Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-23

served on lueSday al 0aVleSton,
New Orleans and Mobile. In
New Orleans the procession was
two miles long.
GOVERNOR ROBERTS endorsed
a bill for 500 for copies of his
book for the use of Huntsville
Normal school, and his action
is severely criticised.
THE lands on the Mississippi
between Memphis and Vicks-
burg are overlooked and have
been for some days. Immense
damage has been done on the
plantations.
IT would appear that Gov.
Roberts made a mistake in that
address to the Stockmens con-
vention. 1t is being praised
and condemned, opinion on it
being about equally divided.
The Commerce Committee
have allowed s4oo,ooo for the
improvements at Galveston har-
Dor, this sum includes the spe-
cial appropriation 100000. 1t
is confidently expected that the
bill will speedily pass the house.
The Laredo Times says that
as warm weather is near at hand
the town should be put in good.
sanitary condition. This
cry every spring; the .
insist on sanitary laws bei
forced and the officers
ing to enforce them.
IN Arkansas they hav
culiar way of their own of a.
things. A few days ago
men rode up to the house
Henry Mcpherson, living ne
Little Rock, and calling hiI
out knocked him down and be
him nearly to death.
In a scrub race for officl
where there is a large numb
of candidates, the n
generally pick out
best material, and whs
votes are counted it is
ally found that the scrubbiea
the scrubs is the furtherestt
hind.
THE Gainesville Register
last week reports that Mr.. j.
Martin is.,very sick at Saunde
vile and that news of his do
may be expected at any It'd
He was the founder of the r
lister and member OF the
islature. His death will be ]
iversally regretted.
IT is reported that Mr.. Geo.
A. Kelly, of Kellyville, who
was running a large furnace,
iron foundry and machine shops;
has been closed up by credit
ors. Mr.. Kelly was doing
much to advance the neglected
iron interests of Texas, and his
failure is to be regretted.
THE contractors for building
the state Capitol have arranged
for active work to begin at
once. Mr.. Matthias Schnell will
direct the entire business of
construction. The contractors
are getting their machinery
ready and have gone after
hands. Meanwhile the excava-
tons are being made.
BEAUMONT Buck, the young
Texan who got his name promi-
nently before the public by
shooting a fellow cadet at West
Point a year or more ago, is
again in trouble. This time he
has been dismissed from the
naval academy for ineficiency
in his studies. It's said he will
be reappointed as a cadet at
West Point.
KIRKLAND, a highly respect
able young man, or rather the
son of a highly respectable gen.
tleman, was guilty of forgery at
St. Louis. 1t was a clear case,
yet on account of the respecta-
bility of the young mans fami-
ly, the prosecuting attorney en-
tered nolle pros. The par
ties had compromised. The
precedent is a bad one.
ON Sunday last the Houston
Post entered upon its third year.
Its proprietors have worked
hard and spent money literally
to build up their paper and in
our opinion they have eve
ry reason to be proud Of the
success that has. attended their
efforts. They have now a first
class newspaper thourghly es-
tablished on a firm and paying
basis.