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

the arrest oil FRANK James Dy
Missouri sheriff after his acquittal
at Huntsville, Ala, was kindness
on the part of Governor Critten.
den, of Missouri, to keep him out
of the hands of other states where
he is wanted, as it is sure that
James cannot be convicted in
Missouri.
The Galveston News of Sunday
contains an editorial on the much
mooted question, "Must the six
shooter Co." The News thinks it
would be splindid thing if the
sIx-shOoter was already gone, but
it doubts the ability of the law to
Danish it, especially the law as it
now stands and is enforced.
COMMENTING on the action of
Judge Maltbie at Dallas in releas-
ing Willis Adams, the murderer
of Burns, on bail the Fort Worth
Gazette says the jury must have
had some presentment that the
public have not learned. The pub
lie believes that had Burns killed
Adams he would not have been ad-
mitted to bail.
SEMI-occAsIoNALLY the question
of a division of the state crops out.
A discussion of this thread-bare
subject is not only stale but very
Improbable. We do not believe
that any considerable number Of
influential men favor a division of
the state. Texas, one and indivisa-
bic, is the motto of nearly every
citizen of Texas.
DELEGATES to the State Republi-
can convention are beginning to
arrive at Fort Worth in force. The
opinion is. that an uninstructed
delegation will be sent to Chicago.
The colored delegates who were
interviewed were very reticent;
about all that could be learned
from them was, they were patient
ly watching the cat to see which
way she would Jump.
THE place of the defunct Print in
Galveston is to be supplied by a
new paper to be called the Even
ing Record. Mr.. Sullivan an ex-
perienced journalist will be in
charge. Galveston certainly ought
to be able to supporta live evening
paper devoted to local happenings
and local matters. Heretofore
the Island City has proved disas-
trous to evening journallm.
SLAVERY is being gradually abol-
ished in Brazil. In 1873 she had
333, POI slaves, and in mid-year of
1882 the number had been reduced
to 147, 16S and in year or two
more there will be no slaves in
that country. In some of the pro-
vinces of that country the owners
of slaves are emancipating them of
their own accord. Slavery is some
thing that will soon have an exis-
tence in history only.
Ar last the Galveston News claims
to have scored a successful political
boom. 1t claims to have been
the first paper to boom Barnett
Gibbs, of Dallas, for lieutenant
governor. It now seems to be
more than probable that Gibbs is
the coming man. 1t is seldom
that the News gets its man en-
dorsed. The New York Sun has
been equally unfortunate in its
booms for a presidential candi-
date.
DALLAS Herald: One who watch
es exports and imports and reads
commercial news closely, cannot
avoid being perplexed OCCASION
ally. For instance, wheat was
never lower and -four was rarely
ever higher than at this time.
Again, the decline in wheat is at
tributed, in a great measure, to the
unusually large crop at Australia,
and nevertheless California is ship
ping wheat to Australia and New
Zealand.
DALLAS Herald: A Quaker, col
ony, consisting offorty families
from Nebraska, Indiana and Penn
sylvania, is moving into Crosby
county, in this state, to join the
| Quakers already located there.
There are nearly thirty families
now in Crosby county and the
church owns $4,000 acres of the
most productive land in Texas.
The eminent Quaker preacher,
Paris Cox, is at the head of the
movement.
The Republican menagerie open
ed at Fort Worth on Tuesday. 1t
is estimated that fully three-fifths
of the delegates are white men,
although seven-eights of the Re-
publican vote of the state is color
ed. In the list of prominent Re-
publicans published in the News
as being present the names of none
of our local politicians are men,
toned. 1t is given out that state
ticket will not be nominated by
the convention.
The Gould system will soon COM
mencc the transportation of $780,
900 head of cattle from San Anton
10 to Wichita Falls, from which
the cattle will be driven north.