The Daily Dispatch (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 105, Ed. 1, Friday, June 4, 1880 (open access)

The Daily Dispatch (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 105, Ed. 1, Friday, June 4, 1880

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: June 4, 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nacogdoches County

Map of Nacogdoches County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: June 1880
Creator: Groos, Otto
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Uvalde County

Cadastral map of Uvalde County, Texas in the Hill Country region. Several features are marked including the location of an old silver mine. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: June 1880
Creator: Langermann, A. B.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 23, Ed. 1, Friday, June 4, 1880 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 23, Ed. 1, Friday, June 4, 1880

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 4, 1880
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 24, Ed. 1, Friday, June 11, 1880 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 24, Ed. 1, Friday, June 11, 1880

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 11, 1880
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 25, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 17, 1880 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 25, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 17, 1880

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 17, 1880
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 26, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 24, 1880 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 26, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 24, 1880

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 24, 1880
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Child's Crib (open access)

Child's Crib

Patent for new "suspended cribs or cradles for the use of children" (lines 17-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 8, 1880
Creator: Brown, Fred Harvey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Rotary Cotton-Chopper

Patent for "new and useful improvements in rotary cotton-choppers" (lines 4-5) that are of "the class of cotton-choppers which travel across the rows, and also to the class which use a revolving drum having blades or hoes spirally arranged on its periphery" (lines 13-17), including descriptions and illustrations.
Date: June 8, 1880
Creator: Lee, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condenser (open access)

Condenser

Patent for "the construction of surface-condensers for condensing steam, condensing cooling ammonia-gas, and other purposes" (lines 17-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1880
Creator: Lee, Charles Brogden
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brick-Machine (open access)

Brick-Machine

Patent for "that class of brick-machines usually termed 'dry-press machines,' in which clay is taken from the bank and passed into molds in a revolving wheel" (lines 15-19) and "consists more particularly in the construction of details and combination of parts" (lines 23-25) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1880
Creator: Johnson, Richard M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spinning-Wheel (open access)

Spinning-Wheel

Patent for "an improvement in domestic spinning wheels; and it consists in the combination of parts whereby the spindle or whirl is supported from above so as to hang down within the operator's reach, and is made to constantly revolve at the same time that the whirl is moved from and toward the operator" (lines 12-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1880
Creator: Church, Joshua G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Plow (open access)

Rotary Plow

Patent for "rotary plows for plowing land, preparing the land to receive the seed and cultivating the plants, which shall be convenient in use, effective in operation, and not liable to get out of order" (lines 19-23) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1880
Creator: Tally, Thomas Jackson.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game-Board (open access)

Game-Board

Patent for "a game-board having a trough at its head and squared apertures near said head, and numbered cubical blocks adapted to be revolved in said apertures" (lines 18-21) and "has relation to games to be played on bowling-alleys or boards with balls" (lines 16-17) including illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1880
Creator: Thompson, James Whiteford.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Marking the Keys of Key-Boards for Musical Instruments (open access)

Method of Marking the Keys of Key-Boards for Musical Instruments

Patent for "a system of musical notation in which the several notes or note-symbols are shaped so as to approximate in appearance the shape of the letters from which they derive their appellations" (lines 37-41) especially in relation to piano-fortes, organs, and keyed instruments and in teaching music, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1880
Creator: Black, Jane B. D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Spring (open access)

Vehicle-Spring

Patent for the "improved construction of elliptical steel springs" (lines 7-8) in "carriage and car springs" (line 5) including instructions and illustration.
Date: June 22, 1880
Creator: Custer, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Telegraph-Sounder (open access)

Mechanical Telegraph-Sounder

Patent for "a sounder wherein a finger-lever and sounding-lever are combined together with a spring" (lines 13-15) and is "adapted for the use of learners for practicing the manipulation of a telegraph finger-key" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1880
Creator: Clopton, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Water-Elevators. (open access)

Governor for Water-Elevators.

Patent for improvements on governor for water-elevator to alleviate problems of waste of water from overage of water and also allows for self-regulation of the supply of water. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 8, 1880
Creator: Fulton, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeding-Machine. (open access)

Seeding-Machine.

Patent for "a new and useful improvements in Seeding-Machines" (lines 5-6) the light draft interchangeable seeding-machine can be converted from a cotton-planter to a corn-planter, and vice versa. The invention is "compact, simple, and durable" (line 13)
Date: June 29, 1880
Creator: McCall, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Postcard from R. Cook to W. A. Morris, June 3, 1880] (open access)

[Transcript of Postcard from R. Cook to W. A. Morris, June 3, 1880]

Transcript of a postcard from R. Cook of St. Jo, Texas to W. A. "Bud" Morris of Montague concerning payment in the Frieze case for $5.00 each for him and Hyden, plus $2.50 for a total of $12.50. It can be paid by Morris or Levi Perryman to keep someone from staying in jail.
Date: June 3, 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard from R. Cook to W. A. Morris, June 3, 1880]

Postcard from R. Cook of St. Jo, Texas to W.A. "Bud" Morris of Montague concerning payment in the Frieze case for $5.00 each for him and Hyden, plus $2.50 for a total of $12.50. The postcard mentions that it can be paid by Morris or Levi Perryman to keep someone from staying in jail.
Date: June 3, 1880
Creator: Cook, R.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Statement of Account, June 29, 1880] (open access)

[Statement of Account, June 29, 1880]

Statement of account for the taxes in Montague County for sheriff Levi Perryman. The record has been reviewed and approved by a grand jury. G.W. Williams identifies himself as the foreman of the grand jury.
Date: 1880-06-29~
Creator: Williams, G. W.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt of Levi Perryman, June 5, 1880] (open access)

[Receipt of Levi Perryman, June 5, 1880]

Receipt for taxes on personal property in Montague County for the sum of $3.40.
Date: June 5, 1880
Creator: Morris, W. A.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt of W. A. Morris, June 3, 1880] (open access)

[Receipt of W. A. Morris, June 3, 1880]

Receipt of W. A. Morris for the sum of $10.00 for costs of a case. Signed by Justice of the Peace R. Cook.
Date: June 3, 1880
Creator: Cook, R.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library