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Brenham Weekly Banner

Location

Brenham, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1878

Page

2

The Weekly Banner Names Agents for Barkins Hawker

A fragment lists several individuals as agents for Barkins Hawker including The Water Winder Jihaki Barton Gee W Grater Diener Ten Rogers Chepwl Ry t Vi oer Ko Harrison Gre Hil Ye Manchette Beam Top Finn Caricline Industry Alex PL Fisher Sempronias.

Pegaiarie Te Barkinss Hawker Wate Winder Jihaki Barton Gee Grater Ten 8 Rogers Chepwl Ryt Ko Harrison Manchette Finn Caricline Alex PL Fisher Sempronias

Texas post offices and political blurbs headline mix

Texas reports one thousand and fifty post offices while European and U S politics surface in scattered notes. Ex governors and candidates, railroad papers, and debt plans mingle with turmoil in Constantinople and tariff talk in New York banks.

Texas Stanuex Paris Buttock Georgia Forts Moraiser Jacksonville Flor Ja

Montgomery Blair motion calls for Congress inquiry on Hayes title

The Washington Star editorial urges Maryland lawmakers to seek a congressional inquiry into President Hayes' title. It warns that the public will oppose a renewed presidential wrangle as business interests suffer and demand Congress's undivided attention. The piece notes Democrats feel swindled and favor stability, avoiding further quarreling.

The Washington Star Montgomery Blair Maryland Hayes Congress

Smxaror Voorages Advocates Silver Dollar Legal Tender

Smxaror Voorages of Indiana delivered a Tuesday speech urging silver dollar as full legal tender and unconditional repeal of the resumption act. He argued the current financial system serves laboring taxpayers and called the speech among the strongest on the subject, likely to attract nationwide attention.

Smxaror Voorages United States

Young Private Wau Danes of 5th Cavalry jailed for murder

Wau Danes a private in company F 5th U S cavalry once enlisted after ruin from drinking bad whisky and is now in Cheyenne jail accused of murdering a comrade. He is 21 and the son of the late New Hampshire Governor N B Baker.

Wau Danes 5Th U. S. Cavalry Cheyenne Gov. N. B. Baker New Hampshire

Railway funding and local apathy in Galveston

Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe President Kopperl reports only 62000 dollars of a 200000 dollar subscription in Galveston for a railroad project. He notes stringent times and warns that without Galveston backing the line, regional growth and property values may suffer.

Neii Kopperl Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Galveston

Texas Representatives Question Ballis and Shafter Testimony

A Wasatxeron special notes some Texas representatives unsatisfied with Ballis and Shafter testimony. They claim officers only answered direct questions and failed to reveal real experience. The piece also mentions Diaz government payments, Mexican dollar rates, and a Dallas County incident involving Samuel Swift and two masked men. It ends urging shade-tree planting in Brenham for town improvement.

Dallas Galveston Texas Ballis Shafter Military Mexican Border Commission Diaz Samuel Swift Turtle Creek Dallas County

Almanac Review Highlights Burke's Texas Data 1878

Tax Baxner notes Burke's Texas Almanac for 1878 maintains its high standard and offers valuable Texas information.

Baxner Burke Texas

Russians Gain on Turks as Erzeroum Besieged

The article notes Turkish distress with Erzeroum besieged since the 9th and ten thousand refugees moving toward Constantinople. It also reports Grand Duke Nicholas ready to receive Turkish delegates for armistice talks. A Dallas man faced a nonconsensual serenade after his two guard dogs were released during a party.

Tur Erzeroum Constantinople Porte Nicholas

Local notes show mixed cattle mortality and liquor sentiment

The Giddins Lone Star reports cattle in the area suffer similar death rates to natives while short-lorns sold to citizens appear to die. Bell county votes on Soap again and Beltor Journal calls local option a failure, urging licensed whisky sales. Ti Wacy lacks ten thousand residents yet the Telephone projects rapid growth and aid.

Giddins Lone Star Amon Bell County Beltor Journal

Hog kill floods Bar trop County with bacon surplus

The Bartrop Advertiser reports a large number of hogs killed across Bar trop County leading to a substantial bacon surplus. It notes accompanying surpluses in corn flour and potatoes across the area, implying broad agricultural impact.

Bartrop Bartrop County Bustrop Advertiser McDade

Marlin Zall Sees Cash Basis Advantage in Subscriptions

After experiments, Marlin Zall finds 100 cash subscribers are more viable than 200 on tick. Recent reports note wild turkeys priced around 20 cents each in San Antonio, illustrating local pricing trends.

Marlin Zall San Antonio

Texas Land Assets Reported in Public Domain

The document notes Texas owns eighty four million acres of unoccupied public domain and has money credited to school lands statewide, with extensive county school tracts totaling over three billion six hundred thousand dollars.

Texas

Congress Debates Gold Standard and Suffrage Hearings

Washington reports several bills and petitions: a proposal to grant women suffrage hearings at the House bar was voted down. bankers and merchants from Chicago back a gold standard against the resumption act. New York bankers support repealing the bankrupt act. Vermont's Edmunds offers a gold-pay amendment to Matthews silver bill.

New York Bank Boston Philadephia Baltimore Washington Davis Chivcazo Teaver Bloomigton, Til Whos County Edmunds Vermont Matthews New York Senate Committee On Judiciary Mortog Bogg Missisippi Missouri Arkaneas Red River Shreveport Wasiixatox Voorhess House

Montana Justice of the Peace Marries Couple in One Line

A Montana justice of the peace conducts a marriage ceremony with a single unconventional phrase Arise Grab bands Slitch ed Six dollars and nothing more, delivering a brief and quirky nuptial scene.

Montana

Siberian exile drives many to madness in new asylums

Exiled to Siberia many become so worn by the harsh climate and isolation that they lose their minds. Lunatic asylums have been built in recent years to house these inmates, reflecting the brutal reality of banishment.

Round Rock Siberia

Austin County man robbed in daylight cattle sale attack

An Austin County man who had sold a large number of cattle in Houston was attacked by a highwayman in broad daylight, knocked down, and robbed. The robber was later captured.

Austin County Houston

Notice to Delinquent Tax Payers Breckham Texas 1877

Delinquent real property taxes for 1870 and 1873 are posted in Breckham County towns Wilmington, Brelin, Burien, Chappell Hill. Taxpayers have 10 days to pay or face sale of property. failure to comply will lead to collection actions. R A Hartin, Collector, Breckham Tex, December 24, 1877.

Wrelingem Iowlt Brehin Burien Chappell Eac Sears Culver Ivy Amit R.A. Hartin Brecham Tex Wamarl

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