Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-05-08

HE COulI vi appears HAS aulT III
ed the verdict in the case Of Ma
henson, the Austin highwayman,
who robbed DR.. Swearingen and
other leading citizens. He goes
up for seven years.
THE National convention of I'm
dertakers is to be held at Pitts
burgh, May %. Over two hundred
delegates arc expected TO be pres
ent. 1t ought TO be a mournful
looking assemblagc.
The Corsicana Courier is labor
ing faithfully and honestly for
Martin for governor, but it has I'M
dertaking too big ajOb. This Is
not the year for Martin to occupy
the governors chair.
IT is predicted, says special to
the News that the Press association
will go to pieces on account of the
antagonism on the part of the
country newspaper proprietors TO-
ward the daily press.
The Houston Post is giving very
elaborate reports of tire great in
terstate drill. In Wednesdays is
sue eight columns are devoted to
the drill and incidents connected
with the encampmcnt.
ACCORDING to the Waco Examiner
it will soon be in order for the
Fort Worth Gazette to hang out
the Democratic sign. If we are
any Judge of signs, the Gazette is
able to take care of itself.
INDIAN TERRITORY is about the
poorest place in the United States
for Il man to goto commit murder.
There is now ten territory murder
ers in Jail at Fort Smith awaiting
trial and five awaiting execution.
A Fort WORTH special to the
Dallas Herald says the white Re
publican party is now an assured
fact. The local leaders of the par
ty say that the negroes arc pur-
chasable and they want to get rid
ofthem.
The Decatur Tribune says every
friend ofLieut-Gov. Marion Martin
with whom it has talked express
es regret that he should permit
himself to be placed in such an nu-
enviable light before the people
of Texas.
A RECENT census report shows
that during the last four years the
of immigrants arriving IN
this country has averaged $4,000
annually. 1t is estimated that our
is now more that &c.
100000.
THE entire village of GilmaH's
depot on the Port Jervis and Mon
ticello railway, N. Y, was burned
last Friday. Not over half dozen
houses were left standing within
a radius of five miles. Loss about
100000.
RED RIVER is now on a big boom
and at Fulton, Ark, and at Shreve-
port it is very high. Planters are
stock to the hills and
strengthening the levees. A great
err overflow than in February is
anticipated
THE Dallas Herald of Monday
morning compliments the Texas
Press in the highest terms. While
tn press of the state is exception
ally good, there is some as poor
excuses for papers as can be found
THE white Republicans of Fort
Worth held a meeting, there being
only ten persons present, and
took initiatory steps to organize a
white Republican party. A SINH
lar movement is said to be in pro-
gress at Dallas.
The steamship Florida from New
York to Glasgow was lost at sea.
And horrible as it may seem the
belief is that she was blown TO
atoms by the explosion Of dyna-
mite carried on board by some of
he passengers.
GEN. Sui Ross, of Waco, was in
Houston Monday and was inter-
riewed by the Post. He said he
vas not a candidate for governor
n any sense of the term, and that
f he had been candidate he would
lave went in to win.
THE failure of the Galveston
News to come on Tuesday caused
much disappointment here. 1t is
tated that an accident happened
o the press prevented its getting
tut in time. Such mshaps are an
Toying, but unavoidable.
ACCORDING to the San Antonio
Express John Ireland is popular
nan for governor, because he has
inspired confidence, not because of
'ersonal popularity, because COM
few of the people of
,exas know him personally.
For the information of the Aus
in Statesman the BANNER states
hat it has never questioned the
Democracy of Uncle Danl or the
Iouston Age. The BANNER is too :
lodest to put itself forward as an
in the Democratic party.
Now the idle twaddle about .
rade and commerce being demon I
liked if n Republican president is !
OF elected is being renewed. This {
ry is raised by Republicans every {
election. No greater I