25 Apr 1879
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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1879
Page
1
A collage of items: resignations and appointments, legislative adjournment potential, rail and steamer transit times, new U.S. attorney nominee for northern Texas, political debates on exoduses and refugees, California and Kansas refugee reports, banking syndicate subscriptions, editor changes, colored conventions, and city tax delinquencies with minor editorial jabs.
Jim Carrot a Black man accused of outraging a white woman in Lickville Maryland was seized from a train at Washington Junction by masked men numbering between fifteen and twenty. They roped him, hanged him from a tree and rode away within minutes.
The Portland Oregon board of trade adopts a long memorial address to President Hayes condemning Chinese immigration. They claim Chinese interfere with free labor, live on pittance, add no wealth, and send excess earnings abroad. They note California relies on Chinese food imports.
A Missouri legislator introduces a measure to require every man to vote at each election. Failure to vote in three consecutive elections would deem him a misdemeanor and permanently bar him from holding office. The piece compares voter turnout and cites crimes and political manipulation across several states, including Texas and northern states, plus local court timing changes and race-related remarks.
Dallas Herald reports from Pontiac Lawnville Aurora Chicago Cairo detail seduction case highway robbery murder by suicide and mob lynching. The items illustrate a day of violent crime across multiple Illinois locales contrasted with Texas notes.
The report notes George Washington Jones did not deliver his speech in Congress. He rose to speak but was stopped by the speaker. he requested to have it printed as delivered, and the House consented. The speech is included in the Congressional Record.
The Denison Herald accuses H. S. Brooks of fabricating lies about a Denison tavern-keeper and the town. It claims Brooks wrote to the Elmira Gazette that Denison’s population is 250 and urged removing the town from maps while predicting Texas would move to Kansas.
Rev Johnson Reed once of Galveston gains statewide notoriety as a raiser of disturbances now stirring trouble with the colored church at San Aar tonjr by raising "old Harry" with them.
Rockdale and vicinity received beneficial rains last week reviving crops and improving soil moisture. The downpour aided farmers and helped pastures recover after dry spells.
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