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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1879
Page
2
The July 11 1879 Weekly Banner from Brenham reports diverse items including Russia's war costs with Turkey 750096000 and 200000 men totals, local tax receipts, tobacco shipments from Petersburg VA, and court cases. It notes public schools support in Texas, Alabama and Tennessee civic events, and local newspaper remarks on stoves and health. It also mentions the Denver mint reopening bullion flows and murders in San Antonio with execution details.
A New York City move promotes total abstinence, with moderation when abstinence fails. Pledges include not to drink or treat others. The Houston colored convention is labeled a fraud by state press, while white Texans feel misrepresented. Leaders are blamed for sowing race enmity, despite potential peaceful Kansas relocation for colored people.
A 1865 Richmond area sale is cited with a enslaved man bought for nine hundred heads of cabbage, valued at one dollar per head, illustrating values in that era. The piece also notes other late 19th century stories including immigration aims and tariff debates.
Gov Roberts and lawmakers push sale of public and school lands amid criticism that proceeds may be squandered. The piece warns against converting enduring property to revenue and recalls Franklin's endowment as a cautionary tale while noting murder news from Hempstead and local rail extension efforts.
The senate backed house funding for public free schools at one sixth of revenues, a third-cut relief for Voit two years, amid debate by anti schools factions. The piece urges progressive lawmakers, defends the democratic pledge to schools, and criticizes Governor Roberts while noting state reforms and pardons. It also mentions Holidaysburg Pennsylvania mill revival and broader political tensions in Texas.
Brenham’s public free schools are praised for growth and prosperity as the city debates extending the tax to support them. A city council ordinance imposes a three-eighths of one percent levy for ten months, with an August 7 election to decide its continuation, amid state-aid cuts and bond fund reassignment. A secondary note recounts a German news item about a peasant who kills his child and drowns another in a disturbing domestic tragedy.
A provocative political message targets Texas governor and voters, urging action on child welfare policy. The author frames laboring Texans as the majority, challenging the governor’s stance and seeking support for welfare reforms.
A mixed report from Texas state and local districts details bills on convict transport, school lands, tax payments, and road and rail holds. It notes amendments, adjournments, and pending conferees plus frontier town news, crimes, and public works from Meridian to San Antonio.
Condensed outline of the new tax law imposing duties on various trades and services. It lists beer sellers, auctioneers, pawnbrokers, and dealers in exchange silvers, along with licenses for circuses, traveling doctors, shows, theatres, and horse racing venues. Amounts and counties appear per activity.
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