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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1891
Page
7
A busy week with typhoid illness of Dr R E Young’s son and W W Bove’s abscess of the liver. Races expected Thursday and Friday. taxes due with penalties after December 31. A flood on Sandy street, a train accident involving Dotsrr Fanan, and various local movements including Masons in Houston. Jeffrey Copeland fined 7.95 for disturbing the peace. Baxxer plans daily news from Baxxer correspondent.
A mixed local items digest reports a first use of electric lighting at A and H store in the Pam building. Ardmore illness and a sprained ankle story. trial of O T Rankin and possible venue change. Mt Rose Baptist church plans a pie eating test. hunting party returns with tales of an alligator gar and a woodpecker. Mrs Wulcur in town for a Texas State edition of the New York World. Field Artillery invited to an anniversary ball and a planned gathering in Independence.
John Ball drill man at the Quarry died from wounds suffered after being cut by James Saunders in Mr. Wallace's store last Saturday night. Saunders fled and authorities failed to arrest him as he moved toward Brenham. An inquest reported Saunders intoxicated and attacking without cause, with Ball among several injured. Ball recently arrived from the North and bore a K P phrase.
A worker at the Quarry area, 8. E. Anderson, died after presumably falling from or being struck by a moving train near Quarry Station. Sheriff Teague and Justice Curry investigated. the cause is deemed neck broken with no foul play suspected. The father, T. W. Anderson, mourns his surviving son among nine children.
Miss Tassie Elizabeth Clay and Mr W G Thornhill of Yoakum wed at Live Oak Independence in a bright ceremony officiated by Rev I D Lawson. The bride wore elegance with attendants in pink and blue. the dining room held a lavish breakfast for thirty couples as guests applauded. The couple departed for Galveston to begin their honeymoon.
An old newspaper notice urges owners to use Jensen's Note and Colic Remedy from C F Jensen & Co druggists to treat bot and colic in animals, warning against risky medicines and chloroform. It promotes a 50 cent bottle and an emergency “in case of emergency” band.
Tuesday afternoon Wilburn Walker attacked Stanny Ransom with a knife wounding him, then fled to Camptown where he assaulted another man with a pocket knife. Constable Boyd arrested Walker who was jailed for the incidents.
The gin house of Mr. T. J. Hardy, ten miles north near Gay Hill, burned Friday night. No work recently, incendiary suspected. Loss about fifteen hundred dollars with no insurance, placing heavy burden on Mr. Hardy.
A terse item notes usage of a product on plantations in Jensen's Bote and Colle Specific by CP Jensen & Co. Ourton Texas. One sick animal died among the herd. Ard Tristram Col L A Ellis Austin Texas. Mr J T Mills of Gay Hill left Monday with his family for Newburg Comanche County, Texas, seeking a new home.
W M Eupamwaz advertises mixed fancy candies priced at two pounds for 25 cents. The notice is brief and lists the vendor name with no additional details.
In the Wiede neighborhood six miles east of the city a large double wedding is planned for next Wednesday morning. The couples are Fritz Schendel and Bertha Meyer, and Henry Meyer and Ida Losch. About one hundred families are invited as Rev. Joe Reiger will officiate.
An offer promotes a one year subscription for 2.50 dollars in cash in advance. The Brexgam Weekly Basxer and Hors tox Sem-Weverly Post would be mailed to the subscriber’s address. This urges readers to subscribe now.
A young man festooned with ribbons appeared in the city Wednesday to herald the upcoming wedding of Mr. Gustav Wittliff and Miss Anna Muellbrand. The ceremony will take place at the bride’s parents’ home near Gay Hill on Sunday. The families are possibly from the German provinces of Posen or Westphalia where such heralding is common.
Miss Axsie Canter of Marlin visits the family of Mr. Q A Seward during a local stopover.
An attorney from Dallas testifies to the remarkable benefits of Saxet, stating that after a course of four bottles he recovered from severe health decline caused by improper treatment. He notes sustained improvement two months after stopping the medicine and not returning to prior weakness.
The article recounts Brister Sims known as Boaz who after serving a jail term for pistol theft steals a watch from Charley Barnes’s sleeping quarters and is captured with help from a vigilant local. He pleads guilty after initial denial, Justice Curry sets bond at 3000, and a case proceeds as police take custody of the watch. The report also notes other local happenings including a shooting suspect hiding and a bartender job change.
In Gippixes Texas on Thanksgiving Eve Dr S Northrup Velasco real estate man married Miss Mattie McClellan daughter of the late Professor R D McClellan at the Methodist church Rev J R Marras officiating Four girls scattered flowers as Pearl Caldwell played the wedding march The couple were pronounced husband and wife. Thanksgiving day noted as a general observance. local brick block to be rebuilt after recent fire. Dr J A Fields departed for the Oleander city and L H Bowers is bedbound with asthma Repwoop
A Russian jewelry peddler named Doumit Farah was knocked 25 feet from a trestle by train No. 31 near Navasota. The conductor could not stop in time on a curve and grade. Farah suffered internal injuries and possible trauma, with blood from mouth and nose but no broken bones. He was treated by Dr. W A Lockett and later taken to the city after the accident. A petrified jaw fragment from a separate odd find was also described, dug from 75 feet underground. The notice also mentions a special election for Senator E G Maetze’s successor on January 12 1892 and other local items.
Assignee E L Sauter warns that if the merchandise stock of F A Eldridge is not sold in bulk by December 5 he will close out by retailing the stock at and below cost.
Quarry is expanding by absorbing nearby places and will soon be a sizable village. A new depot is nearly finished with a Santa Fe turntable for rock trains. Local development includes a Temple businessman building a hotel and saloon, J. B. Campbell erecting a general store, and W. V. Joyce opening a barber shop.
The program lists four races with purses of 75, 25, 50, and 60 dollars. Entrants include Glenco Boston with Robert Likens and Givaway with A Stude in the first dash. Other riders named are Lucy Prince Buck Champ and Little Ball in various saddle and 3 year old events.
The monthly meeting drew a good turnout of city teachers and lasted about two hours. A committee was formed to boost attendance for the next session. The discussion on keeping boys at school favored compulsory education beyond statutory rules, arguing public sentiment should discourage boy employment until schooling ends and home rules tighten.
A brass band in a two horse wagon toured the city at Saturday evening, debuting as a new colored organization formed only months ago. They paused most often in front of A. & H. Harrison dry goods, where they explained the group had adopted the trade name Harrison Famous and were serenading their namesake.
Cedar posts for fences and car of choice round posts available with heart pickets barbed wire and various fencing supplies. Local supplier offers standard and custom options for residential and farm use.
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