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Brenham Weekly Banner

Location

Brenham, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1886

Page

3

Local notes and political notices from the county

Independence figures seek a state convention nomination. Campaigns include county elections, school changes, and local appointments. The Mesera sausage factory expands, grand jurors are named, and Judge J. E. Gray runs for county judge while others withdraw or resign from posts.

Secret Owls Hold A Midnight County Convention

A clandestine owl meeting near Palestine college drew Hon. Bedford Guy and Hon. W. H. Blount among others. The gathering, intended as secret, faced interference from conservative owls who elected a republican rival, while delegates to a county convention near Brenham were chosen amid heated votes and disorder.

Baswen Palestine College Church Birds of Wisdom Bedford Guy W. H. Blount Brentham Dark-Lantern Order of Owls The Haxxen Carl Schutze Wm. Eblert Paul Fricke C. C. Bryan Joe Hoffman Blount Messrs J. Moors J.C. Cain Assemble Owls Steve Wackworth Steve Hawkworth John Cain Jack Sands Minority Report Massrs M. W. Beacher Bronenkant B. Potter Bud Wood John Camn Bob Bloon

County Court Reports and Local Notices August 1880

Regular term records show tax rolls approved with an increase of 125,250 dollars. Bills for various services and supplies ordered paid. Court notes age and license for law practice of Frank Keifer. Prizes awarded to militia units with local reaction in Galveston. County officers sign to run, several petitions, and reunion reports from Green's brigade. Obituaries and local events include fires, removals, and a few deaths in early August.

Cort Resent Kirk Felder Blackburn N. J. Dever Sheri I. M. Lewis Joe Toffman Sam Schlenker Joe Wollman ISS Frank Keifer JE. Greer Ingpaests AL. H. Sehdey Camena Hervey Moltes Tex Vo If Srysses HLM Lewis Lice Gino Harvard Algie Hunt Battling Lafayette Kirk Teex OM Carlinn Romeo IL Dolineon John Mors & Co Joo Ts Minan Rankin & Levin Seluirenberg

Waterwell disaster and local notices from Brenham

A chaotic wartime style notice page describes a large railway company water well mishap at a junction with quicksand danger. Manuel Taylor rescues a buried worker. Brenham, Sealy to Temple area references and public notices cover property sales, elections, and county offices.

Santa Fe Railway Company Manuel Taylor Brenham Sealy Temple Houston

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