Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-07-22

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DoN CAMERON is reported to
be down with consumption at
White Sulphur Springs.
The Dallas county delega-
ton to the county convention
stands So Roberts and AZ anti
Roberts.
GEN. TREvlNo and Miss Ro-
berta Ord, daughter Of general
Ord woe married at San An
s,<ssia 10th inst.
! eer carrier, Leroy
3 been arrested at
Va, for stealing reg
stters from the mail.
EAsroNio is twice as large
st5S, IN consequence OF
Aicil thesSan Antonio Express
Hickedly calls Dallas a village.
THE Houston Telegram pub
fishes a special dispatch from
! BelfVille containing news that
it should have received by mail
last Monday,
GEN. ARTHUR has written
letter to Hon. Geo. A. Foar,
accepting the nomination OF
vice president on the republi-
can ticket.
CAPT. PAYNE, the Indian ter
ritory marauder, has extended
an invitation to secretary
Schurz to come and lecture in
Oklahoma City.
GALVESTON county's demo
cratic convention meets to-
night, Thursday, to elect dele
gates to the state and congress
sional conventions.
THE Columbus Times is the
name of new paper just start
ed at Columbus by Kennon &
Sandmeyer. 1t is democratic
and supports Roberts.
The youngest of the Hood
children, Anna Gertrude, adop-
cd by Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Joseph,
OF Columbus, died at Warm
Springs, Ga, a few days ago.
THE Bolton Journal says that
senator Maxey has made a rec
ord that he may feel justly
proud of. Maxey should be
and we doubt not will be his
own successor.
In his letter of acceptance
Garfield failed to tell what he
thought Of the credit mobilier.
He has much to say about the
war, but appears to have forgot
ten the stirring events of 1872.
THE Galveston News says
lieutenant governor Savers ad-
dress to the Lone Star rifles, on
Wednesday night, was replete
with the progressive ideas that
have characterized his public
career.
THE Brazos Pilot says, 1--WE
oppose Mills for the nomination
because we think the democrats
can do better. We regard him
as a man of ordinary ability,
with decided demogogical ten
denotes"
MADAML DUPREE, d female
walkist, is now taking a walk of
rs miles at Parsons, Kansas.
She offered a man SIS to make
forty miles in ten hours. He
walked the entire time but made
only 50 miles.
AT noon on the Goth inst,
DR.. Tanner was in good condi-
ton. He drank freely of spring
water and drove in the park.
He also wrote six letters. It
appears that the longer he fasts
the better he gets.
The Gonzales Inquirer says
it will cost seventy-hve dollars
to go to the Dallas convention,
and as the delegate who goes
does so for the benefit of the
county his expenses, should be
paid by the party.
AN Austin special to the
Houston Post says that the
president and secretary of one
of the biggest greenback clubs
in Austin have Jumped the
bounty and declared for Han
cock and English.
AT New Orleans, on the 10th,
the body of the lost child, John
Cain, who has been missing
since June 27th, was found in
vault on the premises of his pa
rents, where it is believed he
accidentally fell.
The report that a drummer
had contracted a case of yellow
fever at Memphis, within the
past day or two, is denied by
the health authorities at Mem
phis, who say that the city was
never in a more healthy con-
ditIon.