Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-09-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

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The Bellvillc NQes is ont
very strongly in favoA of graded
tree schools and it isTlght.
! The Castroville Quill Of the
nth inst, and the Laredo Times
of the I4th reached here on the
2Ist.
The governor will decllre
the resust OF the university
election about the last week OF
| October.
By the first of November the
/! Santa Fe will reach Fort Worth.
1t is now ten miles south Of
Cleburne.
The Laredo Times announces
the completion of the Texas
Mexican railroad from Corpus
Christi to Laredo.
The business office of the
Fort Worth Democrat is now
on the ground floor. Putting
on regular city style.
DALLAS now have four daily
papers and more are necessary,
! says the Galveston News, to
"fill a long felt want"
The death of Gen. Burnside
creates a vacancy in the senate
which will be filled by the gov
ernor of Rhode Island.
THERE was a considerable
fall of snow in Nebraska last
Friday. Cars arriving at Chi
cago from Omaha had snow on
the tops.
THE few surviving Cherokee
indians that have been living
near Chattanooga, Tenn. are
being removed to the Indian
/ territory.
THERE was d large and en-
thusiastic railroad meeting at
Victoria last Saturday night.
Victoria wants the railroad ma
chine shops.
! Gov. CORNELL, of New York,
is the champion vetoist. He.
vetoed sixty-eight bills during
the last session ofthe New York
legislature.
ALI the church bellies in Aus
tin were tolled at 1 o'clock on
Tuesday morning when the
news Of the death of the presi-
dent was received.
| b. HURLEY, OF Morgan, Tex
as, has taken the contract for
grading and bridging fifty six
miles Of the Austin and North
western railroad.
ARrEMUs HALE is the oldest
eN-member of congress now
living. He resides at Bridge
water, Mass, and is now nine
ty-eight years of age.
THE Galveston Journal gives
this truisn: Evidences of the
lack of culture and good breed
ing are not always evidences of
simplicity and goodness.
Henry SHERN, aged twenty
FIVE, living in the Cherokee ma
ton, suicided by hanging HIM
self in a smokehouse, because
girl had refused to marry him.
The Bonham News says it
belongs to the young democrat
cy. By this we presume it
means to say that it is not a
possback or Bourbon demo-
crat.
THE Bolton Courier got out
+, . very handsome September
| edition in which the many adj
vantages and attractions of
Bolton and Bell county were
fully set forth.
The Galveston Journal and
San Antonio Light has doubled
teams and together they are
pitching into the Houston Post.
So far the Post stands the
racket very well.
Mr., J. II. CURL, late of the
Weathcrford Herald has, after
a years experiment, convinced
himself that the two professions
of law and journalism can not
be united adyantageopslY.
| LANpAsAs expects to have
railway connection by Christ
mas at the outside. Bonds for
the right of way for the Gull,
| Colorado and Santa Fe road
through the comfy has been
forwarded.
AUSTIN wants the machine
shops of the International rail-
way located there. Ii there is
a railroad town in the state that
DOESN'T want the MACHINE shops
of its railroad VIC have not heard
of it.
THE clipper court-martial
met at Fort Davis last Monday
and organized. Flipper having
council asked continuance OF
thirty days WHICH was granted
and the court adjourned to meet
in November.
| Cot. J. T. CRISP, of Missouri,
the man whom the governor of
that state refused to surrender,
arrived at Greenville on Satur-
day en- route to Sulphur Springs
where he will surrender to the
sheriff and give bail.
/ A RIsPATeH from Bolton
says that a letter has been re-
ceived from superintendent
Eddy stating t .!.s. t s.sc inc of
the Bolton branch OF the Mis-
souri, Pacific road has been
definitely located. The people
! at Relton are elated