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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1879
Page
3
Locall Intelligence reports yesterday's thermometer at 95 in the shade and notes rain wanted. Public notices list licenses, exams, court fines, and school events including Brenham High School finals on the 17th with a reunion to follow.
Saturday auction of horses with odd young age limit draws attention as prices range from 2.15 to 12 dollars. Local cotton and farming notes, city council tax valuation ordinance, and bond issue discussed. Brenham sees new wagon makers materials store and multiple upcoming business openings. Reports cover accidents, Bohemian immigrant arrival, legal cases, and local mischief and crime notes.
A moot court session was held at Moor Court in Brenham with Judge Mc Adoo presiding. About six law students participated and were said to have acquitted themselves handsomely. A colored meeting in Camptown elected Charley Chiles and Aaron Neely as Houston convention delegates.
A 1579 Austin county report lists receipts, freight costs, and a weather table. Public notices announce Grange lectures across Nelsonville Travis Bellville Buckhorn with invited members. A Galveston groom and a city bride wed, followed by a humorous pursuit story and a school exam visit by the BANNER reporter.
The Chappell Hill Female College held seven to eight years under Rev. E D Pitts. Events began Friday with a juvenile entertainment and continued through Sunday sermons by Rev L McLewis and Rev F T Mitchell. Monday featured a directors meeting and rehearsal, Tuesday's final concert impressed spectators with exceptional music by the yvonne ladies. Professor Mrs Pitts received praise for directing the concert. Wednesday included a diploma address by Rev G W Briggs after Mr Dudley Wooten failed to arrive. A social reunion followed at the male college with about two hundred attendees.
Brenham marked a historic day with the laying of the corner stone for its first brick church building. A large crowd gathered as the Masonic ceremony opened with hymns, a scripture box was sealed, and speeches by Gen. L. M. Lewis and Rev. W. B. Riggs followed. About eight hundred attendees witnessed the event in a celebratory mood.
A Banner report discusses Madame Rumor’s claim that Bill Longley survived his hanging at Giddings over a year ago and lives in California. The piece labels the tale a Cock and Bull Story and notes skepticism about the resurrection rumor as well as local gun club details in Brenham.
An old remedy advertisement touts Ellert's Extract of Tas anil Wik Cherry as a safe and reliable cure for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough, catarrh, and consumption. It promises immediate relief and notes sale and warranty by F. Tristram.
Readable items show crops improving with rain potential and notable appointments in the H and T C railway. Brenham shows civic energy with plans, piano purchases, harness oils, and multiple land transfers in Washington county and Brenham, including J D Giddings estate to CH Cooper and Ada Stockbridge to J T Swearingen.
Readable fragments show a lumber and building supplies note listing dressed lumber at $20 per unit, shingles and matches hinted, with unclear quantities and a price mention. No clear event, location, or full entities are established.
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