Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1887 Page: 2 of 4
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fMWANQXBURDBN.
is very high In Texas
some towns the nnderwrit*
will not tske risks at any price.
^ ieerasj that the oomplaint of
(ugh raUeof insurance is not oon-
fiaed to Texas. The subject is one
in which every property owner is
inttf^ted. The following bear-
ing ppon this subject from the St.
ltonis Republican throws a good
deal of light upon the matter and
can hardly tail to prove interest-
ing reading:
Owners of property that requires
tos&e insured have long had a sus-
picion that the present system of
insurance is unnecessarily extrava-
gant. burdensome and unsatisfac-
tory, and a greater tax on the
eoo»try than it ought to be, and
Un»t the larger share ol the bene-
fits Of it goes to maintain a cum.
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brous and costly outfit oi stately
buildings, sumptuously upholster,
ed offices, directories, solicitors,
agents and employes, rather than
the protection of property from
fires and the indemnification ol in-
sured persons lor losses. And yet
business men are so occupied with
own affairs as'to have little
to look into the subject
thoroughly and ascertain what an
enormous and insufferable burden
thfe system is. A few facts will
mike the matter plain.
fire loses tn the United
States and Canada amount to
about $100,000,000 a year; and in
addition to tbit 'we expend $35,-
000,000 a yea> to keep up insu
ranee companies, and $25,000,(MX) a
year more for the fire departments,
making a total of 1160,000,000,
This is about 12 1-2 per cent o
the annual increment in the na-
tional weaith, or one-eighth the
annual savings of the people. It
% hearly two-thirds the whole cost
of maintaining the federal govern
meet In 1884 all the insurance
Cdlhpanies reporting to tho insu-
rance commissioners ol Now fork
received fire premiums amounting
* to $78,000,000. The losses were
$50,000,000, or 64 per cent, and
their expenses $28,500,000, or 87
• Cjftnt. oi their premiums. In
lb* premiums reoeived were
$71,846,000; the loses paid, $45,-
500,000; and the expenses; $86,000,-
00t>—tho losses being 70 per sent
and the expenses 45 per eent of
the premiums. It will be seen
from this' that of every $100 we
p&y' tot insorance $40 goes in ex-
penses and $60 lor payment of
losses. iy - -'.J''
_ figures and estimates are
an admirable address
ect by D wight Tred-
delivered before the commer-
houis, on the 18th
pamphlet which
ought to be in the iands ol every
aed house-owner in
sr. Summing up the whole
of insurance, as at pres-
Mr. Trod way says:
20 worth of insurance
80 cents in expenses; and,
it will be found that it
oocars, the $120 worth of in-
for which you pay $2,
will not yield to an honest policy*
holder an average of more than
*ud thai the balanoe is absorb.
payments to dishonest in-
surers and incendiaries, by the ex*
penses of objection, by failures ol
insurance companies,, by the id-
taken of clauses limiting
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— A raid mg|o in Palestine
the other night niul twenty-three
negro women of questionable rep-
utation nere arrested and locked
up in the cooler.
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Llewelleu Sloan, a special
>oliceman at Victoria, was myster-
ously murdered on the public
square iothat oily, while drunk
on Monday Bight. Sloan was found
dead near the courthouse with a
bullet in bis breast. ■
J. C. Tubbs, a farmer living
three miles from Valley Mills, was
called from his home at 10 o'clock
Tuesday night to visit a neighbor
said to be dying. When 800 yards
from home he was set upon by
throe assassins und shot through
the body near the left nipple.
Tubbs was form-rly sheriff ot Falls
county and parties whom he had
arrested are supposed to have been
the assassins.
-For Boverrl days a committee
of citizens at Gainesville has been
hard at work trying to raise $10,-
000 to secure the location of the
Santa Fe machine shops. The
chances are that the amount will
be raised, but it seems that Gaines-
ville is not destitute of "enterpris-
ing" and wealthy citizens who per-
emptorily reluso to donate any-
thing. But in view of the prospect
of the location of the shops there
they have raised their rents about
10 per cent. Every town and city
in Texas has enterprising citizens
01 this character.
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the liability, by ifliberfl and un-
of losses, and by
: > and ^nibbles which
tbe insurer knows so well bow to
use, and the insuaed is often so
powerless to resist/' This is a
very strong statement, but tbe ex-
perience of honest persons who
ha*e suffered loiscs by fire and bid
them ""adjusted" by insurance com-
tt out in Its full
A BILL has been introduced in
the senate to pension Mrs. Logan
at the rate of $2000 a year. Sena-
tor Cobeobjected to the bill giving
as a reason that lie is opposed to
widocing tho scope of the civil
pension list; he thinks it ought to
stop with the provisions made for
tho wives of deceased presidents.
Ho says: "I fully appreciate Gen.
Logan's services to the country,
and deeply sympathise with his
family." Tho bill will pass by a
largo majority.
Th* disastrous railway collision
near Tiffin, O., was caused by the
freight train all being drunk. The
passenger train had the track and
was running fast to make up time.
The track was torn up for two
hundred yards where the wreck oc-
curred. The responsibility of the
accident is placed upon the con-
ductor of the lreight train who
pulled out of a siding without or-
ders.
Thk superintendent of the Read-
ing Railroad haa issued an order
announcing that "Drinking of all
kinds of intoxicating liquors or
boer while on duty or during office
hours.by any of the employes of
this company is strictly prohibited.
Heads of the departments will look
to the enforcemont of the order."
to be a happy Hew
Democrat* everywhere,
Bepsblicass ought to be
I by the reflection of beam-
ic satisfaction. But
world for tbe msg-
, with nothing but wampish-
i ahead of bin.
Texas is a great state and in
order to keep up with the proces-
sion the shock of an earthquake is
reported to have been felt at
Paige at 11 o'clock Wednesday
morning. It lasted two or three
seconds, no damage was done.
Several clocks stopped. At 11:35
the same morning a slight shook
was felt at Bastrop.
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Ths trial of the train wreckers
at Wyaodott, Kansas, has develop
ed a remarkakio capacity on the
part of witnesses for lying. The
lying seems to be general and is
not confincd to either side of the
ease. The men aro on trial for
wrecking a train during the strike
on the Gould lines last spring.
Thu river and harbor bill makes
tho following appropriations for
Texas: Galveston harbor, $200,000;
Pass Cavollo, $25,000; Sabine Pass,
$125,000; Brazos Santiago, $25,-
000; Aransas Pass, $50,000; Buffa-
lo, Bayou, $25,600; mouth of tbe
Brazos river, $25,000.
A MY8TCBIOU8 poisoning case oc-
enrod in Brooklyn, N. Y., in the
fkmily of Joseph Mauri, a drug-
gist. Alter cating on Sunday tho
entire Amity was taken sick and
two of them have died.
Fivb inches ot snow fell at Ma-
r.
con, Ga-, on the 5th inst.
Carlton & Nash tell u« of n remarkable
cure effected by AckcrV Blood Elixir. A
mntlanaa was literally covered with sons,
Brought on by neglccting fcw aj-etom; ulcus
or boila came out all over him, but a
thorough courae ol Aclfei"* Blood Elixir
cured turn. Tbey'aay ttuu they w*ll warrant
tin* aa being the bwit blool medi-
dne that can be bought It ia always
certain to core Syphilis in its wont form.
It la positively guaranteed.
A beautiful soul is rather to be
envied, than a beautiful face.
EMPTY CASTLES.
their rich owners not fitted
to be country gentlemen.
It la One Thing to Have a Country
"Seat," and Quite Another Thing to be
at Hume and Happy In It—A H«m»rk-
able Exhibit.
There is a tendency among men of large
wealth," said.a real estate dealer down
town, "to establish bfg country houses
near New York and live after the English
fashion. They seek to make their country
place tS6 home of the family, give it a
high sounding title, dream of establish-
ing a family which shall stand high in the
county and make a name for itself in a
dozen honorable ways. They take a fur-
nished house in town for the season, just
as the Englishman does for eight weeks
in Ixmdon. This is growing more prac-
ticable here than formerly, as the season
grows shorter every year. "We can all of
uh remember when society came back to
New York on Sept. 1 and stayed till
June. Now November is considered early,
December acceptable, but Jan. 1 the
really proper time. This gives an oppor-
tunity for spending Christinas at the
country house in the old fashioned way.
By May 10 half of society is on the move
again to Europe or elsewhere. So, you
see, a great city Establishment is sup-
ported all the year round by the old plan,
though occupied less than Ave months out
of tlje twelve. It is very expensive run-
ning a town house all the year round thia
way, but when a furnished dwelling is
taken and only four months are spent here
the expenditure is greatly reduced. The
other eight months are spent at the conn
try house.
the trouble with amkrican8.
"On the other aide of the water this
la easily accomplished, because the real
homo of an Englishman is in the
conn'ry, and he looks upon city life as an
excursion. . The trouble here is that
Americans look upon their out-of-town
life as a vacation in the country, and
hence they grow dissatisfied if it is too
much prolonged. They feel themselves
above their neighbors and do not make
acquaintances, so that there is no visit-
ing and calling among them. Thus the
family gradually bores itself to despera-
tion. Friends are invited out from town
only at rare intervals, and there is a gen-
eral stagnation. The women do not in-
terest themselves in the churches and
schools of the villages nor do the men take
a hand in politics or local improvements.
The head of the family is usually a busi-
ness man who has been accustomed to the
drive and rush of the city, and who is
quite at sea if thrown on his own re-
sources. lie has no inclination for read-
ing, is not interested in fanning, and
thinks constantly about his interests in
the city. If it takea three generations to
make a gentleman, it takes live at least
to make a country gentleman or a gentle-
man farmer.
"The New Yorker who is anxious to
become a country gentleman does what
the Londoner avoids. Our merchant
seems proudest when he can boast that
his residence is only fifty-four minutes
out of town—or something like it. He
cannot give up his town life altogether,
and in trying to sit on two stools at once
he [comes to grief. The only way to live
in the country is to give up the city alto-
gether, and make the rural place the
home. Running in to go to the theatre at
night, and then traveling home, is no way
to establish a contented feeling, you
know. The big estates that are a good
journey from New York are always suc-
cessful, but all that I have in this book
and many more have failed. Society has
something to do with it, of course.
a remarkable exhibit.
"Away from New York the residents
make their own society, aud are cdntent.
Such places as New Haven, Hartford,
Klmira, and other small cities often have
delightfully cultivated and cordial so-
ciety, while points nearer New York are
very unsatisfactory, because they are
made up of boarding houses, commuters,
and summer residents only. Now we'll
run through thia book—and it is only one
of eight devoted to thia style of property
—and you'll see what remarkable failures
a few hundred of our ambitious million-
aires have made."
It was a remarkable exhibit. The man
who has dreamed of a country home—and
where is the man who has not?—would
be hard to please if something in that col-
lection of atone palaces, castles, rambling
old gable-roofed houses, picturesque vil-
las and Queen Anne dwellings did not
please him. Perhaps the most striking
thing about the collection to the average
citizen was the amount of money
spent on every place. The agent had
been particular to get at the actual
capital expended in every instance,
as that was the only basis on which
a price could be set in localities
with which he was unfamiliar. A
place that had cost less than $75,000 or
$100,000 was very rare, and there was
any number that had caused the quarter
million mark to Blink In the background.
"I have a word of advice for all
would-be country gentlemen. They
should renounce New York forever ex-
cept as a place for a yearly visit and set-
tle far from it. They should take up
farming, cheese making, or some other
pursuit, and they should not consider
themselves above their country neigh-
bors. "—New York Sun.
M. Bartholdl'a liberty.
It has once been charged that M. Bar-
thokli modeled the goddess originally to
represent commerce, for the purpose of
setting it up at one of the entrances of
the Sues canal as a lighthouse, but that
Ismail Pacha did not like the design, and
that it wm palmed off as a goddess
breathing the spirit of freedom. It is a
fa«t that with the advice of Count de Les-
sepa M. Bartholdi did make a sketch of a
figure of Egypt with the face of a fellah,
but the sketch does not at all resemble
the one now on Bedlow'a island.—Phila-
delphia Press.
Of the Hooee of Aator.
None of the ladies of the house of as
tor are beautiful in the mere physical
sense of the word. They art all fair, with
light eyes and nice figures, and they
bear, from the crown of their heads to
the soles of their well shaped feet, the in-
delible and unmistakable stamp of good
breeding, innate refinement and all the
high and good effects at inherited blood
and culture. Mrs. William Aator has
but one son, a yomg fellow about 80
who is still at college,—Cor- New York
Graphic.
Ellen Terry's
Ellen Terry wears an Indian "luck
stone" whenever she faces a new audi-
ence. She obtained it from the Prince
of Wales who, it seems, had it from a
native when on aa elephant hurt la In-
dia some years ago.—Exchange.
F. LANQE.
TIHsTSIVEITIEU
Manufacturer of
TIN ROOFING, GUTTERING
Corrugated Iron Cornice fort,
Cooking and Heating Stoves
or ALL KINDS.
iron aff,jb3n"oiisra-»
Quitman 8treet, Brenham, Texas.
Vienna Bakery
AND
CONFECTIONERY!
Frank Tax, Proprietor,
Is prepared to bake cakes and furnish con-
fectioneries for parties, balls and weddings.
Bread and Cakes always on hand.
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Santa Fe Saloon
WILLIE HAMELMANN, Proprietor.
Takes pleasure in announcing to tbe public
that he has purchased the saloon formerly
owned by Sam Muery, near the Union Depot,
and solicits the patronage of the public. I he
finest Liquors, Wines and Cigars always on
hand, (iive me a call when you are dry.
Lunch Stand attached.
Merchant's Exchange
SALOON.
W. 11. MURPHY, Proprietor.
Pure Old Straight Wliisfr a Specialty,
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES.
The bar is always supplied with the beet
Liquors. Wtnes ana cigars. Fresh
Beer always on tap.
Restanraut aai Oyster Saloon Attach!
East Side of Public Square, Brenham, Texas
Casino Saloon
A. A. WOEHLEE, Proprietor.
Carn«r Ant aud Qaitmaa St.a , Brenham
Kreps in stock Aostriansardinesbvthebarrel;
Imported an«l domestic satisag* ol all kinds:
canned goods In endle-« variety; Imported
Rotiueport, Bdam, N«it»thate], Fromagede Brls,
Green and *wla» cheese; domes lc Swiss cherse;
Imported Muenster, l>and., Mm burner and
brick chePBej Weatfxhlan liam, Netmaugen htm;
silt Mirdelles anchorles and Holland herring;
imported emoked Hambtirgei eel, by the pound.
Lunch at all hours. Woods delivered l'r#e to
families.
The fluent wines, liquorsand cij?arc in the Gity.
Fresh iaier beer always on tan.
Lehmann's Saloon,
Corner of St Charles and Sanay Street*,
Brenham. Texas.
My bar Is always supplied with the celebrated
OLD ROSEBUD WHISKY.
II LEHMANN Prourletnr.
THE ADVANTAQE8 OF
r- DYSPEPSIA
by mctina at once on that mot important
organ, the Stomach,
tt cubes INDIGESTION
by causing the assimilation of the /bod.
It cubes WEAKNESS
by toning quickly the whole system.
It cubes MALARIA
by enriching the blood and driving the
material poison entirely out if the body.
j CHILLS A FEVER
ithe,
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KIDNEY DISEASES
XaSCf&y
ItSMS LIVER COMPLAINT
by making the Zitwr and Hornets ae.
promptly, tarrying off the tmplus fitlr
It cubes NEURALGIA
by regulating and strengthening the
nsroons system of the head, face Jt neck.
IT CURES RHEUMATISM <
by making the blood flow nsvlarly, and
evenly through the veins and by removing
therejrom the eanee of the disease.
It cubfs FEMALE INFIRMITIES
by regulating the AtneHona, giving
strength to all diseased parts. It mahn
the tfleeh Hmosth and Cheeks Rosy.
It cubes DELICATE CHILDREN
by giving a healthy and regular appetite,
warming the blood and inducing elasti-
city in the limbs.
It cubes BLOOD DISEASES
by cleansing and purifying the blood, '
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AMY TIMB OP THE DAY
Breakfttsi, Luncheon, Dinner or e<min».
in a tt seasons, as it
andfleeh'/brmingmuaHtles, t
The Yofina Almanac for 1887—new
4nd attractive, mailed OQ'receipt of a S
eent stamp.
sole manufacturers
Votina Drug & Chemical Go*
BALTIMORE, MO., O. S. A.
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NOTICE OP DISSOLUTION.
Notice is hereby ghren that the partner-
ship, lately subsisting between Wm. A.
Wood and Theo. A. Low, of Brenhanv
Washington County, Texas, under the Arm
name or Wood A Low, was dissolved by mu-
tual consent on the 24th day of December,
A. D- 1886. All debts owing to the said
partnership are to be received by the said
Wm. A. Wood, and all demands on tbe said
partnership are to be presented to him for
payment, and he ia authorised to use tbe
sard firm in liquidation of all dues to said firm
which are to be collected for his use.
Brenham, Dec. 24,1886.
W. A. WOOD,
T. A. LOW.
Furniture
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CARPETING, OIL CLOTHS, HATTING,-
MIRRORS, MATTRBSSBS, WALL PAPBR.
We are prepared to furnish your house from U»p to bottom at short. not we. Carpels
sewedand put down. Call and see i». Ooods delivered in the city FREE.
*1X»T STREET. BETWEEN AST aad MORTH. RRKNHAM. TO <8.
T.TNDKM A NN & KOCH.
DEALERS IN
PLOWS AT VER/lOWEST PRICES.
33 A "R.T3 WIRE AISTD STOVES-
( BOOKS AND STATIONERY )
SCHOOL BOOKS, S1ATES, SATCHELS, ETC,,
-AT-
H.MULLER'S BOOK STORE,
MA lit STHEFT, TEXT DOOK TO ZEISS' HAKEM .
ALEX.
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NORTHWEST CORNER OF PUBLIC SQUARE.
BRENHAM, - - - TEXAS
Has Received a Fall and Complete Stock ot
FALL AUD WIFTEE GOODS.
LATEST STYLES IlT —£
G LADIES'|l[DRE3S7li 600DS, M"TRIIHHlfiS, MTIES,)
GLOTmar®, soots and shoes,
Ba<n, Caps, Quoensware and Orooerlea.
Also a large and varied assortment of
Parlor and Bed Room Furniture,
CARPETS, MATS and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
IguCall and examine onr goods before purchasing elsewhere. Guarantee satisfaction in
denajtments. Give us a trial.
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BRENHAM, TEXAS,
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HUNTERS'AND MILL SUPPLIES,
Msanfactnrers of 6alranlied Iron Cornices, Flues, Fte
Biani Wlro.^g^'
All kinds of Ttnsmitbing, Gonwnittrmj^ ixydmmttring, Pipelining
Plumbing and Repairing done.
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Choice Family Groceries.
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Wines, Liquors, Tobaceo; Cigars, Crockery and Glassware,
GRABKR BUILDING, BRBNHAH, TEXAS.
JK 0r<jenJor Xeg or Bottled Be«r promptly filled. Goodti delit
•red in all parta of the city free of charge.
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