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GOULD US. THE SANTA Ferry.

It's said that the "Heathan Chi.
nee" is peculiar, but as compared
with railway manipulation of the
calibre of Mr.. Jay Gould the Chi
nee is hardly a circumstance. 1t
Is well known that the Gould syn
dicate own, control and operate
the Missouri Pacific railway, the
only ono running through the In
dian Territory. This gives the
syndicate a great advantage and
also a monopoly as long as it can
control it. The Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe railway want to ex-
tend their line through the Terri
tory and a bill is now pending in
congress granting it the right of
way. Mr.. Gould does not want
the Santa Fe to have right of way,
because it would interfere with his
privileges, and he has gone syste-
matically to work to defeat the bill.
His course is peculiar one, one
worthy of his ability. He has
made arrangements with and now
has in Washington delegation con-
sisting of nearly a dozen of the
leading men of the Cherokee Ma.
ton, including Chief Bushyhead.
The delegation is quarted at one
of the leading hotels, have sump-
tuous apartments, and all of them
have an unlimited supply ofmoney.
Their ostensible business in Wash
ington is affairs connected with
their Nation, but they are in reality
in Washington on affairs connect
ed with Gould's railway scheme
and for tho purpose Of defeating
the bill granting right of way to
the Santa Fe road. A special from
Washington to the Houston Post
says that Gould has hired them to
sign 8 long printed protest, setting
forth the danger of additional in
trusion into their country. The
protest has been forwarded to the
House and Senate and contains
many false allegations, calculated
to deceive the members and dam
age the Santa Fe project. The
delegation is under the supervis-
ion of skillfull lawyers, who visit
them often at their hotel quarters,
and they will be primed and
made ready to visit members and
senator's and tell them in detail
tho misfortune it would be to have
another railway through the terri |
tory. The present indications are
that the bill granting right of way
will be passed, Mr.. Gould and his
i1njuns" to the contrary notwith.
.tandino |
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TOO NAVY suRRENDBBs.


A Mckinney special to che Gal
weston News ssys ar. E. Lee, who
was indicted for killing one John
son in Collin county, January 1.
1884 came in and voluntarily sur
rendered himself" Such items Is
this are of frquent occurrence. A
nznis killed and the killer escapes;
heseldom goes very far, just keeps
shady in the neighborhood ; he has
friends they quietly inquire into
the state Of the public mind, and
if the murder is not q very bad one,
IN due time they come in and sur
render. Public opinion is a very
peculiar thing; it is easily inhu'
enced. Public opinion is very apt
to say that if a man charged with
murder voluntarily comes in and
gives himself up he must be pretty
confident that the case against him
is weak. Our laws are not vindic-
tive, they only want Justice. fla
man be killed by another it is the
imperative duty of the officers to
arrest him, and to do 80 at once /;
the law will do him justice, and if
his case be bad one he will have
had no opportunity Ofmaking pub
lie opinion in his behalf by q vol
untary surrender. Officers should
do their duty and prevent surren-
ders by making prompt arrests.
There are too many surrenders and
too few arrests.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06
PROPOSED AMENDMENT,

A proposed amendment to the
constitution of the United States
was introduced the other day, by
Representative Springer, for refer
ence in the house, making the
presidential term six years, and
rendering the president ineligible
to reelection for the next succeed
ing term. The amendment pro-
vides for . direct vote for president
and abolishes the electoral COL
lege. Each state shall cast nun.
Der of votes equal to the number
of its representatives and senator's
in congress, to be given each can
didate in proportion to the total
vote cast for each. The term OF
representatives in congress Is fixed
at three yers, and congress shall
meet each year on the first We'd
nesdsy in January succeeding the
November election. Mr.. Springer
is from Illinois, and if we are not
in error, is republican, but his
proposed amendment is q good
ope,- with the exception of proper
tioning the vote of the states; if
the president is to be elected by a
direct vote of the people, the total
direct vote should be summed up,
each state making its returns d.
rect TO the proper Office at WASH
ington, and such returns to be re
ceiyed as final and be beyond any
possibility of dispute. Electoral
colleges and electoral commissions
would be done away with and the
VOICE of the people as expressed
at the ballot box would be supreme.
Increasing the term of president
and congressman to six and three
years respectively is also good
idea; elections are too frequent,
and it takes a new congressman at
least one session to familiarize
himself with the methods of doing
business in congress. So that un-
der the present system of electing
congressman every two years, the
newly elected member loses one
year in acquiring knowledge of
the wsys of the house, and this
knowledge obtained he may not be
reelected. If congress were to as
semble in January following the
November election the members of
the house would be fresh from the
people, instead of moro than year
old as at present.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06

The German mlsteriaI organs
hint at an alliance of the Euro
pean powers against the maritime
and commercial preponderance OF
England. A leading German pa
per predicts the formation of a
league, including France to break
the insular supremacy of England
which, it says, by the annexation
of Egypt, has completed the links
of a gigantic chain, extending from
Gibraltar to China and coiled
around the body of Europe, mo.
nopolizing the commerce of the
world, and making the medite.
ranean sea and Indian ocean and
English seas. England has main.
tanned her supremacy for centu.
ries and she will not relinquish il
without a struggle such as has
never yet taken place.
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POLITICS AND THE JUDO
SHIP.


II is now evident that President
Arthur is a regular candidate fol
the Republican nomination for the
presidency, and that he and his
friends, advisers and political
strikers are busily engaged in
working to secure his nomination.
The delegates to the national con.
vention from a Democratic state
have the same rights and privi-
leges as the delegates from a Re
publican state and their votes
count just as much. Hence it is
that the various factions of the
Republican party are as active in
the Democratic states in the south
as they are in the solid Republican
states of the north. The object
is to secure delegates to the Republi
can national convention who are
pledged beforehand to support a
certain candidate for the nomina-
ton. Texas is now q large and
important state and her vote in
the national convention is a prize
well worth looking after. Not
withstanding all the talk about
civil service reform, a pure and
untrammeled judiciary and all
that sort of thing the present adj
ministration is determined TO
make the appointment of 4 Fed
eral judge for Texas test of feal-
ty to the administration and the
man who is so fortunate as to get
the appointment is expected to
have the Texas delegation to the
Republican national convention
under his thumb and have its vote
cast for Arthur for president. The
Galveston News publishes what
purports to be an interview by
Mr.. Nathan Patten with the presi-
dent, in which all the candidates
named are discussed In very Off
hand manner, but nothing as to
the intentions of Arthur were de.
veloped. The impression created
is thus sized up: arthur is after
a man to fill the seat on the bench
properly and work for Arthur as
we'll" Who the appointee will be
is yet as much of a mystery as it
ever was, though 1t is certain that
no man of Democrat proclivities
has any chance for the chicken
pie.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06

The contract for building the
Bolton courthouse has been let be-
fore the location of the building
has been selected. Some parties
in Bolton want the courthouse on
the public square and others want
it built elsewhere. A courthouse
is much better located off the pub
lie square. 1t brings no business.
A public square used as a plaza or
public market place for country
wagons brings much more retail
trade than a courthouse.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06

IT appears that one of the ques-
tons to be discussed by the Demo
cratic Executive committee, which
meets in Waco on the 9th inst, is
the two-thirds rule. The Execu-
tive committee would do well to
refer the matter to the convention
itself, and in our opinion the con-
vention should abolish the two
thirds rule; it has outlived its day
of usefulness. Ifthe county con-
ventions instruct against the twor
thirds rule it will be abolished.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06

Hon. Tom OcHILTREE is now
waiting patiently for the Lasker
resolution to reach the state de-
partment from Prince Bismarck.
He will be informed of it and will
be recognized by Mr.. Carlisle un-
der privilege and speak on the
subject. Hon. Thomas is no doubt
nursing his wrath to keep it warm
and when he does turn loose on
Prince Bismarck that naughty di-
plomat will fairly shake in his
boots,
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Professional Notice.

Having formed eopartnership fos the
purpose Of Practicing the Homeopathic sys-
TEN Of Medicine and surgery, we take this
method of thanking the citizens of Brenhana
aud surrounding country for their liberal
patronage in the past, and solicit a continu-
ance Ofthe same for the future.
Special attention given to chronic diseases,
diseases of women and children, surgical
diseases, injuries and Obstetrics. Calls in the
city or country promptly attended to, day or
night.
Only the really needy, who believe in the
Homeopathic system treated free.
All bills collected on the first of every
month.
OFFICE and residence an Sandy street, one
door east of Parks livery stpble.
Respectfully,
g. SIC. HUssEY, NJ. D..
+. G. MAeEE, VI. d
Brcnham, Jan. lst, 1884.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06

The Prohibition state conven.
ton OF G Connecticut met at Hart
ford on Tuesday and dominated a
full ticket for state officers. III nc 6
usual prohibition resolutions were
passed. They denounce the domi
nant parties for their subservien
cy TO saloon interests, as exhibited
in the repeating Of prohibitory
laws and enacting license laws.
The prohibitionists aro fanatics
and want everything their own
way.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06

A GALVESTON News reporter in.
terviewed Capt. Henry Scherffi us,
of Houston, member of the Demo
cratic executive committee, in re.
gard to holding one or two con
ventions. Capt. Scherffius is OPP.
posed to holding more than Ole
convention; he will attend the
meeting of the executive commit.
tee at Waco and will there oppose
holding two conventions.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06

IT is now announced that stone
laying will begin on the new capt.
tai building just two years and two
months after the contract was
made. If the sHpeFstFuetpEs pFa,
crosses with the same Fapidity
little boys now wearing skirts will
be grown men and voters before it
is completed, and in the meantime
the Capital Syndicate will have
made millions out of the ..a,0oo,-
900 acres of land given them for
the building.
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NOTICE

Is hereby given that Veteran Donation Ger
tificate No. so, for 1880 acres of land. issued
70 Moses Austin Bryan by w. C. Walsh
Commissioner General Land Office, August
End, 1881, has been lost, and unless intelIi-
genee Of same is received by me or the Com
missioner Of the General Land Office within
thr.e months after date of this notice, Will
apply to the proper officer for duplicate OF
said certificate. M0sEs AUSTIN BRYAN.
January q, 1884.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06

IT seems that Nose Harris, the
newspaper man who figured so
prominently at Hot Springs, was
associated press agent and the
right bower of Flynn the boss
gambler. Harris has been banish-
ed as have most of the prominent
gamblers. 1t is now said that there
is great rejoicing over the Danish
ment of Harris; who, it is claimed,
wilfully misrepresented affairs.
The committee Of fourteen, which
has performed yeoman service in
exterminating lawless characters,
is composed of the best and wealth.
lest citizens. Gambling has been
suppressed and Hot Springs will
no longer be gaRblers pesart,
says the latest reports.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06

A RuMeR aaoat in Republican
tireles at San Antonio, that a
movement is on foot looking to
the nomination of Judge McCor-
mick, of Dallas, as the Republican
candidate for governor, is pro
nounced to be hoax.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06

Ak explosion occurred in the
Virginia cotton compress works
at Norfolk, on Monday, complete
Iy rrecking the engine room and
mourning loss of $4,000. The
company lately adopted a new
plan of COMPRISING three bales
into the size of one, and were ex.
perimenting when the explosion
occurred.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06
THE PISTOL.

There has been for along time a
disposition upon the part of a
considerable portion Of the Texas
press to touch very lightly upon
the six-shooter question; fact is
some of the editors carry pistols
themselves. Pistol carrying has
come to be q first-class nuisance,
and not one man in ten who car
ries a pistol has any business with
it. A majority of the law-abidingI
citizens are opposed to the practice
and do not carry pistols them.
selves. If the question could be
put to a vote of the people it is
safe to say that it would be con-
demned by probably larger ma
jority than those who are in hab-
it of carrying pistols have any
idea of. The press is popularity
supposed to voice the sentiments
of the people and if the press was
unanimous in its opposition to the
pistol it is more than likely that
the days of the pistol would be
numbered. In Texas alone since
the beginning of this year there
has been not less than two dozen
men killed with the ever-ready re-
yolyer. This is a fezrful sacrifice
Of life for no purpose, and the
probability is, that had there been
no pistols carried the number of
killings would have been reduced
to perhaps only three or four. 1t
is not to be expected that men will
cease quarreling, fighting and oc-
casionally killing one another, but
the killings viii be materially re-
duced. For years the BANNER has
steadily opposed the carrying ofre-
volvers and in its opposition it has
been sustained by quite number
{ the Texas press and it is now
leased to see so able and Inhuen-
newspaper as the Houston
ost arrayed on tho side of law
lad order and opposing the revolt
yer with might and main. The
POST says Governor Lowery, Of
Mississippi deserves credit for hav-
ing called the attention of his leg
Lslature to the practicability of de-
claring the carrying of concealed
weapons a felony. The sooner a
law to that effect is introduced in
every Commonwealth of the eoun-
try, the better it will be for socie-
~ at large. It is high time that
We emanate from the age of the
six.shooter. The Post concludes
by saying: "Lct tho law declare
the carrying of concealed arms a
elony, punishable with conhne-
at in the penitentiary for a year
eore. Let the first one who
IS the law be given the high
nalty. The example will
salutary effect. Let pub
.nion denounce the fatal
iRtic and unmis-
como to an
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06
Dissolution.

The eo-partnership heretofore existing be-
tween g. w. Booker and X: X. Loesett, rem
eral merchants ut Hidalgo. was dissolved on
the END january 1884, by mutual consent,
g. w. Booker retiring, and Loekett, & Lott
continuing the business.
G. W. Booker.
fr5- r. X. LoCKErr.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06
Estrayed or Stolen.

From the undersigned, in the city of Bren-,
ham, on the night of the 2lst inst, one RoAy'
HoRsE. about Is handShigh, o wears old star
in forehead, and branded NAY (connectedl
on left shoulder, Any Information in regard
to the whereabouts of said horse will be
thankfully received and literally rewarded.
LIE RUCKHR
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06

The Hunt coal MINES near
Laredo are now taking out coal at
the rate of rs tons day.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06

LAREDO puts in a plea for Fed
eral court, On the ground -
large number of citizens a
compelled to travel to,Sau An
as witnesses, jurors, etc. A d
now before congress for the cl>
ton of a court at Laredo.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06

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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-14

MOTE SOME OF THE PRICES AND CON-
In pare them with what you have been
paying. On and after this date / will sell for
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-14

OFF HIS BEAT.

The Charleston Is. CO. News falls foul
of NJ. Randall for saying in a letter to
some of his admirers in Tennessee that
Shakespeare tells US that appreciation
from Sir Hubert Stanley IS praise in
Decd" and wants the accomplished ex
Speaker to inform the public in what
part of Shakspeare's works he finds it.
Such Interpretations are very common, and
probably Mr.. Randall is not the only
statesman who knows so little of the
British drama as to attribute to Shaks-
peare what was written by Thomas Nor
ton in "a Cure for the Heartache." This
is not instanced to prove that Democrats
can't read, but only to show that some
times they don't read, or else forget to
stick a pin in the text.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-14
Ala for Flood Sufferers.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 13.-The st. Louis
branch of the Society of the Red Cross
have made a public call for money and
contributions to aid the food sufferers in
the Ohio Valley.
The Grand Lodge OF Missouri and the
Nebraska Ancient Order of United Work.
men met here to-day, with over 800 dele
gates present, representing II, 900 mem
bers. The report Of the Grand Recorder
shows the Order to be in a very prosperous
condition. There were 173 deaths last
year. and the total disbursements were
1884. $50.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-14
RIsING's CANDIDACY.

Judge Richard Rising of Storey is
mentioned as a candidate for Supreme
Judge. We are not expert in writing
puffs of Republican candidates, but we
are bound to say that if Judge Rising
accepts the proposed candidacy it will
be q bold Democrat that viii seek the
nomination against him.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-14
WHO rs THE FIRST LADY.

President Arthur is a very good man
in his present place, a good deal better
man than Chef. Arthur was in the
..soap" business in Indiana nearly four
wears ago. He is careful to accumulate
no troubles which can be avoided, or that
are incompatible with the very easy
routine duties of his great Office. He
evidently knows when it is the right
time to 90 a-fshing, and when the New
port season is at its hight; and we are
free to say that he knows how to put
things in his annual message which mean
nothing. He, no doubt, best earns his
s5O, 600 salary by making no trouble.
Happy is the country which has no an
nals,- and it may be equally well said,
Happy is the country whose chief ex-
~ecutive stirs up no trouble" A good,
easy man as a fgure-head is better than
King Stork.
But while the country may feel easy
under the ultra-conservative style OF
government which President Arthur
gives it, be is himself sitting over a vol
cano. The compressed wisdom OF ages,
in a case Of this sort, has invariably in
auired, "Who is she ?" On this occa-
sion there are two shes. In our own
comparatively pleasant annals, it is re-
ported that on one occasion, at least, a
woman disrupted the Cabinet. AT this
era, a question of remarkable import has
occurred, to the solution of which the
President must bend the highestpowers of
his intellect, and call in the ablest advice.
Sometime ago, it will be remembered,
Mr.. Arthur requested Mrs. Carlisle, as
the wife of the Speaker, to assist him at
his New Years reception, which she did
with much grace. The President also
requested Mrs. Carlisle to assist him at
another reception soo afterward, no
doubt secretly admiring her Democratic
principles and her Kentucky ways. Such
attentions promptly placed Mrs. Carlisle
in the position of first lady of the land. "
To this. Mrs. Frelinghuysen, the wife OF
the Secretary of State, objects. She lays
claim to that position herself. There is
every indication of a ladies battle before
long. There may be a hair pulling. The
Cabinet may be disrupted. The Ken
lucky blood in Mrs. Carlisle viii not
tamely submit to any bouncing, and Mrs.
Frelinghuysen, if reports are true, has
taken her stand on the principle that
mo Southern thing can come around
here and shake us Northern girls any
more" The situation consequently is
critical. Lucky we have no navy, or else
some portion Of it might be induced by
the contending faction to lombard WASH
ington City. The question is n in the
decision Of which President Arthur must
be very careful. Upon his judgment
viii depend the safety of the Cabinet.
Perhaps the best way out Of the diff
Guilty will be for him to get married as
soon as possible. The precedence OF the
Presidents wife would not be disputed.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-14
A CAUTERIzER.

Will some one suggest the name of any
one better qualified to cauterize the
Mormon cancer, as Governor of Utah,
than ex-Gov. Butler Exchange. AS
far as cauterizingis concerned, we should
say that Congressman Burnes Of Missouri
would be better man for the position
Norristown Herald.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-14

HFor the beneht of hose wishing to order goods of us we will state that the fagu
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