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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1891
Page
7
The Santa Fe telegraph office is being moved from the union depot to the Santa Fe freight depot so the night operator can also serve as night clerk in the freight office. The Brenham area reports strong local interest in the Texas deep water port at Velasco and rising land values nearby.
Sheriff D E Teague was served to appear at the Burleson County District Court to show cause why the $50 judgment entered last May for failing to return an attachment in the Walingham case should not be paid. The fine arose after he directed the witness to travel to Brenham, causing the case to be postponed and raising questions about duty and justice.
A cordial reception was given at the residence of Thos Dwyer on Wednesday night in honor of Lieut Chas G Dwyer of the U S Army. He has spent the summer with his family and will soon return to his command. Guests praised the hospitality and refreshments and dancing followed into the late hours.
The residence of Mr Aug Schroeder one mile north of Greenville and most of its contents were lost to a fire around 5 pm Wednesday. The blaze started in the kitchen and the family could not save items. Schroeder’s son and his wife, newlyweds, tried to stay inside and were dragged out. no insurance covered the loss.
The examining trial of H. Levy charged with arson in burning Colin Bros store December 19 concluded Thursday afternoon with Levy discharged due to lack of evidence. J Geo Stauffer of Niagara Insurance helped build the prosecution while a key detective failed to appear. The proceedings appear to have been a flash in the pan.
About midnight Thursday John Holland and the Garrett brothers were thrown from a frightened horse on Main Street. John Garrett escaped serious injury when his shoe came off, preventing a wheel from trapping him as the cart shattered. The item notes local business consolidations and labor at a new compress project, plus a visit by Lieut. Hounszoor of the U.S. Army to Lieut. Dwyer.
Dr. Silliman reports two or three assassination attempts in Waller county near Pattison. Warren Cooper was stabbed four or five times after church while another rider escaped. Three armed men shot at a man near Pattison. a pistol was tossed aside and the rider escaped. Several local Black residents have died in the same area, details unclear.
Mrs. William P Gains of St Louis filed to retain custody of her four year old daughter. Gains a former Austin Statesman owner left town as the case drew gossip. Testimony included two household maids and Dr C E Fisher. The court record suggests Gains failed to prove his claim.
A small dry battery an electro magnet and a mercury circuit closer are arranged in a gun stock so the weapon fires only at a predetermined elevation. The trigger locks at other positions ensuring precision in range and night firing accuracy once the range is set.
Mr. R. W. Wood Jr submits ice at melting point under twenty tons per square inch without liquefying. He argues this shows peculiar glacial ice motions cannot be caused by a layer of pressure-molten water beneath the ice.
Some English manufacturers whiten paper without weakening it by an electrolytic process. A magnesium chloride solution is decomposed by a strong current, releasing chlorine and oxygen as byproducts.
A Berlin publication trend shows electrical interests rising with a new daily electrical journal issued to cover evolving power topics, technology and industry developments.
Various mini reports on oxygen storage risks in fires and Coimbra medical training duration, old English weights including standard yards, silk-like fiber from Japanese wild hemp, Lunain valley furrows, Arcturus parallax and distance, prizes in France for gutta percha substitutes and insulation methods, lignite fuel experiments in Italy, a Cassel botanical library shaped like books, a new rubber from tar derivatives, a note on metal corrosion in acids, and a Frankfort Electrical Exhibition labyrinth with mirrored rooms creating a disorienting, amusing effect.
A compilation of aphorisms and witticisms on manners, speech, pride, virtue, and daily life. Observations about idleness, patience, honesty, forgiveness, and social customs appear in droll, moralizing tone with playful phrasing and quaint expressions. The piece presents timeless social reflections rather than a single event.
The Schuerenberg Bros. shipped a handsome cotton seed float to Hempstead oil mill company on Saturday and produced a fine batch of Brenham manufactured farm wagons.
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