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Brenham Weekly Banner

Location

Brenham, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1879

Page

3

Real estate transfers and Brenham Mayor's Court actions

Real estate transfers for the week ending Feb 13 include C M Campbell to John E Martin 100 acres Sanford Woodlea W Q Sanders and wife to W Risinger 34 acres J H Holt est. W B Estes and wife to Wm Risinger 2 acres J Q H Holt est. John Neutzler to T Phears and J Johnson Executors 70 acres Outlaw lea 50 acres Henderson lea. Thomas Phears Executor to Chas Krause 100 acres Outlaw tea 50 acres Henderson tea. Mayor's Court: Sam Wilkins arrested on complaint of a negro for disorderly conduct but case dropped when complainant failed to appear. City of Brenham vs F W Becker, guilty for selling meat outside market. fine $10 plus costs. Thursday city vs FW Becker, guilty with fine $10 and costs. Jury lists and attorneys noted.

C. F. Herbst C. M. Campbell John E. Martin Sanford Woodlea W. Q. Sanders W. Risinger J. H. Holt W. B. Estes Wm Risinger J.Q H. Holt John Neutzler T. Phears John. Johnson W. H. Hewett Outlaw Lea Henderson Lea Thomas Phears Chas Krause Outlaw Sam Wilkins Eithr City of Brenham F. W. Becker C. Minkwitz J. E. Arnold W.E. Dwyer C. A. Potter J. Meguire H.C. Heine J. D. McAdoo J. F. Winklemann R. J. Moore J.C. Cain A. W. Toland B. Rodenbach Bellville Sam Stone T. W. White United States Washington J. B. Young Wm Henderson Sam Stinnett Maria Drigg Irvin Hunter Charlie Banks Orange Bragg Aaron Neely Maria Paxton W. F. Garrett Commissioners'court J. L. Moore District Court Prand and Petit H. O. Robertson Mnline Rankin & Levin Tom Smith H.R. von Bibtion Wiley Hubert Davis F. Busse E. Pennington TW. Chappell JM. Woodward W. B. Pressley J. B. Hubbard Henry Cambrie J. McParland W. H. Cammack H.C Washington County J. W. Sayles

Convictions And Court Actions From Washington County Session

In a Brenham court round up, defendants including Charles Lightfoot Willis McIntyre Sam Jamison and Jim Samuels faced sentences for burglary assault and theft with terms ranging from two to seven years. Dennis Jones faces murder trials after appeals, while George Neil received twenty years for second degree murder. The term covered about twenty civil and fifteen criminal cases with nine convictions and many prisoners kept in jail. County records detail road work payments and tax policy changes.

Charles Lightfoot Jordan Garrett Willis McIntyre Sam Jamison Jim Samuels Jack Gibbs Patsy Marsh Dennis Jones Hosea Turner

Flowers Bloom as Adversities Rise in Feb Correspondence

Local notes describe brisk fanning, thriving lettuce and cabbage, early flowers and blooms while roads like Brenham and Wesley are in poor shape. Social tidings mention a Dr McGregor hosted gathering on Feb 8 and a church service schedule. Mrs. W. F. Woods dies of heart disease on Feb 6 and sympathy is extended to her family.

Jaitley Opera House Jarley Harry, Hancock Methodist Church Brenham and Wesley McGregor W. F. Woods Heatakly Dex

Gay Hill Locals Note Hard Work and Prosperity

The Gay Hill column praises local labor and thrift amid crop preparations in Independ ence with schools thriving and health improving. It warns of glanders in horses causing unease among farmers and laments the silence of the Literary Society, dated February 12.

Independence

Farmers Struggle With Weather and Prices In Local Report

Six weeks of bad weather hinder plowing as fences are repaired. Farmers grow wary of cotton prices and consider hog and cattle raising. Deputies Williams Garrett escort a colored convict who stole a pistol and escaped near Anderson. Walter Fitzpatrick injured by a pistol shot from a roving youth. C and M railroad progress slow to Wallace's Prairie. A U S marshal arrested Mayor Smith for selling liquor without license.

Bstimer Marshall Williams Will Garrett Mart Cochran Chas. Wood Anderson Wood Walter Fitzpatrick Young Fitz C. and M Wallace's Prairie United States Austin Mayor Smith Sam

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