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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1879
Page
1
A collage of notices, editorials, and briefs from Texas papers. Topics include legal ads, ads for real estate and services, reports on politics, crops, and public works, plus mentions of newspapers, railroads, and municipal plans across Brenham Dallas Galveston and Houston.
The governor and legislature press for disposing of 35,000,000 acres of state school lands while figures show rapid public land disposals elsewhere. The piece reviews acreage entered, settlement trends in Kansas, Dakota, Minnesota, California, Missouri, and others. discusses representation, and critiques local officials and race in politics.
Over the past quarter century the freight system transformed from steamboats to railroads. St. Louis once hosted hundreds of boats on the Mississippi and its tributaries, but now few floaters remain. Railroads have grown across the region, linking a vast territory to St. Louis, with Texas trade once distant and unknown.
Within a twenty mile radius of Atlanta the annual cotton consumption reaches ten thousand bales and spindles multiply. For the year ending August last, Atlanta’s manufacturing industries grew by thirty percent.
P. T. Green of New Albany Indiana reports to the Dallas /C. that homestead law deters migration to Texas by creditors. He argues Texas schools need reform, notes families moved north seeking free public schools, and cites a Waco Examiner comparison of oats and corn pricing to illustrate price measurement issues.
The Belton Journal urges correspondents to write on one side, plain and impartial, with concise news from their neighborhoods. It notes legislators split over free schools and revenue shares, mentions the comptroller’s financial report shaping future laws, and cautions on uneven reporting. It also references Galveston pier news claiming 30 feet depth three miles offshore.
A Georgetown rail discussion notes daily trains to Austin and suggests a narrow gauge line to Liberty Hill. Capital officials favor more railroads but current paper roads carry no passengers or freight. A Brenham paper calls the cart’s round trip plan an all fired scheme and taunts the Baxxer and Telegrammar to respond.
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