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Texas and New Orleans Railway.

At last there seems to be
some probability of railway con-
nection between Houston and
New Orleans. The Age states
that a meeting of the directors
of Texas and New Orleans rail-
road was held in Houston on
the 18th instant, in which a tri-
partite agreement was entered
into between Morgan's Louis
lana and Texas railroad and
steamship company, as party
of the FIRST part, the Louisiana
Western railroad company, as
party of the second part and
the Texas and New Orleans
railroad company, as party of
the third part, was ratified and
approved in all its details. The
agreement had been already
ratified and approved. by the
other two companies, named as
parties.
The Age says by the terms of
this agreement the Morgan COM
pany contracts to build, equip
and put in good running order,
the road from Morgan city to
Vermillionville; the Louisiana
Western contracts to build and
equip the road and put it in
good running order from Yer
millionville to Orange on the
Sabine; and the Texas and New
Orleans company contracts to
fully equip and put its road in
good running order from Or
ange to Houston; and the par
ties to the contract bind them
selves that the work they have
respectively undertaken, shall
be completed, one-third in six
months, two-thirds in twelve
months, and the balance in eigh-
teen months from the date of
the agreement. The road is to
cross the Sabine FIVE miles above
the town of Orange, and follow
ing the course of the river will
connect with the present road
at the rear of the town in a prai-
rie admirably adapted to the
connection. The change Of
crossing from the immediate
front of the town will not length
en- the line of the road exceed
ing two miles.
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THE Black
The Plague whis
peared in r.
IFpm the New YorkytIsrald.l

tFrom the New York heraId,l
The black death, which has
again appeared in some parts
Of Russia, has proved very de-
structive, and caused>the great
est alarm. This is the same di-
sease which, in the fourteenth
century, desolated the globe,
and it gets its name from the
black spots, symtomatic of a
putrid decomposition, that show
themselves at one of its stages
on the skin of the sufferer. 1t
is thought to have had its origin
in China in 1888, some fifteen
years before its outbreak in
Europe, and it ragged for TWEEN
ty-hve years, while droughts,
| famines, floods, earthquakes
that swallowed towns and
mountains, and swarms of To-
Gusts spread devastation every
where. During the same per-
iod Europe had as many nor
NAL conditions as the East. The
seasons were at various times
inverted; thunder storms were
frequent in mid-winter, and vol
canoes, long considered extinct,
burst forth afresh. The theory
is that the extraordinary ACTIVE
ty of the earth, accompanied
by decomposition of vast organ
ic masses-myriads of locusts,
brutes and bodies of human be-
lngs-produced some change
in the atmosphere inimical to
life. Some writers say that
the impure air was actually
visible as it approached with its
burden of death. The plague
owed its extension almost whol-
ly to infection and contagion-
Three years passed from the
date of its appearance in Con-
stantinople before it crept by a
huge circle to the Russian ter
ritories. Statistics were not at
tainable then, but it is estimated
that in China alone 100000
people died, and in the remain
der Of the East 1900, 900, while
in Europe $4,000, 900 souls per-
ished, making gland and ter
rible total of 100000. All
though there is little danger of
the spread of the pest to West
ern Europe-for many genera
tons it has been confined to the
East-it is not strange that the
Russians should be startled by
ravages the black death has al
ready made. Personsattacked
by it are said TO. die like heas,
and the ignorant and supersti-
tious peasantry are SO terrified
by it that many are thought to
have persisted of pure fright.
Fortunately the laws of health
and the peculiarities Of disease
are much better understood now
than in centuries gone by.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

PARIS, Feb. Ia The Off
cial journal says the latest re-
ports of the plague are reassur-
ing. 1t has not increased, and
energetic measures have been
adopted FORTS suppression. The
French government have dis
patched a physician to investi-
gate the disease. Reports that
the plague has appeared in Tur-
key are unfounded.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

AUGUSTA, Feb I8.-W: S.
Lynch, charged by the South
ern express company with fail
ing to account for $4,000 in
trusted to him as messenger,
had a hearing before the judge
of the supreme court this morn
ing on writ of habeas corpus for
release. The judge refused the
writ and the prisoner was re-
manded to jail. Lynch had been
messenger of the company for
many years and alleges that he
lost the money out of his car
between Charleston and Angus
ia in November last. The case;
excites great interest.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

IT is just, says the New York
Herald, to say that Mr.. Tilden's
evidcnce-clear, decisive and
unequivical-leaves him in
better position than he was in
before it was given. His denial
of any knowledge whatsoever
of the cipher dispatches or of
any offers, proposals or nego-
tiations to use any money to
purchase any returning boards
or votes until the occurrence of
the Baltimore affair, which he
rebuked and stamped out, isssas
strong as language can make
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

The clergyman of the city of
New York are slimly cared for,
receiving annually S5,sIo.ooo
salary; of this amount the Meth
odists pay sI,sS,ooo, the Pres
byterians, $4,000; the Episco-
palians, sSfI, 900 the average
clerical salary being $40.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

The correspondent Of a Lon
don paper describes an Afghan
beauty as having blue-black hair
plastered stiff with gums, and
either worn in various forms on
the head or plated in long
braids down the back. The.
margins of the ears are pierced
and decorated with rows of
small silver rings, while large
rings hang from the lobes. The
neck and breast are tSttoed with
little figures Of stars and flowers
and the sparkle Of the blackeyes
is enhanced by coating the lids
with black antimony. The
checks are rouged and dotted
with little round moles of gold
and silver tinsel fastened on with
gum. A |. ose muslin or silk
jacket ofyellow, blue or red
hangs below the waist, and wide
trowsers silk or other colored
material complete the indoor
costume. On going out the lady
wears leggings Of cotton cloth.
gartered at the knee; shoes Of
red or yellow leather and a boor-
kaposh or cloak. Some ladies
wear horse hair wells. and others
fasten vinaigrettes to their fore
heads, ottar of roses or other
scents. .lfglian ladies exercise
much influence over their semi
savage husbands, and one of
Shere tlis wives sometimes
smartly boxes him on the ear
with slipper.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

There is no better time than
the present for draining wet
ground. Swamps are now dry;
work IS not pressing; every foot
of land farmer owns should be
made profitable, and if the sea-
son is permitted to pass and this
work is neglected, year must
elapse before the opportunity
/ returns.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

= Texas has representa-
ton of $4,000 in the $685.
900 appropriation for river and
harbor Improvements, as fol-
lows: Sabine Pass, $4,000;
Galveston harbor, 100000; ship
channel, Galveston, $4,000;
narrow Sabine Pass, $4,000;
Pass Cavallo and Matagorda
bay $4,000; Cypress bayou,
$1,000; Arkansas Pass, So, 900;
removal of the raft on Red Riv-
er, $4,000.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

seostmaster OF rn'laaeipn'a-
A bill before the legislature
of Alabama appropriates SIo,z
900 tor the payment of SIS
each to soldiers who lostan arm
or a leg in the Confederate SER
vice.
Norman F. Fenno, the missing
Boston stock-breker, IS now be-
lieved to have gone to Europe,
taking about $4,000 in cash
and available securities, mostly
borrowed from his Customers.
Gen. E. Kirby Smith happen-
ed to be in Jacksonville when
Gen. Sherman arrived, so the
latter invited the ex-confederate
to run over to St. Augustine
with him. Gen. Smith accep-
ted.
The citizens of Hot Springs
are making it warm for bunko
men. Alta recent meeting held
in that city, a committee was
appointed to wait on the legis-
lature, and requests the passage
of a bill making the ofense
punishable by a fine of $500
and Imprisonment.
There are onlv thirteen week
" newspapers published IN the
territory Of New Mexico. They
are distributed as follows: C;n-
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

Some people think that by
church memberships they are
pre-empting homesteads in a
land that is fairer than this, but
they will find that putting blank
envelopes in the contribution
box on Sunday will prove a
serious drawback to reading
their titles clear.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

IT SEEMS that the senate and
House fatty refuse to adopt the
reports of the Conference COM
mittee in reference to the Penal
codes, which has caused a fear
full Illustration among the COM
mittee-men.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21
The Texas SIR for February

THE Texas San for February
published at Houston, is espec-
tally devoted to Galveston. 1t
is adorned with a railway map
in which Galveston is depicted
as the head center of the rail-
road world. Galveston at this
day and date has but two rail-
roadside others are on paper,
but unfortunately for Galveston,
paper railroads, carry neither
passengers nor freight.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

FARMING on a grand scale,
even with the assistance Of i'm
proved machinery and nipple
ments, IS dangerous expert
ment, and in the West has ter
minated disastrously. 1t is es-
timated that the money sunk
during the past ten years in such
experiments will amount to over
SIoo,ooo,ooo
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

On stiff clays, barley may
yield a greater produce, but it
is of a coarsequality. On light
chalky soils, it is thin skinned,
rich in color, and, though light
in weight, well adapted for malt
ing. On-loamy lands and san
dy marls, it assumes greater
plumpness, yet still retains its
mailing quality.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

The Wisconsin Democrats
are certainly a queer set of fell
lows. The Democrats in the
legislature of that state openly
endorse the action of congress
man Bragg in opposing the
payment of Southern waf
claims.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

The Richmond Fow Counties
goes far from home to select a
ssbject for a 'leader." Last
week it Celebrates on the "Jews
in Palestine. The Jews will
no doubt continueto hold their
own whether in Palestine or the
United States.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

Pure air and good water are
of even greater Importance than
exercise in the care of young
animals. They are often hud-
died together in houses alto
gether insufficient in size, and
in which the atmosphere is al
most constantly impure from
the product of respiration.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

"A somewhat serious shoot
ing scrape occurred in Milan
county. Constable Noonan, in
attempting to arrest one Butler,
was fired uponby him. The re-
suit was that the constable lost
his left hand it was amputated
and is preserved in alcohol for
evidence at the trial.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

The Flatonia ArgNs is keep
ing up quite a lively and per-
haps just war on the county at
torney fFayette county. There
are other county attorneys who
could be stirred up without do
ing any harm to the public SER
vice.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

Sam recently got married.
and told his wife that she might
retain all the change which
dropped on the floor out of his
pockets. What was his aston
ishment, on Monday morning,
to find no money in his pants.
He has since ascertained that
his wife hangs his pants upside
down.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

The New Orleans Reaynne
predicts that after the adjourn
ment of Congress, Stanley
Matthews will be honored with
tbs appointment to the Berlin
Mission, the position held by the
late Bayard Taylor.
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LEGISLATIVE.

Senate, Feb. I7.-Report that
conference committee of house
and senate cannot, agree on
criminal code and recommend
its reference to .the joint COM
mittee of free conference. Ed
wards, Stewart and Storey ap-
pointed on said committee.
Committee report that Messrs.
Merrlck and Durand have been
satisfied for their demand against
the state and are not in a posi-
ton to ask more.
Committee report that civil
code should pass without amend
ment.
Quite number of bills were
referred.
House.-A number of new
bills were introduced. Mr.Gaith-
er introduced a bill to create a
board of pardons, consisting of
governor, secretary of state and
attorney general.
Minority report Of committee
favors seating Freeman, colored
in place of Dennis, of Fort Bend
county. 1t seems likely that
the session will adjourn before
this question is finally disposed
of.
Bill to sell lands for purpose
of building a state house passed.
Finlay's bell-punch bill was
taken up and pending reading
the house adjourned.
AUSTIN, Feb. IS.-Senate-
Mr.. Houston: Memorial of Ed.
Meyers and other veterans: by
same, memorial from Tom Green
county for protection from dep
relations.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Favorably on joint resolution
asking our congressman to Sc
cure appointment of a United
States commissioner to act with
Texas in defining the boundary
of Texas in the section known
as Greer county.
Favorably on joint resolution
asking reimbursement from con
gress for expense of Texas for
frontier protection r
Favorably on bill for the pres
ervation of fish and fish traps. -
Favorably on bill in reference
to auction sales in Travis coun-
ty. 5s7lF 90
Favorably on bill for relief of
Arkansas road company. i
Favorably on bill for county
clerks to issue licenses for sale
of liquor in quantities less than
a quart, and with amendment.
Favorably on second bill to
build a state house and provid-
ing for disbursements of mon
eys. Ordered printed.
Favorably on bill to prevent
buffalo killing, and commend
ing joint resolution to ask con-
gress to take the matter in h md
The chair said house propos-
ed a conference committee on
January and February appropri-
alton bills.
Favorably on memorial of
Waller and Fort Bend counties,
with reference to Sunday laws.
Favorably to create state Ii
brarian, and asked reference to
committee on history, etc.-so
ordered. q
Favorably on bill to ask con-
gress to pay Texas senators and
representatives elected in 1866.
Bill to prohibit sale of liquor
on Sunday. Referred.
Favorabiy on bill for times of
court in the twenty-hfth district.
also on bill to attach certain
counties to said district.
Favorably on bill to require
owners of surveys to pay fees
before obtaining patents.
Favorably on bill for mode OF
regulating elections.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

The Corsicana Mder evidently
has a spite at the Marshall law
yers. It accuses them of TAX
ing cases at six-bits each. We
have too much respect for the
legal fraternity to believe such
a SANDER.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

TIE church Of Jesus, in Mex
leo, Episcopal, reports 1000 adj
herents and $500 communicates
with 500 children in schools,
and II theological students.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

Miss MAUD MONTGOMERY,
the spiritualistic lecturer and x-
FOUNDER. is denounced by. the
Dallas Had as first class
fraud and humbug.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

The Flatonia 6zgus says it is
The same old story with the
county court-nearly all the ca
ses are continued or dismissed.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

The cry of hard times must
certainly be a myth SO far as
Texas is concerned. Every pa
per in the state has a standing
local on the scarcity of dwell
ing houses in its immediate To-
cality.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

The Houston Teleg1ams says
the way to play poker in Texas
IS not to play at all. 1t is
more than likely that the 7eie-
gram man has been taken in
and done for in Social game
of poker.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

CAS a minor be arrested on
account Of a breach of promise
to marry? The sedate Marshall
Herald propounds this serious
question.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

THERE is considerable differ
enee Of opinions among our
representatives in regard to the
sunday IaL-some favor it
strongly, while others bitterly
oppose it.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

THE Galveston Ci0iHanis I'M
doubtedly entitled to the cham
pion belt for being live and
progressive paper. The BANNER
has just received its issue of the
9th inst, together with some of
more recent dates.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

QulrE a number of bills and
resolutions were introduced in
the House yesterday, but few
passed or reported upon favor-
bly,.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

War has been tried and ex-
PEELED from the church. The
universal verdict of the newspa-
pers Is that he was served right.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

Mrs. Sherman says her hus-
band must not dance, but the
general keeps right on and says
it's naughty but it's nice. The
general is quite carried away
with the new hop and jump
waltz.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

The bill TO restrict Chinese
immigration to the United
States passed the senate, by a
vote Of forty-nine to twenty.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

NAMES new salary law gives
the Governor $1,000 year
the biggest salaries are paid
supreme judges. being $1,000
apiece.
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Round Rock. saws

HfddHSHf, neeCS a nrSt-ClaSS
flour mill. Williamson is fine |
wheat producing county and
certainly should have a good |
mill.
The Galveston Ciaflian
thinks doctors should be COM
PEELED to write their prescrip-
tons in English, that patients
may know what kind of poison
they are taking.
= Maud Montgomery gave
a seance in Dallas the other
night and came very near being
egged for her pains. The Dial
lasites evidently do not appre-
ciatc spiritualism.
VIM. Anderson, of Waco,
is constructing a balloon 35x7o
feet for Prof. Cevor, who pro-
poses to make ascensions in DIFF
ferent parts Of the state, as soon
as the critter is finished.
- Richard Coward, charged
with the murder Of Adolph
Schacktrupp, was tried in the
district court of Harris county,
on Tuesday last, found guilty of
murder in the first degree and
sentenced to be hung.
= The county court and Off
Gals of Mason county have me-
morialized the Legislature, ask
ing the maintenance of a from
tier force, by which the officers
of these counties may be ena-
bled to enforce the laws.
w. L. Lashbay, salesman in
Jefferson & Cos drug store, at
Dallas Texas, after collecting
money and smuggling lot of
goods belonging to the firm
skipped out" for other fields
and pastures green.
= Louise Pomeroy, the lady
who was SO badly hurt by an
accident on the Texas and Pa
cifc railroad, is billed for Hous-
ton on Thursday. She has
been playing successfully and
prohtably in the northern part
of the state.
= The Hampstead Come,
says that every officer of Wal
Ter county, with one single ex-
ception, are sober men. This
speaks well for the county. 1t
is as high a compliment to the
voters of the county as it is to
the officers.
- The Williamson county
Record has gone the way of the
Hampstead Messeugsy-it has
"petered" out. A few weeks
ago it claimed the largest circu-
lation of any paper in William
son county and the county had
four papers before the Record
went up.
= Constable Jones, of Nava-
sofa, attempted to force his way
into the Hall of the Pomeroy
troupe on Wednesday night
without ticket, and got well
pounded by the doorkeeper and
barely escaped being shot by
the same man. Served him right.
-E. G. Hult and wife, of
Dallas, were aroused on We'd
nesday night by a rap at their
door; upon opening it they be-
held a child-a little curly-head-
ed girl-bundled in blanket
and dressed in rags. A note
pinned on its breast, asked the
inmates to take charge of the
waif. They took it in and will
adopt it, as they have ample
means and no children.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

TnE Austin .Statfsmau tells of
a gentleman getting out of a
carriage at the opera house and
dropping pistol which was dis
charged. It is, we think, proof
positive that the man was a
gentleman" else he would not
have gone to the opera house
with pistol.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

Dallas comes to the front
with nice little story about a
man trying to shoot his truant
wife whom he found in a variety
theater. For sensations Dallas
is far ahead of any city in the
grand state of Texas.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

Gov VANCE is the only gov
crnor North Carolina has had
during the past fifteen years,
who served out his full term of
Office.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

GoScREss has provided for
the erection of monument
=oyer the grave of Thomas JEFF
fcrson-work to begin shortly.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

THERE are eighty Cougrega-
sional churches in California
with a membership of 4,475.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

NINE members of the forty
fifth congress have died, and
several others are reported Sc
riously i'll.
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: IA YOUNG married womaj

"A young married woman
was found dead in tent on the
9th, twelve miles northwest of
Fort Worth. She had been
living for a short time in the
tent with a man she called her
husband. The face was horri-
bly, mutilated with the back of
a Ratchet. The man was not
to be found.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

ILLINOIS legislators are en-
deavoring to pass law regulat-
ing rates upon Pullman palace
cars.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

A PARIS dispatch announces
the death of Princess Caroline,
widow of Prince Murat.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

CoRN is said to contain FIVE
times the oil or fat yielded by
wheat.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

The legislature has appropri-
ated six hundred thousand dol
lars for public schools this year.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

IsRAFAIL has graciously sent
invitations to all country editors
to attend Mardi iGras at Calves
ton. If he had sent railroad
passes with the invitations he
would have got every newspa-
per man in Texas to have gone
to Galveston.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

In Georgia, last year, there
were 100000 children in attend
ance at school, of which $4,000
were colored-
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-02-21

MEMPHis. having abolished
her city charter, is said to have
more deputy sherifs than any
city in the Union.