Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 79, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 2, 1881 Page: 2 of 4
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•AILY BANNER.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1881.
The legislature appropriated
$203,000 for deficiencies.
Thk ladies of Virginia have
sent senator Hill a magnihcent
floral tribute.
The Belton Journal is full of
railroad news about the Mis-
souri Pacific road, and is certain
that Belton will get it.
The wintery blasts have giv-
en way to spring zephyrs, is a
pleasing expression, b*t a strong
norther knocks the poetry out
of it.
The Colorado Citizen has just
entered on the last year of its
teens. It is healthy, vigorous
well grown paper. May it live
long and prosper.
There #ill be an extra ses-
sion of the legislature to make
the Congressional apportion-
ment. This will not be done
till after the meeting of con-
gress.
The mayor of Shreveport,
La., Jim Currie's brother, says
that Jim was out in New Mexi-
co someu' here. Wheather the
man killed at Las Vegas was
the murderer of Porter is still a
matter of doubt.
A surveying corps of the
Missouri Pacific road, says the
Galveston News, will start a
survey from that point to the
Sunset road at once and as soon
as that road is reached a sur-
vey will be made to Velasco.
The Houston Post seems to
have some doubt as to the iden-
tity of the Currie killed at Las
Vegas. If it should turn out
that the dead Curric is not Jim
Currie, the murderer of Porter,
a vast among of rejoicing will
be a total loss.
It is conceded, says a special
to the Galveston News that the
governor will veto the bill giving
1280 acres ol land to crippled
Confederate soldiers, as it would
exhaust the public domains and
destroy his pet scheme of pay-
ing the public debt with the
public lands.
According to the figures
given by the Galveston News
concerning appropriations, and
expected revenu, it is calculated
that at the expiration of two
years from the first of March
last the cash balance in the
treasury will be $725,000. Car-
rying so large a cash balanee
and paying interest on bonds at
the same times is not good
financiering.
The Austin Statesman re-
marks that the Brenham free
schools have been closed in
default of the payment of the
school tax. This result has
been. brought about by a few
men who have thrown every
obstacle in the way of the
school*. By far the greater
part of the tax payers are will-
ing to pay their school taxes
and continue the schools.
The law for the protection
of fish and game went into effect
immediately after its passage,
March 15th, 1881. It is unlaw-
ful to net quails or patridges at
any time of the year. No seine
is permitted to be used with
meshes less than two and half
inches square; all seining is pro-
hibited between the 1st of Feb-
ruary and the 1st of July, in
each year. The law should be
vigoursly enforced.
The San Antonio Express
says that Mr. Wurzbbach need
not expect his admiring constit-
uents to present him with a sil-
ver-plated six-shooter or an
ivory-handled Bowie-knife un-
less he arises in his place in the
house of representatives and
dares somebody to knock a chip
off his shoulder. Several mem-
bers of ihe house have done
this. Of course the Express
has no reference to the Hon.
Geo. P. Finlay, of Galveston,
who is one of the most mild-
mannered members of the house
and has made himself conspic-
uous by having very little to
say during the session.
THE ASSESSMENT QUESTION.
In many instances differances
arise between the assessor and
the assessed, sometimes the
assessed coniendj that where
the assessor accepts their valu-
ation it should be final. Wide
differences as to the value of
property exists, a man may
own a peice of property for
which he has refused, say one
thousand dollars, yet when the
assessor calls he gives in this
same property at five hundred
dollars for taxation. The fact
of the offer of one thousand
dollars having been refused is
proof that the owner thinks it is
worth more. Property, how-
ever, is never assessed at its
full value, it is generally con-
sidered that property should be
assessed at its cash value in the
market, if put up and sold. Per-
haps this is equitable, jperhaps
not, taxes nre levied to raise
revenue and if sufficient revenue
can not be raised at the rate of
taxation allowed by law, towns
and counties where such an
emergency arises, proceed to
increase the valuation of the
property ; this has been done in
many instances and will contin-
ue to be done. In spite of all
fine spun theories about mak-
ing _ taxation equal, by taxing
merchandise, moveable or per-
sonable property and occupa-
tions, by far the larger portion
of the revenue is derived from
the tax on real estate. It would
seem that a fair and equitable
way of arriving at the value of
real estate would be to have it
listed by the assessor and valued
by a board of appraisers; if
this was done we would not see
one farm valued at five dollars
an acre and another one adjoin-
ing it and perhaps not as good
valued at eight or ten dollars
an acre. It is also a rare thing
that a merchant returns his
stock of goods at its entire
valuation, the merchant with
a stock of goods worth one
thousand or fifteen hundred
dollars will return his stock to
the assessor at from three hun-
dred to five hundred dollars and
in about that proportion up to
the largest stocks. This was
aptly illustrated in the assess-
ment of property in Galveston,
where all the merchandise in the
city was returned to the assess-
or at, if we are not much mista-
ken, less than a million dollars,
though it is well known that
there are houses in Galveston
whose individual stocks of goods
are worth a million. In this
case Galveston is merely cited
as an instance, she is not alone,
it is much the same throughout
the state, as can be verified by
the assessors returns of the
various counities. Men are
happily constituted; they pos-
sess india rubber conscienciencs
and when the assessor calls they
find them invulnable.
Thk Dallas Herald says the
senate of the Missouri legisla-
ture has passed a bill to prevent
the circulation of obscene liter-
ature in that state. This inclu-
des the Police News, Police
Gazette, and that class of lewd
pictorial papers, as well as oth-
er publications that ought not
be allowed to see the light of
day. Texas ought to have just
such a law, and in its provisions
also a clause to keep out of the
state the dime and nickel novel
publications, the overwrought,
! degenerating, depraved class of
literature that inflames the
minds of the boys and girls of
the country, and gives them
sickly ideas of life.
To please the people of Chi-
cago, many of whom are
straight-laced on the ballet
question, M. de Beauplan has
placed the ballet at the end of
the performance. An audience
therefore, can hear the opera
and leave withouj their moral-
ity being shocked by the dan-
cing. About one-third of the
house is said to leave wnile the
remainder is strongminded
enough to stand the ballet.
Bernhardt says American
men "have uo poetry." Sadie
has evidently never been in a
newspaper office. The Amer-
ican men have it stacked up all
around them.
17th Lefflilatnre.
Austin, March 31. Senate—
Senate bill restricting fees of
district and county attorneys
in criminal cases to such cases
actual'ly represented in person
by such attorneys, passed.
Senate concurred in House
amendments to senate bill
amending the law relating to
incorporated cities and towns.
Many bills were killed by be-
ing laid on the table.
Marion Martin, of Navarro,
was elcctcd president pro tern.
The governor appointed J. H.
Dinkins fish commissioner and
the appointment was confirmed.
The house bill providing for
a house of refuge for youthful
offenders, and support and
maintanance of the same, pass-
ed.
House. — The senate bill
granting land pensions to disa-
bled and crippled soldiers of
Texas in the late war passed.
Bill to provide a house of re-
fuge for youths, passed.
Legislation is now complete
except the enrollment of a few
bills and the signatures to them,
which must be by the presiding
officers of the two houses.
iStatc Jlewg.
] —A two headed boy is on ex-
hibition at Houston.
— Bones are now a merchant-
] able commodity at Belton.
I — Crops prospects are good !
1 in Bell county—wheat is looking
| very fine.
' — Belton boasts of more and
1 better schools than any town of
! its size in the state.
1 — Horse thieves made, a
i raid in Belton last Saturday j
night and got away with three
horses.
— Two hundred and fifty i
Bohemian immigrants landed at |
| Schulenburg last week ; they all j
went to the country in search of
i work.
— A colored preacher at
Weimar has succeeded in get-
ting into a scrape. He has
been placed under $500 bond
for kidnapping a girl.
— G. W. Miller, of Double
Horn, Burnet county, was awak-
ened by the barking of his dog;
he arose, went into the yard and
found that the dog had "treed"
a thief in the smokehouse.
— Last Monday afternoon
Columbus was visited by a se-
vere hail storm, stripping the
trees of leaves and breaking
many window panes; some of
the stones were as large as hen's
eggs-
Miss Hattie Deal, the fast-
woman at Iowa City, completed
the thirty fourth day of her fast
yesterday and is yet good for
several days more. It is pro-
nounced by leading physicians
the most wonderful case of fas-
ting ever known. Miss Deal
continues to maintain the
silence she began three years
ago, and converses only by
signs.
A dentist fiend has been dis-
covered in Chicago by the
name of McChesney. McChes-
ney dealt largely in sets of false
teeth. These, however, did not
sell as readily as he wished and
in order to secure more busi-
ness, he begun preparing
mouths for his false teeth.
When a patient came to him to
have a tooth extracted, he ad-
ministered chloriform, and be-
fore his victim recovered, had
pulled out every tooth in his
mouth. He then offered ex-
cuses and begged to supply the
vacancy with a set of his own
make, extremely cheap. In
many cases his offer was accept-
cd by his unsuspicious patient,
and when it was not, he attempt-
ed to bulldoze money out of
him for th: work done. He
seems to have carried matters
with too high a hand, however,
for one of his victims brought
suit for damages. It now comcs
out that a score of people were
thus outraged, many of them
women who were ashamed of
being ridiculed or laughed at
and kept the matter secret.
Grateful Women.
None receive so much bene-
fit, and none are so profoundly
grateful and show such an in-
terest in recommending Hop
Bitters as women. It is the on-
ly remedy peculiarly adapted
to the many ills the sex is al-
most universally subject to.
Chills all fever, indigestion or
deranged liver, constant or pe-
riodical sick headaches, weak-
ness in the back or kidneys,
pain in the shoulders and differ-
ent parts of the bod)-, a feeling
of lassitude and despondency,
are all readily removed by these
bitters.
New Adverliseieits.
Brenham Homeopathic
Sick Benefit Society.
Parties desiring to secure fur a small
monthly fee, full medical attendance and
medicine 'luring illness, would do well to
join at once.
Apply 10 the secretary at the Lrenham
Homeopathic Dispensary, next door to the
Exchange Hotel.
DR. G. ST. L. HUSSEY, JR.'
Secretary B.H.S.B.S,
THE VICTORY
will raise 6,000 feet
of '.A-i AM) SMOKE
in one hour, and
kill more MOl es &
cirri im; avis in
one day than any(
ether I'xterminator
in four dajs, and coils much less labor and
money. Address
.1 MFt.CIIKK,
ISiitik .lack splint', Tbjuh.
Woman's Hope.—In early
youth perhaps they said to
themselves: "I shall be happy
when I have a husband to love
me best of all;" then when, the
husband shall be too careless:
"My child will comfort me;"
then, through the mother's
watchful toil: "My child will
repay me when it grows up."
And at last, after the long jour-
ney of life has been wearily
Uaveled through, the mother's
heart is weighed down by a
heavier burden, and no hope
remains but the grave.
The Louisiana Jockey Ciub
contemplates having at their
spring meeting races by electric
light.
$777
A YEAR anil expenses to
agents. Outfit Free. Address P.
O. Vl< Kt.itv, Augusta, Maine.
i'pQ!| > ■ ",r I ' it; iil-.aii'l ospenit1-. SUOntflt
'JlJjJtVrC VillV - i S\t A!\A I O, AffllSt.'l, m«
I Sail at Berlin!
Tin- undersigned will give a grand Easter
ball :.t PITCH'S HALL, Berlin,
Monday, April 18th, 1881.
(loud Mu-ic and (lood order. Every-
body invited. Wm. PKSCH.
IB. Or. 3YDOW,
15AKER ANI) GROCER
♦ or. N'-rili and Quitman Si reel.?.
urkmiam, tkx vs.
KUL>!r UKIv \I) and CAKKS every Jav,
•■ml fV< <• t" <11- (onii iv- in all pari* of the
eitv . A full Mi|»|>ly of fresh groceries on
hand; &!*•> lifjuor.', wir.es, beer, toliaeeo, ci-
;rar*. nrwrkery and tin wan*. Look out for
the baker, wa^on, and s«nd in your orders
lor fir. \[ bp-ad, eak?s or groepri<*s. Orders
Mi led proJUi'th . Itc-neetfullv.
\{. <; SYDOW.
0. M. CORNITIUS,
Watclimaker and Jeweler,
(Jjronnenkaiit's old Stand,)
ISKEMIAM, : : : ; : 'lEXAS.
Having purcl> lsed the entire jewelry es-
tablishment of A. M. Jironnenkaht, takes
pleasure in inviting his many friends to call
and inspect his stock. Watches, clocks
and jewelry carefully repaired and warran-
ted. Patronage solicited.
JOHN A. HANDLE & SON,
Real Estate Agents.
BRENHAM, 1 EXAS.
(Established in 1873.)
Makes a specialty of selling and exchang-
ing lands and town property, the rendering
and payment of taxes, renting and look
ing after dwellings and storehouses.
tef Office upstairs in Graber's Building
sept.6'78
For You,
MflidflJiit
Whoso complexion betrays
some humiliating imperfec-
tion, whose mirror tells yon
that you are Tanned, Hallow
and disfigured In countenance,
or have Eruptions, ltedness,
Roughness or unwholesome
tints of complexion, we say
use Hngnn's Magnolia Balm.
It is a delicate, harmless and
delightful article, producing
the most natural ana entranc-
ing; tints, the artificiality of
which 110 observer can detect,
and which soon becomes_per-
manent if the Magnolia ~
is judiciously
HOSIER
SPRING GOODS. *
PAMPELL & HARRISON,
Have just received a large stock of seasonable goods, comprising the n cry latest styles of
LADIES DRESS GOODS,
Ladies and Childrcns Hats and Bonnets, Trimmed and
Untrimined, largest and finest assortment
ever brought to the city.
Mens and Boys HATS in Endless Variety.
Clothing, Boots and Shoes. Special attention is called io their
stock of HAND MADE Boots and Shoes
for ladies and gentleman.
Wt also keep a fine line of the choicest Family Grocetin.
K „ STOMACH _
olTTERs
Shooting Chill* down the Back,
Dull [>ain in the limbs, nausea, billious-
ness, are symptons of approaching fever
and ague. Use without delay Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, which substitutes for the
chilly sensation a genial warmth, regulates
the stomach, and imparts tone to the liver,
The bowels, the stomach and the biliary
gland being restored to a healthy condition,
the disease is conquered at the outset.
For sale by all druggists and dealers
generally.
The Farmer's Store,
Brenham, Texas,
Have in store and for sale at
GALVESTON JOBBING PRICES,
PHHIOHT ADD13D,
75 Cases Bacon;
1000 Sacks of Flour;
60 Sacks of Coffee;
50 Barrels of Molasses ;
100 Bushels German Millet Seed;
100 Packages Tobacco;
800 lbs Baking Powders.
They also have a full line of Fancy Groceries.
IR,. LAWTHER,
Jan. 9, 1881-dwiy. Business Manager.
Hermann Fisher,
BRENHAM, TEXAS,
— Wholesale and Retail Dealer in-
to be found in the City.
We have just received a large stock of all kinds of
gT Furniture, consisting of cheap and fine Bed-
gjf" steads, and chairs of all grades ; also bu-
JjF reaus and chamber sets. A few of
fjfT Vaill's patent folding chairs at cost to close out.
Mattrasses, and Bed-Springs!
I am determined to sell goods, and to that end, I am offering
great bargains. Call and examine goods and prices before pur-
chasing elsewhere. A good supply of baby buggies on
Also, a full line of Undertakers goods, including metalic burial
cases and caskets.
C* WITTEBORG,
deci7d-w3m MAIN STREET.
FRANK WOTIPKA,
Dealer In
Gen'l Merchandise
Corner Sandy and Ant streets, Brenham, Texas.
— A full, fresh and complete stock of —
Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats,
Philadelphia Handmade Boots and Shoes,
Hosiery, Groceries, Crockery.
Call and examine my Goods and prices being making
your purchases. No trouble to show goods. Aug 12, 1880.
REVERDY SCOTT,
FEED and SALE STABLES,
West Main street,
BRENHAM, - - TEXAS.
Has an hand horses and mules for sale,
and also has a wagon and stock yard at-
tached to the stable. —
Wm. SCHURENBE11G,
Blacksmith* ^
*nd manufacturer of
AGRIfVLTUKiL IMPLEMENTS
Brenham, Text*.
If Special attention given to H0BS1
SnosiNO, feneral job work and repair-
ng. Term* liberal. Shop above Giddingt
bank, on Sandy street. }une 18 '74.
Furnished Rooms
By the Day. Week or Moiilli,
WITH OK WITHOUT BOARD.
THE undersigned, proprietor "f the
CENTRAL HOl'Si:, nw hatcun-
trol of the McINTYRK. 110USK and i>
prepared to rent Furnished room - for fam-
ilies or single gentleman by the day, week
or month, with or without board, at rea-
sonable rate*.
For particulars apply at the Central
House.
S. H. KIRCH, Proprietor.
Notice.
All persons are hereby notified not trade
for any of the following described proinisu-
ry notes, to-wit: Note executed by. C. 1'.
Killout»h for aliout $ uo; Note executed
by R. F. Tamplin for $162.50; Note execu-
ted by VV. D. Wilson for $134; Note exe-
cuted by Napoleon Rowc lor $50; Note
executed by Chas. Cooper for $32. 50; Note
executed by Henry Vinsyn for $25, also
deeds and valuable papers all payable to
S. M. Williams. a> the same was stolen
from me on the 261I1 inst.
S. M. WILLIAMS.
Brenham. MaVcli 27''b 1881.
Western and Texas Produce,
Imported and Domestic
WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, TOBACCO,
Delicacies, Candies, Preserved Vegetables, Fruit, Meat,
Fish, Pickles, Canned Fruit, Nuts, otc.
Sole Agent of Anhauser'a Celebrated St. Louis Beer.
M^ICE IN QUANTITIES AT LOWEST RATES.
Lowest wholesale prices to the trade! Pays the highest
market price for cotton and other produce. Jan. I, 1881-dwiy
Established 1865.
Oldest Furniture Housed City.
LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
having claims against W. B. Van flutlon,
lately doing business in and still residing in
Washington county, Texas, that said W. H.
Van Hutton made to the undersigned, as
assignee for the benelit of the creditors of
said W. 1). Van Hutton, an assignment of
his property, by deed bearing date Februa-
ry 24th, 1881; and said creditors are here-
by notified to present their claims, duly
verified and their assent to said assignment,
to the undersigned, at his store at Green-
vine, said county and state, within the
time prescribed by law.
H. F. WIN'DW r'.Hl.N.
Assignee of W. Li. Van Hutton, for the ben-
efit of creditors, Greenvinc, Washington
county, Texas.
March 2d, 1881
AN OIUHNANCl:
To allow partiwi to b« lVtuiiili'il in rilytn\i'»
theaiuunutcontributed In rlirm i'"i ilu>e.\-
tfiisiun of Quitman sln-H from tin* piusent
terminus to Weal nireet.
Bu It ordained by the city council .if tin;
eity of llreiham,
Sue. 1. That noon :■ 1 »|>1 li*mi.>n uf < L
IlenmiinK. It. A. llitivin ami others frn-an
extension of Oultiiian siren from it- present
terminus, to West street, the cliy council
agrees in consldeiiilion ofsnhl -licci hciiu
opened to refund to the uhseri ner* fur tin*
extension of said street, one lentil of the
Hmoiml advanced liv carl- parly, on theii
taxes out of Hie jrenei iil fund c.ii li year, l"i
ten years, until said -ulHerlher- are repaid
in lull the amount advanced l,> them, wilh-
out interest, the amount agreed to lie leltiti■
ded not to exceed (>&lG.'ili| oue thousand and
Ally dollars.
Ski . i That lids ordinance have force
and etTec.l from and al'lcr ii. pn-.-a^e
Approved .March stii. lssl.
M. 1'. Kl.ItU, Major.
Attest—C 11. Cahi. sue, .-ec'\ .
Kstra.v Xoticc.
Taken up by (i R Sctvatd on the 4tli day
of Aug. 1880, at his residence, and est ray-
ed before W T Willie Ks<|, J I' Precinct 5.
Washington county, Texas, one bay mare
13 hands high, 7 ye;u> old, valued at $12;
also one bay colt. 1 year old old, both bran
ded '
V
' on left hip. Valued at $5.
One datk brown mare,loyears old, 13
hands high, Spanish brand on left hip, val-
ued $1: 50.
Taken up by Sam .stone on the Stlt
day of Jan 1881, and estrayed before S A
I lack worth, J. R, PieciiKt No. 3, Wash-
ington county, on the 7th day of Feb, 18S1,
One bay horse, about 14 hands high, about
12 years old, branded SC on left ,boulder,
appraised by L. J. Lockett and II Ransom
at $25.
Taken up by Howard Mitchell on the
29th day of January, 18S1, One dim horse
about fourteen years old, 14*i" hands high,
no brands visible and estrayec beiore S. A
Hackworth, J I\ Precinct No. 3, Wash-
ington county, on the 19th day of Februa-
ry, 1881. Appraised by Sam Stone arid
11. Ransom at $2<;.
February 19, 18S1.
Attest: II. M. LEWIS,
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A full supply and in great variety. AI.L
FRESH, at
J. S. NORTON'S STOlt K.
Jan. 13, '81-2111. Brenham, Texas.
J. S. NORTON.
Having bought out the interest of G. W.
Davis in the sewing machine business will
continue to sell the following named ma-
chines—all new and first class—at the prices
given below, viz:
New Wilson, $40; White, $35; New
Howe, $35; Singer (Eng.) $30;~St. John,
$35; New American, $35: Wheeler
Wilson, $35. Parts, attachments, oil, nee-
dles, etc., at f. S. Norton's store. Janij^m
J. W. CARTER
—DEALER in—
NEW HOME
SEWING MACHINE.
Main street, next door to Newbouer Ilro.
Drkmiam, Texas.
tor Needles and attachments for all ma-
chines. Sewing machines repaired.' sepib
OR. WHITTIER
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