Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-05-01
ORANGE JUDD. Edditor of the

American ASrlculturlSt, Tor some
thirty years, but unconnected with
its business management for year
or two past, has lately retired from
its editorial department and To-
Gated in the West. He desires to
gather a complete ''Postal-Card
Album" of his old Readers and
Friends, and request them all to
send him now Postal giving their
present location and address, nam
ing also, when convenient, the
years in which they were his sub
scribers. Mr.. Judd's address is
Chicago, Illinois.
The proposition to pension Gen.
John C. Fremont meets with con-
siderable opposition. The chief
argument in his favor is, that he is
old and poor. The country is full
of men who are both old and poor,
and many of them never had any
thing like the opportunities that
Fremont has had to win both fame
and fortune. Fremont, early IN
life, married daughter of Thomas
H. Benton, otherwise he would
have remained in obscurity, and
would never have been heard of as
an applicant for a pension. His
life has been series of failures.
A NORTH Kansas paper having
accused Barnett Gibbs of poker
playing the Galveston News comes
boldly to his defense. 1t says that
Gibbs may be presumed to know
the value offour aces, and to know
exactly how much sensible man
would bet on three jacks; but he
is not poker player in the ordin-
airy sense of that term. He does
not squandcr his time and money
at card tables ; he does not encour-
age card playing; he drinks when
he FEELS like it, but never gets
drunk, and he conducts himself at
all times like a gentleman. He Is
neither hypoorite nor an enthus-
last.
THERE is prospect of lively
scandal over the charge preferred
against General Swain by Bate
man. 1t is claimed that Swain
and Bateman are pair of rascals
who have been long engaged in
the same busincss-that of manIp-
ulating army pay accounts, and
Bateman preferred the charge
against Swain as a means of fore
ing Swain to pay the money which
he wanted to hold on to. Swain
was forced on Lincoln by Garfield,
who was under obligations to him.
Secretary Lincoln will insist on
the fullest investigation and some
rich developments will no doubt
result. Mi .-.
THE st. Louis Republican noting
the fact that the New York Herald
has hoisted the names of Arthur
and Lincoln for president and vice
president, says this news cannot be
said to important. The Herald has
a very large audience, but its opin-
ions are of no special value. The
same may be said in a general way
of newspaper opinions as express
ed by an individual newspaper.
When large number of newspa-
pers unite in an opinion and per-
sist in keeping it before the public
1t has great influence, but an, opin
ion contrary to that of the general
mass of readers makes. its way
very slowly.
The sensation IN commercial cir
cles in st. Louis on Monday was
the failure of Moses Fraley, stock
Spectator and dealer in grain fu-
lures. He had been working the
wheat market and when he sus-
pended he was short shout 8,0OO,-
900 bushels of wheat. On Satur-
day wheat went up in the Chicago
market 4 1-2 cents in one hour,
thus making Fralcy lose about
s27O,O0O. On Friday and Satur-
day he paid out 100000 and on
Monday was called on for $780,
600 more and as he didn't know
how much more they would want
he concluded to suspend. Fraley
says that hereafter he will confne
himself to the commission husi-
ness exclusively and that he
doesn't feel at all discouraged.
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SAN ANTONIO Express! John
Ireland seems to be held in high
esteem yet by the citizens of Tex
as, Notwithstanding efforts IN GER
tain quarters are still being made
to bring out formidable opposition
to him. The simple fact is, that
when a man performs his duty,
willingly and well, and shows his
competency for the work assign
ed him, the people are apt to ap-
preeiate and judge him correctly,
no matter how much opposition is
brought to bear again him by those
moved by jcalousy,personal pique,
or any other unworthy motive.
The administration of Governor
Ireland deserves the Endorsement
of the people of the state, which
will be given him by their repre-
sentatives in convention when he is
renominated.
As is well known women vote in
Wyoming Territory. Woman suf-