Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-04-03

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alone to Texas, but has become q
national matter. Fences in Colo
} RADIO, New Mexico, Nevada and
Nebraska have been cut. Much
public land has been inclosed with
out any authority. Several cor
, porations have Enclosures of up
ward of one million acres of land.
: In Kansas entire counties are re-
ported as fenced. In Wyoming
l25 companies are reported to have
fenced In public lands. Congress
is now diligently inquiring into
this matter.
EX-SENATOR CRAGIN, of New
Hampshire, says IN the New York
Tribune: at is evident that Ar
thur has for three or four weeks
been losing in the race. He will
probabaly have the largest num-
Der of votes on the first ballot,
which will be gratifying to him
rs an evidencc..of approval of his
administration. But Blaine is
really in the lead at present. I'm
less something unheard of hap
pens between now and the assem-
bling of the convention he will
keep the lead"
ACCORDING to the San Antonio
Light, the attempt of the grand
jury to have the Sunday law en-
forced comes little bit sudden
and looks somewhat inconsistent
at this time in view OF the long
continued ignoring of its provis-
ions, not only in San Antonio, but
in every other city in Texas, and
can be looked upon only as an e1-
pertinent. Public opinion does not
seem to favor the Sunday law, and
for nearly a year nothing has been
heard oft. 1t was sleeping peace
fully when the San Antonio grand
Jury awoke it.
IF figures don't lie the United
States are the largest manufactur-
ers in the world. Mulhalt's Die
tionary of Statistics says tho value
of our manufacturers in 1860 was
81, $40, 100000; in 1880, $3.50, 900.
The value of the manufacturers in
Great Britain in 1880 was S4,015,-
10000. The value of our manu-
featured products exported-about
s125, 100000, 900 annually-ls &C
counted for by the rapid increase
in appropriation and the conse-
quent consumption of our own
products. We are the greatest
manufacturing nation in the world.
Mr.. BELL, the originator OF the
telephone enterprise of that name,
formerly teacher of languages in
Boston, now lives in Washington
with Il fortune estimated at s., 000,-
900. Mr.. Blake, the inventor of
the "transmitter" is worth "a, 000,-
900. Mr.. Vail, the general man
ager of the company, formerly a
poor telegraph operator, has an
elegant Boston residence and 81
900, 900. Mr.. Forbes, who furnish
ed the money to put the invention
to use, is worth from $4,000, 900 to
Sc, 000,0 Even the telephone
feels so proud that it often refuses
to work,
A NOVEL and interesting enter
tainment took place in Londen the
other night A number of deaf
mutes belonging to the Hackney
Mission to the Deaf and Dumb |
gave a dramatic performance.
The pieces selected were "The
School for Scandal and 'oThe Sor-
rows of Mr.. Snooks." The char
acters in both of the plays were
represented exclusively by deaf
mutes, and the audience was large
ly composed of the same class of
people. The performance, which
was in the sign language, gave
great delight to the audience of
deaf mutes,
THAT reliable old Democratic
journal, the Denton Monitor, hits
the nail square on the head in the
following paragraph concerning
the tariff question;
"Not only the farmers, but the
great body of mechanics of the
country, carpenters, joiners, cabi-
net makers, blacksmiths, painters,
briokmakeps, tailors, printers,
butchers, bakers and scores of
other classes receive no benefit
from the so-called protective tariff,
but are heavily burdened. by its
operations, the cost of everything
they use being enhanced thereby.
Every farmer and every mechanic
in the country should oppose the
protective system as matter of
self-interest."
THERE are five railroads now
seeking through Congress the right
of way through the Indian terrific
ry, TO wit: The Kansas City, Fort
Scott and Gulf railway, the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railway,
the Fort Worth and nenison rail-
way and the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe railway. Of the five ap.
pleants, the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Pe railway is believed
to be the only one that is
anxious to build its line through
that territory, but the fine Italian
hand of Jay Gould can be soon ae-
lively at work to defeat all new
roads through the territory in the
interest of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railway.