Local Intelligence roundup from Brenham and vicinity
Local items report removal of The Banner office to the Van Ness building near the Cotton Exchange on St Charles street. Notes include light cotton receipts, a quiet market, and a Wednesday rain near Brenham. Residents mentioned include Gustav Lehmann returning from Europe and a Sunday law affecting eggs. Also covered are jail counts, Sunday-law business impacts, attempted assassination rumors, and criminal arraignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanness
Cotton Exchange
St. Charles Street
Brenham Notes Adrift With Local Sports and Incidents
Saturday saw New Ashville Hightowed colored B B C of Mill Creek visit Brenham for a pickup game at Camps that ended in a dispute after the second inning. John Monk and Frank Brown, white men about 23 or 24, were jailed at Long Point after deputies chased them for cattle theft in nearby Burleson County. A fire destroyed Mr. Robertson’s residence near William Penn post office with $1700 insurance. Baylor College at Independence begins its 34th session September 8, 1879. School population in Washington County rises by nearly 400 from 1878. The city will auction $15,000 in coupon bonds after the 25th for ten-year redemption. Cedar piles for the Santa Fe road are being produced near Chappell Hill. Brenham Athletics defeated Independence 61 to 28 in a return game. Benny Williams, a colored boy, faces aggravated assault charges after striking Robert Payne. bond set at $100. Brenham’s famed smiler, an African-born local celebrity, is said to be the nation’s champion in mirth and can project a loud, distinct grin for miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Monk
Frank Brown
Long Point
Baine
Wallace McIntyre
Burleson County
Benny Williams
Robert Payne
Benny
Justice McClung
County Criminal Court
Sayles & Robserson
Brenham
Ibiza
T. J. Pampell
Pampell & Harrison
New York
N. E. Dever
Mattie Calloway
Austin
R. Hofman
Sheree
Hook and Ladiler Company
Thiw Hall
Fire in a Kitchen Box Causes Trifling Damage
A small kitchen box on C. T. Roff’s premises near the opera house caught fire around 12 45 am. Neighbors put out the flames before the fire department arrived. damage described as trifling. A separate note tells of Jack Crozier who caught a coon thief with five dollars in silver, and the man was admonished by the mayor’s court. The tale ends with the coon’s punishment and a warning of future incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smart
C. T. Roff
Jack Crozier
Jack
Gay Hill
Metropolitan Police
Huntsville
Money and markets amid Brenham news brief
Patchy Brenham items report farm cash needs and crop concerns. Peaches price at 25 cents a bucket. cotton talked of in Belton and Victoria trades. stock water scarcity nudges drive of cattle. real estate transfers listed. a Saturday horse trade among colored buyers noted. a revival at the Baptist church draws crowds with Rev. C. C. Chaplain delivering sermons and Mr. Hart singing.
Fever scare and public notices stir in town
The Baxxer item notes Mrs Bradford's Memphis return and quarantine clearance, with officials asserting no danger. Mayor Kerr and Dr Ross confirm passes and safety. Mrs Bradford plans country departure while her husband, a veteran physician, assures no Yellow Fever risk. A new Sunday law backdrop follows steady dislike of its reception. Also reports Hempstead killings involve ex-county attorney Booth shot by deputy Springfield, with six shots fired. Springfield escaped. Another death linked to Wade in Watler county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Branrorp
Baxxer
Bradford
Memphis
Kerr
Dr. Ross
Dr. Bradford
Heapstean
Crop prospects and local notes from Brenham district
Drought worsens cotton prospects with reports of yields from a bale per five to eight acres in some areas, while Brazos bottom lands may yield a full crop. Early planted fields may make half to a full crop, later lands likely little. A traveling show misled some youths, refunds issued. Lumber prices spike between Brenham and Navasota prompt asks for rail extension. Local court actions cover inquests, lunacy cases, jail expenses, and municipal building permissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin County
Brazos
Probate proceedings and estate actions in 1879 County Court
July term 1879 notes numerous estate matters including sales of land in Comanche and Montgomery counties, will presentations and executor appointments for A W Lusk C H Cooper Margaret Brophy and Kate Summers Silas Wood removal of administrator, partition reports in Walker County and other guardianship and sale actions with multiple appraisals and orders to sell or report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Lusk
Comanche
Montgomery
C. H. Cooper
Alonzo Cooper
Agnes Robertson
Jeff. Bassett
E. C. Finney
R. Hoffman
S. Marsh
Thomas R. Power
L. W. Campbell
John Early
F. von Draiss
Margaret Brophy
Edmund Rianty
Rudoph Krug
Wm. Krug
C. C. Childs
Maggie Jones
James Clemons
Walker County
Cyrus Punderson
Paul and
Sylvia Hubert
Brenham
Kate Summers
Silas Wood
Death of Dr H A Wood in Corsicana aged 62
In Corsicana on the 26th inst Dr H A Wood aged about 62 years died after paralysis. He was an old Brenham citizen who lived there until recently. The disease led to his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsicana
H. A. Wood
Wood
Brenham
Belton and Lampasas Trip Shows Towns in Busy Growth
The narrator describes travel from Lampasas to Belton with many wagons and new industries including a three story rock hotel a large flour mill and an ice factory along the Leon river. He notes Belton’s railroad prospects, Glad to see town improvements and agricultural richness from Rockdale to Caldwell, return home to renewed optimism among farmers and a continuing weekly Literary Society.
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Lampasas
Belton
Georgeton
Washington County
Lincecum
Leon
G. C. and
S. F
Rockdale
Literary Society
Ww. L
Martins Johnson alias Robertson in assault case at Chalk Hill
From Chappell Hill editors report preliminary examination of Martin Johnson alias Robertson before Justice Carlisle. Johnson is charged with assault with intent to murder Rev H Garrett on July 19 1879. A warrant was obtained, he was arrested near Whitman Place, and bail set at 1000 which he could not pay. An attempted transfer to county jail last night reportedly ended with his disappearance or removal by unknown hands. Further facts awaited. Cotton picking continues as harvest improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Johnson
Robertson
Justice Carlisle
Martin
H. Garrett
J. A. Traylor
Constable
Whitman Place
Washington
Father Garrett
Charley Guyton
Traylor
Calaboose
Corm
Lec
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Locket
Raix
Commissioners’ Court
Board of Equalization
Gustav Lehmann
King of Prussia
Europe
Burton
Berlin
H. M. Lewis
W. A. Mercer
Jessie G. Verby
William Jones
Annie Roane
George Lowen
Annie Stone
T. N. Gentry
Town
Mill Creek
Crigv
Mayor's Court Mill
Hosea Garrett
Chappell Hill
H. W. Graber
Graber
Loa
Saxta Fe Rareway
Walter Gresham
Bouxnn
Carl Koch
McClung
New Fissy
Messrs. Kavanaugh & Presler
Ashville Hightowed
Camps
B. F. Robertson
William Penn Post Office
Independence
Baylor Co.tece
Independece
J. H. Luther
Joe Hoffman
Orry
Pitinc
John Carlisle
Gabe Felder
Ceder Creek
Millcreek
Bellville
Beturn
Athletic Baseball Club of
Athletics
Hrenham
United States
Smiler
Colfax
Fis
Santa Fe Railroad
Josy Francis
Frenchy
Francis
Conley
Fred. Walters
Lehman
Carrie
Camptown
H. C. McIntyre
J. Tristram
Dusters
Promised Land
Kansas
John E. Gray
Banxer
Gray
Moxey
Baxner
Central
LaGrange
Rembhaws
Ste Hon
EH. W. Graber
Brenham, Teras
C. F. Herbst
J. H. Hutchinson
Groesbeck & Rice
Goesbeck & Rice
Crozier
J. N. Hale
Fred Martins
J. W. Cole
Victoria County
Joe Jackson
Tom. Lewis
Texas
Baptist Church
C. C. Chaplain
Hart
Chaplain
W. RK. Lewis
Walter
T. E. Lockett
Messrs. Hackworth and
Carlisle
Cevisiewesee
Ann S
FCAT
Chew Jackson
Gay Hill Literary Society
Nettie Morris
Der
Sxipe
Conway
Central and
Eliza Campbell
Rancho of
Great Belle
Lucius Lomax
Eliza
J.D. McAdoo
W. T. Wilie
Phil Ewing
W.T. Willie
Wm. Sprein
Ernest Stade
W. McShan
H. Hodde
H. C
H. C. Brandt
City of
Henry Cambrick
Fire Department of
City of Brenham
G. A. Mayo
M. H. Fletcher
Saluda Felder
McCade
Makinep
Navasota
J. M. Cochran
Micros C. Pickett
Erta Marrews
Wile T
Archie’s Grange
Eines Guateas
Caldwell Grange
Wennesday
Brazos Bolhien
Whinrralay
Concord Grange
Yellow Princ
Satunlay
Liberty Grange
Harmony Grange
Thesday
Union Grange
Wenneslay
Frameville Grange
Wharalay
Mays Saree Ie
Maiday
Rose
Sou
Dia
Market Report
Thaxxee
Fely
Waves Sewer
Butcher's Circe
Flint Sissovaartess
Harvey—Wirtie
T. W. Rogers
Ropert L. Hiattum
Resecca R. Witte
W. T. Wittie
Stern
Suorg
Hers
R. Sherman
Kai J. W. Woon
Nes City
Mae
Lynchburg
Carroll
Dvarharti's
Rohan
J.T
Werner Haxxen
Jaquet German
Mcintosh Elietie
Jackson Street
Chicago
Fristram
Tristram
Ellere
J. Teistram
Jobason
Ant
Kattmann
News Depot
Seaside
Franklin Square
Dobbin
C. W. Kusepen
D.W. Broomaaxce — Co
D.W. Broousancn & Co
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