Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-01-17
EDITORIAL NOTES.

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laws have been passed agains'
them.
BILL ARP, the celebrated Geor
gia humorist, proposes making
lecturing tour of Texas in the
near future.
THE Laredo Times says the com
plications about tho trial of the
train robbers in Mexico don't gel
any better.
A LuyArIc named Ed. Beier, who
was disappointed in an affair o.
the heart, suicidcd at Alexandria
KY, on Sunday last.
HoN. PHILIP PHILIPS, who repre-
sented the Mobile district in con
| gress from 1858 to 1855, died a few
days ago in Washington.
KENTUCKY is soon to elect 9
United States Senator. Speaker
Carlisle positively refuses to al
low his nameto go before the
caucus.
Phil SHERIDAN, now commando
in-chief of the army, is called s
Door by the Dallas Herald. Il
Sheridan finds it ont he will fee
very badly.
The time and place for holding
the Democratic national conven'
ton will be decided by the execu'
tive committee on the I'D of Feb.
uary next.
The San. Antonio Times seems
to have a violent aversion to taffy.
Some persons are so sour in their
disposition that they cannot bear
tho sight of sweetmeats in any
shape.
In China the viceroy of Canton
has issued proclamation summon
ing the people to repel the
French invaders, at the same OK.
psessing friendship toward other
nations.
BILLS and resolutions enough
have already been introduced in
the legislature to require at least
six months arduous labor. A large
majority of them will never see
daylight.
IT begins to look as though Sen.
ator Terrell was being put in train
ing by the Galveston News for
the coming guberatorial race. We
do not assert that he is, but ap-
psarances look in that direction.
LAST year only about 200 miles
of railroad were built in Arkansas
and about 100 in Texas. Only ten
states and territories exceeded
these small figures. There was a
wonderful falling off from the rec
ord of 1882.
TEE LaGrange Journal learns
that the Schulenberg Enterprise,
which has been taking "cat maps"
for some time, is TO be revived.
There is no more difficult matter
than publishing q paper in q small
town and making it pay.
THE people of Mexico rose in
their majesty and sat down on
the scent nickel coins lately intro
duced into that country. The gov
eminent has called them all in and
in due time their place will be sup
piled with Scent silver coins.
Coy, FnsTEs, Of lowe, has now
returned to private life and Gov.
Hoadly is running the machinery
for him. Foster of all men in this
country with any prominence
whatever is the right man in the
right place whom in private life.
Tx Rochester, MIMI, the ladies
made the New Years calls. Six
teen gentlemen received in the
parlor of Cooks hotel. The Young
Ladies' Cooking Club made calls
in q body. The gentlemen wore
badges with the legand. "Barkis
Is willin."
TIE nomination of Henry B.
Payne for United States, from
Ohio, is denounced in the severest
terms by the Ohio Democrats in
Congress. Payne is the friend and
champion of the Standard Oil COM
pany, the greatest monopoly in the
United States.
The stockmen of the vicinity OF
Sweetwater are bitterly opposed
to the enactment ola herd law, and
they claim that the entire citizen
ship of West and Northwest Texas,
with the exception of few very
large landowners and syndicates
also oppose the law.
SENATOR TIRRELL is recognized
as the INSTRUMENTATION senator,
and 1t is understood, says an Aus
tin special to the News that sena-
tor Pfeuffer, the mouthpiece of
the administration, will introduce
a bill to to take all the wind ont
of the sails of TerrelPs bill.
The Texas and st. Louis narrow
guage railroad has passed into the
hands of a receiver; this was done
in preference to foreclosing the
mortgages upon it. In the mean
while the operation of the road
goes on as usual and 1t is thought
that within a few months tho road
will be put in good shape and
thoroughly equipped.