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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1886
Page
2
A Sunday rafting feat ends with a risky escape and grim forecasts of future disasters. Amid headlines from Mexico City to Texas, debates on U S policy and banking capital highlight tension, while local drill contests and a mass firework camp conclude with prize delays and crowd attendance.
Mr. Tilden, noted as a statesman and patriot, is remembered as one of the era’s finest figures. He never married but leaves numerous nephews and nieces.
Tot Prohibitionists in Texas press to force a platform plank for a constitutional amendment on Prohibition and stronger local option enforcement. They warn that adopting such a plank would aid Prohibitionists and push reformers to split the party. The State Alliance convention at Cleburne splits over political principles with 75 delegates bolting and 92 opposing, signaling fears of secrecy-driven political machines.
The piece cites multiple state and local political clashes across Texas and adjacent regions. It notes Democratic divisions, press bias in Dallas and Galveston, the Texas State Grange session at Marshall with about two hundred delegates, and critiques of President Cleveland’s oleomargarine bill. It mentions gubernatorial speculation in Breckenridge, Apache raids in Arizona, and forthcoming conventions in Cherokee Nation. It also references union reunions and regional pride in journalism.
The items report merchants exchanges and wariness over cotton markets in Theenville and Bellville. Fort Worth trains and machine shops hire fifty. Temple bricklayers strike for five dollars daily. Waco exodusters rush to Galveston to nominate Ross. A Temple ordinance bans women in Mother Hubbard dresses. Tablet Bank in Navasota expects eight thousand more bales. McCullough County seeks rail connections with San Antonio via Aransas Pass. A Dallas mallatto girl bears a two and a half pound baby. Swain and co leaders attend Galveston convention. cotton growth, rail plans, and local politics color the week.
A mosaic of brief notes: crop prospects in Minnesota and Dakota. Grant death anniversary tied to New York monument. a Philadelphia judge’s stance on legal technicalities. Rev. Dr. Phillips Brooks funds for Boston poor via Trinity Church. California wine crop projected at 25 million gallons. New York Sun lists ten Democratic Congressmen seeking re election. malt liquor share and 185? production in 1885. Oxford age misstatements. Henelberg’s 50th anniversary. temperance hospital in Chicago. Ostrich farming gains in California. prolific cigarettes in 1885. a century plant blooming in Boston. New York physicians’ earnings. a copperhead snake found in Kingston mail bag. China’s young emperor selects brides from noble Manchu families. Mexican war reports grasshopper battle. Corcoran gift to Columbia College. Catalani concerts in Madrid with high admission prices. Maine temperance law facing criticism. a stray Congregationalist letter about local drinking and accompanying chaos.
A jumble of society snippets and stray facts from a bygone era. Tales of marriage plans and divorces, political skirmishes, and odd anecdotes mingle with farm tips and local curiosities. Names like Pasteur and the Marquis appear, alongside humor about horses and cider.
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