Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 8, 1887 Page: 2 of 4
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—Mrs. Mmy S*Wyer, a resident
of Galveston 1833, died in that city
oo the 6th Inst, aged 71 years.
-—Hem. J. C. Koglo, representa-
tive from Pallas county is in favor
of Reagan for sennu-r. and a more
efficient hog law.
—The people of Abilene are all
tore will I contributing liberally toward a
M. Stewart, a Republi- bonM to be paid the Santa Fe road
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Suites senator.
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acknowledges the
.invitation totheBoll-
company's ball on the
tft* hotme has passed the pen-
sion appropriation bill which ap-
propriates 179,247,60d for the pay-
went of pensions.
±*<i*tt3;&>y*T9or has approved the
contraot of Ihraoo Sommers, of
WisO'Connty, for transportation of
" 1 CoUVMtBSHAlV CtAIlf accompan-
Mt. Randall to Philadelphia to
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attend a meeting of the Young
i Ken's Democratic dob of that city.
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onngstown, Ga., a new block
buildings, situated near a
natural gas main became filled with
* Ind ' exploded. The loss is
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the nominations sent to
by the president on
.{tfjipradar is that of Hon. Thomas
tCtg jUaaniag-, of Louisiana, to be
minister to Mexico.
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T*» Cincinnati crooks have de-
parted from the old-time method
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of blowing open and drilling safes
—they just pull them outol the
fcgUding and cart them off.
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■, , THa senate passed the bill to
<> j>«ns¥M> Mrs. Logan without any
? <llv*ion. The precedent was al-
dy established and It was a
* easy matter to get the bill
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>emocratic members of the
legislatnre held a caucus
City and nominated
Gem. Oockrell for re-eleetion as
"United States senator. This in-
to be built to that point.
— The Galveston News says that
counterfeit $5 treasury notes are in
circulation along the line of the
Southern Pacific railway.
—The people of Greenville are
hard at work to secure the Texas
Central and St. Louu, Arkansas k
Texas railway extensions.
—Mrs. Nannie Hillburn was ar-
rested in Fort Worth on a charge
of theft. Her trunk was searched
and a large amount of silverware
and jewelry, all of which had been
stolen, was found.
—After a long discussion the
Democratic executive committee
of Fort Worth decided to call a
convention to nominate a ticket
for city officers for the ensuing
April election.
—Two burglaries were committed
in Dallas Thursday night and two
safes were blown open. The man-
ner in which the work was done
shows that experts did it. About
$170 was secured by the robbers.
—A conductor on the west
bound train on the Southern Pa-
cific railroad west of San Antonio,
was fired upon twice and narrowly
escaped being killed, as he was
trying to eject a tramp who was
stealing a ride.
— Major O. M. Watkins, an at-
torney of Laredo died suddenly at
bis office on Thursday. Ho was a
member of Gen. Magruder's staff
and took a leading part in the bat-
tle of Galveston when the Harriet
Lane was captured.
James Ryan, a negro 21 years
old, killed bis stepson, about 14
monthsold,by cruelly and llltreat-
ment. He lived near Harwood,
but is now in the Gonzales jail.
The negroes in the neighborhood
are very indignant and want to
lynch him.
A German count named C. C.
F. G. von Schwarzenberg, who
lately marriod Mrs. Murphy, a
school teacher, in San Antonio,
has been arrested in that city for
bigamy. Some time ago he intro-
duced another woman by whom he
Sm¥
sures his election
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' Adahis express robbers, had three children a* his wile.
|||hiteroa%|Baigbt and Weaver —The Galveston News denies
ara-mow safe within the walls of the rumor, printed by the Houston
tbe'pemtentiary at Jefferson City, I Po8t> that the Santa'Fe shops are
just like any other convicts.
aw York chamber of com-
been investigating the
commerce bill now peed-
||n|reBS. It tjtoea not ap-
prove the long and short haul
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Th» socialistic element was vic-
torions at the annual election of
e# District Assembly No.
its Of Lftbor at Chicago,
now a very good omen for
tba stability of the Knights.
committee on foreign
baa reported favorably
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Santa Fe company is about to havo
an artesian well bored at its shops
and that all the requisite material
has beon procured.
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An Austin special to the Galves-
ton News says: "The Farmers al-
liance ofTexas, claiming a mem-
bership of 207,000, have their chief
political leader .under orders to
come here and stay until the legis-
lature has elected a United States
senator Who can be relied upon
to promote farmers interests in
congress. The chief has a letter
from the president of the National
Farmers alliance congress, urging
him to go to Washington and bold
up Reagan's hands in his struggle
for his Interstate commerco bill.
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Mr. Edmunds' bill incorporating
the Maritime Canal company, of
Nicaragua. The proposed canal is
in opposition to tba DeLesseps J The chief thinks probably Reagan's
canal. bands will be here and need hold
■ ing in another furious contest."
E, Duncan SNirrur, advertising Xbe alliance claims and insists
Agent, New York has "busted." | ^ n is not in
any sense a poliii-
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Inabilities about 1100,000, assets
unknown. Perhaps a number of
Texas newspapers will be the suf-
ferers. The Banniu is not one of
the number.
oal organisation.
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Thk Randall Democrats want to
ftnend the revenue laws by abol-
ishing the lax oa tobacco, and
trait brandies and spirits consumed
hi the arts and to pat one or two
on tbe free list—among
lumber.
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interstate commerce bill
»n come up and a lively
»a if likely to ensue. It Is
tfceaght the bill will pass in same
The long and short haul
ia the bill is extremely
»and is said to give the rail-
Wednesday night dynami-
(jMMed ia putting a dyaa-
"H* the tunnel of
le railroad atthe ©or-
Niutb and Ham son streeta
Tbe abode of the
»y to balierethat
It appears from a Dallas special
to the Galveston News that a meet-
ing of the local stock men was held
for the purpose of arranging for
tbe State Live-Stock association
whioh is to meet at Dallas on the
11th inst. The chief object of the
meeting of tbe association is to see
what can be dono toward consoli-
dating tbe cattle-men on tbe estab-
lishment of one of the refrigerating
establishments at Dallas, theotbor
one to be m South Texas. It is
claimed for Dallas that it is tbe
largest town in tbe state and pos-
sesses all the requirements for a
refrigerating establishment.
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Tfi> Pittsburgh Commercial-Ga-
zette says it will be a long time
before the redemption of labor
will be accomplished through tbe
efforts of selfish reformeas like
Aveling, Most & Co. These men
are working for money or for
political preferment and sooner or
later their victims will find it out.
RAILROAD TIES.
RELATIVE LASTING QUALITIES OF
DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOOD.
Aa Induatry Wbleh th« Kallroada n*T%
M»d« ud FMtwrf-n# Original
H.w.d Artid* Still C*a*lder«d tt»«
But Th«r* It.
'"W"« h»ve our trait mmou, nut scuon,
and variocu othw (waaons, but this is ttw
railroad U« skmm," said Roadmast«t
Donot(h»« of the IUlaois Osatral. "Th«
cvuuiicuof* about Oct 1 and end*
in April and Ma)-. JV>tn this yon are to
undemaad that during this period out
bosy tim« "
♦ How toag <Vo«w a U« antf'
"Th« av<r*g* hf* o< a lis of conr*
depends as much upon what tt is made o(
as ths life of a man is generally gauged bj
his habit*—it is all in ths stuff that is in
it Ths best ties are made of burr and
white oak—that is, of the material mosl
available ties made from that sort ol
timber are the best Honey locust out
lasts anything we pnt down, but we car
get but little of that. Along with tht
burr and white oaks we will place post
oak, and place the average life of a tie ol
that material at seven years.
TOT LIFE or A TI*.
"I might say, too," continued the road
master, "that the life of a tie dependi
much on the ballast in which the tlmbei
is imbedded. I have had ties remain
sound for fifteen years in cinder and
rock ballast. They last a long hime also
in gravel—as long as ten years. In or-
dinary earth ballast they become worth-
less after seven years of service."
"What about the difference between
hewed and sawed ties?"
"Well, there is In the life of ties at th«
very least three years difference, and thai
in favor of those that are hewed, and I
will give you a good reason for fhls fact
Sawed ties are mode of timber that cai>
not be hewed and that has been 'shook
—timber that is blown down by storms
The saw leaves the creases around a knot
so exposed that the water gets in then
and so remains. The creases of the saw
also make little gutters, as It were, whiol
hold the water and which of course causci
he tie to rot. In all my experience—and
that covers a long term in the varioui
branches of road making—I never knew
a sawed tie to lie aa long as the one whici
is hewed. We* buy ties of two classes,
first and second, and are now payina
from 83 to 44 cents for the former and li
cents for the second. For sawed ties w<
pay by the thousand feet—114 per 1,000.
Switch ties are always sawed. A set oi
switch ties contains 2,850 feet, and costf
us $32. All ties are closely inspected.
About twice a month I do- this work.
The ties are hauled to the track and
'ranked' (piled up), and I take a squad ol
section men by whom the ties are all re-
handled, and so as each one is tamed
over it is given its class and marked oo
the end—two dots for second class, on«
dot for first. Ties made of red oi
water oak we throw out entirely, ac-
cepting them at no price. Ties aro paid
for as often as twice a month, the money
being paid through the station agents oi
the company, who are furnished fundi
for that purpose. So far this season w<
have shipped about 80,000 ties. Jusl
now they are being sent north to build
the double track between Kankakee and
Chicago and also Freeport for use in
building the new road from Freeport tc
Madison, Wis."
TIES FOR OXB MILK.
"How many ties does it take for on«
mile of road, Mr. Donoghue?"
"Twenty-six hundred. We watch th«
road closely, and as the old ones becom<
useless we take them out and put in th«
new. We do not commence on a mil«
track or a section of track and put in
' 'es, beginning at one end, but our aim
is to keep up a uniform soundness from
one end of the road to the other. Som«
roads adopt the plan of skipping ties in
spiking the rails to them, but I find thii
Impracticable and dangerous. Every
tie should be spiked on both sides of the
rail. Old ties are taken possession of by
the section men, who convert them Intc
firewood.
"Ties are hauled to us frequently
irom a distance of fifteen miles from th«
track, eight or ten ties being the average
load.
"Ties are Just as much of a commod-
ity almost as wheat or corn. There art
few general merchandise dealers along
the line who do not trade for ties, and
they all make a good profit In the first
place they have a profit on their goodi
and will sell a tie for an advance of at
least five cents on what they paid for tiei
in trade. We are now loading and ship-
ping away almost as fast as we receive
them."
On account of the extensive use ol
trestles in bridging over low placcs by
railroads the pile business has also grown
In great proportions. These are cut
from huge logs, barked and hauled to ths
track. They are generally about eight-
een Inches through, thirty feet long, and
one of them delivered on the car costs
f3.79. The tffes on this sort of structure
are all sawed, and cost $14 per 1,000 feet.
Tie and pile makers make but little
money—an expert chopper cannot get
out more than fifteen ties in a day. He
gets 11 cents each for these, so that he
would make only $1.65 per day, Aid it is
the tie trader, not the maker, who coins
the money.—Chicago Tribune.
Ante Which Fight to m Finish
The jolliest sport among the juvenile
Renoites is fighting ants. They scrape
ap a shovelful of these busy insects from
one colony and carry them to the next
nearest colony, dumping them together.
The result Is immediately a pitched bat-
tle, which la fought most viciously, the
little warriors literally tearing each other
to pieces, until the last of the Interlopers
Is dead. They light in pairs or la threes,
fours and bunches, as it happens to come
handiest, but It is always a "fight to
finish" and no quarter asked or
—Reno Gazette.
F. LANGE,
TINSMITH.
Manufacturer of
TIN ROOFING, GUTTERING-
ComuaM Iron Cornice Wort,
Cooking and Heating Stoves
Or ALL KINDS.
mONT rBNOINGi
Quitman 8treot, Brenham, Texas.
—,—_—
Vienna Bakery
and
CONFECTIONERY!
Frank Tax, Proprietor,
It prepared tp bake cakes and furnish con-
fectioneries for parties, balls and weddings.
Dread and Cakea always on hand.
Santa Fe Saloon
WILLIE HAMELMANN, Proprietor.
Takes pleasure in announcing to the public
that he 1ms purchased the saloon formerly
owned by Sam Muery, near the Union Depot,
and solicits the patronage of the public. The
finest Liquors, Wines and Cigars always on
hand. Give me a ca'l when you are dry.
Lunch Stand attached.
J.
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SALOON.
n. II. MURPIIY, Proprietor.
Fore Oil Strait Wlisty a specialty.
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES.
The bar is always supplied with the best
Liquors. Wines and cigars. Fresh
Beer always on tap.
Restanrant aai Oyster Saloon AttacMi.
East Side of Public trquare, Brenham, Texas
Casino Saloon
A. A. WOEHLER, Proprietor.
Coraer Ant and Qultmaa Sts., Brenham
Imps In stock Austrian sardines by the barrpli
Imported and domestic nausajt" of all kinds:
canned goods in endle » variety; Imported
Roqueport, Edam, Npuschate], FromagedeTlris,
Green and Swls» cheese; domes ic Swiss eheme:
Imported Mueuster, I'and., Llmburger and
brick clifKP; Wet>if:ihlan ham, Neunaugenhtm;
salt sardelle-, anchovies and Holland herrlntr;
Imported fmoked Hamburger eel, by the pound.
Lunch at all honrs. Goods delivered free to
families.
The finest wines, liqnorttand clparc in the elty.
Fresh lajer beer alwars on tao.
Lehmann's Saloon,
Corner of 8L Charles and Sanay Streets,
Brenham. Texaa.
My bar Is always supplied with tbe celebrated
OLD KOSEBUl> WHISKY.
Ia wines we keep a fall stock of California
Keller's Island, Knig Oharapajroe. The finest
brands of cigara in Uipcltv I'atrcnatresoliclted
B LEI I MANN Proprietor
THEADVANT AGES OP
to
iotrn.
Ho great
was done aa tba m
asuaual. I a
8k Jacobs Oil will cure a boil,
and beal up a wound received in
brolL
The Other Side of It,
Why ia it that no song writer has ever
written a bass solo, of the horribly lugu-
brious style, delineating the getting
sober? Why did not the lamented Mr.
Dickens describe Dick Swireller getting
sober in tbe morning as a fitting compan-
ion to his wonderful description of Mr.
Swiveller's getting drunk at night?—D.
R. Locke.
Next Comes "Cementation."
Cremation, now become so popular In
some parts of the world, may We,.to
give way to cementation—the process by
which a corpse is converted into a solid
statue that may be kept in the parlor, the
garret, or the eoa1 shed, or loaned to an
art gallery. —Courier-JouruaL
Aa aeple tree at West Chester. Pa.,
which documentary evidence shown to
have been planted 111 years ago, ta Mill
In full hearinr.
DYSPEPSIA
fnngS / in n mi/rsia f
TWwvww tifipvTwIlle
iTCUwrs INDIGESTION
6y cauting the atitnilatUn oftho foot.
IT CUBtt WEAKNESS
bp toning quickly Ota toAoJe system.
IT ciwes MALARIA
bff enriching th« blood and dririntt the
malarial polton entirely out of the body.
It cures CHILLS A FEVER
, , 4 DISEASES
\enina the jwU,purifying the
reMjnyail As fee*.
IT cures LIVER COMPLAINT
by nuuting the Liver and BomMs met
promptly, earryiny off the rurplu* Bile-
h cBREi NEURALQIA
by regulating and strengthening the
nerwout ryttem of the head, fttee <£ neefc.
Itcuwes RHEUMATI8M
iM/i UMM( d&Mje aMmif m
ysOlv fvyti
evenly through the peine andby removing
iherejrom thecaueeofthe dieente.
.FEMALE INFIRMITIES
Mlatint
r to all
t Smooth and t
BMW)
WHOLBSALZ AND 1ST All DIALS*! IN
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Parlor Sets, Chamber Setsj Hou*e
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CAHPBTISa, OIL CLOTHS,
MIRR0E3, MATTRESSES, WALL PAPER,
We are prepared to furnish your house from top to bottom, at short notice. Carpets
sewed and put down. Call and See u«. Goods delivered in the city FREE.
*1!IDT STREET. BETWEEN ANT aid R0RTH. BRENHAM. TKHS.
ing 6oode.^g
HATTING,
LINDEMANN & KOCH,
-dealers in-
PI f)WQ OF AIL KINDS
rLUWOATVERY LOWEST PRICES,
AND STOVES.
t BOOKS m STATIONERY 1
SCHOOL BOOKS, SLATES, SATCHELS, ETC,,
-AT-
H.MULLER'S BOOK STORE,
WAIN ST REFT, VBXT DOOR TO ZEISS' JtAKEHT.
ALEX. SIMON.
ODEuftwXjDEI?, I2>T
tmdregulm
the b
It cures BLOOD
M a nail sm
DISEASES
*iny the Hood,
by tl wanting and purifying the I
IT IS delightfliltobor
^rmn op th* day
The VoHoa Almanac for 1887—new
and attractive, mailed eta reoeipt at* t
sent stamp.
ion MANUFACTURERS
Volina Drug & Chemical Co.,
NOTICE OF DI8SOLITTIOK.
Notice is hereby giren that the j>artner-
ehip. lately suhsistinR between Win. A.
Wood and Theo. A. I^ow, of Brenham.
Washington County, Texas, under tbe Arm
name of Wood&£owf was dissolved bv mu-
°i,,.th! v4th *** of Wmber,
A. D- 1886. All debts owing to the said
.rtnenhip are to be receivea by the said
m. A. W ood, and all demands on the said
partnership are to be presented tp him for
payment, and he is authorized to use tbe
said firm in liquidation of all dues to said firm
which are to be collected for his use.
Brenham, Dec. 24,1888.
W. A WOOD,
T. A. LOW.
NORTHWEST CORNER OF PUBLIC SQUARE,
BRENHAM, .... TEXAS
Has Received a Full and Complete Stock ol
FALL AND WIUTER GOODS.
LATEST STYLES IN
CI UDIES' IXI DRESS K1 COOPS, Iff TBIiHINGS, MfilS,)
CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES,
3Ha<s|. Oap», Quoonswafe «iici Orooerlea.
Also a lurge and varied assortmeni of
Parlor and Bed Koom Furniture,
CAEPBTS, MATS and HOCJSW FURNISHING GOODS,
a^Call and examine onr goods before purchasing elsewhere. Guarantee satisfaction in
denajtmer.ts. Give ue a trial.
& Seelborst,
BRENHAM, TEXAS,
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DQUART1RS FOK-
HUNTERS' AND MILL 'SUPPLIES.
Manufacturers of GalTantzed Iron Cornices, Flues, Ftc
th mi mm im,Mn 'WffiMmM
Pip.BUing
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F. KREMTZLIN.
—AOENT FOR-
—DEALER IN-
(Choice Family Groceries:
Wines, Liqanrs, Tobaci^ Oigaw, Crockery 'and Glassware,
GRABER BUILDING, BRENHAM, T1UCAS.
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