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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1877
Page
2
Reports detail lynch mob killings in Belton, arrests and trials in Texas towns, Louisiana political maneuvers for U.S. Senate seats, and federal committee actions over electoral counting. The piece threads civil unrest, partisan clashes, and wariness amid harsh winter conditions impacting citizens and soldiers.
The St Louis Tenes complains the city loses valuable trade to Arkansas and Texas as authorities fail to provide suitable terminal facilities. Millions of dollars of trade have already been lost.
The Oregon vote investigation, per New York Herald reports, favors Gov Grover and Cronin the Democratic elector. The committee may recognize Cronin’s vote electing Tilden, or discard it leaving Crezan with two votes, risking no election and sending the matter to the Senate for resolution.
A letter dated January 18 chides farmers for relying on Grange alliance and 15 cent cotton bonuses. It urges Grangers to unite, set Galveston agents, and ship cotton to save 15 percent, warning against lazy thinking. It notes Mrs. Manley of Austin county is gravely ill and likely beyond recovery per Doctors Foster and Thompson.
Last Sunday Capt Walsh and his brother conducted grasshopper research across the river. They found many insects in warmed sacks and noted damage from recent cold weather. A separate unnamed social scandal involving Miss Bennett and Miss Currie May is referenced in The New York World, with claims of ongoing proximity.
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