Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-01-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.
SANoS, the I.aeonia murderer,
entered plea Of guilty the other
dax- - - "a

JOKES on Ben Butler are always
in order, hut Ben and his off-eye
are certain TO keep IN front.
ERMIsE has now descended so
low among furs as to be regarded
as only fit for mere cloak lining.
THE Lash is one of the latest
candidates for public favor; it is a
comic paper published at Calves
ton.
The appetite for fighting is fed
by victory; and therefore we may
hear of more French conquests in
Anam.
The Bellville Times does not
believe in mob law. 1t may be
that the editor thinks he will be
hanged himself.
SIxTY-sGx hundred miles of new
railroad is the years record. last
year it was IL, 900 and the year be-
fore $500 miles. ..'.
MEXICO is a country of silv er
and it is not surprising that Next
cans should revolt against SO base
a thing as nickel coins.
A PATENT decision has been rem
dered which stops the machinery
of nine of the largest glucose fac,
tories in the country.
The Duke of Albany has com.
posed a waltz, which was included
in the programme of the recent
tenants ball at Sandringham.
JOHN HANCOCK put Goals of fire
on San Antonio's back by intro,
ducing a bill to appropriate $500,
900 for a government building al
San Antonio.
THE body of VIM. H. Kirk, q
horse dealer who had been strang'
led with rope, was found yester
day in the brush near Cummins,
vile, Ohio.
THERE is no truth in the report,
according to the London Truth,
that the Prince of Wales has re.
Gently purchased vast tract OF
land near Kansas City. =
A DESPATCH from Salt Lake City
says that the Utah part of Presi.
dent Arthur's message is received
with demonstrations of joy by the
"Americant' in that city.
GALVESTON Civiliani Drive muir
der from the land, so says the
Waco Examiner. Just so, but how
is il to be done when over half the
murderers escape justice.
The Minnesota Historical So
ciety, at st. Paul, has a library
valued at $4,000. 1t includes IL,
900 bound volumes and larg,
number of maps, pictures, manu-
scripts, historical relics. etc.
| Waco Examiner. Victoria @
Woodruff is living quiet domes
tic life in England as the wife o
Mr.. John Biddulph Martin,
wealthy banker. That's alrigh
about Vic, but what kind of lif
is poor Martin living.
The Galveston News paragraph
er says that it would take a 800
horse power derrick to bring keif
er the ex-speaker TO ths frQnt. hi,
the News man ever think of tn,
quantity of coal it would take II
steam-qg a 3Q0-horse power on
gins, .--5t
The colored school teacher
that lately held a convention a
Jefferson City, Mo-, passed ronl
string of RESOLUTIONS in WHICH the,
place the colored race in advanc
of the whites. They want grea
many things that they will neve
have.
The fiestas In Nueyo Jared,
were witness by many thousand
; of persons. The bulls were goo
ones and came to the scratch, a
did noted matador, named Peral
Ia. +.H.t.
ArAncona, in Italy, 100 priest
have held meetings with view t
organize a strike in the event o
the failnre of their efforts to hav
the amount paid for saying mas
increased.
DR.. DUDLEY A. SARGENT, super
intendent of the gymnasium a
Harvard, says that walking simpl,
of itself is of little value as an eS
ercise, but that a spirited walk
one of the best.
TIRE youngest member of cor
gress is named Post, he is a Penn
sylvanian and Is only 20 years @
age. The Houston Post consider
it compliment that it has name
sake in congress.
BosroN's law and Order Leagu
never brings suit on a evidenc
obtained by spy. In that wa.
it finds places where liquor is sold
but waits for..other and legitimat
f proofs before commencing an az
ton.
1t is estimrted that it require
IS, 100000 annually to feed the Ct
nary birds of America. Besides
the birds raised in this countr
there are imported yearly iro1
Europe 100000 birds, most of theI
from Germany
WILL there never be stop pu
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