Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-06-05
EDITORIAL NOTES.
EDMuSDs is said to be gaining
ground at Chicago.

1 EDMuSDs is said TO be gaining
ground at Chicago.
A CRUSADE against piano playing
has been inauguratcd in Berlin.
ACCORDING to tho Galveston Re
cord keno is game which ought
to be suppressed.
/ ACCORDING to the Merchant TRAY.
eler dude is a 30 cent man in {
$50 suit of clothes.
The Waco Examiner appeared
on Sunday morning in new dress
as twelve page paper.
/ FANNIN county's Democratic con
vcntion instructed for Tilden anC
Hendricks and the majority rule
VIRGINIA has two delegates at
Chicago, Malone at the head o
one and Desendorf at the head OF
the other.
/ UNCLE DAN'L wants to see tn ,
cut of the physiognomy of the fel
ow that would try to read him on
of the party.
THE Weatherford Times maj
says he is not and does not wan
! to he a candidate for the legisla
ture from his district.
! JUDGE HANCOCK is now in Austin
and it will soon be known whether
or not he will be a candidate for
reelection to congress.
/ IT is stated that the Waco Day
Is to be enlarged. Col. Puckette
is to have editorial charge and Mr.,
A. R. McCollum, the local.
Mr.. BLAINE has left Washington
for Augusta, Maine, where he will
be on the anxious seat until the
Chicago convention dlsposes OF
him.
THE recent heavy rains have
damaged the Santa Fe railway and
it was reported at Cleburne, Tues
day, that the bridge at Koppcrl
was down. .-
THROUGH trains on the Central
railway between Dallas and Hous-
ton, were resumed on Saturday
after twelve days suspension on
account ofthe flood. ..
The May number of the Ameri-
can Journalist is a SPLENDID one,
Every newspaper writer and pub
Usher will find something in it of
interest TO the profession.
TIE Republican politicians seem
to have discovered the direction of
the wind. and it is said that an eff
fort will be made to introduce a
reasonable tariff plank in the Ma
ito nal platform.
The Southern Exposition at
Louisville will open August l6,
1884 and close October 25, 1884.
The same buildings and grounds
used in the exposition of 1883 will
be used again this year.
The Austin Daily Capital having
reached business basis, proposes
to set up shop in an Office of its
own. 1t is now having its work
done on rented material. We are
pleased to note its success.
JUDGE HANCOCK publishes let
ter in the Austin Statesman, of
Tuesday. in which be positively
declines to become q candidate for
congress at the coming election.
Mr.. Hancock's decision is final.
TIE Austin Statesman says that
Hon. John Hancock has signifed
his intention of making the race
for congress again in his district.
He is one Of the oldest men in con-
gress and he should be reelected.
THE bill passed through the
Senate by Mr.. Maxey on Monday,
establishes the rate of postage for
third class matter at one cent for
four ounces. 1t requires only the
presidents signature to become a
law.
NATIONAL advantages are splen-
did thing for a town or city to
have, but all tho natural advap.
tages in the world will not build up
a thriving city without push and
enterprise on the part of the citi-
gems.
TEXAS must in the nature of
things have a great interior city.
Fort Worth is having boom and
The. Democrat Of that CITY thinks
that Fort Worth is the coming
place. She has energy, ENTERPRISE
and capital.
The Penn bank of Pitts fgh is
about as badly broke as II Marine
bank of New York. Riddle, the
president of it, was engaged with
others IN oil speculatlons, and his
,verdrafts on the bank amount to
THE Fort Worth Gazette strikes
he key note in saying that a news
paper must publish the news.
News is what the people want and
t is what they pay for. We have
.wo political parties and both of
hem furnish news.
A CRANK at Chicago says that
Phil Sheridan would get the Irish
vote for president. The United
States will have come to a pretty
PASS when no better material than
Phil Sheridan can be found for