houston papers have a
very choice bit ot scan die. The
wife ot a Chicago saloon keeper
very foolishly eloped with her
husband's barkeeper. 1 hey ar-
rived in Houston and alter a few
days the barkeeper eloped with
all of the woman's money, (he
had none himsell.) she had him
arrested in Galveston and
brought back to Houston. She
now has two dollars left, is very
LuGrange Record: J. C.
Cally, formerly ot Toledo, Ohio, (
] cotton, corn, biuuu »uu u uuss
but latterly residing near Win-; Oysters, fish andgcme in season., render it especially desirable and ad-
Chester, fell from" his wagon! j vantageou. to^travellers and shipper*
breaking his neck. . Dan Mason I Meal, at all hours. Board bv the »n presence to othets,
has presented the liecord office 1
a sample ot syrup made from
Nicaragua sorghum, which yiel-
ed 150 gallons ot syrup to the
acre, ground on wooden rollers.
It is thought that 200 gallons
would have been secured had
iron rollers been used.
Seth Shepard. C. C. Oarrett,
SHEPARD & GARRETT,
Attorneys-at-Iiaw,
Brenham, Washington county, Tex
Buy your Tickets and ship jour
Freight bv the
UOOU NEWS.
T. J. Pauipell has just receiv-
ed a full and comple stock of
fall and winter goods, consisting
of clothing, dress goods, ^ents
- - - ; hand-made boots and shoes-
sorry tor her foolishness and is j hand-made shoes, hats,
Seth Shepard. C. C. Garrett, t
N. A. Rector.
JoisM & Teias Ceitral E'y.
anxious to return to her hus-
band—if lie will take her back.
This is politely called a ro-
mance.
Tiie Jefferson Jimp, wants
corn and makes this very liberal
proposition: It will furnish its
A man named Lawrence, was wce'<^ Pal)er to *<umeib ^ ^ie
arrested by tho marshal at year taking one grain of corn
Hempstead, on telegram, charg-j^01' tlie ^rst nu'P )C1' tA^.
ing him with swindling a mer-i^,e seconti, foui ot tic tun,
and in tact all goods kept in a
regular first class house. Gro-
ceries, bagging and ties always
on hand. All «t which will be
sold at living prices. tf
Just Received, a fresh lot ot
potatoes, onions, sour krout,
cheese, mackerel, herrings, etc.,
by Henry Moldenhauek.
Sept9d&wly
Mules and Ponies.—A herd
of mules and Ponies tor sale or
J JOOPER & FELKER,
DEALERS IN STAPLE Jt FANCY
GROCEBIES,
QITEEXSWARE, LAMPS,
OILS AND FIXTURES.
St. Charles St., Brenham, Texas.
. _ l* I ^nnblimr pvorv week It very' trade at Testard's stable—will
chant at Elgin. Lawrence prov*.(lou 1 L y , ' remain this week. 85-3t
himself a slippery ess, to- con»ide™tely ask. that too many
ing given the officers the slip as u0^ uVl^y» as ^ie-^ ,ni» kt
he was being chaperoned by
thetn through town.
more corn than they need.
QHFPARn (i A R liFTT &. RECTOR I The followingOfficrs and Agents hav»
SHEPARD, uAlUtM 1 ItCiLlUK, ' (>een estaWlshed ijy lhi8 Company,
A.ttornoy»"ftt»ljaw, ! where inlonuaiion may he had concern-
Giddingo, Lee county, Texas. 1 ing not only the II & T C Railway, hut
N. B.—Business for Lee county [ ialtirn p._
i u i „ . r. L. MANCHESIEB, baBtern Pas-
should be sent to GiddiitgH office; tor | u v, v
W«»l.l„g»L eoantj u> ih> ..m™ «t robBKTSON.'P,,... i I™
Bri-oltam. ml|(ratk„ Ag„„r m ^ w,td Sl.
St. Louis, Mo.
A. ALLEE, North-western Pass. Agt.
101 Clark street, Chicage, 111,
NICK HOLMES, South eastern Agt,,
No. 2 Burnett House, Cincinnati, Ohio.
J. li. COFFIN, Southern Pass. Agt ,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Information may also be had at the
Agencies of the M K & T Railway, iu
New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, llau
uibal and St. Louis,
J WALDO,
Oen'l. Pass. & Freight Agt.,
Houston, Texas.
J DURAXD,
Geu'l. Supt., Houston, Texas.
^EORtiE BROS1G,
Wholesale and retail dealer in
FISH &, OYSTERS,
A London dispatch says of the
Russians before Plevna: They
have no plan, no idea, no head.
They arc awaiting re-intoree-
ments, which are arriving slow- (
ly, and when all are there will in-law's and his wife's fortune,
hardly more than cover their
Mothers-in-law come in for
a large share of abuse from
newspaper writers and others.
They, it seems, sometimes have
grievances. A Baltimorean,
fifty years old spent his morthcr
The Pikenix.—E. Kanv'en is
fitting up the large and com-
modious store room on the cor-
ner ot Sandy and St. Charles
streets, and has removed his
well known Phoenix Restau-
rant there.
August 8th.
losses by battle awd sicknes3 du-
ring the last two months..
Seed Cotton W antkd.—I will
pay the highest cash price tor
I seed cotton in anv quantity dc-
amonnting to^35,000, and then j i{verea at Upton's Ginnery.
blew his brains out, leaving se23dit W.W.vllack,
them ponuileas. | East end Dwyer's building.
/life 4otton and
PAY CAS [I FOR TIIE SAME.
Satisfaction guaranteed in all goioAs
sold by ws. sepia.i4iw8m
6 scjwahz, Agtnt. x
SCHVFARZ & GOTTttEINER,
Auctioneers
#
And Commission Merchants,
Corner St. Charles and Sandj »ts»
Bhkkuax, Texas. A superb outfit of Surveyor's impll-
nwfuts. inci'wiing Transit. Coaipass and
Consignments solicited, to w"lc";'pntpod,, AVI etjeap. for cash, !nqui»
special attention will bo given. , Rl o)jjce pj,
Bre*ham, Tex»».
Raw Oysters S5 cents, fried ot stew-
ed Oj'Bters Wceuts per d«jwu. Served
at ail times at the Colorado House,
near the depot. received three
times a wttk, sep2i)t,f
For Sale,
Auctions daily.
mav;§ d!lm
JOB WORK of all descriptions done' "TOB WORK RONE NEATLTi 4NQ>
with dlr'.>atcu at this oiUee. 11* promptly at tUia oifice.
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Rankin, John G. The Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 236, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 3, 1877, newspaper, October 3, 1877; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth478887/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.