Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-20
EDITORIAL NOTES.

at San Antonio found nineteen
indictments.
The convicts in the Ohio pen
itentiary have sent 500 to the
Michigan sufferers.
ARTHUR has made good all
the Texas appointments con-
templated by Garfield.
KEEPERS of shooting galleries
row put up figures of Guiteau
for the public to shoot at.
The survey of the Texas and
Mexican railroad is completed
from Victoria to Goliad.
GEMS. JuBAL A. EARLY and
VIM. Malone are at outs and
the latter publishes a card.
The Austin Statesman de-
tends Governor Roberts in an
editorial a column and halt
long.
The postmasters at Dallas,
Austin, Houston and CorSicana
have been confirmed by the
senate.
The stockholders Of the
Georgetown silver mine are still
of the opinion that they have a
bonanza.
GkoRGErowN is working to
induce the Austin and North
western railroad to come
through its town.
TIE capitol board will only
receive bids for building the
house for the least amount OF
the capitol lands.
THE Galveston News denies
having any interest in the sena-
torial race, further than that a
| good man be elected.
The Marlin Ball has been en-
charged by the ad ditioh of .
| column to each page. The Ball
isa good country paper.
GIN. JOHN c. FREMONT has
resigned as governor of Arizona
and it is said that Gen. N. P.
Banks will be his successor.
A DEPUTATIoN from Abiline
is in Galveston for the purpose
of inducing the G. c. s. S. F.
railway to come to that place.
The senate will take a recess
from Monday noon till Friday
noon in order to visit and take
part in the Yorktown centenni-
al.
4aALREADY senator Coke is de-
veloping considerable strength
as his own successor. The Rob-
erts movement is the cause OF
lit. l,s=s= .-r 91.H'.H
ACCORDING to the New York
Journal of Commerce ex-gov-
crnor Morgan has been offered
the secretaryship of the treas
ury. za1ea7e
THE Gonzales Inquirer wants
a charter obtained for the Con
zales tap railroad, and the land
of obstinate parties condemned
at once.
Ben. ROBERTSON was arrested
and jailed at Jeanerette, La,
for chicken stealing. During
the night he was taken out and
hanged.
The widow of John Cretzer,
who served in the war of 1872
is believed to be the Oldest pen
sioner on the rolls. She was
married in 1901 and is now Io3
years old.
The local editor OF the Gaines
vile Register is an honest man.
He sometimes borrows matter
from his exchanges, but he
never steals it. il
THE coming to life of Conk-
ling after his political death and
the resurrection of several dead
newspapers has put people in
the notion that sometimes dead
things crawl. a.i-
The Hampstead Review at
ter commenting on the acquit-
tai of Crawford asks, "Who
killed Finklea ?" So far as the
law is concerned the question
seems to be settled.
The Goliad Guard says the
Palmer-Sullivan railroad has
been surveyed through its town
and there is hardly any reason
to doubt that it will be con-
structed in a reasonable time.
A MAP of Fl Paso has been
issued from which it IS made to
appear that FL Paso is the larg-
est city in the world. There is
plenty of room at e. Paso for
the largest city in the world.
THE Waco Examiner pub
fishes a letter from Velasco in
the interest OF the mouth of the
Brazos. If Waco can hit upon
any means of killing out Gal
weston she will do SO with
pleasure.
The Gainesville Register
thinks that the rate OF taxation
should be reduced to twenty
FIVE cents on the dollar, and
the next legislature should make
the reduction if the present
prosperity continues.
The San Antonio Express
gives an account ola Mexican
Swho was rescued from the
Il.