Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-01-03

der IN UcOrEla Is IN very Dau
fix. He has never been able to
draw any pension from the state
because all his companions were
killed and there is no witness left
to testify that he was in the army.
His parole evidence ought to be
good. ------------~-,
WHEN Mr.. Assistant Postmaster
General Hatton said with snecr
that civil service reform is
humbug" he did not know soon
tho senate of the United States
would prove the truth of his as
sertion. Its late act in turning
out Chaplain Bullock to put a
staunch republican in his place
shows that Mr.. Hatton had whit
tied the question down to fine
point.
Mr.. KNOWLES, Tory member for
Wigan, Lancashire, who died on
the Sd, began work in mine
when Q and often attended a night
school after fifteen hours work.
When 81 he was made manager of
collieries at Incc, his native town
ship, and six years later was taken
into the firm. He came out here
with the Duke of Sutherland not
long ago, for his health, but failed
to get restored. -.........H ..- /
THE Chicago Tribune and few
more republican papers are trying
desperately to grind a political
outrage out of the murderous affair
at Yazoo City the other day. 1t
was doubtless an outburst of the
old Kuklux spirit which curtailed
the number of victims. If ii had
not been for Ku-kluxism, there
would probably have been half
dozen white men lying around
dead, instead of three, when the
negro assassins closed their mid
night fusillade.
FROM tabulated statemant
which has been prepared by the
department of justice it appears
that the expenses of the United
States courts during the last fiscal
year aggregated about $4,000, 900.
The expenses of the United States
marshals amount in round num-
bers to $685., 900; jurors, s457 600;
support of prisoners, s2H, goo;
witnesses, S650,OoO; attorneys,
1926, 900; clerks, 145; commission
ers, S102, 900; rents, $4,000, and
miscellaneous, 1924, 900. 5. ED
SAN ANToYIO Times; It is said
that james Gordon Bennett is,
growing aged in his. appearance
very sapidly. He is prematurely
grey, has the step ola much older
man than he is and really appears
to be an. old man. With all his
wealth, Bennett has been an un-
happy man. He has been harshly
criticised by his contemporaries
and uniustly assailed often times.
and yet We are satisfied he has a
bigger heart and is truer man
than four-fifths of those who have
barked at his heels.
WHEN the Virginia legislature
reassembles after the Christmas
1 recess an attempt Will bn made to
abolish the present constitutional
provision imposing political disa-
bilities upon all persons engaged
IN dgeling eithGr as principals or
seconds. As the law now stands
in that state, it has been found im=
possible to convict any one under
IN. AT every session of the legis.
lature bills are introduced to re-
lieve persons who have violated
the dueling laws from the disabili-
ties imposed under its provisions.
The Bolton Journal, usually a
discreet paper, boldly says that
the Galveston News has made a
. fool of itself in regard to ggyerpaF
ireland: Wbila, perhaps, this mar
be true, the News is too old and to
respectable paper to make q
"fool of itself" The Bolton Jour
nal, itself very respectable coun-
try newspapers, should have more
respect for itself than to call the
Galveston News q fool, Il may
be true that all newspapers are at
: times "foolish" but it does not
wollof that they are fools. OH
DAhLAs Herald: A very pretty
Chinese girl borrowed several
hundred dollars worth of jewelry
from countryman of hers dealing
4 at San Francisco, and undertook to
escape with the booty per steamer
to Canton. A detective arrested
the young lady, whereupon the
gallant slant-eyed jeweler relented
and went bail, permitting her to
:. continue in possession of the ar
ticles. This is very much the way
such things turn out when an
American causes, young lady's
arrest and shows that men enter
, tain some motives akin, however
, diverse their nationalities,
The heavy iron placed at siding
joints of railways are called
, ''frogs." There is a tendency on
: the part of railway frogs" to
catch pedestrians firmly by the
; boot heel and hold them fast until
: the approaching train has accom-
plish its. deadly work and made
: business for the coroner. Not less