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

THE WEEKLY BANNER.
BY RANKIN & LEVIN.
THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 1889.
The Albuquerque, N. NJ,
Journal says: After watching
the proceedings of the Territor-
ial legislature since it has COM
menced, this paper is prepared
to state that twenty-five years
hence will be time enough for a
state government" This will
be bad news for those who want
an increrse in the number OF
states.
The Houston Age, a paper
that is noted for its sacred re-
gard for the truth, says a load
of seventeen sticks of wood was
hauled to town by a team of
fourteen oxen. 1t points a
moral by saying: "The wood
man probably wanted by a
grand display of motive power
to exaggerate the price of his
wood"
JNo. T. BUCHANAN, state sem
ator, of Navasota, was taken
sick last Thursday, with disease
of the kidney resembling black
iaundice and died on Sunday,
aged thirty years. He was one
of the brightest and most snc-
cessful lawyers in his section of
the state, and in criminal cases
he had already established a
brilliant reputation.
The board Of directors of the
A. and M. college will meet at
Austin on the 9th of February.
Its stated that they will ar
range to continue the colored
normal school. The governor
has the matter under careful
consideration with view to
holding the school intact. Of
fers to furnish the school with
supplies are already on file.
TIE Austin Statesman refer
ring to the application of special
funds for other purposes says:
We are unalterable IN our
opinion that this disregard of
special funds is at least thought
less robbery and it is believed
that the legislature will regard
such conduct in the same light
and make proper restitution"
The Statesman is correct in its
views.
In West Deer township,
Pennsylvania, a young man
while out hunting met two
young lady acquaintance and
shot both wounding them
seriously. They managed to
reach home and posse started
out to capture Lee, who when
he found escape impossible
blew the top of his head off
with his shot gun. No explana-
ton can be given.
The Galveston News says
that the attempt to vitiate the
verdict in the Giuteau case
by trying to make it appear
that four of the jurors had read
the Critic, which contained mat
ter relating to the trial and pub
lie opinion as to the guilt of the
prisoner, has all the ear-marks
OF a trick OF the. shyster family.
Scoville may prove himself a
hrst-class shyster after ali.
A MAN named Snyder has
been found who is willing to
swear that he saw a newspaper
in the possession of the GuIteau
jury while the trial was in pro-
gress and that he secured it.
Upon this and other counts
ScoviIIe viii make an effort to
get a new trial. The people
generally are very well satisfied
with the result of the first one
and have no desire for another.
The Houston Post of Tues
day devotes a lengthy leader to
the subject of internal I'm
in which 1t takes
strong grounds in favor of hav-
ing the streets in the cities
paved and the roads in the
country put in a condition to be
passable at all seasons of the
year. Such improvements are
much needed, but it will be
soon time before they are ac-
complished.
MARYLAND and West Virgin
ia have an unsettled dispute of
long standing, involving the.
right to half a million acres of
fertile land. Charles II. made
a grant in 1863 of a large tract
Bounded on the north by the
Potomac" There are two
of the river, and the
one was taken as the
line. which became the boun-