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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1897
Page
7
Local brief notes that Brenham colored teachers will convene for their regular monthly institute tomorrow at St. John's Church Camptown.
Edward Travers leads an adaptation of Les Trois Chappeaux at the Grand Opera House last night. The farce comedy drew strong audience pleasure and above par appreciation with witty repartee and notable song, dance, and phonograph mimicry by Barrington.
Mitchel Gaines, an employee at Somerville Creosote Works, was crushed when a tie fell during unloading under a foreman’s supervision last October. He remains in grave condition and his attorney M Mathie of this city says a damages suit will be filed in Burleson County district court for negligence.
The Banner notes six weddings on Thursday. Double wedding at New Wedden church pairing William Danhaus with Bertha Rodenbeck and Theodore Rodenbeck with Emma Sprain. Also Christian Ot and Henriette Wierhat at Sandy Hill. Adolph Bosse and Wilhelmine Buck at Washington. Sisters of the Good Shepherd thank Brenham for donations totaling 390.
An elderly Black woman, Mary Mekoeske, identifies Ed Hampton as her attacker and robber on the Brenham Chappell Hill road. Hampton, about sixteen, was arrested at the Pennington Hotel and taken to the jail where the aged victim positively identified him. The case moves to an examining trial Friday at 9 o'clock.
Democrats celebrate John D. McCall's election as Austin mayor by 225 votes marking the city’s return to democratic control after twenty years. The party pledges an honest, intelligent administration for the state capital.
The passage signals a broad move by the gold standard group away from strict orthodoxy toward a more democratic stance. It urges proper penance by 1900 for full fellowship and stresses judging by outcomes rather than rhetoric.
A reader urges clearer notice from the United States Post Office Department about refunds for spoiled addressed envelopes and the benefits of recall options. The writer calls for conspicuous posters in offices and mentions the double or return postal card to save time and expense.
The Lake Shore railway features America’s longest straight stretch, beginning three miles west of Toledo Ohio and extending 69 miles without a single curve.
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