Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-02-14


arms have been sent from Little
Rock and the company is ready for
active duty.
GALVESTON, says the Print,
claims the right, as an American
port, to deep water. And it has
the sand to back its claim. In this
case it may be stated that the sard
alluded to is on the bar in the
harbor, where it does more harm
than good.
IT is stated that there are al
ready twenty candidates out for
governor of Missouri. In Texas
there are about five hundred men
who would like to be candidates
for governor if they could get the
nomination of the Democratic
state convention.
The Seguin Times warns up on
the subject of farming and says:
"Any man who cannot succeed in
Texas by tllling the ground, knows
nothing about farming and ought
to go to some school where the
principles of agriculture are taught
in a practical way.
The Post encourages the new
aspirant for public favor in Hous-
ton by saying, "thc Ago is one of
the institutions of Houston, and
has engratted itself so thoroughly
and firmly in the affections of the
people that no ordinary effort will
supplant or injure it."
THE Fort Worth Gazette re-
marks that journalism in Texas is
becoming fearfully personal on
the part of the so-called leading
journals. 1t however takes COM
fort to itself by saying that it has
no glass walls, and all the stones
SHE'D have no effect on it.
A TERRELL special to the Calves
ton News says there Is q stpng SOM
timent in favor of Roberts for gov
ernor and that if he will allow his
name to be used the present incum-
bent will find no easy sailing in
that section of the state. All Of this
has a INCONSISTENCY appearance.
ECONOMY is said to be the sure
road to wealth; a certain Texas
daily newspaper eeonmizes by US
ing secondhand envelops for wrap
pers, and to all outward appear
fence it shows neither wealth nor
prosperity, thus proving, in its own
case, that economy does not bring
wealth. " -n.'H-
The board of education has de-
cided that assessors now taking
scholastic census, should include
in their census all children from
eight to sixteen years of age on
September l, next, This will bring
the schools, the next scholastic
year, under the provision of the
new school law,
Mr.. ROBINSON, representative
from Bastrop county, voted against
making fence cutting a felony.
The Bastrop Advertiser handles
him without gloves and says if he
should be candidate for re-elec-
ton he would be so badly beaten
that he would not knew he had
been in the race. - q
A PARAGRApH, like many others
without PATERNITY, Is now going
the rounds, to the effect that the
negro population of the United
States increases faster than the
white, and that in eighty years it
will amount to Is2, 100000. This
is the merest bosh and there is no
statistics to support it.
A Bill has been introduced
in congress by Representative
Mills for the reliet of the citizens
of Brennan, whose property was
burned by federal soldiers in 1866.
As there is only about 1000 bills
ahead of this one and about six
thousand more to follow it, the
chances for its final passage may
be put down as few.
CONGRESSMAN HANCOCK has ar
rived in Washington, but declined
to be interviewed touching the re-
cent newspaper controversy grow
ing out of the interview with him
at Austin. He claims to have said
on that occasion that the Galveston
News is published in the line of in
dependent Journalism, generally
supporting the Democratic tick et.
APAPER published up the Santa
Fe railway enters its solemn pro-
test against those kind friends who
want to help it along by subscrib-
ing to it on credit. Paper makers,
printers and landlords insist upon
having cash. The only successful
way to publish newspaper is to
have cash in advance for all sub
scriptions.
AN error in the finding of the
court martial in the case of ex-
paymaster WATSON is said to have
been discovered, and his friends at
San Antonio and elsewhere are
hopeful that he will be released.
WATSON was guilty of dishonesty
as we'll as gross breach of the trust
reposed in him by the government
and his punishment is no doubt
we'll deserved.
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