Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

IT is said to be a fact that
there are more doctors than
lawyers in the United States.
PROHIBITION does not prohib-
it in Texas any more than it
does in Kansas, says the Exam
liner.
The Jasper News Boy is of
the opinion that the whipping
post would be good thing in
Texas.
AN abundance of presents to
the bride is, says the Galveston
News, calculated to promote
matrimony.
Hon. HoRATIo SEYMOUR is
reported to be dangerously i'll
at his residence near Utica,
New York.
ARTHUR and Blaine has got
into a nice squabble and the
question between them is,
"who's a liar ?"
The sheriffs convention meet
at Austin on Tuesday, but hav-
ing no quorum present adjourn
ed till Wednesday.
] SAN ANTONIO is full of visit
ing Odd Fellows and the Grand
Encampment met on Monday
install grand officers.
AT New Orleans the only
topic of conversation was the
prize fight, which was to have
taken place on Tuesday.
LAST year the profession of
medicine paid sI7,757 occupa-
ton taxes, while the legal fra
ternity paid but ST2, o49.
The Waco Examiner has re-
duced the size OF its daily issue
from nine to eight columns.
Too large paper is expensive.
The last issue Of the George
town Record is devoted mainly
to notices, complementary and
otherwise, of Nat Q. Henderson.
J. F. WILSON, the new Iowa
senator, is said to have been
mixed up in the credit mobilier
matter, and he is said to be
monopoly man.
The case Henry Loggins VS..
the State, appeal from Austin
county will be argued before
the Court of Appeals at Gal
weston, on the 18th inst.
The Atlanta Constitution
would have David Davis turned
to democrat, and to that end
it suggests that he be vaccina-
ted with democratic lymth.
BURRELL BROWN is in Jail at
St. Louis charged with the muir
der of his grandmother, a very
aged lady and the wife of a very
wealthy citizen, Gen. G. P. Dor
riss.
The Galveston News says
that in spite OF the fact that the
Houston Age disapproves the
verdict in the Guiteau case the
leading papers of London ap-
prove it.
IT has transpired in New
York that Moses Taylor, a
prominent capitalist, is consid-
erably interested in the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe rail-
road.
IT is estimated that the gov
ernor at the extra session of
the legislature, will recon-
mend the leasin G of the school
lands at not less than 5 cents an
acre.
: GEN. ABE BUFoRD, a noted
turfman ofKentucky, has join
ed the Baptist church at Louis
vile, and announced that he
would retire permanently from
the turf.
The people of Illinois have
just about recovered from the
smallpox scare and now they
are threatened with an extra
session OF the legislature. Mis-
fortunes never come singly.
AT Washington on Saturday
last there was a tremendous
snow storm; at 10 o'clock in the
evening the snow was from IL
to ID inches deep. The storm
extended over New York state.
Gov. McCULLUM, of Illinois,
in answer to an inquiry, tele-
graphs to Gov. Roberts that
the bondsmen of the capitol
contractors are worth several
millions more than the obliga-
ton.
THE Galveston Journal OBJ
jects to long names of three or
four Texas newspapers, saying |
it takes up two much space to
credit excerpts to them. The
paper it refers to have hyphen-
ated-names.
A BILL is now before the
Massachusetts, legislature to eff
feet a change in the jury law
that will enable a part OF the
jury to render a verdict instead
Of requiring the assent of all
twelve, as at present.
DURING service of 81 years
Squire Shelton of Aberdeen,
Ohio; married over 1000 runa-
way couples from Kentucky
and during the past IL years
his successor has married 1000
couples, also runaways.
AN election will be ordered
to fill the vacancies in the State
Senate caused by the deaths of