Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-01-31
EDITORIAL NOTES.
TIE Houston Post is blowing its
own horn very loudly. a

speech-making in the Legislature
The senate and the house ar
now in q middle over the roa
bill. rFT-
Hon. John Hancock is quote
as saying that the Mcdonald pres
idential boom has exploded.
THE Waco Day thinks that job
Hancock will be more than eve
inclined to damn the newspapers
IT is calculated that the New
Orleans exposition bill will pas
the House by about twenty major
ity.
The BANNER acknowledges tn
receipt of an invitation to the Gal
weston Mardi Gras festivities, Feb
rusry 2eth.
Now it is said that Henry Wat
terson wants to be vice-president
He might be induced to accept tn
presidency.
TIE pro TEN on the Dallas Time
is having a lively quarrel with tn
pro TEN on the Mesquiter, a neigh
boring paper. 3d. ,-r ..r.;.i
THE revenue bill, as amended
passed the house by a vote off
to 10, as did also the deficiency az
preparation bill.
The seguin Times has sat dow
on Texas Siftings. Sittings nigh
now gracefully give up the ghos
Its fate is sealed. |
Mr.. Gro. NOBLE will soon TAX
charge ofthe Gould lines in Texa
as general managers his headquar
tiers will be at Dallas. - 'r-'d
SENATOR GRAIN, of Lavaca coan
lty, has announced his intention o
making the congressional rae
against Tom ochiltree.
EnorIoNAL insanity is to play al
important part in the Jenkins tria
at Mansfield, La. Experts wer'
to have testified on Monday.
An East Texas paper asks, 81
tax collectors can't scoop in taxes
what's q private individual goinl
to do in making collectlonsp
TIE Galveston Print says it vii
publish no more associated pres
reports of hangings, as they ar
demoraIi1ing and of no aecoun
any way.
IT is now said that the impress
sion is general at Washington tina
no interstate commerce bill can b
passed at the present session o
congress. ,a @
SENATOR CHksLxr's masterl.
speech on the fence-cutting ques
ton has attracted general attention
and has been very extensively re
printed. t..ts.ll.-
TIE Capitol Board has appoint
ed Gen. R. LINDSAY Walker, o
Richmond, Va, as superintendent
of construction of the state capito
building. ~. -, -.
TIE supreme court of 1llinoi
has decided that q contract mad
on Sunday is as valid and bindini
as one made on any other day il
the week.
THE Austin Statesman. propose
doing business on business Princi
pies. It says that hereafter al
politicians viii have 10 pay cash il
advance. .''.''
THE remains of the late Dr.
ID
Lasker arrived in Berlin last Sun
day. His funeral took place fron
the new synagogue and was yer.
largely attended. aqa.a.5-
The Waco Examiners editoria
page of Sunday last is devoted al
most exclusively to the Galveston
News, which is not run in man
ner to suit the Examiner. 5
NEWSPAPER quarrels about circu
tlations are q matter Of indifference
to the general public, while adver
ltisers use their own judgement a
to the circulation Of a paper.
THE BANNER acknowledges tn
receipt of an invitation to the 4tl
annual masquerade ball of tn
Bellvillc Social club, at Unit.
Hall, February 7th. lr
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TON GARDNER, 8 crank, creates
q sensation in the Methods
church, at Troy, N. Y, on Sunday
by declaring himself messenge
from Jesus, sent to convert tn
world.
| The Chinese residents of Chics
go and other cities where they ar
numerous, celebrated the Chimes
New Year on Sunday by worship
ding their new josses and gettin
tight.
FoR the past week or two tn
Houston Age has been coming yer,
irreguliarly. The Age should pu
its mailing clerk to death and hir
one who will be more attentive t
his duty. L@.
4 The San Antonio Times has late
l.
ly put on an entirely new and beat
tiful dress and has been enlarge
and improved. As the Times dis
likes tafy we ref ain from compl
menting it.
DR.. JOHN B. WooD, a well-know
New York newspaper man, fel
uDon the ice In North rivar an