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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1879
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR records a Bell County event with mentions of a masquerade club, gifts, and a director meeting. The text references a sixth masquerade hall club in Aguilery ton, dated March, with unclear details about voting and legislative process.
A scattered register reports on railway construction and machinery, a Texas editor killed near Exfaula, wheat and flour mill prospects for Galveston, Nez Perce talks in Washington, support for whipping posts, a Canadian tragedy, murder statistics, stockholder meeting for Sabine Pass line, Major Andre memorial stir, injuries to Miss Louise Pomeroy, and new East Texas prison at Rusk.
A Dallas Commercial publication of Life of Sam Bass is blamed for corrupting youth. Henry Wilson, 15, near Fort Worth, read dime novels and planned robbery, stealing his father's rifle and gear to pursue infamy. State notes cover local politics, crime, and assorted Texas happenings including elections and local incidents.
The Dallas Herald reports Western members plan a concerted action with headquarters. It mentions Supreme Court judges visiting Texas, separate trains suggested to avoid backlog, and local officials debating police costs and sheriff powers. Also covered are accidents in Pennsylvania and New York, and the death of Gustav Schleicher with funeral adjournment in Congress.
Congress appointed grasshopper commission asks for 15000 more to complete its task. Papers mock the panel, but the extra funds could prevent the hopper plague and save Mississippi Valley farmers millions in damages this season.
Brenham's volunteer fire force grows to about 120 members across Hook and Ladder No. 1 Mechanic’s Engine Co and Brenham Bucket Co. No. 1. The groups share a 1867 origin, a 1972 reorganization, and recently acquired engines and trucks as the city advances cistern construction to improve firefighting readiness.
The Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railroad seeks a two year extension from the legislature to finish the line to the four mile post and push toward Belton. Backers cite cotton shipping, regional need in Brenham Austin Burleson Milam and Bell counties, and aim to amend the charter and secure bonds to advance the work promptly.
The Senate elected Leigh Chalmers and W A Kields as secretaries and other officers while the House named J H Cochran speaker and Will Lambert chief clerk. A committee was sent to Denison to meet the remains of multiple lawmakers and a bill allowed the governor to appoint district special judges when needed. The Mexican dollar debate centers on bullion value versus face value and likely losses in exchange. Reports on Camp Robinson Nebraska describe mistreatment of Cheyenne prisoners and starvation, cold, and abuse with no investigations planned.
The Dallas Herald explains readers are slow to grasp that, like other modern papers, it does not endorse the views or opinions of its correspondents. Outside material is printed to provide variety and allow all sides to be heard.
The Railroad Gazette notes only 118 12 miles of railway were built in Texas in 1878 and predicts substantial 1879 activity. It argues Texas will soon rival Illinois in railroad mileage, driven by progress in telegraphs, telephones, and electric lights and by rising land values as lines expand. It cites idle eastern capital awaiting safe investments.
A discussion in Waco centers on the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan. The piece argues the Bryan college exists mainly as a literary institution with limited agriculture and mechanics to meet legal requirements and asserts the law and constitution must be obeyed.
The article argues against selling Texas school Lands, citing Austin Statesman opposition and praising education as society’s bulwark. It compares to St Louis where land set aside for schools increased in value, urging Texas to retain lands for future revenue to fund schooling and posterity benefits.
E H Cushnixe of Houston died at his home Wednesday night. A Vermont native born in 1829, he came to Texas in 1850 and taught in Galveston. He edited a Columbia paper in 1855 and later the Houston Telegraph, making it Texas leading paper. After the war he worked in book and paper trade. He was widely known across the state.
A roundup of notices from Galveston to Hempstead extolling the Brenham Banner as enlarged to 36 columns and entering its 14th volume. Multiple newspapers praise its size, quality, and growth, hoping for continued prosperity.
The article notes six Black legislators across Brazos Robertson Grimes Fort Bend and Washington counties. It criticizes the electorate for direct or indirect support of these results and mocks white voters who caused the outcome or abstained.
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