Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-12-16

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sion at Houston on Monday
night.
The Galveston News regards
| the outlook for the Reagan in
ter-state commerce bill as being
favorable,
A FORT WORTH dispatch says
that work on the Santa Fe and
the NJ, K. and T. roads is pro-
crossing rapidly.
JUDGE TURNER'S nomination
for federal district judge in Tex
as has been sent to the senate.
He will be confirmed.
The San Antonio Express
thinks that expenses might be
saved by doing away with the
office of city assessor.
John KELLY has bought a
controlling interest in the New
York Evening Express and as
sumes editorial management.
The San Antonio Express
holiday edition was published
on Monday;it is well patronized
by the business men of that
city.
If the BANNER misquoted
the Gonzales Inquirer in regard
to its position upon colored
men holding office, it did so I'M
Intentionally.
The difficulty between the
doctors at New Orleans has been
amicably adjusted. Apologies
have been made and no duels
will be fought.
DR.. GRAHAM the bearer OF
the electoral vote of Texas has
arrived at w shington and
placed the vote in the hands OF
the vice president.
THE Lampassas Dispatch has
an idea that a railroad within
fifteen miles OF Lampassas will
be prejudicial to the commercial
interests of that town.
PENITENTIARY convicts are in
creasing at a fearful rate. Texas
now has as many convicts in
proportion to population as any
other state in the union.
AN exoduster has returned to
GAINESVILLE, Red River county
Texas, and gives a glowing ac-
count of how the colored peo-
pie are getting along Kansas.
THE sanctifcationists have
again made an appearance at
Dallas, where they have opened
a tabernacle and are behaving
in a manner that would beit an
insane asylum.
ST. LOUIS is about to rival
Chicago in the way of divorces;
three hundred and thirty-two
divorce suits were filed in the
circuit court at that city during
the past year.
PENSACOLA, Florida, was near
ly destroyed by fire on Friday
night last. Nine-tenths of the
business portion was destroyed
mourning a loss of about half a
million dollars.
The Mason News-Item after
an enforced suspension-non-
arrival of paper-of four weeks,
has re-appeared. 1t is now pub
lished by the News-Item pub
fishing company.
The commissioners court of
BeXar county have reduced the
salary of the district clerk 500
and of the county $500. The
former received $500 and the
latter 5000 under the former re-
gime.
The Sherman Chronicle
thinks that Mr.. Finlay, the faith
er of the bell punch law, will be
one of the first to urge its repeal
saying: THAT it is a fraud on
the state and should be repeal
ed is universally admitted"
Two negro children were
burned to death near Memphis,
Tenn, the other day. Their
parents had locked them up in
their cabins and went out to
the field to work. Such acct
dents have been of frequent &C.
currence.
The Austin Statesman re-
proaches the citizens of that city
with a want of enterprise i'll
not inviting the railroad mag
mates who were lately in the
state to visit Austin. Austin
needs more railroads but takes
no steps to get them.
A UNIvERSALIST preacher at
Peoria, ILL.,, lately delivered a SER
mon on dancing which literally
charmed the young people of
his congregation. 1t is perhaps
needless to cav that he annrov-