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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1897
Page
7
Jerry Brown was acquitted of disturbing the peace. Ep Love of Graball jailed for mavericking a yearling. Camptown wind wrecks Guytori cotton platform. Outlaw suspect Watson to be heard. County tax payers’ lists and quarterly bills discussed. Col. Tite Johnson remains gravely ill in Hempstead.
The county clerk issued ten marriage licenses Wednesday signaling a rush of weddings. The first occurred at 8 pm at the Jansen residence on West Sandy as Miss Mary E. Giesecke of Brenham wed Mr. Theodore W. Helf of Hempstead with Rev. E. P. Newsom presiding. The couple will reside in Hempstead. Chappell Hill hosts the ceremony for Dr. Wm. R. Campbell and Miss Beulah E. McDermott at ten o’clock, officiated by Rev. E. W. Tarrant. Independence sees Hermann Niemeyer wed Wilhelmine Schneider. A notice invites many to the Barrington ceremony for Bessie Van De Thornhill Hughes and Henry Waters Hughes on Wednesday afternoon at three.
The Sells Bros Forepaugh great circus ends its Texas run after billing Temple and other cities. High per performance license fees, about 31000 total, force cancellation of the state dates. Advance agent H W Mann says the show will leave Texas and not return while licensing remains prohibitive. Brenham preparations underway but no confirmation of cancellation.
Beaumont moves toward a street railway system while Tyler candidate John M. Logan announces his bid for camp troller. Four hundred beeves shipped from Waller to Cuba for the Spanish army. Temple arrests tramps as vagrants to work off fines. Mason of Cooke County dies from lockjaw after a tack injury. Ed Good at Robert Lee strikes Hutchinson with a billiard cue, causing his death. L Z Harrison Mgr advertises fruit cake ingredients at low prices.
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