Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-09-02

Southern agency in Colorado.
Chief Sapovenara will in all
probability be his successor.
The death ofOuary will compli-
cate matters and delay the set
Element of the Ute question.
MARSHAL BAzAINE, whose
death was reported a few days
ago, and of whom a number of
newspapers published obituary
notices, is no. dead. but alive
and in excellent health. Ev-
cry once in a while the newspa-
pers are two previous with obit-
uary notices.
! THE Limestone New Era re-
marks that Hannah and Col.
Brady, during the discussion,
emptied the walls of their wrath
on the democracy, but not a
word did they say against the
republican party-they never
do, it is the democrats that they
are after.
An electric device sought to
be patented is described as "a
sphere of zirconia, combined
with luninummagnesia, lime or
selicia and glassed with pure
zirconia." Ifany Of our readers
are electricians they will know
all about it.
The Bolton Journal is a
thoughtful paper and it asks its
brethren of the press to pause
moment and condole with
Waco, the place that has been
so prolific of candidates. In
this canvass Waco has but one
candidate in the field, and he is
dark-horse candidate for state
senator.
The Austin Statesman SAYS
Hon. George Washington Jones
is not in favor of Weaver and
Chambers, and yet he expects
the support of the greenback-
ers of this district. 1t calls
upon the honorable gentleman
to declare whether he is in favor
of Davis or Hannah for gov
ernor.
The Houston Telegram has
a way of its own Of getting spe-
cial reports of state happenings.
1t waits with becoming patience
till the local papers arrive and
then reprints the local account
with properly displayed head
and claims it as special report
to the Telegram.
The Galveston Journal has
been after the gamblers with
sharp stick, yet it proposes a
bet on the presidential race.
Betting on elections and on
horse races is regarded as strict
ly legitimate in most sections
of the country, but betting at
cards is wholly inadmissable.
JUDGE MCCORMICK of the fed
eral court at Austin has sentenc
ed the Pegleg stage robbers to
ten years Imprisonment each, to
be served in the southern peni-
Tertiary of Illinois at the town
of Chester. The prisoners will
be a good distance from the
former base of their operations.
The Jefferson daily Demo-
Graf, initial number, is at hand.
1t is an exceptionally neat six
column paper, published by
Col. r. w. kcughery, editor
and proprietor The colonel is
one of the Oldest editors in the
state and the BANNER wishes
him unbounded success in his
new enterprise.
In New York on occurred
SATURDAY night Geo. c. Harvard
and J. Larkins, two respectable
young men. on their way lone,
protectedtwo ladies from Lnsnlt
by roughs. HAYWOOD was stab
bed to death on the street and
Larkins was seriously wounded.
At this stage of the proceed
ings the police appeared and ar
rested one rough.
GEN. GRANT attended re-
publican mass meeting at Gal
ena last Saturday ard made a
nice little speech in which he
said he had never voted for
president but once, and that was
many years ago when he voted
the democratic ticket. He ex-
plains by saying that he was
then young man. He pledged
himself to return to Graham in
November and vote the repub-
lican for president and vice
president.
The Cincinnati Commercial,
one of the leading stalwart jour
mails, on the 3rd of June, 1880,
said THE most contempti-
bic thing thus far at Chicago is
the chatter about Garfield He