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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1891
Page
5
Local items report repairs in streets and sewers, crops and mortgages sown, and death of a Watrous man. Updates on Capt W E Gan illness, quiet electioneering for city offices, and a Harmonie club masquerade brawl. Juries meet. J McGrime paralysed. Mrs Ike Cones back from Mexia. Post Office closed for Mr Windom’s funeral. Reichardt Becker & Co advertising groceries. Brenham band hires Prof J J ern and Prof Browning stays, with community updates.
A man calling himself William A. Lindsay appeared in Brenham posing as captain of Engine Co. No. 6 of the St. Louis Fire Department. He claimed to have brought the remains of Charles Manning from Bellville and produced a $2,000 check, then mingled with local firemen before leaving town after an Alabama fraud report surfaced. Local officials and the Brenham departments kept a wary watch, noting prior deception claims and confirming Manning’s burial story was false.
Charlotte Hughes was found murdered at her home three miles from Chappell Hill on Friday morning. A cooking utensil with dough lay near her body and an axe-inflicted head wound killed her. Suspicion falls on her husband based on accounts from a cousin and neighbor. No inquest or arrests had occurred by Saturday morning.
Houston notice asserts only a few smallpox cases, fully under control and not justifying further quarantine. Signed by Mayor H Scuerriies and Dr J M Borres with Health Board members De D F Srcanz.
A city report claimed W. H. Lockhart left Hempstead with fever and small pox fear. Austin dispatch says he is healthy, fever arising from a vaccinated arm. Jeff Fitzgerald, long ill with small pox, has recovered enough to walk but remains quarantined at home.
The Court of Appeals upheld three county cases Thos Dwyer v Rivers administrator Wallace v Campbell and M Comitus v Wells Press Co citing proper law and evidence. Thirteen cases on another occasion saw twelve affirmed and one dismissed. A Sunday incident near Main and North Ann Streets involved Mr J L Ammons a tailor whose shop was broken into and robbed with a brief description of the attacker and stolen items.
At the February 2 1891 city council meeting Mayor Wilkins and Aldermen Gie Campbell Seelhorst and Amsler there were read and approved minutes. The mayor was ordered to build a foot bridge in First Ward if allowed by the railroad company and land purchases for streets were authorized. Funds totals and several bills were listed, with a transfer of scavenger and mule board pay to the improvement fund. The note ends with unrelated advertisements and notices.
Carr J M Crosses of Livingstone writes the Secretary of Green's Brigade Association that he will attend the reunion with his wife, sister of the officer who fired the first shot at Fort Sumter.
An 19th century advertorial touts Hustetter's Stomach Bitters as a stimulant for urinary organs, claiming it activates kidneys and bladder, purifies blood, and aids those with diabetes, Bright's disease, and other ailments. The tonic allegedly strengthens the stomach, fights snujousness and fever, and supports the elderly.
Ed Parish, discharged from Lusk and Parks, chased by Lusk and Sheriff Teague after stealing 25 oat sacks and a slicker. He breaks for liberty on Ant Street near Sandy, eluding capture. The note also mentions local moves, testimonials for Jensen’s Bots and Colic Specific, and various scattered items from commerce and politics.
State news reflects smallpox at Rosenburg and a mix of local items. Galveston gains electric street railway service while Caldwell county plans five roll bridges at 6777.75 dollars. Other notices include war fort land donation, a burned Limestone county courthouse, arrests for swindling, a new town Adair in Swisher county, and bank developments in El Paso and Belton Bremond.
A garbled text fragment presents disjointed phrases about women, fashion plates, and social roles. No coherent event or identifiable names, places, or dates are readable enough to summarize into a specific news item.
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