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'Local Intelligence.
Hot. or; the last-two or
three days the mercury-has been
going up towards the nineties.
Dead Hogs. Several dead
hogs have been found 'onthc
htreets during the past few days
leatingMcoiton seed wasthV
cause.
Cotton. At noon,
on
Fri-'
lay, there was
four wagons
containing sixteen bales of cot
iorf on the square. This isun
usualat this '"season of the year.
Cattle Shipments. 'There
has been shipped from Bren
ham from January 1st t3 May
31st; 49,,cars ofcatllc averaging)
. Vl .- ..T. I' o 1 1
20 noau to uiu taij ui.you iicau
in all.
r ;
Ok Friday last a concert was
jivenat 'the school of Miss
Edith Carltonjfin Dr. Curry's
neighborhood. The', entertain
ment was well attended and
passed off pleasantly.
The Banner is indebted to
Cadet J. V. Matson, of the Tex
as Military Institute, for an in
vitation to the Final Celebra
tion by -the" Calhoun Literary
Socictyat Library' Hall, Aus
tin, June 5th. "
SCIIOENAU, VOLKSFEST. We
learn that ,active preparations
are being made for this occa-sion-which
comes off at Car
michcal's store near; Industry,.
on the inth'inst It is boundj
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to he a grand success.
MasterLouis Bassett, who
"was severely stabbed by Sam
t uel 'Spann upon the school
"grounds last "Wednesday, is
getting along very well,-tthough
his wound, "is painfull Prof.
Rote promptly suspended
Spartn'-from the schpolJU
' j.
Cheap. Alandaulettc, some
what more worn than the one
GrantV'man, Landaulettc Wil
liams, used to ,air-Jiimself in on
Pennsylvania avenue in Wash
ington, was qn Saturday sold
atpublic outcry on the square
tfor the magnificant- sum of 14.
s TiiuBall OrENS. Mr. Jules
s A.JRand'e, of- Washington, an-"
nounccs in this issue that he is
- a'feandidate- for sheriff. Mr.
,Randlc is an old and well
IcnDwn citizen of the county and
should he get the nomination'
and be elected will make an
efficient officer,
Found'Dead. The body of
a man named Aleck Parmer-
was found dead on the prairie
near Giddings, Lee county on
Saturday' last An examina
tion revealed the fact that Par-,
mcr's body was full of buck
shot Jioles. Na particulars
lcarncd.Jj"fa. .
- k -For
Huntsville. Tlie sher
iff of Fcyctte cpunty passed
down tlie road on Monday, eve
ning having in 'charge thirteen
students for the State's Indus-1"
trial- Ius.titute at Huntsville,
among them were AlexThomp-
W
sonand Dick Sanders,
M
A GREAT'many citizens while
in favor of killing the sur
plus "dogs, arc opposed to
liaving them shot on the
streets regarding
the prac
Thc dojis
tice' as danccrous.
should be caught and impound
ed or treated to choice morsels
of "medicated" shin beef.
Is Jail. Tom Hatch isa
veryblack and'very badnegro,
whoJived on Mr. A. J.
' Ro"bcr-
son's'plantttioiu Tom
is now
in iail charged with having&ru
tally whipped liis wife and
threatening to kill her. He
will have a preliminary exami
nation before Justice Zurcher,
on Monday.
Runaway. On Tuesday af
tcrnoon the horses attached to
one of Mr. Parks' hacks run
away, in "the southern 'part of
lowii." ai(I br.ke the hack into
smithereens; tlie horses were
uninjured. Thc,drlver had left
the team standing for a moment,
and during liis absence the team
slartcdlFk, -'. '
Firhmans Convention. In
iur report of the meeting of the
Rrcnhn'm Hook "and ladder
company hist week wc omitted
co mention that Mr. James A..
Wilkins was clcctcd"a delegate
to represent the B. II. & L.
company, in the Firemans'
State Convention at Galveston
on the 1 2th im,t.
You Light Out ! A young
man who lately arrived in Bren
ham from one of the. old States
engaged as a sewing machine
agent lie started - out with
brilliant prospects of speedily
realizing a competency. In the
course of business, the new
aeent called at a farm house
.and asked the lady if she want
ecUto buy a sewing machine.
,She said, she tlid, and called her
Husband ; a man about six feet
two or three inches long.
"-The long man came, and fix
mgti steady gaze on the young
tman, asked him: "What do
you want?"
The young man replied : .;'I
called.tr? sec if I could sell, you
fa sewing-machine this morn-
mg.
, The long man straighfed him
self up and said : - "Sewing ma
chine ! Hell lfc;Do you see that
gate?"
vv -
The young man replied :'I
do." --. ;v '
- The long man .therL'remark
cd: '"Yo1jjire.'Uie-fifth"" sewing
macihnc man " who has been
here this 'morning, you light
out."
The young man said "Good
morning; and left. Jie is now.'
open for another engagement,
but does not wish to have any
thing "more to do with sewing-
machines. - -f
Don't Correct Mistakes.
He was from theacountry. He
was alsodrv::hcwent inte a
Ujvould take a little sugar In.
liis'n. The vehiclcJfor-takrng
the sugar wasset up ; the man
from the country,. prepared liis
sugar, at the same time placing5
a half .dollar on the counter.
The bar-keeper took the half
dollar down, and by mistake,
put two quarters up. The gen
tleman from the country reach
ed for tlie two, quarters, the bar-
keeper at the same time sayingr
"Excuse me, I've made a mis
take." The gentleman from
the country pocketed the two
quarters and, with tlie remark :
"We don't correct mistakes,"
departed.
Hog, Range. Tlie city af
fords a fine range for hogs., A
negro living a mile or two from
towjvout in the post oaks, is
the owner of several porkers.
Mistaking the dog law forthe
hog law, and being apprehen
sive that his hogs would be
captured, he came to town and
took his hogs home. At a' few
more country people who have
hogs in town would take them
home, it would be better for
the town and worse for the
fleas. T
Personal. Mr. T. C.
Thompson, of Caldwell, .Bur
leson county, was in the city
on Friday en route for home.
Mr. Thompson is out-, as acan
didatc for Commissioner of
General Land Office. Hehas
been to San Antonio, Galyes-'1
ton, Houston, andothcr points
in the State and feels quite flat
tered at his prospects.
Weekly Cotton Statement.
Mr. W. K. Lewis, furnishes
the Bann.ek with the following
statement for the week ending
Thursday, May, 31st, iS3.
Net receipts, bales... 125
Shipments?1. 127
Stock, on band.... .1" 2S2
Total receipUUus season 20,33s
Freight to New York, Soc.
per 100 lbs., raihand water.
. Weather report by Dr. Wood:
VTotal rainfaliin inches 2
Uighcit temperature 99
Lowest temperature 74
Atcragctcmpcralure.. S2-
Cotton Bolls. Mr. Otto
Schawc brought to IIicBannek
office on Saturday, a specimen
of cotton bolls vhicfi were
nearly grown. They will be
open in three or four week.
Mr. S., who lives about four
miles south of town, has about
an acre of this early cotton,
planted about the middle of
March.
Watermelons. Th; 'first
watermelons o'f the season ap
peared in town on Saturday on
the back of a colored youth.
He was very black and thc,bag
in which he carried the mcllons
was a trifle blacker. The me!
Ions u ere about two .sizes lar
ger than duck-eggs ; the price
of the "fruit "was not7 ascer
tained. ' Wheat. Mr. G. W. New
man, of the Pennington settle
ment, on Monday brought to
the IHnner office a sheaf of
bearded wheat of the Mediter
ranean varii'lv.
THE FIRE LADDIES!
Uection of omVer for tlie Ensuing
iir.
. At the regular monthly meet
ing, .held at Firemen's Hall, on
Friday night, thcfollowing nam
ed gentle'men were elected as
officers ofllie Brenham Hook
and Ladder company for the
ensuing year:
PresidentJ.P.W. ConfielL
Vice President, J. N. Brown.
Treasurer, Alex. Simon
810-01117,' II. C Mclntjrcjr.
Foreman, L-.J. Lockclt.
Isl Assistant, W. JI. Aven.
2d Assistant, L". A. Robbins.
Steward, J. W. Bamctt.
Auditing Committee, W. A. Wood. J..
JIcFarland and J. G-Rankin.
This company, is composed
exclusively of business men of
Bijjnham, who take a
special
pride in its "welfare and
pros
perity; hence, the company is
now in better working condi
tion than it has ever been since
its organization.
County Fair. We -are glad
to sec that the district Grunge
has taken the matter of a fair
or agricultural .exhibition in
hands, and have appointed a
committcCjComposcd of the fol
lowing gentlemen to examine
inJrth"e anvcrsibiUty of holding
a county fair some time during
jthe Jail: J. M. Pressler, R. R.
Lawthcr, Wm. P. Devcr, J. E.
'Gray, Wm7 Hendley, Wm.
Thompson, M. M. Feldcr and
Geo. Chandler.
The above coommittcc are
requested to meet in the city of
Brcnham, on Saturday the 15th
of June, at 10 o'clock a. ji. at
the Opera House.
"Varmints." Mr. J. E.
Rucker, who lives three miles
north of town, informs the Ban
ner that for some time- the has
been missing his chickens. A
day or two ago he medicated
some eggs, and placed them un
der the tree where the chick
ens roosted. The next morn
ing tlie eggs were missing. A
number of buzzards appeared
in the woods a short distance
from his house, and an inspec
tion of the locality was made.
Two dead grey foxes the size of
prairie cayotcs were found.
The medicated eggs had "cook
ed the foxes' geese.'1'
Thirteen Killed. By the
peep o' day oriMonday morn
ing, the city marshal appeared
upon the streets richly, decked
out tn'war paint and feathers.
He was armed with an elegant
gold mounted cartridge shoot
ing rifle which carries- a ball
nearly as large as a black-eyed
pea. The marshal is a " dead
shot" and thinks or organizing
aTifle club. By twelve o'clock
thirteen of the canines had bit
ten the dust One more was
wounded and will surely die.
The .var will be- kept up from
day to day until every dog
without a license is extermina
ted. A steam sausage mill is
yahted.
Countt Convention. As
there appears to be a misappre
hension as to tlie purpose of
the county convention we
would state that the con
vention is called primari
ly for the purpose o'f
electing.delegatcs to the State
convention, the Congressional"
convention and the Senatorial
conventfon for the 20th Senato
rial District This business be
ing disposed of it lays w ith the
convention to determineVhcth
cror.not nominations shall be
made foncounty officcrs,-,and if
so the time of making "the nom
inations. It, of course, rests
with the primary meetings to
instruct their - delegates on
these points.
Roasting-ears. Our enter
prising townsman, Mr. Del.
Perkins, has been selling roasting-ears
for some ten days, and
says has enough to supply the
market for fifteen davs hence.
They are largc"forthe season
and meet with rapid sale. He
has our thanks for several fine
Whipped Again. A lew
days ago the Banner told how
two small negro roosters were
whipped and turned out to
grass. On Tuesday the young
scapegraces were again up be
fore the Mayor and were again
larupped with cow hides by the
motlier of one and the step
datldy of the other.
Grei:bck Cluii. It is ru
mored that a club has or is to
be organized in this city. Just
who are the head centers' has
not been definitclv determined.
Mayor's Court. On Tues
day morning the city marshal
was out two hours before day
building a fire under the boil
ers that were to furnish the
steam for running the police
court. The grist was the heav
iest of the season. The mar
shal was in fine working order
and soon had up steam so high
that he had to throw a hundred
pound nigger boy on the safety
valve lever to keep from - blow
ing off steam. An examination
of the steam gauge showed 220
pounds. The marshal turned
t,hc throttle when Jane Martin,
an off-colored lady waltzed out
on the platform. She was
charged with shooting shoot
ing off her "mouth" at another
lady also colored. Jane was
assessed $ I and trimmings. She
paid. Mary Brewer, a negrcss
was charged with fighting, but
as the complainant failed to ap-
pear she was discharged and
the costs were assessed against
the complainant, to be collected
whenever she is found. Charles
McGuire, disturbing the peace
on Saturdaynightr discharged.
Harry Lee, disturbing the peace
fined $2 50 and trimmings,
which he paid. Sam. Wilkins,
using profane language fined $1
and trimmings which he paid.
The city treasury was enriched
some 12 and the pocket of the
"city marshal was also " heftier. "
f ,,
County Criminal Court.
'June term. Monroe Richard
son, disturbing public worship,
fined 25 and costs. State vs.
J. Key, nolle pr.os. by county
attorney. State vs. Mac Oakes,
nolle pros, by county attorney.
State vs. G. F. Whisnant, ap
peal from Justices court; de
fendant dissmissed. State vs.
R. R. McCandliss, nolle pros,
by county attorney. State vs.
Ben Elliott and Anderson Elli
ott, disturbing public worship
dissmissed. The. cases of State
vs George Daniels and Bill
Payne were, on motion of the
county attorney, stricken from
the docket. State vs Charles
Elder, for arresting negro with
out warrant, fined J55 and costs.'
T aelve jurors were ordered paid
for one day's jury service each.
Adjourned intil Saturday.
Lanigan's Ball. On Tues
day morning five or six young
gentleman who stand high in
fashionable circles, not only
might haveheen, but were ac
tually seen on the public streets
with their eyes bunge'd up and
illustrated in colors black and
blue. It, appears that after the
adjournment of tlie Temper
ance society two or more fist
fights ensued on tlie streets. It
was a regular Donnybroek fair
or Lanigan's ball fight. It is
but Just to the Temperance so
ciety and the participants in the
bill or brawl to say that " bug
juice" had nothing to do with
the trouble. .
Only Wanted One. A
man came to town the other
day to buy a coffin. He went
to one of our leading undertak
ers and selecting a coffin asked
the price The undertaker re
plied ".fifteen dollars." The
coffin buyer objected to the
price when the undertaker said
if he would take -two of them he
would Jet.him have them at
twelve, dollars 'and a half each.
This was a stunner, but the.
buyer recovering his presence
of mind asked: "What do I
want with two coffins?"
Blurglary. On Monday
night sometime between twelve
o'clock and Tuesday morning,
Boycr's saloon on the east side
of the square, was entered from
the alley and seven dollars tak
en out of the " missionary box"
and " toted off. " A few day's
ago Frank's restaurant was rob
bed of a turkey and some pro
visions. On Saturday night the
restaurant w as again visited but
on this occasion the thieves
found nothing that they could
carry away to advantage.
Justice's Court. Justise
Zurcher 011 Monday bound
Thoims Hatch, (the negro of
w hom mention was made in the
Banner the other day), over in
the sum of $200 to answer be
fore the county court. On
Tuesday Tom Rippetoe, a ne
gro, charged with , stealing a
hog, was held in a bond of S50
to answer before the district
court.
Breubrun Literary Society.
Meeting as usual on Tucsday
last The weather being warm
and sultry, there was not a
large attendance. Mrs. Frank
Shepard assisted Jjy Mrs. Press-
lev sanr a duet which was; very
attractive. iMiss bnutli pi;
a piano solo with true
excellence, and nnc
musical progrsmniS
.Mrs. Norton. A
and Miss Smith
hymn ; the eft
pleasing. Rcadji
Lewis and Mr. CrHHockett,
concluded the cxercucs; by'the
wav, this was the first time Ihatri
Mrs. Lewis has ntributed, X
believe,-and 1 am glad to say
that the society has made an
acquisitioa in obtaining her-at
tendance. The" followipg is the
programme for next week:
Music. Miss Carlton Mr.
Lockctt,Mrs. Pritchardt, "Mis
Hattie Rutherford and Mre.
Presslcy.
Reading. Mr. Norton, Mrs.
Bates McFarland, Miss Lula
Word and P. H. bwearingen.
.Mayor's Court. Tuesday
morning. His Honor, Mayor
Kerr was on the throne and dis
posed of the following culprits:
I W. Mclntyre, fighting; plead
guilty, fined one cent and trim
mings. Paid. ;
II Mr. Salley, fighting ; fined
TDne- cent and trimniinjrs.
"-"Ill Frank Mclntyre, fighting.
Fined one centand trimmings.
IV W. P., Dashiell, fighting.
Discharged. t
."V Bettfe. Rippetoe, colored;
usingjabusive language to an
other colored lady. ? Fined $1
and trimmings. ,Pafd. ,,
VT Sarah Jewcolored, using
abusive language to another
colored lady. Fined. $1 and
trimmings. Paid.
VII Susan Jew, colored, using
abusing language to another
colored lady. Discharged.
" The lady last mentioned pre
ferred a counterxtiarge against
the complainant Investigation
to-day. -
f Tlie'- city 'treasury was en
riched by ;S 1 2" 02 .collected and
deposited by the marshal.
Masonic. The following of
ficers were elected last . Mon
day night to serve Brenham
Chapter No. 5 R. A. Masons
for the ensuing year:
R. A. -Harvin, M. E. High
Priest.
Wm. Dwycr, E. King.
M. W. Mann, E. Scribe.
..Alex. Simon, Treasurer.
A. G. Beaumont, Secretary.
The officers to be appointed
by the M. E. High Priest, have
not yet been named by him.
The installation will take place
next Monday night, at the Ma
sonic Hall, at which time sev
eral degrees will be conferred
upno the ladies.
For County Assessor. In
this issue appears theannouncc
ment of Mr. Black Lockridge as
i candidate for Assessor. Mr.
Lockridge has been a resident
of the county for forty years;
has never been a candidate for
ny office, 'and now only an
nounces at the earnest solicita
tion of many of his old friends.
He has been a life-long Demo
crat, and should he be elected,
will faithfully discharge his
duty". -,
Personal. Mr. E. R. Thom
as, of Bellville, was in the city
on Wednesday and done the
Banner the honor of a call.
Mr. T. says the crops on the
road from Bellville here arc
clean and looking as well as hef
ever seen, thuoglf" a sprinkle o
rain would be bencfic al. Speak
ing of the political outlook he
says that Austin county will
undoubtedly vote solid for Shep
ard for congress.
Undertaking. We call
special attention to the double
column ad. of Mr. J. F. Parks,
in another column, lie has on
hand a complete assortment of
wood and metallic burial cas
kets and coffins. Mr. Parks
has the only first-class under
taking establishment in the city
and is also prepared to furnish
hearses and carriages when re
quired. Prices to suit the
times. j
Grand Ball don't forget
the grand ball at Berlin, next
Monday night.
LvrEsr style prints and per
cals, a complete assortment, ,at
D. W. Bloombargh's.
Real
corded fi
June 5'i
Herbst
ficc:
nsr, urair.
Psatmo acres, b. Llam-
Stlca&""l5Ti6.
R. Huffman, to Andrew Hcr-
ing, 45"o.cres, East Mill creek,
"Washington county, "ioo.
Ewald Seidcl, to Wilhelmina
Seidcl, all of his interest in the
estate of Ernst Seidcl deceased,
as her heir and son, jSi5c-
E. J;. Penington and wife, to
Fred Franks, 51 I -2 acres, J. W.
Cole league, S750.
Marriage Licenses issued by
II. JI. Lewis, county clerkf for
thb. week ending June 6th :
Wt. Dotson and M. IMc
Kinneyti. . R. Johnson and Mary Brack
ens. v
Nelson NoblcVsijid Rosina
Coplin.
,.- A CARD.
,-Brenham, June 6. 'S. ,
Editors' Banner :
After serious thought I have
concluded that I will not be a
candidate foiany office next
November.-. I sincerely thank'
my friends for their kind offer
to support me for "thetofficcM
now hold.'and respectfully de
cline to be a candidate.
Respectfully,
H. E. Williams.
NEWBOUER BROS.'
Dry-Goods Palace, SlaliT Streot,
Have just, reqeived another
lot of choice goods winch they
are oiienng at remarKaDiy low
figures. 100 pciccs choice Per
cales at 8 1-2 cts. worth 12 1-2.
20 peices Lfiicn Lawn at 12 1-2.
15 peices choice bilk. Mushn-r-somefhing
entirely new, co
cents. Also, another lot of 2
button Kid Gloves, all colors,
at 75 cents. 3 button Kid
Gloves at $1 a bargain. Nov
elties in ladies' ready-made
Dresses just in something
stylish. A fine line of Summer
Silks reduced to S5 cents
worth $1. A large variety of
Edging and colored Em
broider' sold at 5, 8 and 10 cts.
a yard, and upwards worth
double tlie money. Finest as
sortment of Ruching, Fans,
Parasols and ladies' Neckwear
to be found in the city. They
have added another large va
riety of ladies' ready-made Un
der Clothing which they are of
fering very cheap much cheap
er than you can buy the mate
rial and make them up. Par
tics in want -of dry-goods will
save money by buying their
goods at the Large Dry-Goods
Establishment of
NEWBOUERBros. '
Bur your lawns, white goo.ds
laces, corsets, ribbons, at D. ,W
Bloombargh's.
Gents' shirts, drawers, col
lars, ties, hats, wrappers, and
latest novelties at D. W. Bloom
bargh's. Fans, parasols, silk and-lace
fi she wsT latest novelties and low
at D..W. Bloombargh's. ,
Best assorted stock- clothing
for men, youths and boys, at D.
W. Bloombargh's. -
Blew County Scrip
wanted by ,
II. A. Wood.
nicli24-d&w2m
Square meals for 25 cents at
the PiiENix Restaurant.
"IAKKi:t' Itl'I'OKT.
IIVSMR OlHCF.l '
I one 6, 1S7S.
COTTO.V." ' .
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Middling; .,....:..:'. g'(
I.m .MiiUInij;.... )
Good Ordinary.... Jr. i4
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HIIIUX
Dry Hint lo,' u
Kipa hi (n 9
IJ-unajjed i 2 ('. 5
Hutcher1 Green 3("J-3?2
COUNrKV l'UODUCK.
lirllir 12 ( 15
"JK-. 5('i 6 .
( om in sliuJv , 3('35
Acct potatoes per liu. 30 (...40
itriwmii.-.
Xcu, waj;i)u I0c.1L jer Int.. no demand
MArfJ.WlUH.Mtll..
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Lytfec, priu lwrsatk...
Hid.....
Suipr. pure ulittc, ii-.rlb.
prime ....
' chjiice
Ilice. choice ....... ......
ri.iLdlnls ....".,
.....11 (ij lift
II (HI 12,'4
II(I4'
.$19 SO
11 (iu
9 ; 10
lofrt, io;f
.......o.($io
....S-aCl. q .
Mola-v dunce.
.GoOi, G5
,..50 (i 60
...05
...40 050
....... 550
5 CO
Mnfove., home...
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Cornme-il. h.tIu..... ...,,.
1 lour, fincj. icr ICQlh.,.
' choice.......
Salt, r oarc, per sack . . . . . ...
10 (r 1 75
"line ... ...2 25(2250
BAGGING AND IlKS.
llapjjing, double anchor, hcay, (n,
Ties, all Ltnd, r tr bdl 2 75 (tj
ainly -oer
ung countcnan-
Sciablc met at the rci-
Wm. Carter on the cenin2
of the istinst., and was Mell attended by
the elite of the neighborhood.
Keading. Mioses. Kosa Tamfhn, I .aura
Hill. Robbie Carter and Mr. W. T. Hunt.
Music. Mioses Rosa Tamplin, NctlTe
Monies, Mary Miller, Lena Upscomb.--Mr.
Win. LotKridge ami Mr. Albert Car
ter al-.Q favored the society with seeral el
egant pieces of instrumental music on the
lohn and piano.
I beg Ieae to correct a statement in the
communication of "Occasional" jn re
gard to the picnic on the 29th of. July.
Attvio meetings previous lotheabotc, the
society agreed to hae a picnic on the-
15th of June, the neit meeting after, which
was at Mr. Jonc's as your correspondent
stated, some of fiie members or, rather one
in. particular, wanted to put off tne picnic
until the 29th of July, the question, as to
the time if holding the picnic w as not sti
lled until the last meeting when it va de
cided to have it on the 22d of June at the
IlaptUt church.
. -.Gay Hill Democratic, club met at the
Ilaptist church on last Saturday evening
and elected fh e delegates and fie alter
nates lo the count com ention. The club
will meet again next Saturday night to in
struct delegates. Thootcrsin this neigh
borhood oral least the majority by along
way, are going for Shepard for congress,
and Hubbard forgocmQr. y
Croquet plajing is getting to. be the
principal amusement of late among the
j oung people w hich all participate in free-
!
'We were pleased to meet a few dajs
aso with our old friend Mr. ETW. Baker,
of Hays county. .'Mr. Baker was formerly
a resident of this county.
One of Gay Hill's enterprising tanners,
Mr. R. G. Sayles, is making arrangements
to fatten about 30 head or cattle this fall,
success to the enterprise say I.
Several ) oug men -f this pLice are talk
ing of organising a string band, hope they
will succeed. Hakdtimes.
I"rom Independence. -,"$-..
Jcms S5V78.
UnrroKS Bannfr:
Roaslingears are lwcbming plentifut
.around and about Independence, cropr
arebctter then for jcars. The senior class
of Ba) lor University go to Jlrcnham to
day to sit to the artist for a group ' picture.
One of the theological students recently
encountered a young bullock, which gac
liini sonic little trouble'It is only necessa
ry however, to say, that this very sad ac--
cident happened at a late, hour atmghL
winch will account for the eclipse ol his
organism. "a scramble ensued and our
Tjurijf theolog" came out second best
only two indulging in the frolicsqrne game-
It. 1 M 1.,-- .' .. ....
iucnrc lire iho xjicrary socicucs
of this place held their annual re-union on
last Friday evening. It was one of the
most successful meetingscver held by the
orders. The sub-junior exhibition of
Ba)lor University comes of June loth r. M.
The young ladies exhibition comes
olfJuneIIthr.it- The commencement
exercises of Bailor University comes oflT
June t2th 10 A. M. at night, of the same
diy, the juniors have there exercises. On
the 13th tlie young ladies have their com
mencement exerci-.es; at night their grand
concert. Hon. L. W. Moore of La
Grange wi.l deliver the annual Literary
address before the two societies. Our
very" worthy citizen, CapUj- M. Williams,
js still gaining ground. The people arc
solid for him here, and at Gay HilL to my
certain know ledge. Wewanthim to rep
resent us. lie is the man, the gentleman
and the choice of the people.
Antalgic AvonvNr.
from Giddings.
"Jcnf.s.'7-L
Editors BwNrR:
Our town is exceedingly dull; there
is no news in the atmosphere. On Sun
day morning ourcitizens were horrified by
the news that Mr. Alex. Farmer, one of our
best farmers had been waylaid and killed
by some unknown party. There is univ cr
sal regret at the loss of a alublc citizen.
The Greenbackcrsmctcslcrday and or-,
ganized a club with John Alexartfcr as
president. Several speeches were made;
Tlie Tcmpcranrc Council gives a Literary
and Musical sociable'on the 12lli mst. It
promises to be a grand affair. -
There is a petition in circulation to the
II on. .Selh Shepard, of jouraty, to meet
yash Jones here on Saturday. It is
hoped that Mr! S. will accept the invita
tion. Two car loads of potaloes have been
shipped from here this week. Roasiing
carsrare common now; they tome in by
ihfwagon Ipad andsell at fifteen cents a
dozen. A party at Lexington who has
some Roscdale early peaches lias supplied
our market so far. I-
Vle.imitit Experience
Is alw -ivs the happy result of using Parker's
Gingei Tonic. '1 he mother grins surpris
ingly in health and strength bj iu. aid, and
her babe thus obtains a liappy comfort and
peice that shows lutvv wonderfully the
strengthened ncrv mis and physical comU?h3
of the mother rcllecN ltvelfon her nursinir
'huleohc. It isa rare comfort tahaveXeV-
vo.ti-.nes,. headache and.slecplesness su
dve4.onry this remedy can do it, while
iiiatdcstruvirofuurliuleoncs Cholera In
nuUum, and the dreaded Cholera. Dvscn
ci v cholera m irbiis, colic and cramp, are
slmsiv of their terrors anil -speedily cured by
liiis. incunipirahle, corrective anil iimgor
anu B'iy from, j our dnigi.. K. ET Luhn
a. dollar Inttle, orasaiftpTe bottle at fifteen
CQUl-.trLl llh-t iv IW.EIU
A FwiiknB RtMMiY. Mramo. hi
cr kTcyidator'iff.onc of the most- meritorious
anr- popiifcir preparations offtrcil to the
pubh It is entirely free from injurious
mineral sttb-tances, ary as a vegetable pre
paration made of southern, roo. ami hcibs
it is a sovereign remedy for ah liver and
bow el complainUx The merits o this rem
edy commend U hi the public as a standvnl
lo be Utpt-constantly in the family,. It has
the most unqualified endorsement of thou
sands of. our most prominent citizens in all
parts of the oountiy, who have useJ it and
testify to its cxcvlleni, medical aijl turative
properties. I"urchascrs should be careful
tqiee that they get the "Genuine.- mantis
faclurcd only by J. II. Zau.N & Co., Phil
rnham
Bne, for the pur-
legates to the State con-
Tsuri to be held on Aoras!
373. and for the purpose ofnomina-
;inz county officers. Messis. P. K. I.olt, .
W. B. W. George, J. T. McKinney, A. I).
Gee. W. T. Melton and W G. Hatfield
nominatad and selected ns alternates for
delegates. Delegates instructed to support
Hon. K. B. Hubbard for governor, ami
I Ion. Setli Shcp-urLfor congress. No fur
ther busines! being before tlie. dub.
Adjourned "s"rtc die." , .
JAS. HEARD; Chairman.
V. F. Garrett, Scc'y
Mooting dt Long Pfrintv
EtirroRs Ban.ner
'Our Democratic club held a mealing
on Saturday June 1st, a goodly number of
geptlcman from all sections ol our voting
precinct being presents The following;
named gentleman were selected' to repre
sent us, at your county convention on the
15th inst: .
J. V. Matsbn, C-)V. Gentry, W. W
Craig. E. J. and I- C Neihast. J. Stewart,
I- 15. Utile L H. Holt, F. JI. Griffin. W.
II. Knight. J. K. Campbell. G. Eljv'einast,
Dr. Bradford, J. C Bamctt, Wm. Kiel, A.
I. Ijnderdale, Silas Wood, S. W." Adams,
"O. Uidson, D. Bocmer. R. F. Halbert,
L. I. Campbell, C B. Shepard. E. Rouse.
F. ScImtK, N. Mulhouse. L. Gordel, Dr.
Pritchardt, A. K. Shepard, and instructed
to Tecommend for nomination; CapL. J.
JI. Williams- for Representative: Samuel
Schlenlr for District Clerk; H. JI. Lewis
for Cointy Clerk; Jo Lipscomb for County
Judge; I- K. Tarver for County Attorney;
Black Ldtkridge for Tax Assessor; W, CJ
Broesche for Tax Collector; C. Minkwiu
for County Treasurer; John Sayles for Coun
ty Surveyor.
There. was some discussion in rcganl Itt
the two-thirds rule; but there was no action
taken. All present seemed to 'realize the
importance of thorough organization and
united effort in order to get honest and ca
nahle men rlirtl tn nfTI- -
Silas Wood was declared, by unanimous
vote,-to be our choictfor County Commis
sioner from this BeabJ I. C Barnclt for Jus
tice jof the Teace ana W. IL Knight for
Constable, and that they be requested to
submit their names before the Beat conven
tion, soon to be held at Burton. . -
Resolved. That the Bremiam Baxnkr.
be rcquestedUcfpublish these proceedings. .
J. V. JIATSON, Chairman '
: S.
j. A. CARD."?
(Cait.I. M.AViluams,1- ..
. Independence.
DrarSir:
Wc, the undersigned citizens of Wash
ington county, believing youyiould truly
and faithfully .represent the .best r interests
of this county in pur next legislative body,
respectfully rerjnest that you"'permifyour
name; to be used as a. candidate for said"
office, subjectto the decision of the Demo- '
cratic county convention. .
J.W. Bovvers. ' II. Penington.
v J. B. Applewhite. "O.P.Morgan.
A. C Penington, Jr. T. W. Brown; -
' E. L. Penington. " AVm. Mirack.
Wm. renington. " V.sA. Voun.
I. B. Bowers; . T. J. AllcornJr.
-John Hale. -W. A. Stewart. .
, ,TS. Hood. - T.'R. Teningto
G. ,W. New man.' W". T. Pressly.".'
AV. II. Robcrtsoo. O'BrienS.Hughesv
C A. Morgan. J. S. Overton
Asa Penington. . D- Gl Brown.
K.R.Lavviher. J.'i- DalliS?J-
, Hm. Overton. W.W. Wilbur
j. Henry Glenn. G. F.-Jhornhitt.
, I-idesburer. AV. I. raylor -
F. W. Galtis. I. R. Robertson
I. D. JIcKelv c. - It. B. Lester.
-faa,m Oveilon, fC JI. Harbour.r
A CARD, t "jef"
To tiiIIov. WitXCT Holmes-
Sir. Wc thq undersigned respectfully
request the privilege of placing your name
before the Democratic county convention,
as a candidate for Tax Collector for this
county, subject lo the ratification of -the
0 P Morgan,
T W Brown,
1 B Bovvers
It rr Wood.
T I. Pennington,
Al- Pennington,
W II Pennington,
R P Hackworth,
DS Bowers,
G-W Graham,
C" T Graham. -WP
Pennington,
TSHood.
I O Pennington,
I. C Clemans,
IS Lust,
FWGattLs
Asa. Pennington,
W Ai"ounjj,
I JI Boatright,
J B Applewhite,,
J W Bowers,
G T Hopkins; ,
G W Newman -
George Lnsk,
C A.Morgan,
- ;R R Lawther,
W II Robertson.
'WWWilburn,
I S Overton; -
II Pennington,
1 W JI Harris. -L
Boatright,
Wm; Overtop,
N "Hackworth,
W-AYarberry,
G W Hampton, ,
Joe. Harbour, f
ktrw Harber,
W C Graham,
SA PS on,
S Overton.
Democratlo Precinct Meeting.
BV!"f -
The,Democrats of the Brenham prcanct;
arc rcqucsteil. to meet as" heretofore Tin
mass meeting,, at the courthonse in.Bren- t
ham. on Saturday June Sth at 2.0'dock. .r.
M.fo'r the purpose ofselechng delegates to
the county convention called fofjune 5'li
Itishoped'thattherewlII be a "full a'.-
tendance of allthe Democrats of'the prt
cmct, in order that the sentiment of the rn.- .
iority of the people may ber represented 10
the county convention- -
I. DvGiddings
E. F. Ewing;
It H. Bassett,
C C Garrett,
IrfT. Bassett.
V. W. Searcy.
Adolphe Tej-tard,
C. C Hemming,
T V s,fnpr!
P. II. Sweanngen,.
R. L. Bassett,
F. A. Eldridge,
.E.C Finney-sg
R. "Hoffmann, .
Wm. Dwyer,
Dan. Jlclntyt.
J. A. Lipscomb.
Seth Shepard,'"
Brenham June 3rd 1878.
JJver is King.
The liver is. theTimpcrial organ orjhe
whole human system, as it controh the
life, health and happiness of man. When
it is disturbed in its proper action,, ali
kinds of ailments are tie natural Jesuit.
Tlie indigestion of food the movements of,
the heart and blood the actionof the brain
and nervoes system, are all irnnrediatelv;
connectecLjWilh the-workmgs of the Liver
hhas been successfully proved ihat Green's.
August Flow ec is unequalled in curing all
persons. ciSictei with"1 Dyspepsia or Lwec
CbmplainV orsH alt the numerous symp
toms that result from an unhealthy condi
tion of Ihe Liver and Stomach. 'Sample
bottles to try. 10 cents. Positively: srAl fsr
all towns on tlie Western. Continent.
'I hrec doses will prove that it is-just what
ou want.
v
Twenty-five cents will pay
for a gpod square meal at the.
PhcnPx Restaurant-.
ANNOTTNCExUEHTS..
rOR SHERIFF;
I herebv announce myself as a candidate
for M:ritf of Washington, county at thc
ensuing cteciion. subject to nominarioivbjf
the Dcrmicralic Cmintv. Convention. -
J.UI.ES: A,RNDLEV..
UOR ASSESSSOR ".'
I hertry announce myseKas a candidate
for Ts Assessor -oC " ashgory,93unty)
(abject- to theapprovafcotthe Democratic
countv convention. "
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