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JOHN Q. EANZIN, Editcr and Proprietor.
15reannm, Thursday, Jcc-
1897
A young lady has been elect
ed treasurer of Norton county,
Kansas.
Milton Parks' middle-of-the
road adherents seem to have been
lost in the "foggy dew."
It is now considered a pretty
generally accepted fact that Tam
many will oppose Senator Hill's
re-election.
Some men make a bluff at
"hiding their light under a bushel,
when a pint measure would an
swer the purpose just as well.
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Senator Teller has but little
confidence in the ability of the
next congress to effect much in
the matter of currency reform.
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The duke of Fife is said to
keep twelve suits going at the
same time, and never wears the
same cioines twice in tne same
week.'
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The Sandwich Islanders be
lieve that the'souls of their de
ceased monarchs reside in the ra
vens, and they entreat Euro
peans not to molest them.
T. 1 M I t 1
it is sam rnac it will require
over nine thousand miles of ca
ble to connect the United States
vith the New Hawaiian Island,
Japan, Chile and Australia.
The editor of the Conroe Cou
rier, speaking probably from ex
perience, says: "it takes more
religion to hold a man level in a
horse trade than it does to make
him shout at a camp meeting."
A VIOLATION OF LAW.
As the sending of threatening
notices to persons through the
ails Or otherwise by whitecap
other similar organizations is
becoming rather common in some
parts of the State, it is perhaps
well enough to state that such
proceedings involve a gross vio
lations of the laws of this State,
the punishment for which is very
severe. For the information of
our readers we publish the fol
lowing extracts from the statutes
relative to this matter :
Article 982 of the penal code
says: "If any person shall
threaten to take the life of any
numan Demg, or to innict upon
any human being any serious
bodily injury, he shall be pun
ished by a fine of not less than
S100 nor more than S2000; and in
addition thereto may be impris
oned in the county jail not ex-
ceeding one year."
The provision of this article of
the code is to punish anyone who
commits serious bodily injury.
Article 966 is much broader and
serves to cover the case entirely.
It says: "If any person shall
knowingly send or deliver to an
other any letter or writing',
whether signed or not
threatening to kill or in any man
nen injure the person of such
other, or to burn or otherwise
destroy or injure any of his prop
erty, real or personal or to do any
other injury to such other per
son, he shall "be punished by fine
of not less than S100 nor more
than S1000; and in addition
thereto may be imprisoned in the
county jail not exceeding one
AN AUSTIN TRAGEDY.
Ex-U. S. Marshal Tohn T. Rankin Shot
to Death on the Streets of the
- Capitol City.
News of the killing of Ex-U
S. Marshal John T. Rankin at
Austin during the early portion
of Saturday afternoon reached
Brenham through a telegram to
Mr. J. C. Rankin, a cousin of the
deceased.
Later in the day through the
medium of the telephone it was
learned that the tragedy trans
pired about one o'clock. At the
time of the killing Mr. Rankin
THANKSGIVING RETROSPECT.
Another Thanksgiving Day
has come and gone. Most of us
ate our turkev and tried to feel
thankful, but when we commenc
ed to enumerate our reasons for
gratitude in most cases it resolv
ed itself into a feeling of thank
fulness that our condition might
be a great deal worse. Indeed
it might ! There is hardly a man
in Brenham who has not suffered
or has reason to fear serious fi
nancial loss this year of our Lord
1897. We started in bouyant
and hopeful. Though the pres
idential election had gone con
trary to our votes and wishes,
was returning- from dinner in his
busev, and as he passed in front fwe had a lingering hope that our
of the Firts National Bank Po- opponents were rignt
liceman Jim Gizzell fired from
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year.
Smallpox has made it3 ap
pearance among the negroes in
Atlanta, Ga. About one hun
dred cases are under treatment
at the pest house, and the disease
as reported steadily on the
crease.
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It is, perhaps, unnecessary to
state that v Mr. Sovereign, will
never be elected to the presi
dency of the United States, al
though sovereigns areN very
badly needed with which to ad
minister successfully, the affairs
of goveanment. .
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Mrs. Marilla M. Picker, a
well known woman lawyer and
suffragist of Dover, New Hamp
shire, has announced herself a
candidate for representative to
congress from the First District
to succeed Congressman Cyrus
A. Sullaway, of Manchester.
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It now transpires that the
For Over' Fifty Years.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothinp SvniD has been
used for oyer fifty years by millions of moth
ers fr.r their children while teething, with per
fect success. It soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain; cures wind colic,
and h the best remedy for diarrhoea," it
will relievo the poor little sufferer immedi
ately. Sola by draggit ts in every part of the
world Be sure ana ask for "Mrs. Winslow's
Soothintr Syrup" and take no otTi-r UnrT"
Twenty-five cents a bottle.
HEN WANTED.
The Michigan Christian Advo
cate closes a leading editorial on
this important subject with the
following beautiful and truthful
paragraph: "The great want of
this ago is men ; men who are
not for sale; men who are honest,
sound from center to circumfer
ence, true to the heart's core ;
men who will condemn wrong in
friend or foe, in themselves as
well as others; men whose con
sciences are steady as the needle
to the pole; men who will stand
for the right if the heavens totter
and the earth reels; men who can
tell the tj-uth and look the devil
right in the eye; men that neith
er brag nor run; men
that neither swaareer nor
-jpplendid democratic victory
lolllAVPrl in TTDntnnl" IT trrnn rx
some extent, due to tha effhrfe of flinch; men who can have cour
Hon. Joe Bailev. of Texas. whn age without whistling for it, and
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the rear killing him instantly
Deceased was in his 47th year
and leaves a wife and one son,
Lovice, aged nineteen, to mourn
his untimely death. Mr. Rankin
was a man of extensive acquain
tance and numerous friends
throughout the State. He was
sheriff of Fayette county for ten
years, and also served as county
clerk. During Cleveland's ad
ministration he was appointed
United States Marshal for the
western district of Texas and
served in this capacity four years.
He has been a life-long democrat
and an an ardent and successful
politician.
The causes leading up to his
death have not been ascertained,
but it is believed to have been
apolitical assassination brought
about by differences engendered
in the red hot municipal cam
paign now being waged in the
Capitol City.
It is reported that so much
popular indignation was mani
fested when the news of the kile
ling spread over Austin that th
officers were alarmed for the safe
ty or. tne siayer to sucn an ex
tent that they they thought it
best to spirit him away.
The dead man was a cousin of
Editor J. G. Rankin and of Mes
srs. Sam and Jas. Rankin, the
latter of whom left for Austin on
the first train.
Saturday, Nov. 27th, was the
14th anniversary of the marriage
of Mr. Frank Giesecke and Miss
Ettie Blank, and was celebrated
by a dining at their residence,
attended by many friends who
wished them manv hamv re
turns.
canvassed the State in favor of
the democratic tocket. Joe is a
regular "sterawinder" on the
jatump.
. ...
The Phrenological Journal
.says: " Many of the fools think
they can beat the lawyer in ex
pounding the law; one-half
think they can beat the doctor in
dealing the sick; two thirds of
them think they can beat the
preacher preaching the gospel,
and all of them know they can
beafthe editor running a newspaper."
The Silver X Ray charges the
tinplate liar who edits the free
syndicate plate matter sent out
from "Washington with having
the least regard for the truth of
any would-be editor we ever
read after. He prates of dollar
-wheat when it is only 70 cents
and has declined 14 cents in two
months. He talks of everybody
having plenty of work at big
"wages when the highways are
lined with men looking for work.
Ho prates of prosperous South
ern farmers with cotton 5 cents a
pound and only half a crop at
that. He talks of the great in
creased price of what the fanner
has to sell and decreased price of
"what he has to buy "when just
the reverse is true. Yet there
are thousands of people whobe
Jiove such stuff.
joy without shouting to bring it;
rmn in whom the current of ever
lasting life runs still and deep.
and strong; men careful of God's
honor and careless of men's ap
plause; men who know their
duty and do it; men who know
their places and fill them ; men
who will not lie: men who are
not too lazy too work and too
proud to be poor; men who are
willing to eat what they hav9
paid for men whose feet are on
the Everlasting Rock; men who
are strong with divine strength,
wise with the wisdom that cometh
from above and loving with the
love of Christ; men of God."
A Tennessee lady, Mrs. J. W.
i'owle, of Philadelphia, Tenn.. has
been using Chamberlain's Couch
Remedy for her baby, who is, sub
ject to croup, and says of ll: 'Since
I've had your Cough Remedy, baby
has been threatened with" croup
ever so many times, but I would
give him a dose of the Remedy
and it prevented his having it every
time. jctunareo8 oi motners say
the same. Sold by R. E. Luhn.
The Dallas Times-Herald says :
1 'Four cent cotton has sent the peo
pie their school houses and com
mercial clubs to inyestigate and
discus economic questions. They
are declaring in favor of reducing
official salaries thirty three and
one third percent; in favor of giv
ing the preference to home man
ufacturers and for a lower freight
rate to the gulf, if they have to
build a State railroad to get it.
There is a great deal of active
thinking going on and officials
may find that the people are af
ter something more than windy ploye of Reichardt,Becker & Co.,
promises. A great many of theij i-i. - . T.
and we
were wrong. Tnat connaence
was restored and the down-hill
course of things had been check
ed at last and.thatwe started on a
period of prosperity that would
grow stronger and brighter as the
moons waxed and waned, till once
more a balance could be seen on
the right side of the ledger. How
grievously we were mistaken let
each man answer for himself
The writer is ready to affirm that
there is not an enterprise in Bren
ham that is enjoying the pros
perity its promoters had a right
to expect at the beginning of the
year. So far from feeling confi
dence in the future, distrust and
dread is felt by all. Not only is
the volume of business much
less than it should be. at present,
but there is little ground to hope
for any improvement in the near
future.
But notwithstanding this, we
had much to be grateful for on
that bright Thanksgiving day.
While many of us will suffer fi
nancial loss, there is no danger
of coming to actual want in this
section. "With us it is a matter
of fewer dollars and smaller prof
its with many other sections it
is a matter of Actual suffering for
food. In all the great cities of
the North, nearly all of which
helped to swell the ' majority for
the "advance agent of prosperi
ty," starvation stares in the face.
We have no fear of dire want
and should be thankful therefor.
While pestilence has visited many
places in the South, Texas has
escaped, and who is there that
does'nt send up thanks to the
Giver of all Good that we were
spared that affliction? The gran
aries of the farmer are stored
with grain, the prudent merchant
can weather the storm, a little
economy and self-denial only is
required of the poorest of us here
in crenhan. in all truth we
have much to be thankful for.
Then let us devoutly give thanks
for these blessings and with stout
hearts and renewed courage,
meet the difficulties and trials of
the future. A wise man has said
"It is easier for the average man
to stand adversity than prosper
ity," or words to that effect. "We
can all agree with him now that
we have had a taste of prosperi
ty such as none of us ever saw
before. Assuredly it will bring
its trials to us all, but let us hope
that when another Thanksgiving
day rolls around, it may find us
as well provided for as to day.
If so we will have abundant
cause for gratitude fb the Giver
of all Good.
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the country than all other diseases put to
gether, and ntil the hst few years was tup
posed to be incurable. For a great marij
years doctors pion-unced it a local disease,
and prescribed local i emedies. and bv con-
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pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to ho a constitutional direase. and
theretore requires cor. Iituljonal treatment.
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Brook trout in tomato sauce at
I. Nowakowsky & Co.
Fresh cod fish mackerel and
herring at I. Nowakowsky & Co.
tarmers are saying- tnat tne po
litical officials are doing nothing
except Dy precept or example for
the building up of home indus
tries or securing lower freights,
and that present salaries were
fixed on a basis of 20 cent cotton
and a scarcity of educated men
to nil the-ofuces. As values get
low and labor gets less remuner
ative, the people become more
earnest in the discussion of all
these things. The farmers are
asking the business men for joint
meetings on these questions.
Results will follow."
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Finest Handmade Kentucky
Sour Mash Whiskey in the city,
to be had only at
Casino Saloon.
filed a complaint asrainst Nick
Lauderdale Saturday, charging
the theft of a horse. Lauderdale
has been jailed.
The monthly institute of the
white and colored teachers of the
city was held Saturday. There
was a full attendace of teachers
at both sessions and interesting
programs were rendered.
Six defendants, charged with
the heinous offence of having
nicked the caudal appendage of
a neighbor's biTine, were tried
in the Burton justice court Sat
urday and the case resulted in a
hung jury
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We Allow no Shoddy Goods.
IS IDS JUTOiH DBESS FA3HIGS the products of the best weavers are
ahown in a profusiou never before attempted by us.
In Capes andJacketsv ,
We have made great effort to place before you the choicest
aDd most correct garments from the fashion counters. '
In Clothing.
Our department is in keeping with other lines and offers
items that must and will interest you. Cold weather will be
here shortly, and why not prepare now 1
Brenham, Texas.
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