The Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 208, Ed. 1 Friday, August 31, 1877 Page: 1 of 4
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BRENHAM, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 81, 1877
NO. 208
fanner.
BV JOHN- 0. 1UXKIX.
0 "FI f ■ IAL JO U It X A L OF Till-: CITY.
GALVESTON.
W kvisited Galveston on Tues-
H.1YS C0CN1T.
Sax Marcos, Aug. 27/7'
(<A\ last <111(1 spoilii a Couple of Editors Banner:
days very pleasantly with our j This place is full of health;
friends. The
ScFARLAND& AfEl,
•—XVEALEHS IX—
Ar.r Cahtek enjoys tbe proud Ient a vei-v business-like appe
distinction of having been thej11"^' tact, the business sea-
fust negro that ever committed |gavi 'ias "(^ fairly oj>eiied yet
suicide m Texas.
n
city did not pros- see^ers' w'10 8PeU(-l their time
siness-like appear- l''(r'i
1 1 the grass in the San Marcos!
river grows to the length ot 30:
feet, while fish can be seen at !
the depth ot 50 teet.
Great excitement exists- among!
the miners ot this section, cauTi Musteil Instruments, Toilet Sets
llie wholesale merchants have
in store heavy stocks and judir-
Central Route!
the:
m
-ii # ; auu j i cult- , 1 . •«,
™v""kl !lK!etJ"r | ing Iroiri tlit. activity dispUy^d tI,<f "\ J'»s section, cans-
Dallas last Sunday evening) i. ,.] ri,.llmm llH, . ' , by some old tradition handed
* SO lam.lv ,J„W ,1..? ^^""""'^" 'Jennnmof b. „le Moxieills. 0om.
» t . , . 1/ i lillilClo UJ
was » tartly attended that; ,|ifellt egtaMfch.nenta, we
lili.lt i r \tm.i i/v I I.. < * . 1 '
many were unable to gain ad-
mittance.
• • ......
Tije Daingerficld limner
man discourseth thusly: "Throw
up your tint.-4! Knock voor heels
together! Shout! Hurrah for
tiie Kast Line! The cam are
here."
tear they begin to entertain some
doubts as to their ability to dis-
putes are formed and it is ex-
pected that some discoveries will
soon be made. Several mines,.
pose of them to anv advantage, I,we.-o worked in earl v days,
if of oM t1 , „* '1 x r, | bave been located, and circum-
. ■ all. The shortness of the,stances go to prove that mineral
cotton crop; the scarcity ot mon-| really exists in this county.
Perfumery, Fancy Toile
Soaps, Brackets,
1 he Methodist camp meeting
which has been going on success-
ful ly tor some days, closed last
'light, i ho bodv ot a dead m in
Ml
ev, and the general stringency
ot the times, will necessitate the
strictest economy on the part ot *
rl uk Marshall Uentld ot the j our people; consequently the do | tlmuglit to be°a MrTTay^Ior who
^Mh says the K.ithscUildshabeasjmand tor merchandise'will be lived at Bear creek, was ibmi.l
••orpns (rase in still in progress at! limited to a very considerable;1:l5fc week near "'Lone Man."—
Jefferson and will probably oc- j extent, hence the apparcEt un- Muwln'toes are so plenty that
Farmers are^ try tog Ivory j VaiSCS>- CWWrew Toys, Albums,
wlnieh is very prolific,.
Tarlor Ornament,
rictcues, LTcttur Frames,
flouston I Texas Central K!j
tite c«*nxecting lf.\k
Between the Tjunk Lints of the Ncrtk
and EaiH, and the
Guty of Mexico, m Souths
TSOWSIS THiS'
/hr-eat SkiX'ti^k Olctile
And man artery of commerce and tradd
TO ALL POINTS.,
I A ml offtr* the Best, Routes, o» Q.,;,.®
j Tiiun, wii.lj, morn Comforts, bet er Ac-,
j coimnodationu and Greater Seuiri v
than amy other Line. Passing thrown,
, the Kicliest and Most Beauiitul pop.,
'i>iji.4 of the G»"oat Etapii'd
STATE, OF TEXASL
(hi Jefth \ Gkawfokd, one 4' 1,l|! h* , t | wli.eat," wbich is very puoliffc^
ot the oldest citizens of Jefferson, I le tlw3 ^ w harJ tLe!aml makes tolerably good bread.
died at his residence in that I Ple£sn,'e o!:' meting with several' ^ wagon was stolen from 1).
vlace on Sunday Kst (\,i i ,)^our old army comrades,amons; olin?' a ^<>uniam city, an>l a
puce on ounaay luL tol., J * r ! party lias gone in pursuit of the
trawtord moved to Jefferson in j \r ^ ' ' P' 1IauIe" j thieves. The negroes, are hold-
1842. i man, Major lotn Ochillree, A. jipg- a camp meeting two-miles
— | i>ardasli, Cal. Petit and others,' below here on the IKo Blaraco;
i'lie; cliiet tenets of the Deni-j tuil of whom expressed their de-! touting and praying can he
son Greenback Club No, 8. are J sire to attend tlie re-union ot the i 'ieanl 'je.re distinctly. (-ot-
' " •- - - 1 — • - ton picking is progressing rapid-
&c., &c,&c
!y; 50 cents a hundred is the
u hcart v disgust with the Dem~j Brigade at Brenham on tke 15th
ocratie party as it litis bceu. and | of November next. _ r,llu. VJiUlllw__uut.r arr(
I10% bein^ conducted. 1 lie j Wo also had a pl'easant time turkey—are in abundance with-
(W-mt is its- organ. j with our esteemed young friend, *" a ^JW ni^'es °t town and?sports-
——— i U 1 r • Jfcl'P. llfl VI 11 < I* O "fl I i f\. f i n i a
price*
(ranie—deer and'
SrrasG lieu, with 130ft war.|,ob"
young lawyer ot the Island citv
riors has retured to this side of
She British lines. Gen. Terry
«/
is in Washington to consult
with the Secretary of War as to
what disposition to-make ot him.
Gix William Tecum^eii
S ileum ax, who is, now at. Llele-
sia, Montana, telegraphs that
Howard i^ still in pursuit of
to whom we are indebted tor
many courtesies. We did our-
selt also I he honor of call in** on
n
Major Col v i 11,. t he heavy man of
the New*, with whom we spent
an hour quite pleasantly.
aOT
Latent Newspapers cmd Maga-
zines always on hand.
men are having a fine time.
Dr. \\. Royal i, of Baylor Fe-
male College, parsed through
Mountain city en ronte tor Lu-
ling, I am sorry learn, in dwtUn-
iug health. " Dio lirvEBs.
The city ot Comanche is otfored to. Country Merchants. •
disgusted with ills municmal m . . . and other fciuapeau citiBS are yerfei
i, b uiunici^i J jpri.ces to suit the ipi^gg ! while it* free,J,m from rfufli and h-
^o\ 01 limeilt. It takes all the j (on. account at the nature of the soil ai
revenue to pay the officials ! aud e^miue oar stock. No
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Special Inducements
trouble 1 <) .'-Ihmv oood».
jan-klty
The Wash ingion Hotel,, under
the management ot Col. Jolur
ui.yvi, uiiu luarsnai; ——
i i I.!..,' b'Niimuyw.imMsto. giw it, an<1 tbe Ullln w]l0, ; Wbtics in Probate
Joseph and tlat tk« are not, and ^nn-al fcvor.- t|l0, M)g<m ^
• uwkllir i ►»» Vl . .v. t-.i .. (•.. i If .....1 ...1 1 I i 1 l'"v i
. . i- -. ' • , me' viuuoooec uenve an tiic tn4jr- Ul
vnough troops m Montana to It is the acknowledged general.|bon(lfi> The a;, . , , j To tlw Shc itt' or any Constable oi
handle the Indians,. headun.trtere ot all Washington I • • ' . , '</ ' , i"tt«^>n«toM.«ounty greeting:
» —.7— . I, ii,.< ITmo».,b'!t tl,e Statc ili —.t, M ,„,a
it gives to tiie pa«aenger a view of tlm
grainl^si scenwry, finest agricultural
district and great giazing grounds (41
tlie wnst.
Its passenger and. f.rei^bt trains ar«f
surpassed by none in. the S'aie. Pn l-
itianV Paslace Drawing. Room and
ing Cars leave St, Li.aU da.ly via the*
M tv & T Hy. at 9.t. m.; Hannibal at
10'jo a. M.y an/1 Sedalia at m ,
running tlnouga to Deiit80u„Mieruion,!'
l)nllas; lisnnie, Austin and Hwist.<>».v
Without (ihanotf. Connection is aJyo
made at S'aeiunan with tbe Texas &
Pacific R y. for tbe above named points, P
The comiections of this ltoad w jib,
the M Iv. ii T at Denison tor s>t. l.ouis,
Hannibal, Chicago, Fort Scoit, Kanewm-
Citv a.nd all. points North and Ea>t.;;
with the Texas-4 Pacific at attierinan
I"1' St. Louis, Cairo, Memphis, and all
points East and South-east, and nt Hons
ton- with tlie G H & S A for Antonio
the (t)> II & H li.rUalveston, the Texai? A
N. Orleans tlv. for Beaumont, Uiangi1.,
Ac ; the Morgan and Mallory Sreunv
ships for all points on the Oulf and At-
lantic coasts,jaiid the Liverpool "i Texai?,
Steamship Line to Livarpool, Hav ■
and other European citit»s are yerfei \
!r<nu dust and bent
(on account of the nature of the soil and
the oi>eu prairie country over width It
passes, with its cooling sea. Creese.,
p]casant«> nnery of broad prairi-w.Uiij-
tiful grovt'8, well cultivated field* ot
co.ton. corn,, small giain, and Iriiits,
render it especially desitabie and ad-
vantsgeoc.s to travellers aod sliipptry.
in preterunce to otlvets.
rp -*» . , , ., 'count v iies vi. itiie-- Galve-lon I 1"i ; '"I,/l,,u nn-""T1? to-eause Buy your Tickets and ship your-
Tile. Mexican who furnishes- u.. . ^ * | enforced, afford ample protection j ^ uuu.^lwd ai- least iwcuty days 1 *
*l„. til t\ ii ' " 'to >Veo. Ionic III the. ofiiceJ • , I , , , 1,1 'he Bcenham B.vjsm-jii, a newspa-
the limine po.vuer ot the Dallas' , , against drunkenness ajid rowdy- pet ragularlypriHted in tiu* cmmiy oi
Utrald's pcew. was "looting" r"1"'" 'UV0 "" ■"""i S'" rM ijt„ T \UMvmk tb, Mlo.i,,, J
with a small pistol. It 4<went off;
wnother Mexican st.oj>ped the
hall,.catching it in his cheek just
under the eye,. He has a very
painful wound..
f'N Dalas a street comer ped-
dler is called a£<fiiliir." I'n cit-
ies ot more- mature growth, a
ifalcir is a gentleman who occu-
pies the more responsible- posi»>
tion of "roper in"- for a uhog
game"' of faro.
. , . i ism. Town marshals-mayors etc
anteeot recewifig every attention.! „ -f i
_ . - are a superfluity.
necessary to their conilort,. We
unhesitatingly recommend the
ashinglon Hotel to the travel
Honey Grove ehouid be a.
sweet place,, but everything is
not always lovely. Honey Grove
Irtvs a policeman, named Smitli;
Smith arrests countrymen that
get drutilt in town;' therefore
Smith is unpopular an dins un-
popularity came-near being the
cause- of a big row.
ing public as the best house in
the oil v.
Tiie Dallas Commercial mak-
es an approximate estimate of
this yGar's wheat crop of Texas
and places it at 7,500,000 bush*
els. This, it says, is not more
than sufficient to. supply mose
'ban two--thirds- ot the home
consumption. Much Texas wheat
is shipped to Kansas and Mis-
souri and; finds its way back m
the shaped flour,, paying trans-
portation both ways and a profit
to- tiie northern miller besides.
This state-of aff iir should, be
Heme lied by Texas milters; more
and better mills are wanted.
Nem says
The Galveston
Mr. Temple,.engineer'in charge
of construction of the Gulf!,
Colorado, and Santa Fee rail-
road, has- left for the l>razos
rUer, where he will immediate-
ly locate the line for the 10th
section (it livemiles of. the road
.ishingtoii, tbe following no icv:
the state. of texas..
'in all person* interested in the
catatt of C..theui>ke„deceased.
Fred. Hucskc,. administrator of said
estate, ban liled iu, the County Court ol
itashingt'in cotmty, his final account
with.the estate ot C. tJne.-ke, deceas-
ed,.and. his aj.pl -ation tor. discliarge,
which, will be 'leard at the next
term of> the County Court of. saui
county, commencing on the
Third Monday iu Sept., 1877,.
At the courthouse thereof, iu tlie city
of Brenham, at which time all person's-
The contract for- gradino-^has I i"t<?rt8l«*1 \u Mi,t f^ue may appear
. _ 6 -> and contest said, aoomut ana applna
been let and a contract for an
iron bridge to span the Brazos
Tiiat Ciucitlar Saw,—Much
The Panola THrakhm<m ^.ror haa be6n said and written con- ,t>„vl
mulgates, on the authority of [corning the Hempstead circular | you: will bo veil entertained}
Mi. J". J. Mai,tiii, who resides>saw, but as yet,.no one lias been
will be closed in a day or two.
Basn.es House, Houston.—
Wo take pleasure in callii^; the
attention'of our friends and. the
traveling public to the card, of
this splendid house. The guests
will iind I he tublo'Siipplied with
tlie best the market?affords, wJiile
the rooms are newly, neatly and
comfortably furnished. Give
them a trial and our word for it,,
ion ii they soe piopei'.
Herein fa I.no, under penalty of thf
law. and of this writ make due return.
Freight by tlie
Hutu & Teias Central R'f..
The fol'owing Offlcj's and Agents have.
Iieeu established l>v this lompanv,
wheie inlcnnatioii may. be had conc^rit-
ing. not only the H Jii T y Railway, but'
Texas generally.
F. L M A .V HESTER, Eastern Pu*.
sen.er A^ent 417 Broadway, N. Y.
<ien. .I..LS, ROBERTSON,''.Pass.& Inw
miiriat ou Ageiu, m Nof.h Thud St.
•St. I/iui-, Mo,
a. ALl.FE, Nor h-iwestefn Pass, Agt.
101 riiu l; stn-et, C'iM<wgu,.IIl.
^NICK HOLME>)sSout.liHea84era Agt.,,
No. i.Hurneti Houue. Cincinnati, Ohio.'
J-. R. COFFIN, Southern Pass. Agt ,
t-'hattaiiO'>fi;a,,Tenu.
IntoriVttiiiou may also lielvad al tl,*j -
Ag>'i ('ias nt' tin? M iv k T Railway, ,in.
New \Virl;, Chicago, Ciucinaati, tlau,
Issued the 20(h day ot Augus ,1 nibal and St. Louis,
l8£- ,T w * . ! j WALIMV
}\ itness, II: M. Lewis, Clerk,of saui! Gen'J. Paas. & Freight Agt,,
Court and. tiie seaL thereof, I . Iloustuu 'IVvus
,r c ' at otlre, in Uie city.of Bren- 1, Dl'RAND,,
^ j 7 / Mi<V *./V V I I
near the line of Panolltund Iiusk j found who.will not roa.lilv admit
«omity, a terrapin story. Mr..| that it s< rves ns a summons, to
Mai fin sdys that in he the-best, meals to be obtained on _ ,. . * mn>aot(
mariicd a terrapin with the inil- the line ot the Central road.—| Kansas, Ohio,. Iowa,.Nebraska,
iitls ol his name and the dato< He Capt. ^erlander,. of. the Ci-; South Carolina,., New Mexico
says "he'met his term pin last year ty Hotel,, understand*, his | New Hampshire,. New Jersey'
.. I.rl il.n 1 . * 1 I » .. ' '
—^— ham. the 25vh day of An
guf-t l-STi.
II. M l.hiw fu, c.C. C, W, C.
I hereby certify, that the abov*t mid
foregoing, is a true and correct copy oi
the origiual Citation, now in my haiidy.
J, H. HctohivsoN,
fcHieritl' w. c.
By .M.H. Williams, Deputy, augiJl
ckoiki,; n...i.von,
B.ubct' and Uair-l)ips*cr,
Ant.Miwf,.onder be Ceiumi Houha,
liienui'M', Tev«h,
Amonc the cxccaitives iiow in
Philadelphia are the (Sbverners ,. .
. hOliiited,
ot J ennsylvarna,. Tennessee,
supt., HousIoa, TextiSy
JAL SLNUKLTARY. &, CO^
•»
FSACriCAI;
a ii if Sign Pal liters,,
B.enham. Texas.
P'dinting,, (fraiiii)wj, Ofildinyt
and AlarHmj, Plain and
Do'oraUd Paj^r Hanging,,
Kdsomhig,. Glazing
c6o.,
. ti'iti.r', slumprf.niog, d"io^ and j „ .
o.tiv i ot, • ,1^ (,,iiie iv»-<Hdei. iS^rciissre | ' '''^O^^^X' Sfiven and nil wtwle>iriisr»
^s -,.n lantMMil Mi,*i... n ^
Jan 29dt
\mmm iiuuv. liAxwm. i
| anteed Stiop nnder the Bookstore.
Augus; 18th, l.WJ.d&wtf.
'! he members of To: rv'ji Pivnaets,1
jr^tdttnls.of this Mud adjoining run a- i
- ( ; " •' hio j iii-n. yuiv «mrscy, j'bis, hereby mjvs'fd tomoeiinj
and that tlio terrapin was lofiik* j business, and by his courtcsv and | and Delaware; a number of oth-1 Bl'e"l,aiu ll"-f ,v. iu Sep-
b.s«pll and Iron, appcarancssgenerosity „,a|i(s IVifc',.,18\.J'alt!or govcrnurs art vMxetod to M&&'
hid. tail to li >c n.an\ years.. with whom he comes iu contact.jar.'ive,
I.
Foi Male
T. CLAY,
Sec y, Teu'v Hangers.
A s'ir.t fb nu lit of S-,ry«yor'« impft-
'iin .nt ,, in, lading f'rnasM. CoiltpasH arj;t
| rip id. All cheap for cash. Inuui**,.
j >V.tUis oliico.. FfrbOw
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