City and County Notes From Brenham Telegraphs
Tax prisoners in the Bantilo ring and pursue by turns. Warrare taxs from Galveston to express are retailing at newie bit apiece. Baswra owes Mr J F Riebe for fine roasting ears. A German assault fined $5. Horse thefts reported in the area. Electric light plant possible for Brenham. Tom Youss arrested for kidnapping a boy. Grivornos resigns captaincy. Pennington elected. Central railway freig ht depot platform updated. Thermometer high, heat over 100 in spots. Avens released on bond after district court reversal. Telephone lines at Walter station faulty due to atmospheric disturbance. Hebrew social hop at Mrs Harrison’s. Lighting-rod Brown under indictment in Bosque county. Model Job Press to start Santa Anna newspaper. Brazos bottom crops look good. rain desired. Trestle replacement on Higgins branch. Horse theft suspect jailed near Gay Hill. Public telephone at A Meyer’s store. Millett found guilty of malicious mischief. Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe schedule changes Sunday. Brenham Light Guard marks second anniversary with exhibition drill. Purported new Purport’s watches on Graber’s display. McCage rearrested on bond sufficiency. rehearing grants liberty again.
Emancipation Day Celebrations Across Brazos County
Emancipation Day observed with large gatherings at Brenham Pleasant Hill and other sites. Festivities included parades speeches by dignitaries Goddess of Liberty and a grand barbeque while weather disrupted evening plans. Sanitation concerns and local court actions noted with multiple small fines issued.
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Fairgrounds
Pleasant Ailland
Barton
Seed Tick
Chappell Hill
Union Association founded in Travis County Texas in 1840s
The Union Association formed at Travis in Austin County on October 5 1540 with three member churches Travis Independence and La Grange. It claims to be mother of every Snap list organization in Texas and of Baylor University. It recounts the transfer of Baylor to the State convention in 1848 and its later reorganization as William Carey Crane College with Col. William Winston Fontaine as president and professors including Charles C Wedemeyer. The board lists G W Pickett A E Baten James W Dallas and others. The piece appeals for local support to build colleges, railroads, and facilities in Southern Texas.
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Union Association
Travis
Austin County
Independence
la Grange
Texas
Baylor University
Jane
Carey Crane
Winston Fontaine
Atrusia
Sinc
Artsorpe
Profeasora
Charles C. Wedemeyer
G. W. Pickett
A. E. Baten
James W. Dallas
GC. C. Garrett
M. A. Clants
J.T. Tarrton
Wm. Guyler
LK. Bryan
C. W. Waters
M. Camp
Harry Pases
F. Styles
T.C. Clay
LaFayette Kirk
Emancipation Celebration Report Highlights Community Event
Report from Gay Hill Independence area notes Emancipation Day at Mackayville with 400 to 500 attendees and orderly conduct. Finances show receipts 210.6 dollars and expenses 218.95, leaving 0.70 cents. thanks extended to patrons and the Benham Bansen. Features include remarks by J K Colbert A T Perry Len Blake and Elder James McBride, plus a poem by J T Harris and Judge Kirk’s praise.
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Bnexham Bansen
Coleman
J. Jenkins
L. J. Jones
J. Sands
J. R. Bryan
Pesident
E. Taylor
J. Meg Adoo
J. K. Colbert
A. T. Perry
J. T. Harris
Judge Kirk
Gay Hill
Independence
Mackayville
James McBride
Lem Blake
Ben Malone
Griffin Anderson
Len Blake
McBride
Baylor
Weary
Brenham post office list and local filings for week ending June 24
A list of names remains in Brenham post office for the week ending June 24. Recorded transfers show mortgages and land deals including Theo Jahnke and wife to Dora Jahnke 104 acres for 5 and other considerations and Dorathea Jahnke to Rudolph Janke for 1521 100 acres at 1750.
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Brenham
Andersen
Martha Batch
Edward Hoon
Malends Gunn
Win Cannicisl
Dale
Heryettia Tiles
DD Hendetta
Dora Hoppe
Mie Hint
Fac Johnson
Sophie Wolvleweers
Thayes Dim Reuleck
MD Mongan
Sue Mascat
Dawid Palover
Dan Hyesl
Foes Kiley
Thrall
Frankit Smith
W Shawes
Virginia Tirner
Matt Wonk Wiley
Fannie Warren
Hookie
Theo Jahnke
Dorathea Jahnke
Isaac Jameson
Rudolph Janke
Dorathea Janke
Lied Jahnke
J. Ac
Db. G. Sauls
Baird
Aeres
Josiah Lester
M. Kraemer
L. Voss
City of Brenham
W. TL. Cobbe
Cookes
J. R. Williamson
J.R. Kemp
Tr. O. Engelke
Brenham Water Co
Cooke
Christ Schulte
R.A. Watkine
T. J. Pampell
Temperance Davis
Bronham
Re union Postponed for Galveston Brigade Assembly
The re union of Green's Brigade including the 7th, Sth and 7th Texas cavalry, Waller's Battalion, Val Verde Battery and McNelly Scouts is postponed to Monday August 9 1886 in Galveston at the citizens’ suggestion. A royal time is promised and survivors are urged to attend with reduced railway rates promised.
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Galveston
Green
7Th
Sth
7Th Texas Cavalry
Waller
Val Verde
McNelly
K.S. Princes
Cancer Case Marks Notable Recovery Claims
A woman from Ashe Grove Tippecanoe County Indiana reports cancer healing after using S S S and Alunee with six bottles improving health and ending persistent cough and breast pain. The notice promotes a treatise on blood and skin diseases and lists The Swift Specific Co. contact details.
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S. Sis
Nancy J McConaughey
Ashe Grove
Tippecanon Co
Ind
The
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Cherryvale Kansas Girls Praised In Utopian Feature
A Minneapolis Tribune correspondent extols Kansas women and the town of Cherryvale as a paradise of charm and health. The piece lauds cherry country beauty, the absence of bustle and corset, and the appeal of local maidens in a florid, tongue in cheek style.
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Kansas
Cory
Contentment
Sys
Minneapolis Tribune
Alee
Axa
Cherryvale
The Waste of Life and Public Notices Collage
A mix of veterinary population commentary by an English naturalist, editorials on newspaper support and subscriptions, a describe the saw that cuts rails in Greenbush New York, Chicago Socials juror trial delay, and a Montreal bank robbery disguise anecdote.
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England
Fragments of wit morals and notices from a 19th century page
A collage of aphorisms and anecdotes on life virtue and social quirks. Snippets praise lilac fashion and kindness while lampooning gossip marriage etiquette and politics. Notable lines reference Richard II a senator's wife gift to San Francisco kindergartens and Archbishop Gibbons' upcoming cardinalate.
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Leland Stanford
California
San Francisco
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