Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-06-28


Congress will prevent any redue-
ton in the. public debt during
the next fiscal year, unless there
is market increase in the re-
ceipts from customs and inter
nal revenue.
Tue Texas Veterans were in
troduced to Gov. Hubbard at
the A. and NJ. College, Bryan.
The governor entertained them
with a speech edlogizing the vet
Grams and depicting the great
ness Of Texas compared with
the Texas of early times.
TIE Galveston Mfsps has re-
turns from conventions in 70
counties. leaving 50 to be heard
from. The counties reported
are entitled to 67o votes which
are thus apportioned,: Throck-
morton, I46; Hubbard, 1854;
Lang, 81: Uninstrueted 3a1.
NINE bushels of peaches were
recently shipped from Terry to
New Orleans which melted the
owner S. abushel. The Vicks-
burg Herald suggests that it
will now be in order for some
one to tell the fruit-grower
about the enormous profits of
cotton raising.
The case of Fitzjohn Potter
who was courtmartialed for dis
obedience Of order during the
war is again up before a board
of officers at West Point. The
disobedience occurred August
20, 1861 onthe Potomac. Porter
was a general in the army.
Pope had command of the ar
my corps.
THE Victoria .Adsoea.e has
been discussing Hon. John Ire
land and one of the West Texas
papers accuses it ola display
of venom. 1t says if calling a
demagogue by name is to dis
play venom it pleads guilty to
the charge and invites them to
make the most of it.
a WONDERFUL cave has been
discovered near Glasgow, KY.
1t has been explored % miles
in one direction and IS in an
other. Three navigable rivers
are passed on the long route.
The new cave surpasses in gran
deur and magni6cence the far
famed Mammoth cave.
PRoF. MINOR, of the colored
branch of the a. and M. college
thinks the fees ought to be re-
duced. AS genral thing the
colored people are too poor to
pay existing charges. He
thinks the attendance next year
will he largely increased.
w. H. VANDERBILT writes to
the Chicago Times that the rail-
roads have a capacity for doing
four times the present amount
Of business. He favors uniform
.ariffs; having a summer and
winter rate. He says combina-
ions and cutting on rates is
-uinous to business.
THE Age says the attendance
1t Camp Houston is not as
arge as was expected. De-
:achments are present from
Waco, Dallas, Fort Worth,
BRENNAN, Oyster Creek, Sandy
Point and Houston. The Island
City Rifles will be up. On
Thursday. the day of general |
eview, it is expected to see
hres hundred men in line.
The Dallas Herald says Meth |
II time nor space will be given
o explanations or corrections
If items in which mems names
.ppear in connection with break
ne the law. AS a moral we
would add that, men who be-
lave themselves and keep out
f court, do not get their names
published as violators ofthe law.
THE Waco Examiner says
everal counties known to be
lmost unanimously for Lang,
ave not SO instructed. 1t says
his is to be regretted. Yes, it
ught to be regretted; it would
tand to reason that if they are
o unanimous for Lang that
hey would not fail to so in
truct. 1t was an objectionable
versight.
HENRY A. PARR has been ar
ested in Boston by United