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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1879
Page
2
Amid a jumble of notices and opinions the Grimes county seatine. announces a firm, prosperous year. Reports of railways, storms, editorials and public works highlight regional life in Texas nearby towns from Houston to Dallas.
The Southern Cultivator June issue is out. W L Jones of Athens Ga publishes the long‑standing ag magazine priced at 1.60 yearly. Governor Garcenox of Maine denounces liquor laws as failures amid rising drunkenness in states with prohibitions. Desocratic senators caucused on the War mer silver bill but adjourned without a conclusion. The Gonzales fagiure marks its twenty sixth year, still healthy and vigorous as a useful paper.
The era's notes discuss a colored convention in Houston area, migration debates with white allies, and Texas politics. It cites remarks on public schools funding, a Galveston harbor issue, and a push for new judicial districts while warning about railroads bypassing Dallas.
The governor's message is described as very remarkable and adds nine distinct subjects to the proclamation's list. On the school question it states he neither advocates nor opposes a one fourth revenue appropriation for those uses, abandoning the principle of the veto.
A Texas trade complaint cites high local railroad tariffs as driving wholesale business out of state. It notes cotton costs 2.50 to move Brenham to Houston but 86.90 to ship to New York over a much longer distance, urging lower prices and cheaper freights.
The Dallas Herald argues for preserving an efficient public school system and improving laws governing school organization. It opposes selling state lands set aside for schools, urging immigration and settlement to raise taxable land values and boost state revenue amid uncertain future assessments.
The June session opens with Mr Street sworn in and committee duties set. Bills discuss funding public debt interest and 1880 81 school appropriations. A resolution asks for taxable property data and delinquency costs while debates on free school and debt bills continue.
A young Columbus dealer claims Columbus has nearly as many inhabitants as Brenham. The note corrects him, saying Brenham is about three times larger and will not soon have three railroad lines, remaining a railroad center.
The governor outlines a plan to fund government from current revenues without tax hikes, Sell public lands to reduce debt, and increase school funds by leveraging common school lands and bonds. He stresses paying officials promptly, upholding laws, and maintaining a minimal educational budget while affirming constitutional duties.
A lengthy roundup of Texas notes reports cotton worms spreading in several counties crops needing rain in Gonzales and Victoria counties. Crimes, arrests, and local politics appear including murders, edicts, tax lists, sheriff notes, and court actions across cities like Waco Denison Sherman Fort Worth Houston and Galveston with references to officials and ongoing disputes.
Cartowell June 6 1879 reports Judge Broaddus dispatching business rapidly. Bastrop inmates receive punishments: Matlock the horse thief to five years in the industrial institute. a freed man gets two years for assault. Vance Vickery, white, for killing a negro in 1877, faces 99 years on appeal. Weather scarce. R R question debated. Commencement at Burleson High School marks first graduates. News briefs include Admiral Laissett birthday, California and Indiana political notes, and various national items.
Numerous goods listed for sale with wholesale Galveston prices including hats clothing silks fabrics oils sugar salt coffee rope flour and liquors. Local merchants D W Broomaren Co Bloombaregh & Co and C W Kisapen advertise low figures and new season novelties with sample boxes and sole agency notes.
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