Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-10-13
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The New York state demo,
cratic convention is in session
at Albany.
| GRADING ON the Texas Trunk
railroad is now completed to
Van Zandt county.
Work on the Fort Worth
and Denver railroad was COM
menced on Monday.
The Abilene Reporter has
reappeared as fresh as ever
after having been cremated.
JAY GOULD has become a
large stockholder in the Nation
al Stock yard at East st. LOUIS.
The Brazos Pilot of last
week contains an extensive
write up Of Bryan and Brazos
county. r.a
The Gulf, Colorado and San
IA Fe surveying corps is now
engaged in locating the road to
Lampasas. tTr. .:... .aaf
HLLssoko, Hill county, is
now connected with the outside
world by rail, the Missouri Pa
cihe, and telegraph. "a
TEMPLE Is soon to have a
newspaper, the Progressive Era,
which is too big a name for a
new paper in a new town.
go The Huntsville Item has just
retired from service a brass
composing stick that has been
in constant use since IS4T.
Coz. MEYER, of Detroit, has
arrived at Austin, with the work
ing plans and detailed drawings
of the proposed new capitol.
I'd The Houston Age is not all
pleased with the present editor
Of the Waco Examiner and says
he is wishy-washy and 60 be-
tween. tr n-.
In the election of a president
Of the senate on Monday sena-
tors Davis, Of Illinois, and Ma
hone voted with the republic
Gov. WILTz, Of Louisiana, is
daily growing weaker and
weake5it is saidt hat he can live
but a few days longer at the
furthest.
The preliminary survey for
the Belt Road at Houston has
been made and the Age thinks
the locators will enter upon
their labor. sc sl72'
IMMIGRATION was the leading
topic in Kansas; put the recent
drouth and the prohibition law
has made irrigation the lead
ing theme. s'iI- YHS = mp
GOVERNOR RoBERTs has ex-
pressed a preference for Judge
Divine as his successor. The
governor wants the influence Of
western Texas.
+ No SUBJECT that now agitates
the public mind in this country
is so little understood as the
problem Of monopoly, says the
Galveston News.
A CAUCUS. Of the democratic
senator's in Washington was
held on Saturday and it was
decided to elect Mr.. Bayard
president pro tenn.
The latest cabinet specula-
tons at Washington are to the
effect that secretaries James
and Lincoln will be, the only
members retained. s IH
s. CoUNrERFrEr silver coin, dol
lars and halves is ia circulation
in New Orleans. The police
are unable to discover . the
showers of the queer ,5so1G.
j The official statement of the
comptroller shows the purchase
during the last fiscal year Of
$4,000 in bonds at a cost OF
Si4o4 for each $1,000 bond. I
The International railroad
has ordered two thousand cop
les of the governors book on
Texas and will distribute them
at the Atlanta Exposition. =
TIE Dallas Herald seems to
have a weakness for Governor
Roberts and is disposed to de-
fend him from the attacks of
his rather numerous enemies.
The charge of Judge Lewis
to the jury ia the Hunt case at
Columbus seems to be eliciting
a lively controversy in the col
umns Of the Galveston News.
Now that the best Of the pub
lie school lands in Texas have
been sold some papers are ad-
ducing facts and 6guresto show
why they should not have been
sold. ll...i,t t5 s.r" RI.
ANOTHER question that arises
occasionally IS. "Are the Am
orleans a nation of liars 7" They
are considerably mixed and no
complaint exists of a scarcity of
liars.
The conference between the
committees from the democrat
ic and republican caucuses at
Washington lasted only about
IS minutes and resulted in
hing. ~. t...i,..l
Ssrs of short crops do
20 deter immigrants
to Texas. The