09 May 1879
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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1879
Page
1
A sprawling, collage style summary reports on Texas politics, veto politics, and education funding debates. It notes governors, congress, and school policy battles, plus local crime hangings, barbecues, rail plans, public works, and crop prices with numerous named places and people.
W. J. Finch, jailer at Marlin, was shot and killed by city marshal Hemphill on Wednesday. Finch, reportedly intoxicated, drew a pistol when confronted for arrest, retired to the jail, and a subsequent entrance by Hemphill led to the fatal shooting.
Bell County contributes six students to the state industrial institution at Stuntsville as the result of the last term of the district court.
Tre Brenham Baxner advocates a bold free school stance in the Austin Statesman. His position is described as impregnable as education expands, while ignorance and crime are said to scatter and retreat. Castregulle Out.
A Muscatine woman named her canary Jim Blaine. The bird laid an egg but did not sing much, leading her to quip that no dependence can be placed on a politician. The remark is attributed to the source Aostun Giobe.
The two elevated railroads in New York City transport an average of fifty million passengers per year, highlighting the scale of urban transit in the metropolis.
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