Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-09-30
EDITORIAL NOTES.

PLAIsTED Of Maine, it is said,
will take the field from now I'M
til the election, for Hancock.
DR.. TANNER lectured at Law
renee, Mass, last week and the
receipts amounted to s2.75.
ONE hundred thousand fed
eral Office holders will support
Garfield in the coming election.
| JUDGE ANDREWS, district cleo
tor, addressed the Garfield and
Aurthur club at Dallas last Sat-
urday.
Hon. J. w. THRocKMoRToN
made a speech to a large audi
ence at Dallas on Tuesday even
ing.
THE Lampasas Dispatch and
the Georgetown Record are as
mad as wet hens with one an
other.
Roscoe CoNKLING delared
that no republican could be
elected and inaugurated but
Gen. Grant.
JUDGE REAGAN and Governor
Throckmorton were in Austin
on Monday. Judge R. made a
campaign speech in the eve
ming.
THE Santa Fe railroads corps
of surveyors has been ordered
to Fort Worth and work on the
road will be commenced at
once.
B. CRAFTY Brown, ex-senator
from and ex-governor of Mis-
souri,, is now in Indiana making
powerful speeches fol- the de-
mocracy.
SENATOR VEsT. of Missouri,
writes from Indiana to a friend
in St. Louis that the democrs-
cy will carry Indiana by a ma
jority of 10000.
The Austin Statesman is dis
satisfied with the school system
of Texas, and had it the power
as it has the will, free schools in
Texas would soon be wiped out.
Coz. BRADY and Gen. Ham
man made greenback speeches
to democratic audiences at
Comanche last Saturday. There
was no enthusiasm and no con-
verts.
The union veteran sailors and
soldiers are called upon by Gen.
Grant to meet at Indianapolis,
Indiana, on Thursday, October
9TH. The republican cause is
desperate.
E. L. SrRoHKEcKER, of Ma
con, ga. was found unconsci-
Gus on the sidewalk in New
York, suffering from opium
poisoning from using opium
cigarettes.
WHEN a Denver beer saloon
wants newspaper puff the pro-
prietor simply says at is the vii
est place in town." Ard then
everybody goes there to see the
place and buy beer.
GEN. MAxEY addressed a
large and appreciative audience
at Fort Worth on Friday eve
ming. Frequent outbreaks of
applause showed that his re-
marks were well received.
The Houston Age of Satur-
day publishes retrospective
view, giving an account of its
stewardship for the past ten
years and the number of news
paper funerals it has attended.
The Bexar county republican
met at San Antonio on Mon
day and nominated a full coun- |
ty ticket as well as a candidate |
for the legislature. Only one |
negro, a candidate for county |
commissioner was put in nom
ination.
The Ho Chung a chinese
steamer with American officers,
but a Chinese crew arrived in
San francisco lately. The
steamer is the property of a
Chinese company who own thir-
ty ships.
An Austin special to the New
Orleans Democrat says it is ru-
mored that that the Houston
Telegram material is to be moE-
ed to Austin and used tn the
publication of an independent
paper.
Col. Ingersoll lectured at
MeVicksr's Theatre, in Chicago,
Sunday night, taking for his sub
Jet "What shall we do to be
saveda" Strange to say it had
no reference to the present en-
ergencies of the republican par
ty,
The News publishes a report
of the speaking between Shop
ard and Jones, at Bellville, in
which it is stated that Jones