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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1880
Page
3
Readable items cover road and street improvements in Brenham, a Santa Fe railroad excursion talk, public notices, store plans, local trials including the Joe Hardin and Tom Garrett cases, and community announcements. Also notes on trains, markets, real estate, and a county-wide schedule for events and legal matters.
A Washington county case describes a freedman using two cotton samples marked J S 566 and 547 to dupe a clerk into paying 11 58 cents on a forged warehouse receipt. An expert penman mimicked signatures of Amsler Co as white accomplices planned the theft. the negro is now sought by authorities. Meanwhile Brenham audiences praised Haverly's Juvenile Pinafore with strong roles and notable Josephine singing.
Dinwiddie old resident dies at his Cedar Creek home on Sunday the 21st and is taken to Zion Cemetery for interment. The region reports widespread illness. Sabbath school reorganized. Rev Cope preached Sunday morning with small attendance due to weather. Rev S G Sandel to hold a two day meeting next Saturday. Dr Fowler of Dallas to lecture Friday and Saturday evenings with grand scientific lectures.
In Harrison, Lee L. warns on spreading chills while Washington notes the risk of fear. Rev J Burford preaches to praise, then visits Gen W Gentry for hospitality at Long Point. Support for Governor Roberts and majority rule remains strong as February corn dies and March plantings show life amid calls for sun. Health of the community remains good in Yegua.
The State Democratic Executive Committee calls a state convention in Galveston on April for selecting delegates to reflect county sentiments. Emphasizes presidential leadership and party transfer of government while urging active participation in primaries to influence the two thirds rule for nominations.
A condensed page item lists liquor offers from J A Wirerss and notes the Mason News Item’s third year. It reports a Gainesville homicide involving Frank White and Charles Reed, a campus knife incident at Prairie View, and a private execution in Fairfield. It also covers editorials, gubernatorial rumors, and a Grant steamer rumor in Washington.
The excerpt mocks lazy passivity and urges practical effort. It contrasts pleas for easy wealth with a creed of steady work and self improvement, urging readers to fix their eyes on a goal and keep moving. The piece sacralizes industrious habit through colorful dialect and proverbial wisdom.
The piece cites a forgotten statute penalizing road overseers who fail to mark mile posts or forks with directions within six months or replace destroyed posts. It follows with Brornex Moody’s departure from town to Leadville to aid miners, while evoking religious and political commentary and local crime notes.
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