Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-06-01
EDITORIAL MOI

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tons.
WAUL's Legion will hi
union at Houston Oh the
July next.
The Rockdale Messe
does not like the shape Of
congressional district. n
The Victoria Advocate is d
posed tot he reelection Of Co
to the United States senate.
In his communication to CD
gress postmaster general Ho'
recommends the abolition oil
newspaper postage.
The supreme court Of Ohio
has declared the Pond liquor
law to be unconstitutional,
therefore null and void.
Tom BOWERS of the Pamela
Waterman publishes a lengthy
card announcing himself as a
candidate for the legislature.
INVITATIONS to college eXer-
cises and commandments have
begun arriving. Some Of them
are yery bad specimentS of Job
printing.
THE Chicago Texas and Mex
lean railway has not been sold,
and is not for sale. So says the
secretary and treasurer of that
company.
WATER gas is now used in
sfty cities and towns in the
United States, and is said to be
not only superior, but cheaper
than all others.
A GOOD many Texas papers
are advertising Samaritan
Nervine." Will they give their
experience at the expiration OF
the first quarter
ACCORDING to the Terrell Star
things are very dull in Texas
there hasn't been 4 robbery in
Dallas for a week. Lively times
mean of robberies.
PEOPLE in New York have
plenty of money. A crate OF
peaches from Florida, the first
| in the market, were sold at sew
enty-hve cents a peach.
The jury in the lynching case
at Waco returned a verdict that
the two men hanged, came to
their death by the hands of par
ties unknown to the jvry.
NEW York estimates Of the
present growing crop Of cotton
place the yield in excess of last
year, and approximating. as
large a crop as was ever raised.
The Houston Post publishes
a letter from a correspondent at
Pattison, who handles Wash
Jones without gloves and accus-
eshim OF Mahoneism and repub-
licanism.
A CHICAGO firm is now extern
sively engaged in the manufac-
ture OF chili-concarne. a Mexi-
can dish composed of red pepper
andbeef, and used in the Unit
ed State army.
The Russian newspapers have
been ordered by the govern
ment to cease making reports OF
the massacre of Jews, or the dis
cussion of the question in any
manner whatever.
A new monthly magazine
called the Alamo is soon to be
published at San Antonio. 1t
is to supply the long felt want
Of a 6rst-class literary magazine
in the southwest.
THE Sherman Courier con-
dennis the wanton killing of
convicts by the guards. If more
of the papers would speak out
boldly on this subject the abuse
might be stopped.
If the republicans of Texas
heed Judge Sabin's advice and
make no nominations for state
officers, they may make it in
teresting for the regular demo-
SldllI uOlllillCCS.
The Sherman Courier objects
to the political uses made of the
associated press dispatches by
the reporter at Washington,
whom it accuses of using the
wires for partisan purposes.
The Fort Worth Democrat
Advance believes the name of
the next governor will not be
Ireland, or Reagan, or Henry,
or Martin, but that it will sound
more like Ross, or Fleming, or
Hood.
The Waco Examiner does
not wish to have Waco blamed,
just because two or three citi-
zens happened to be popular
and competent to receive offices
at the hands of their fellow citi-
zens.
THE Gonzales Inquirer is full
Of the press association and the
excursion to California, on the
outside, and on the inside the
devil has utilized a Japanese pic
ture and a homemade wood
cut.
The TempleTimes thinks that
in Judge Sanders, of Bolton,
congressional aspirants will find
a freeman in every way worthy
Of their steel. Judge Sanders
will hardly be known in the con-
gressional race.
OLIVER TwIsT's communica-
ton is crowded out this week,