Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-02-16

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railroad was resumed on Tues
day after an interruption of
twenty-six days caused by high
water.
A RUMoR comes from Wash
ington that the grand jury last
week indicted Dorsey, Vail,
Miner, Sanderson, Burdell and
Brady, the gentlemen compris-
ing the Star route gang Of swim
oilers.
LOCAL option seems to be
having a boom in various por-
tons ofthe state. Its to be vot-
ed on in Harrison county on the
9TH proX. and an election on it
will soon be ordered in Hill
county.
THE Houston Post processes
great surprise that the Dallas
Herald should have written a
humorous paragraph. The
Herald is, as a general thing, an
unusually sedate paper, one that
never jokes.
The Paris North Texas, a
paper that has always been
democratic, does not want any
third term for Governor Roberts.
1t says, let US have a new deal
| Roberts has been honored
the people enough.
AN Austin special
News says the trust
the Peabody fund
contributed $500 each Il
free schools Of Galveston, 1
ton and Austin and $500 TOY
Sam Houston Normal SCHOOL,
DISPATCHES from
Rock, Ark, report that
Mississippi at Madison
Walnut Bend indicated a raj
rise. The levees are br2h
the vicinity of Helena 4
situation is regarded
serious.
The Williamington, Del.
ry Evening says: Our
enacted law against carr
concealed deadly wea,
seems to have the prove
characteristic Of new booms3
public opinion sanctions ths
in Delaware it will be enfd
ACCORDING to the Fort w
Democrat-Advance, Ia
county does not want to be
the same congressional distf
with Dallas. Dallas and Fofs
Worth are jealous Of each otherl
This should not be so, there is
plenty ofroom for both towns.
The Houston Age says to
publish a paper and keep it
running is easy enough. "You
must not have more expenses
than receipts. That's the whole
secret. One man can do it as
well as another, if he only knows
how" Everybody knows how
to run a paper.
The St. Louis Republican
says the raining season in the
south has retarded blowing to
such an extent as to materially
effect the mule market in that
city. The planters, who are
usually the best customers, are
not buying the long-eared
brutes to any great extent.
i
II is stated, upon what au-
thority it does not appear, that
a movement is being Inaugural
ted to make Grant the demo-
cratic nominee for president in
1884. The democracy, as well
as tine country at large, has had
enough of Grant and he should
be left to spend the remainder
of his days as a private citi-
zen.
The democratic press has
!outgrown the democratic party
says the San Antonio Light. In
this the Light will find that it is
| mistaken; the press is to-day
the great popular educator, and
the Light will find that the
democracy of Texas will soon
be in accord with the democrat
ic conservative portion of the
press.
THAT prize-6ghting has lost
none gifts interest is shown by
the fact that the New York
News sold So,oo extra copies
of its edition containing the ac-
count OF the Ryan-Sullivan
mill. Notwithstanding the
News sold so many extra papers
it takes occasion to severely
condemn the brutality of prize
fighting.
The jury in the case of Reu-
ben Boyce, tried for stage-rob-
berry in the Federal court at
Austin, after being out six days,
returned a verdict of guilty on
the charge of robbing the mail
without the use of arms, and
not guilty on the other counts.
An effort Will be made by the
defendants attorneys to have the
verdict set aside.
The Fort Worth Democrat
Advance says: adopt the
platform first, nominate the can
didates afterwards. Require
them to promise to adhere to
the principles formulated in the
platforms, and see that they do
so. There is nothing in this in
consistent with democracy; in
fact, it is democracy" This is
precisely what the BANNER has
been contending for ever since
the Dallas convention.
Some has said that there is a
consolation and compensation