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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1886
Page
3
A survey of Brenham prospects covers railroads and streets needs including a proposed Brenham Independence and Brazos Valley railway and calls for broader infrastructure. Community issues include sidewalks, volunteer fire department efficiency, a military company, and local events at Fireman's Park.
Police scoop two suspicious men described as a mind render and shoulder hitter. Tar Barxen invites Chap pell Hill Female College ladies for April 24 supper to fund college apparatus. New game with Fisher rings offered at Murphy's saloon. Voss Bros relocate to Kiber stand and expand stock. McNelly and Birch case advances with ten indictments. trial set April 20. Rev. Riggs resigns Dallas call. Women shot on Nelson's plantation near Chappell Hill. one fatally. Funds needed for cemetery fence repairs. about $2 still required. Tramps request pants from widow. police chase Haliner Witte tied to Fort Bend and Somerville. Schiller Lodge anniversary ball. Henry Maller speaks. McNelly captured, moved, and jailed after chase. Weggand kills steer. mass reported. Mrs J B Castres dies near Gay Hill. funeral. Pomp parties return to fashion.
The record covers a water works rent suit by Saturday Brenham Water Company against the City of Brenham with a jury verdict for rent and back interest spanning multiple quarters. It includes a March grand jury report urging a new jail, local criminal cases tried Monday through Friday, and notes on burglaries, thefts, and a pistol charge of a youth.
Mr W M Hunter conducted canvasses in Austin to raise funds for the Confederate Home for disabled soldiers and sailors. A list shows donors including D C Gildings 100, Win Perse 10, many others, totaling 157 75. An opera audience enjoyed Clara Louise Kellogg’s concert with local attendance from Independence, Chappell Hill, and surrounding towns. An inquest followed the death of Aunt Milly, a 95 year old family servant, found under a wire fence after a night out in cold weather.
List of unclaimed mail at Brenham post office for the week ending March 31 includes numerous names such as McCrowy WM, McCorklin Thos, Catharine mot Annia Marleak, Geo Broun, Walter Biel, Elizabeth Williams, Richard Williams and others. The notice runs through many residents and mixed in are advertisements and notices for local goods, marriage licenses, and business offerings.
The balance of one damaged stock of goods must be sold in ten days to make room for spring stock. County Meileat Association holds a regular meeting at Brenham on Tuesday April 4 for election of officers and delegates to the state association. S. F. Stytes presides, W. A. Lockert secretary.
A garbled Palatka column lists paints, wallpapers, furniture, kitchenware, cages, ice cream freezers, and millinery along with notices of store removals and a fatal street dispute. It notes vaccine stock, cheap bedstead sales, and a mayoral controversy ending in a marshal arrest, with Simon Cameron’s enduring skepticism of newcomers.
A wide array of tidbits from across regions. Dakota settlers press for a Sission reservation while the Grand Army denies abuses at a Pennsylvania Orphan's Home. Stock transfers between Chicago, Atlantic, and Erie face court challenge. Sage observations on society and business intersperse reports of rail, religion, and public health.
A miscellany recalls the extinct sea cow and its shoreward life, notes Washington political chatter on Ed m unds appointments, and a string of humorous quotes. It cites California shell trade, Alabama coal reserves, and snippets from Puck and Texas Siftings.
The shop declares the old rut worn and moves to the front with a new line of dress goods buttons laces embroideries and white goods, promising a large velvetine display and modern styles for customers.
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