05 Mar 1880
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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1880
Page
1
Texas editorials and national figures appear in a collage of items. Governor Morton training for governor. Blaine and Grant vie for Republican hope. a new town Morgan planned in Bosque. German and Mexican diplomacy features alongside rail and railroad strides.
The paper discusses Democratic presidential nomination history at Cincinnati and St Louis, warns of public offender notices, Massachusetts pauper disfranchisement affecting representation, the Austin Texas Institution for the Blind report, forecasts on Seth Shepard vs Wash Jones, and San Francisco labor riots with Denis Kearney. It notes Chamber of Commerce and sea wall defenses as a remedy and cautions on instability.
The Galveston News views the Utica Republican state convention as effectively sealing Grant’s nomination, while noting that partisan attacks dominate political canvassing and that Democrats uphold principles despite opposition. Frontier tensions rise as Typians steal stock and cross into Mexico.
A jumble of 19th century notes recounts Jacob Luxcors’s Baltimore murder linked to Lincoln era hostilities, political insinuations about Cumback and Grant, and scattered Texas items on education, crime trials, births, weather, and local ventures. The piece blends humor, scandal, and regional updates without a single cohesive story.
Mississippi lawmakers pass a law making it a felony for any officer to deposit public funds in a bank in his own name. The measure targets personal control of public money and tightens penalties for supposed misuses.
The note lists various 19th century newspaper happenings including Dodge City Globe starting a bank, Cleveland Penny Press enlarging, Sentinel Ionis Mich starting a daily edition, Indianapolis Mail sent to dead letter, Broad Axe Backwoods Man as a Michigan title, death of Col Seth P Remington, Rev Thomas K Beecher’s article contributions, and London journalism for reporters. It also mentions Paris weather coverage and a playful claim about the Jackson Mich Patriot editor Wilbur Storey.
Fragmentary dialogue contrasts old and new fashion norms as a speaker laments belts and style shifts, recalling youth and tradition while observing broader social degeneracy. The text mentions a young man and a girl with a broad belt, amid questioning of contemporary propriety.
In Norwalk on Step Rock road a resident unearthed a warm, corrugated object believed to be an old cannonball. It proved to be an acrolite iron meteorite that sparked when wired to a battery and will be sent to the Smithsonian Institution.
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