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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1879
Page
2
News items note McMa e named president of France and a federal pension bill of 20 dollars a month. Senate passage of Maxey’s military ground appropriation and discussions on the arsenal at San Antonio are highlighted amid other regional notes and local incidents.
A special through train from San Francisco to New York carried an engine and six cars billed as six cars of silk worms. There were 18 000 dollars in silk worm bars consigned to a house of Rothschild.
The article notes that Missouri no license to wed prompts runaway Illinois couples to marry by justice or minister. A St Louis minister who wed a minor was fined 200, igniting calls for license laws. It also reports indictments of James H. Buirrox Barton Bates and E P Curtis by a federal grand jury over National Bank of Missouri misconduct with Britton Bates and Curtis named.
The Statesman notes readers who browse several papers after buying one for a nickel, and says the same people often borrow or steal neighbors' papers. They complain there is nothing in it yet they read it and never pay.
Ira Johnson was arrested in Lampasas for stealing a pocket knife valued at six bits. He was tried in county court and sentenced to one day in the county jail plus a $10 fine. The case may cost the county about $25, with potential further detention at 40 cents a day if he cannot pay the fine.
Tue Denison Wes recounts a brutal murder in the Indian Territory along the Canadian River. A man discovers the woman dead in a cabin a dozen miles from the M K and T railroad, her head chopped off and placed in a wash pot.
The San Antonio express reports Gov Roberts may issue a proclamation for a Western Texas special election to fill a vacant congressional seat. Many reputable gentlemen look to the national capital, and speedy results would save valuable time. many will be disappointed, and they should know their fate soon.
A Waco reporter reports the Waco cotton factory operating at full blast with 2000 spindles and 22 workers. The plant currently makes seamless bags, about 900 per day, weighted at one pound each, using over two bales of cotton daily. The facility is a major development for Waco and suggests more mills could follow in Br Mc.
An attache room at the Houston Age was entered recently and silver money was taken. The incident follows a noisy and indiscreet local chatter party.
The assembly and senate vie for records as retrenchment and reform dominate talk. Critics warn such moves waste public money and stall real work, noting nine chaplain candidates and a $400 election cost for a $5 daily salary.
A proposed bill in Texas would abolish office fees for district and county clerks assessors collectors treasurers and sheriffs and replace them with regular salaries. The piece argues fees in wealthy counties reach 4000 to 15000 annually while salaries in US offices show rational levels. It cites St Louis and US examples where fee abolition plus fixed salaries reduced overpayments and improved consistency.
The turret shooting and killing of the Palo sheriff in Austin on the 23d inst. triggers statewide commentary. Both victims were peace officers away on civil business and armed in defiance of sworn law. The episode prompts calls for a strict weapons control law limiting officers’ carry to active duty.
County scrip remains slow selling at 75 to 86 cents on the dollar while county commissioners limit redemption to 25 percent of ad valorem taxes. Harvin says full tax receivable status could redeem scrip in under a year. A comprehensive county financial statement is urged to reveal expenditures on jurors prisoners lunatics paupers and scrip issued for pauper support.
The Bryan Pilot reports on the public library idea and the earlier Bre nham reading room, noting apathy and youth leisure as causes of failure. It also covers Gov. Roberts fiscal message, prison issues, school land sales, and multiple legislative actions in the Senate and House, including court jurisdiction, railroads, taxes, and a Bryan College funding bill.
In Williamson county wheat and oats look well while Polk county planters prep next crop. Brevities report pneumonia in Polk, a suicide in San Antonio, and local incidents including burglaries, a murder in Seguin, a railroad stir in Bremond, and a scandal around Round Rock gambling. Also notes evolve about Belton court, a new city prospect for Livingston, and Scots settlers in Atascosa.
A proposal in the Pennsylvania legislature would abolish capital punishment and replace it with life solitary confinement at hard labor. Many criminals reportedly favor hanging over the new plan.
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