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DunLsS0ToS, 1a.. July s.-The crop prospect
nt ~ ,,rc.n,,t t.nn n,,",t T., lin .I,s,I..,mn,
~ NV p.Iee"e .'..es oN.oe' ~ NV n.'Ns''epPt
grain hay U l'ceu Headed for more than II week,
.Nnl everything destroyed, or winter WHEAT tho
Weld viii not nvt,s Jnrpo prr acre as could IL,
s 49, -, ~ We h0 ~ !N ' y. ." ~. ~, w
hei"h, UT tho 1nereiseu ncreaxe Hown VIII III
Rire nGhrly, If n1t quite, MI average nxFrCHnte.
efrcr, NJ, ,hIs cerrn,. Hpri,,,, wheat ann nnto
~, . m ~ at.+a ""7 49, ea'e'
Aua rye. uuu III taet hlt Rrato oaccpt winter
wheat. prun1ts1 To yIoJll f,cBt nttln]nutv 1rsa
, 1880-07-03
CHANGE OF HEART.
rMil rEMt1f,NArS uEpEST.

Sptet1t Uspateh 10 1hs Chicago 1ftbtnas
WAe111NaroN, D. G.. July Att appears that
two prominent Democrats gnve notice at the
0urtlcld aud Arthur ratification mootlng In Dnl-
tnore yesterday that they should support tho
Republican ticket. spcnking Of them Tonight,
Gen. Crcswcll sntd; F." Dao wns Col. Edwin Web
stcs, Collector Of tho Port during President
Jol,nson'B time, and the other Frederick Stone,
formerly n Representative In Congress from tho
Filth nletrtet.t [ mn informed they arc both
pronounced for Oartsoll. know that tt1ey In.
tend to stick, now TINT theg havo come over. nnd
there 10 somo talk among llcpubliuans In their
districts of putting them In nomination for Con-
grcss."
9KE YnAUD FLANK.
The placing Of Gen. Hancock on tho fraud
plank has cuiIcd to tho mind Of army officers
hero TINT Upon tho occasion Of tho Inst lnnngu-
ration no came 10 Washington ritnont ortiots
fIo unpcnrcd In full uniform, and wns ono Of tho
lirAt to Gull on President Hinges md eonKratunte
him on tho result Of tho long struggle connected
with tho Electoral count.
, 1880-07-03

NAsnylLLx, Tenn. July IA csosnatory has
been croatcd at point 10 yards from the iuter-
section Ut the Wh!to Creek ami Dickinson turn
plkoa, two mslcs north u tho city. Tbs build
ing Ii about fourteen By sixteen feet square,
md has u dt,or Rpd chlmnsy for ventilation,
A furnace about ulAa feGt long, Ajx luSt widr.
the hs,usc. The fur7lasV hss not yut busn colEl-
ptetsd. 1t viii st'l.ptto lvS subjects With tho
feIpyus ssEAkk&x ~ ~
, 1880-07-03
TEE CENSUS.


VItANU IfNTIDs5s QIICQe
Special Dtsruteh 10 Ths chteooo Tribune.
GRAND RAPIDS, blioh., July 2-Tho census Of
this city was completed and officially leclnred
by Gen. 3. II, Piorco, Supervisor Of tho Census,
Mt 20T,-a growth since 1870 Of ~ 800, or almost
as 1t Ia moro rapid. than most other cities ID
tho country. and the population Is, increasing
With remarkable rnpthlty now, ncnrly ECU hAy-
Ing COMO too lato to DO enumerated lust month
, 1880-07-03

MONMOUTH, H., July e.-Tho ccnsua returns
give tho City Of Monmouth u population Of
4,DsJ; tho entire township, $3.50. The city gains
3l since 1b70, and tho tow,lsh,p1Co. With tho cx-
ceptIou Of Iloseville. Leno1, Spring Grove. md
Monmouth, tho roturns from tho thirtcet town.
shlpa In Warren. County show small 1osscs as
compared with tho oonsus Of 1870.
, 1880-07-03
Letter Of Acceptance Of the Oreen-
baok.labor Presidential
Candidate,
Who Hugs to His Bosom the Fond
Delusion that the Great
Prize u Hts.
The Union Veterans Of Chlcngo Discuss.
Ing the Proposed Ratification
Meeting.
Forthcoming 1rish-American Republican
Convention - Young Men Car
fold Clubs.
TIE NATIONAL COMMITTEE

4IlE IN AIloN AL CoAM1IIEE Es
MARSHALL JEWELL. ELEorED CHAIRMAN.
Special Dtspdtch to Ihs Chicago Tribune.
New Y0nK. July c.-ncfore II o'clock this
morning tho Fifth Avenue Hotel swarn,cd With
Republican politicians uf all gtasica, and In tho
corridors, tho har-roon. and tho rcadfug-roo1
thnro waa constant btizz Ut conversation rcln-
tivo to tho probable action Of tho National Com
mEttec. Senator Roscoe Conkling strcde iuso
tho corridor Just bcf0rr tho Committee went
Into session, ard was for sotno time tho grand
csntro Of attraction. lIe WAS approached ut
different times b. most Of the metnbees OF tho
Committee, ns well rs by mntiy other lcpublic-
n1spf distinction. Ills longest conferenco wns
with tho Hon. Thoinns q. Plntt, Of 0swogo. Thetr
conversation was long and earacst, and owl
IDENTIFY rulated to the organization 0f tho Conn
1nittoo atid tho appointment Of the Executive
Committee. After Shaking hands with Corr
grCAsn1An Enstoip, Con. John ". Knapp, aud d
few Uthors. Mr.. Conkllug botook himself to tho
committee room. Meantime the Sub-Commlt-
tee appointed last night to report 10 tho Ma
ttoEnl Committee IL perm organization for
It's consideration WIS III session in Gov. Jowell's
rout. This c0ntnittoe Comprised the following
gentlemen: Gov. Chnrlcs Foster, Of Ohio; Som
ntor John h. 1.ognn, OF Illinois; John N. FoEbos
at Massachusetts; William &. Chandler, Of Now
Hampshire; and stcphenIW. Dorsey, of oflArkansas.
IT Is UNDERSTOOD
that tho names Of Flatt Of New York. Chandler
Of Now tlnulpshtro, and Jowcll of Connecticut
were cnnynBsed for tho Craftsmanship. Chandler
reduced the list by positively declining to allow
| the use ur ILLS nano. Thoro was discussion us tu
GeH. GNrfleldB sentiments rgXnrllng Flhtt. mid
goutle doubt WIS tnslnnated rs to whethor he
| would llko 80 pronounced an adhosont OF tho
| thirLDtorn US Chairman of tho National Coln-
nfttco. 1t Ia said that Gov. Foster represented
thAt Cen. Oafaod would be satisfied
with rlatt,' but whcn telegram was
| sent to tho 1icnuIcnn cnrtt1u tn n.1ttjnp
, 1880-07-03

ClScESAArl, O., July ..-Il. IIadrtok, agent ot
tho Northwestern Mutual Lifo-1naufanob Com
pnny, dtqd auddonly In h!s ot11oe this aflernoon
while talking with friends lIb WA the o1das$
insurance agent III tho city.
, 1880-07-03
PENNSYLVANIA.
"A UACKSLIDEfl.

Sptttat Dlspatch 10 7ns Chicago Tribune,
PlT1snu1tu, ra,, July 2-The ta.est political
sensation hero Is the announcement by Gen. A..
L. pearson that ho will support Gen. Hancock.
Ile wit, bo remembered for tho part be took In
the feeble attempt to suppress tho rittshurg
riots III 1877, fnr which lo WIS severely consurcd
hy our citizens. Itsc1,ns that ho bus received
luttcr from Gen. 1fancnck, whose acquaintance
he formed during tho War Of tho Rebellion,
onmpIinenttug him on his oollrsc during tho
rlnts. Iri.ae from such n source Tor l0tng
WhAt had bcun universally condon1ncd i'y h!s
fellow fnwtlaInon BoGtns IN hAvp turned. hts
l,eaA 4nd CAUSED him to desert tho ting Under
which h1 hnh fought long and we'll. ucn Pour
sun is tho Pennsylr1un member OF tho NATIONAL
Committee Of tho Votcrhn Union Boys In huc,
OF which uau Qrant Ia Chairman. tlo said to-
1rnnt Of hls withdrawal from tho organization.
Tho failure Of Gen Grant 10 receive tho no11,snR-
u0n ut Chicago " glycn AS tho lcAdlng cause or
Gan. pcars0n'e iercctton.
CAN'T CARRY THE sTATE.
Special Dispaf<h to Tn Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, u. G., July "a Funtlpmnu
recognized hero as thoroughly posted in pcnn-
sylvNniA p1fl1cs. and Dne who wns n10st earnest
IL for tho nomination Of Gen. 0rAut, sNyB thNt
ill tNik If Hancock b0lnH Nhsc 10 carry any hp-
prcclnblo pArt Of tho Republican vote Ut thHt
StNtA In Hieru clnp-trap. Whlto uen. li4ncnck y
pnpnlnr thore nj q H0der, rs q cnntlttlato he ID
Thls asrecs with tho opinion Of Judge Schoiold,
vim, nfter: IL trip through Pennsylvania. sNyt
tilnt Gen Hancock will poll tho full strength Q!
tho Uptnncrntio rarty, hut moro, nnsi TINT It Ii
I'LL nonsense to talk ahnllt his carrying tho StAto
, 1880-07-03

Special Di,patsh to Ths Chicago Tribune.
CEDAR 1tAplps, fa., July 2.-Tho ces,aus gives
Cedar Rapids l0,10o. This docs not Include two
additions to tho city which properly belong to It,
4nu which would lncreaso tho population to
l3,U00. The regular returns mako an Increase
Ut hourly 4,0Q0 since l8T0.
, 1880-07-03
:, sUICiDEs.'

kpfttat b1paeh ta TIA Ch{eaeo TF(buns,
MADISON. Wis., July 2.--Mra. Horton. aged 10
yeara, mother OF George Horton, Nylng neat
tn ~ tsfa sana" e.
Act y supposed to have boon domestic dlsaos
p0l1tmeut5. -,
, 1880-07-03
OBITUARY..
w. l.. Mills.

w. J.. MILLS.
8psttaE bfspAteh to 1hs Chteaeo htbunA. :
ADRIAN, Mich, July 2.-WmtilInm l.. Mills, for
forty ycars prominent rcstdont OF thta oity, died
this morning, agod %. 1lo was for many TcarS
Chief Enginour. OF tho Flrc Department. and
proMinort In Masonic u!attorA. He will be
, 1880-07-03
HEX ,1IclkHEH.

HARLlSugS, Somerset Co.. N. j., July s.-An
unprecedented drought preyutls In thts section,
including this county, and also Ilunterhn1,, Nor
cot, and slldtlescx, No rain Of ahy consequence
has fA'lcn III about two mouths Oats, corll, hay,
{ullIitH. -. y
, 1880-07-03

GAr,aEn. ILL.,, July a.-Tho population Of our
villngo IL I88; Of the township, l876-au Increase.
Tho population of othor Villages In Grundy
Comfy Is as follows: Morrte, a4s7: M!h0oka,
a.: Vernon: 1ol; Coal Guy, Gn; Hracevt!lo, sto;
county ID 4hQ4t lT,Q0D. -
, 1880-07-03
EIEIN. ILL.

Special D4,pateh to Ths Chicago Tttouns.
ELAlN, ILL.,, July 2.-The ccnsua-tuking hos
Just boon finished. Tho population ot tho city,
which was 6,4t1 In 1870, IL. in 1880, 6,780, In tho
toWnahip there arc 1000.
, 1880-07-03
LANCASTER. PA,

LANCASTER, Pa, July @.-The census OF this
city hns bean rovlsol and completcd. IT, I'll
population, rs $40; ineroasc over 1870. 66lJ. Most
ut the county tiaa a!eu tleDn returned, showing
4u incrcuee Of over 1I,44B.
, 1880-07-03

Speetat Dsspateh 10 TAs Chicago 1ribunt
DunuQuH, July 2.-The census onumcrators
have completed their work, and Dubuque finds
horself With population of Is 600.
, 1880-07-03

T0tRt....,...,.......,.,. ,bI,U43 ks,HH
"The returns also ahow that there weru l,ss30
from casting my balls, tor noyosnor."
'Tho figures indicata gain In tho numbvr Of
voters pf uuly D,eU1 lu sl1 years."
"Appurun{ly that Is VII, but the increase IN
bcon polled, II would hare shown gata OF at
NIioW do you make It p1lts"
"Thu total number OF ulala persons Of lawful
ago In the State In 1870 wua t, , or n, ,06 more
than the uuulbor OF soteFs At the saIno tin0. OF
, 1880-07-03
CANADA.

TnN LAEh1nG CAnnl-Thc Question or
1.-Two = stock Expectation - Cattle-
1'lnEHe mt ttvinnipeK-Chargcs Agalnst
the Pron1(cr, of Quebec.
sptt,al DHpateA to 7hs Chicago 1rtb4ns.
MONTREAL, July MR. Tngc, tho Government
Engineer, says that ho hopes to havo the canal
ready by SUNDAY or MontEay, but Will not nnne
any oxncs tldy, hoing afrald TINT, tho informa-
tion will bo misleading. Lie says that ono Of
the KNtoS has boon .almoat destroyed
md will havo to be lifted out and rcpa!rcd. while
the condition Of tho others c1nnot yet be ascer-
tnined, a. the dtvcrH are looking for thetrs
Meantime tho arrivals from tho river, at thu
mouth Of tho oanul aro blocking tho entrance,
and will further oessruot port navigation to
some cxtoHt. > =, 49,
lanngpd wheat, taken from tho barge Detroit
WIS sold to-day ut one md ono-fourthf cohtet
per bushel. '.,: -. -.:e
'spteta. Dttpateh 10 7as Chicago Tribune
QuEuEc, July 2.-1n tho vlce-AdmIrntty Court
this morning tho casoof tho Ataiaya wua com-
monccd Tho owner, II. Dognrt. ESQ.,. Of Now
York, petitions for hcr reicaao from custody on
tho GROUND that tho charges, arc utterly
base!ess. Flo Also asks for damages aRnlnat
tho Government Mr.. Dogart and Mr. Gillespie,
tic eonsgncc, testified TINT tho vessel WIS load
cd at Montreal with lumber consigned. to
Messrs. Thomas Ferry 4 Co., u most
respectable res; ha, house n. at CT c!entnesas. cuns,
AAN AttA AVSC4 HGc1 GABN&Gu III
my unlawful undertaking. Tho cargo
Is valued Mt 63,s7D and tho vessel at about
$4,000. and tho damages caused By tho nrrest,
delay. ard dischArge Of thpss cargo, and attond4
ant oxrunses, onnnot amount to less than
s" su<ea. Dt;pa,es % I, n, ! cat.ass 7.sun.
TORONTO, July Eat the. Inst Sitting Of tbs
Agricultural :aK CommissI2n % Hppo,nted By tho On
tho charao.oristics OF tho county 10 regards the
land. eto, w examining orally parties who nre
one Of tho most extensive dealcrn 10 Ontario.
was examined IN connection WITH the cattle ox-
sattlo iii bis Ito, and bad bcon for tho iast f,yo
yeara sondlug asitue.e to Englaud. Tho
hseass liz ~ pRm9 cod
aa 9S 9c sS h. sh 9pt IT, me- d t o
'tsss !sss faas 2ssas 70:
shipped: Tho Atnorioan cutie brought two
Honts pound more ttan Canndlnp, because
piy noxt yoar wis larser thin tic preseat year,
tho tolInage would mt be equnl to tho det1,.rd
to carry the eattte away at IT. mo proper time fFam
81 S' ssssls
loft atreaay whore therc wore not 1000 sent last
tho west and fcd in Canada Ut proit, beeause
tho dforcnt treatment woul! toll nRainst the
IT, eo eoa @ Ct asPoy hPRsS s ses sFs SS 5
Couintsaton. Iio said TINT rnnn could not gtyo
pynE aa t tSe M
hadsAippedB W 600 sheup from American ports Inst
'yenr. large nropornon Of which wore wethcrs
Of al! kinds, sotts AMI! wetshts. It was bis opIn-
9n TINT. tntoro CANADA got" lnto tho business,
,e Aass E1ss % 4kS hsHo s sPs% % na g surHs Hs
9Sty; 4 r II s, aaani,y , IT, oi,y tlslns csas.
or Juno, whom tho american cattle could not be
, 1880-07-03
UTAH,

BALr LAKE CiTr, July a.--Tho consus makes
tho population OF tho Territory Of Utuh nhout
l35.OuO, aud OF Salt Lako City about 81 200.
, 1880-07-03
T'frNNE9EETl

KNOXVILLE. Tonn, July y.2.-The Democratic
tionInated Themas Il m % T.. Wil@ans @ 1 for GonsFess ''
, 1880-07-03
POLITICAL NEWS, ),


INDIANA. 80
Special Dtipateh 10 Tns Chicago Iftbuns.
Foar WAYNE, Ind. July IA call WAS issued
to-day for Republican Congressional conveu.
tlon pf this dstrfet to tneot nt Auburn 1uty i8.
Judge H. 8. Tnylor, Of this city, will probably bo
tho nunllueu, -.
, 1880-07-03
PRESIDENTIAL.

The Republican National Gem
trail Committee Finishes
Its Work.
Marshall jewell Elected Chair
n,nn, and Dorsey, Of Arkan'
sas, Secretary.
Proposition to Send Senator
Blaine to the Pacific
Coast.
A Serious Charge That Gen. Hancock
Can Scarcely E1plaiu aatia-
faotorily'
His Purpose to Support Tnden
Had the Latter Claimed
the Presidency.
Democratic Leaders in Maryland
Disguised with the Nora-
inatton,
Avowing Their Determination to
support Garfield and
| Arthur
Letter Of Acceptance Of the Oreen-
! baok.labor Presidential
| Candidate,
Who hugs to His Bosom the Fond
Delusion that the Great
| Prize Is His.
The Union Veterans OF Chicago Discuss
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-08-05
The Grist Tax Of Italy.

The endurance OF the people
OF Italy and their patience I'M
der the burthen of peculiarly
oppressive taxation has been
perhaps as severely tested by
the "grist tax" as it would be
safe to try any civilized popu-
lation by. This excise duty
has latterly yielded 100000
lire, or, say 100000 a year.
1t amounts to a tax of about SO
cents a head, and rests emphat-
ically upon the poorest classes.
It is tax which the millers are
compelled to collect upon the
grain brought to their mills for
grinding, and, as the poorer
classes in Italy characteristical-
ly live upon farinaceous food
and very seldom use meat, the
tax reaches every one of them.
In the northern part of the pc
ninsula the chief diet ofthe peo-
pie is polenta or corn-mealpor-
ridge. which in Connecticut,
would be styled "hasty pud-
ding" In Naples and all other
parts of the peninsula south of
the States of the Church"
maccaroni is the chief article
of food. The grist tax touches
both of these indispcnsables of
diet, and touches them so
severely that it is said to have
promoted 4 disease which has
become national with the Ital-
ians. This is pellagra, a disor-
der closely related to leprosy,
and which is greatly on the in
crease. Its cause is claimed to
be very nearly connected with
the wretched food of the peas
antry, and in some parts OF the
country the hospitals and aims
houses are not able to accom-
modate the increasing number
of cases of this specific indigen-
Gus malady. The Italian par
Lament, after d great and long
continued pressure, has consen-
ted to remit one-fourth of the
grist tax, beginning with the
first of September, next ensuing
entire tax is to be abandoned
on January I, 1854. When 1t
is considered that the Italian
army costs every year more
than the grist tax yields, and
that the new kingdom has been
spending some 100000 or
100000 a year in the con-
struction Of iron-clad steamers,
the patience and loyalty of the
Italian people will begin to be
appreciated.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-08-05

WHERE, o! where is the
boosted influence Of the Hous-
ton Age7 1t seemed to think
that it had the democracy OF
Harris county under its wings
and that the county convention
would instruct for Roberts, but
alas! for the vanity of the Age,
the democracy of Harris coun-
ty, in convention assembled has
"done and gone and" elected
an anti-Roberts delegation. Mr..
Age, the BANNER sympathises
with you, newspapers do not
pretty much always generally
have their own way. Many
years ago there was a popular
song entitled "Jordan is hard
road to travel" Mr.. Age, please
sing first verse.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-08-05

The Paris North Texan of
Saturday last has a three COL
umn editorial on Governor
Roberts. 1t says the Roberts
men have hardened their hearts
and stiffened their necks, and
nothing that is said seems to
avail. 1t has been shown that
the governor does not deserve
any credit for the balance fund
in the treasury. On the same
day the Texan published its
editorial the democracy OLA
mar county instructed for the
GA.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-08-05

AFEELING seems to be gain
ing ground that there is screw
loose" in the jury system as
applied TO the trial of murder
cases. The Austin Times sums
up the..result of the four weeks
session of the district court Just
closed. A great number of
cases were tried, and one white
man and two negroes were
sent to the penitentiary- they
had not, says the Times, a sin
gle friend. Two murder cases
were tried, one was a mistrial
the other an acquittal. The
reader is at liberty to draw his
own conclusions. The term
cost the county SI533.25, and
two negroes and a white man
all friendless- have been sent
to the penitentiary.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-08-05

The Georgetown Record fav-
ors A. w. Terrell, of Austin
for governor, taking the ground
that colonel Terrell has furnish
ed the brains that planned the
present administration and that
in fact, to colonel Terrell and
not to governor Roberts is due
the credit Of all that is claimed
for him. Whatever maybe the
the merits of colonel Terrell we
do not think the suggestion of
the Record will have any effect.
However, the Record means
well.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-08-05

DORSEY, secretary Of the re-
publican national committee
denies in the most emphatic
terms, the statement that the
republican national committee
was giving money TO be used
in assisting the canvass Of Gen.
Weaver, the greenback man for
president. He said that not an
order had been given and that
not one would be. All of which
may be taken for just what 1t
is worth; the republican mana
gers are known to be wholly
INSCRIPTIONS and if their cause
can be advanced by giving
money to grecnbackerS they
wouldn't hesitate d second
about doing it. What they
would not do to advance their
own interests, is not worth do
lug. Mr.. Dorsey and the en-
tire republican party to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-08-05

DEMocRArIc primary cleo
tons were held in McLennan
county on Saturday and the re-
turns indicate that Roberts is
beat by about four to one. It
has not been long since coun-
ty convention was SO manipula-
ted as to give Roberts a major
ity of the delegates. Have the
people changed their minds, or
was the convention hxed3.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-08-05


The Galveston News notes
the departure for the north of
Amos T. Bissell, United States
Inspector of customs at Velasco,
Brazoria county, who lately had
a number Of citizens Of that
county arrested on the charge
of "bulldozing" him. Bissell is
a radical republican and he done
everything in his power to be
bulldozed; he wanted to be
bulldozed in order that he might
start up the southern outrage
mill. He has now gone north
to tell his tale Of woe and how
he barely escaped with his life,
and how northern men and re-
publicans are prosecuted and
prosecuted in Brazoria county,
and that it is a physical impos-
sibility for a republican to enjoy
the right Of free speech. Bis
sell will tel his tale to the stall
wart papers and he will be be-
licycd.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-08-05

a TABuLATED statement OF
the census returns from the
twelve largest counties in the
state shows that the increase of
the population Of Washington
county during the past ten
years has been a great deal
smaller than in any other coun-
ty; Grimes county showing the
next smallest increase. The
main cause has been too much
Senegambianism and Senegam-
bian county administrations.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-08-05

SEVEN prisoners arrested at
Jonesboro, Ga, for murder OF
Mile Thompson, colored, have
been taken to Atlanta for safe
keeping more are yet to be ar
rested and the indications are
that Georgia will have whole
sale hanging. The mobbing of
the Thompson family, eolored,
is gross outrage that is uni
versally condemned.
California people strongly
favor an inter-oceanic canal.
Their surplus wheat now finds
its way to Europe in sailing
ships around Cape Horn, and
it is estimated that a ship canal
across the isthmus of Panama,
or across Nicaragua, would save
California 100000 year on
her wheat crop.
The Gillian transport, Loa
is the steamer which was blown
up by a torpedo in Gallo barber
on the sd inst. The Peruvians
prepared a torpedo boat and
set it adrift, the boat being load
ed with fruit and fowls was
picked up by the crew of the
steamer and when unloaded
the machinery on it was released
exploding 500 pounds of dyna-
mite. Every house in callao
was shaken to its foundations
and the ships shivered as though
a perfect earthquake had spent
its fury beneath them.
The expense Of moving the
silver dollars from the minis
where they are coined to the
treasury vaults at Washington
is something enormous. At
the mint in San Francisco there
are at present 100000 silver
dollars. According to the rates
allowed by law, it will cost
about $4,000 TO remove this
vast sum TO Washington. The
secretary of the treasury is de-
sirous Of avoiding such heavy
expense for transportation and
has therefore concluded TO ad-
vertise for proposals for the re-
moval Of the dollars in order
to secure more favorable terms.
THE San Antonio Express
referring to the recent vote on
the school tax says: This
fact will attract the attention of
heads of families seeking homes
in Texas towns. The people
of BRENNAN very sensibly pro-
pose to donate something extra
to educational purposes now,
and to save trouble the amount
in court fees in the future"
The public free schools OF Bren-
ham have given her notoriety
throughout the state that she
would not otherwise have had,
and the notoriety is a very de-
sirable one, one that other towns
would do well to emulate.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-08-05


HARRIS county sends an anti
Roberts delegation to Dallas,
while Bexar county, which was
supposed to be anti-Roberts has
managed to elect a Roberts del
egation. Whether the minority
will consent to be sat down
upon remains to be seen. Re-
ports from a number of counties
show this to be the case. In
Collin county the convention
stood 50 for Roberts to 81
against him, and a Roberts
delegation is said to have
been elected. To take an i'm
partial view of the situation, it
looks as though the adherents
OF governor Roberts were plac-
ing too much reliance in the
forcing system. A reaction may
take place.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-08-05

A. J. MAYER, a New York
man, broke ten years ago ow-
ing a bank in that city s2Io,-
900. He went into bankrupt
cy; the estate paid but 10 cents
on the dollar. Since then he
has been fortunate in business,
and though under no legal OBJ
legation to do SO. has paid the
bank 100000 and ifhe lives he
will pay the whole of it.