This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1890
Page
5
Next Tuesday election day looms as readers are urged to check ballots carefully amid reports of mixed tickets and party tricks. A circus injury, horse collision, burglaries, fights, running incidents, and crowd antics flood the item list with multiple deaths and disturbances.
Monday marked the 20th wedding anniversary of J G Rankin proprietor of The Baxxen. A grand dining with the office staff and friends recalled their 20 years of marriage and shared memories. Comrades from the tented field attended, while others recalled Rankin’s cooking and the absence of former chief cook J W Stewart. A humorous note on gifts and a tea set from T J Pampelli highlighted the event.
A Brenham crowd witnesses the Sells Brothers circus Monday with ten thousand in attendance. A running brawl erupts over a fake almond shell game with a country man punching and stamping a culprit, while other reports note loose horses, dog fights, and a fatal scuffle on a Houston & Texas Central train.
In the courthouse on Monday three weddings took place. Justice Curry officiated two ceremonies in his office, uniting Gustave Cook with Clara Koch and William Whitfield with Jane Jackson. The third ceremony occurred in the clerk’s office for Henry Evans and Ellen Robinson, officiated by a distinguished colored minister from Burton, witnessed by about three hundred attendees.
Huntsville contractor A S Carmichael escorted four prisoners from the district court term to the depot. Convicts include Randolph Finn for murder life, William Leak for killing a woman ten years, Kim Frazier eight years theft of a horse, Henry Williams three years horse theft. Crowds cried as prisoners were marched away.
Report covers a shooting match at Burton where Mr. R L Burnes and Mr. Brown faced off with 100 live birds, Burnes 81 and Brown 89, followed by blue rock matches led by August Koch, and Brenham players showing strong form. Also notes John Hale’s trip to Temple for Miss Lou Hale and a quiet wedding in Anson, plus a color clash incident at Santa Fe yards ending in Brown’s arrest.
Three acre lot with five room house built three years ago and furniture including piano and sewing machine. Stable and bogey house present. About 500 yards northwest of the courthouse. Owner leaving the city and selling cheap to early purchaser. Apply to John B. Vinson Real Estate Agent over Stone's Bank.
A letter from Brenham Texas confirms a $10,000 payment from New York Life to settle life insurance claims on the late John T gen. The payment is delivered via agent Wim. Hamilton in San Antonio Texas and acknowledged by J M Swraskers MD.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.