Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-05-01

The Marlin Ball says Barney
Gibbs will be the next lieutenant
governor ofTexas." Quite likely,
THE national conference of col.
orcd men met in Pittsburgh, Pa,
on Tuesday. tits to be non-politi-
cal.
THE Seguin Times says the two
thirds rule must go. Democrats
want no more dark horses in poll
itics.
The Marshall Messenger truth
fully remarks that "the monopo-
lists are opposed to Ireland to a
man." .s.--.. .-...
The present is day of pools
and combinations. The latest COM
bination is that of the bolt and nut
makers. .'' -
JUDGE REAdEN is resting easy
and the signs growing more cheer
full, says a dispatch on Monday
morning.
A SAN ANTONIO special to the
News says that marshal Costing
still has strong congressional as
perations.
IT is said that the mortality in
the Alabama state prison is great
er than that of any state, except
Mississippi.
IT is the opinion of DR.. Law, of
Cornell University, that the Kan
sas cattle plague is not a conta-
gious disease.
AN effort1s being made 10 close
the saloons at Leavenworth, Kan
say, Sundays, and Kansas is pro-
hibition state.
GEN. G. W. C. LEE, eldest son of
Gen. R. E. Lee, is a quiet Virginia
farmer who does not seek any pub
lie notoriety.
+. INTERNAL revenue receipts for the
nine months of the fiscal year are
ss7 ,454, O45, being $40, 500, $50 less
than last year.
The Indians, during the past ten
years, have cost the government
not less than $40, 100000, and still
the end is not yet.
The suits against the Waco sub
scribers to the St. Louis and Texas
narrow gauge railway bonus have
been compromised.
SEVERAL ofthe Cincinnati rioters
have been sentenced to the peni-
tcnitary; they were guilty of rob-
berry and burglary.
NEW YORK banks, at the close of
business on the 10Th of April, held
in reserve 50, 1861, 900 in excess OF
legal requirements.
AN attempt is being made by
the New York butchers protective
society to keep Chicago dressed
beef out of the market.
The comptroller notifies drum
mers that they must pay a years
license in advance; and that the Ii
cense is not transferable.
The Mississippi Republican con.
vention instructed its national del
egates to put their votes where
they will do the most good.
HAS the comet discovery shop al
Rochester, New York, closed up
there has hot been a new comet
discovered for several months.
AMONG the shining colored lights
at the Fort Worth menagerie are
Richard Nelson, Dick Allen, Bur,
rell Johnson and W. NJ. Burton.
In the United States court al
Charleston, S. c., all the cases in
volving violation of Federal cleo.
ton laws were stricken from the
docket.
PECK, the daddy of the Bad Boy
who has figured so extensively in
the newspapers, has made enough
money out of him to buy a $4,000
resid ence.
EDIToRlALETTE is the latest new
word, it is used by Chicago news,
paper and isapplied to short edi.
torial or paragraph diminutive
editorial.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has been In.
vited to accompany the Army OF
the Potomac to the battle-felds OF
Fredericksburg, Charlottesville
and the Wilderness.
THE rain of Tuesday was pretty
general throughout the state; il
some places crops were terribly
damaged, being washed up, neces
stating re-planting.
The Decatur Tribune predicts
that John Ireland will be nomi'
mated for governor by two-thirds
majority on the first ballot. At pre-
sent it does look that way.
Mrs. REEs, young married lady
Just % years old, is a local rcpor
ter for the Kansas City Journal
and has the reputation Of getting
up the best paper of the city.