Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06
TEE British ARMY has won A dc.

II saturday last. Inc egyptian sol
d diers, who have no fear of death
Q stood up bravely until killed the,
do not know what it is to run, ant
Y are total strangers to fear. TIL,
. Arabs lost lilo men dead on tn,
;. field at Teb, besides guns and 9th
3 or ammunitions. The british los
| was comparatively light.
, A NEW paper called Our Opinion
is soon to be started in Overton
Rusk county. Its starting pros
poets are said to be as brilliant as
new $50 gold piece. When new
paper is started the starte, is san
guine and expects to soon reap 4
rich harvest; after year or two
his brilliant prospects are very
apt to assume a dull lcaden hue
similar to that of pewter dollar
that has been buried in the mud,
MARSH T. Polk, the defaulting
Tennessee Treasurer, died sudden
" of heart disease, at his home in
East Nashville, at $50 o'clock last
evening. He had been sentenced
to twelve years Imprisonment for
embezzIing $500, O0Oof the funds OF
the state, and his case which had
been appealed to the Supreme
Court was to have been taken up
on Wednesday, but was postponed
on account of the illness of the ac-
cused.
In June last the glass blowers
in n Pittsburgh bottle factory
struck, being unwilling to accept
a reduction of 90 per cent. in
wages. The men now resume
work at last years wages, and it
is thought that other glass works
will soon start up. The victory of
the glass blowers is certainly a
barren one, they having been Iiv-
ing in idleness for about Q months,
but then they may be men of prin-
ciple.
In Houston the Evening Journal,
the new afternoon paper, is max
ing a lively opposition to the
present city administration. The
Journal disclaims being a CAM
paign paper and has come, 1T says,
to supply long felt want. 1t is
making things quite lively at pres
.ent. The Houston Democrats will
hold a city convention ahaHt the
middle OF March to nominate a
city ticket, and in the meantime
the Independent candidates will
have things their own way.
JOHN c. FREMONT, the first Re-
publican candidate for tho presi-
dency in 1856 is now living a life
Of seclqsi4nll On st4t8nl Island, y:
7: He is to a very great extent
the father of the Republican party,
yet the party now has no use for
him. Fremont has a history; it
was he who in 1912, explored the
South Pass of the Rocky Noun
tains. AT that day and time FAii.
roads asF9ss the continent was re-
garded simply as something that
might be accomplished in the far
distant future.
PRESTIss THEIR mSRey clark
OF the Bacifc Express company at
st. Louis, looms up as the cham.
plon thief of the day: On Sunday
last FilleF aRd an aeeamPlice sue.
ceeded IN carrying away at least a
bushel of money packages from
the company's Office. The spoils
amounted to $4,000. Tiller is
about 25 years of age and is the
SON of Louisiana Detective. The
company offers $4,000 for the
arrest OF the thief, The robbery |
had been planned for n day or
two and was very successfully car
risd out. !
SPRINGER's committee will short, |
ly inquire into the escape of Capt.
Howgate and the circumstances
connected with the steal in which |
he was involved. Mr.. Springer
thinks that he will be able to show
that some person; maEO prOmi-
nent than Howgatc were connect
ed with HIM in the robbery OF the |
government. The detectives de-
clare their inability to find H0w. !
gate, hui it is believed he is ln-
Gated on farm in Virginia not
far from Washington, and that
since his flight he has been in !
Washington on business.
CAPT. BEN THOMPSON has been in
Galveston for week enjoying
himself. He was interviewed by q
News repnrter. Ben says that he
is an orderly and exemplary citi-
zen and never bothers anybody !
unless they bother him; that he
would walk square out Of his way
to avoid a difficulty. He states !
that he c9ntemplates buying a
ranch near Clear Greek, Calves.
ton county, and will settle down
and attend to his own business; he.
will let everybody alone and wants
to be let alone himself, especially
the newspaper fellows. Ben is
practical printer and has worked
on n good many papers.
Rev. TALMAGE, Of Brooklyn,
n. Y, one of the popular preachers
of the day, delivered his lecture on
the World Better OF Woraef in
n Lii. . A.. .;I. - nv