Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-09
THE capital bond WAS form.I-

lCSuil vi liiClI inquiry INTO the
lands which they propose tc
take possession of in the spring
ACCORDING to the Waco Elk.
aminer most people have for.
gotten that there is any Sunday
law in Texas and it remarks
that the Mexia Ledger and
Texas, Christian Advocate are
the only papers that ever men,
ton it.
The House committee on
Post-ofices and Post-ipads have
instructed representative Lacy,
of Michigan, to report to the
House, with a favorable tecom-
mendation, the bill providing for
the establishment of postaksav-
ings banks.
THE Beaumont Enterprhe
says that Jones is no SLOUGH
and that there are thousands o
democrats, who if compelled tc
choose between Jones and the
old alcalde, would vote for Jones
The Enterprise is a democratic
newspaper.
THE Austin Statesman take!
the young democracy" in it
hands and wants togiveita dea
of cold by dousing it in a
of ice-cold water. 1t reu5
to be seen whether the Sta
man can kill the young de
cracy or not.
The Galveston Journal
cuses the Austin Statesman
feeding Governor Roberts d
taffy. The Statesman plead
guilty, and wants to know, if
would be right to feed a man q
the time on what he does s.
relisha of course not.
The president has cd
the finding of and send
ofthe court martial imposing
death penalty in the case of u
Indians, Dead Shot, Dandy
and Skippy, convicted of md
ny at Seibuca, and order
them hanged March.
REV. F. L. DUpoRr, of Ke
lucky, attempted suicide by ia
ing opium at Atlanta, Ga,
afterwards tried to swallow pr
sic acid, but was prevented.
says he is determined to ki
himself to let his wife get the
insurance on his life.
NOTHING definite has been
learned regarding the recent
railroad meeting at St. Louis.
Existing rates were sustained,
but it is Thought at Dallas that
the Gould people will hardly
rest until they accomplish
what they desire.
THE San Antonio Light COM
pliments the Express on the &C
curacy of its pen portrait of the
Bourbons of Texas and says
that it could not have drawn a
truer one ITSELF. We expect
to see the Express catch fits
from the few true-blue papers
in the state.
BY an explosion in the Mid
lothian coal mine, near Coal
field. Va, on the goth ult.,
thirty-two men we're caught in
the shaft and all are supposed
to have persisted. Not one has
yet been rescued and it may be
week or two longer before
their bodies can be recovered.
EFFORTS will be made to
have Dakota admitted into the
Union as a State. The St.
Louis Republican. which has
been investigating the matter,
says there is not a valid reason
for its admission. 1t is simply
a scheme to add two more
senators to the republican
strength in the senate.
THE Galveston Journal of
Commerce very sagely remarks
that the man is yet to be born
who could fill the position of
the governor of Texas to the
satisfaction OF the Texas press.
While that is literally true it is
possible to have a governor who
will give satisfaction to a ma
ority of the people of Texas as
well as majority of the press.
In the United States senate
on Tuesday Senator Coke made
a three hours speech on the
tariff question and was atten-
lively listened to. His speech,
says a special to the Galveston
News. was universally regarded
as one of the ablest yet deliv-
cred in the senate on that sub
ject. On concluding he was
warmly congratulated by his
brother senators. He favors a
tariff for revenue only instead
of protective tariff.
THE prize fight between Pad
dy Ryan, of Troy, New York,
and John Sullivan, of Boston,
took place at Mississippi City,
Mississippi, on Tuesday. After
the usual preliminaries the mill
was opened, nine rounds were
fought and Ryan was vanguish-
ed. Much interest was taken
in the fight throughout the
country. 1t is estimated that
between 100000 and 100000
changed hands on the result.
This is the first prize fight of
any importance that has taken
place for several years; prize
has been on the wane
and non rl,r every ctate hac mace