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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1879
Page
2
The text presents fragmented notes mentioning Charles, Sherman, and a secretary of war with notations about a trip to Cleveland and ongoing appointments. It also references a fire destroying cotton worth substantial value and possible incendiary involvement, with political denial remarks from a governor candidate.
The report notes Secretary Sherman and others traveling to New York to prepare for monetary resumption. It cites General Roberts in Afghanistan, a violent incident in Muskogee, and Texas political plans including rail routes and taxation. It covers treasury coin balances, expounds on Texas population estimates, and quotes various local editorials and jail juries.
In Curtisville Kentucky Mrs Dickerson attempted to light a fire with blasting powder causing a flash that hit a dog and triggered an explosion. She died the next day and two of her children suffered fatal burns in the incident.
The Bryant commemoration Wass took place in New York Monday at the Academy of Music under the Historical Society. A large number of distinguished persons attended. Mr. George William Curtis spoke for over two hours on the life character and writings of William Cullen Bryant.
Mexican forces seize the chief and principal men of the Apache, who have long inhabited areas near San Carlos in Chihuahua. From that base the Indians have periodically descended toward Texas, troubling Mexico’s law abiding citizens. The San Antonio press views the action as favorable and sees it as evidence of Mexican government good faith and instruction.
The Galveston News received an ornament as a New Years gift from a lady in the space of a lyre. By unanimous vote of the editorial staff the ornament will be kept on the editorial desk as an emblem of the most valuable characteristic of the reporter. It is praised as a tribute to local reporters.
Erroneous belief that the Texas legislature meets on the first Monday in January is corrected by a 1876 act. The law, passed July 31, fixes the sixteenth and subsequent biennial sessions to assemble on the second Tuesday in January, which falls on January 14.
Complaints against Gen. McCulloch and Dr. Walllace, superintendents of the deaf and dumb asylum and the lunatic asylum, appear a bid to secure their vacancies as applications surge. The local examiners report both institutions well managed, while Mose Semple, a Black man from Turkey Island, is found in a cattle branding incident that ends with him wounded after a horse theft accusation and gunfire. Fagan is arrested and pursuit of Mr. Tun continues.
The Waco Examiner aims to form a tobacco society with at least 200 farmers across Texas. The goal is to test soil adaptability for tobacco, noting that Havana seed fails on Missoula Kentucky or Virginia soils. They seek fine aromatic tobacco like Connecticut or Cuban varieties.
Scur ry Foster arrived from Galveston on Saturday in charge of sheriff Lewis. The criminal docket of the district court will be taken up on Thursday. Austin county is out of debt and has 1131 in cash in the county treasury.
Gen Robert Toombs of Georgia, famed as a Southern fire-eater, is in Washington handling business before the supreme court. A Cincinnati Commercial correspondent portrays a 65 year old, 5 ft 10 in, 170 lb lawyer whose practice is vast and highly lucrative, never taking less than 5000 dollars per case. He is not a citizen and has not had his political disabilities removed. On the presidential question he refused to state a view but Georgia seeks the candidate who can win.
The piece discusses abolishing Houston's city charter to escape heavy taxes and debt. It notes Memphis owes over six million dollars and Tennessee seeks a bill to dissolve charters while preserving police and fire services. The article suggests Houston and other debt burdened Texas cities may pursue similar moves if Memphis succeeds.
After recess Senator Coxe will introduce a bill to replace the fee list with salaries for United States attorneys in the south. The bill aims to curb abuses where small whiskey and tobacco dealers face fines for minor offenses, practices said to unjustly pad attorney and marshal pay, notably in Texas.
A historical note says hair cut from people's heads in Austin is sold at one dollar per bushel to planters, about two to three times the value of cow hair.
The Brenham Baxxer enters its fourth year as a lively, well read paper with a broad readership and strong circulation. It notes the paper’s role in making Brenham known abroad and underscores readers who read daily before the subscriber themselves gets a chance. It discusses the press’s growth and contrasts it with wider journalism in the United States and Japan. The piece defends the Baxxer against critics and celebrates its durable democratic stance.
A long list of scattered Texas items notes immigration to Western Texas, a new hook and ladder pony, and a postponed Grissom case. It reports cattle losses near Rockport, court actions in Galveston and Houston, burglaries in Houston, debts in Hearne, a Knights of Honor lodge in Hearne, greenback politics in Houston, and various local incidents from Dallas to Refugio.
In St Louis a man named Redemeier was convicted of Vosz murder and sentenced to death after claiming unfair trial and defense. Vosz, a stone mason, was shot at a workplace. The judge rejected excuses and the sentence set for Friday February 14 1879 amid public agitation and a prior lynching threat.
Gen Treviño and staff were met in Galveston on Monday with a 21 gun salute as the train arrived. Mayor Stone led a welcome address at the depot, followed by a brief reply from the General. Ord acted as interpreter for Treviño during the Tremont supper and speeches.
A new printing machine is claimed to set type at sixty to seventy five words per minute, faster than the quickest writers. If successful, it could reduce typos.
Madame Anderson attempts 2700 quarter miles in 27307 consecutive quarter hours in New York. The report notes no clear world to benefit if she succeeds.
Two farmers in Madison County killed Tomp kins in what they say was self defense. The desperado was notorious in the county and his death is not regretted by the shooters.
A brief, enigmatic account notes a wandering virtuoso known as the brass string bandit and a professor named Mélone. A morning confrontation with a man in pursuit of the professor sparks questions about musical prowess and danger in the city.
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