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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1877
Page
2
Letters note government depot progress in San Antonio and six eight smiths in Houston. Reports tell of a New Orleans inmate, SC legislature session, mass layoffs at the Bureau, a railroad plan to Gonzales by fall, and a whiskey ring pursuit. A Waco judge resigns and a jail transfer prompts county chatter.
A call to restore the unjust cotton tax to payers in the next Congress. The piece argues the South, impoverished by war and hurt by low crops, would benefit from refunds now. It urges farmers and the press to press lawmakers for restitution to alleviated distress.
The report notes grasshoppers lightly affect farms on Kentucky Ridge and near Travis, while farmers respond by replanting with good soil and fast growth. Elder G. W. Harvey's plantation shows corn half to hip high and thriving elsewhere around Bellville gardens are forward with bean, pea, and cabbage growth. A homegrown potato specimen measured six inches in circumference and four inches long.
The Galveston storm began Tuesday morning and reached 63 mph by 5 45 PM with heavy rain. Buildings lost roofs and several toppled. harbor shipping suffered damage though no large loss of life is confirmed. Estimated damage ranges from ten thousand to fifty thousand dollars with sympathy from inland communities.
The Friday ball honoring San Jacinto drew a large, diverse crowd with representation from Austin and several adjoining counties. Notables from Waller Fort Bend Colorado and Washington counties attended, women of Bellville praised for elegant supper, and veterans received respectful attention.
The article urges broad participation in a Volksfest urging citizens to relax from work and enjoy recreation. It mocks aging laborers seeking road-duty exemptions, laments gold prices amid European tensions, and notes political expectations for a Democratic Speaker and a Texas Independence founders list. It also records Louisiana’s celebration with twenty-one gun salutes and flags.
Tros W. 5 Coleman of Harrison, Tlon B. H. Epperson and Hon. H. T. Campbell of Kion county are named as special State's attorneys by the Governor to prosecute Abe Rothchilds for the murder of Bessie Moore.
A writ of sequestration was issued against the Louisiana Lottery to compel payment of its quarterly $10,000 installment to the State. Bell county reportedly has more than 100,000 head of sheep, underscoring the region's agricultural scale.
A six year old in Boston shot a seven year old with his father’s pistol after a quarrel at play. The incident prompts commentary on juvenile violence and moral instruction amid local and national political taunts and reports from Texas and elsewhere.
Advertises Dr. J H McLean claim of curing consumption and lung diseases with globules. Details healing gas inhaled from globules, and offers trial boxes by mail priced at 25 cents. Office listed as 314 Chestnut Street, St. Louis Missouri.
The article outlines new tax laws from the Inst Legislature covering quarterly reports by collectors, posting delinquents, and sale of lands after sixty days. Notices must run three weeks in a county newspaper or 30 days at courthouse if none. City and county collectors have similar powers. redemption rights last two years with double bid repayment.
The Banner reports San Jacinto Day passed with little public ceremony in Hockley except a warm greeting for the train bringing firefighters. It notes Lumber trade disruptions from a grasshopper panic and cash flow strain, while praising Captain Hockley of the Twin Sisters and announcing a May 1 dramatic club event.
The Supreme Court decides that 1 500 000 dollars appropriated to the Centennial reverts to the United States and is not the stockholders property. This reverses a lower court decision and lowers Centennial stock by over fifty percent. The 1876 77 cotton crop is estimated around 4 400 000 bales, likely not to exceed that figure.
A large rhinoceros escaped confinement on the steamer Colon near Cape Hatteras causing the death of two dogs and a horse before being recaptured. The creature appeared enraged by ship rocking but became tractable once the vessel steadied.
Two sons of Georgia Governor Brown will pursue farming as a lifelong career. The article notes a sheriff's sale of the medical college at Macon, Georgia. Texas reports taxable property at 300 million dollars and state debt totaling 4,264,717.
Taken up by J B Lauderdale and PH Barnhill before T O Hynes J P of Precinct 3 Washington county on March 28 1877 two horses described a gray about ten years old 13 hands tall branded 55 on left shoulder value 4500 and a sorrel with a blaze in face about ten years old 13 hands tall bearing unreadable brand that resembles E P Hoth valued 4500. Also one ox brown and white marked crop and under half crop in each ear with paper bit right branded JF in a circle connected on the blade cow brown and white marked split in each ear branded on the hip unreadable with a red white calf. All appraised at 23.
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