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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1891
Page
4
The June 11 1891 issue notes a large exodus of Russian Jews from Berlin and a new National Sanitarian for Austin. It mentions a Frexco syndicate, closures of saloons in Houston, Sir John A Macdonald death, salary disputes over Miss Phoebe Cousins, and widespread flood and quake reports. Also covered are artesian wells, Canadian Pacific memorials, a Barang crisis, and a revised Texas teachers certification law.
Ben Terrell, a national lecturer, critiques the third party in South Carolina. He says alliance members should avoid party meddling but allows individual choices. He notes western states and the money reform issue could drive strong third party support or collapse without reforms.
After a week of deliberation the locating committee chose Aransas Harbor for this year’s encampment and Austin for the permanent site. Brenham outbid Waco but failed. Austin’s eventual permanence promises better entertainment for crowds, with Brenham and Waco praising the outcome and Brenham sending a crack company to collect prizes.
The Brenham Basxer and Victoria Advocate back a route to serve Refugio Victoria Columbus Bren Madisonville Palestine and others while excluding Navasota. The plan would run five miles west of Navasota and faces high costs from bridging rivers and long overflow prone track. Local business leaders vow to push the project and urge regional cooperation. Also report says thirty seven white men jailed at Opelousas La for assault and battery with no bail.
The Austin Statesman pressed for a $30,000 payment to secure a permanent State encampment site, with a Tuesday deadline to raise funds. A Waco report notes Colonel Gurley protested awarding the location to Austin, citing undisclosed reasons, while critics say the bid and title may be imperfect and the high bid was ignored.
Washington correspondent reports that Methodist Jim Davis shifted from democracy to a third party after being appointed Indian agent. Ordered to stay home, he left for Northern Utah, where the reservation housed his post. The Indians fled into the woods as he arrived, and the agency complex was destroyed, with government property seized and the old staff driven out.
The trial exposes the Prince of Wales as a major European gambler, with Lady Brooke allied to him. Col William Gordon Cummings, mayor and lieutenant colonel of the Scotts F Lassier Guards, is convicted of baccarat swindling and faces removal from the army and clubs. The verdict triggers hisses from the crowd. Baccarat rules are described, noting dealer control and target totals.
The Southern Press Association asks southern residents to hold June 18 meetings to raise funds for a monument to Jefferson Davis. It also reports that indictments against Lena Stevens, Otto Mears, and ex-State Treasurer Watson for bribery were quashed in Denver yesterday.
Reports say Fred Douglass may be recalled from Hayti while various political and criminal items populate the era news. Other notes include industrial fraud cases in Philadelphia and Nashville, tax resistance in Alabama, and Ireland home rule prospects.
State news notes Beeville needs a new cemetery while Red River remains volatile. Kerrville aims for a large first class hotel. Halletsville and Terrell report fine crops. Several incidents and forecasts follow, including drownings, crop yields, rail damage, and upcoming events.
A collage of aphorisms and local notes touches on farming tips, crop prospects in Central Wisconsin, oil field productivity in April, and urban infrastructure in Greenville. It cites Helena Montana’s wealth, weather impacts in Missouri Kansas, and a New Mexico supreme court decision. Scattered jokes and early transport ideas appear alongside moral maxims and labor commentary.
Notice declares the firm Rivers and Hodde dissolved by mutual consent in Brenham Texas with R B Rivers retiring and Henry C Hodde continuing the business under his name and assuming all liabilities the message signed R B Rivers and H C Hodde.
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