Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-04-24

personalities and says the States
mans editor is a ghaul. 1t is all
about politics and both papers
claim to be in the same political
household.
I THE San Antonio Light puts it
thus: "If the Democrats should
happen to elect President,
wouldn't the Republicans of Texas
have u quiet timer" They would,
for a certainty.
4 BLAINE and Lincoln and Tilden
and Hendricks will be tho rival
presidential tickets, says the Fort
Worth Gazette and it wants to back
its opinions by betting gill OF
goober peas.
I The Houston Evening Journal
is only about two months old and
it already claims to have much
larger circulation than the veneer
able Age, now the senior Of all the
papers in Houston.
| GALVESTON seems to be tnfortu-
nate in her municipal government;
the city council and the mayor are
in perpetual quarrel. Accord
ing to the Galveston papers the
council are a bad lot.
/ jim NICHOLSON, q Boston man
shot his wife, in that highly moral
city, after shooting his wife. he
cody pocketed his pistol and re,
marking l am murderer he left
and has not been heard of.
ACCORDING to the Colorado Clip
per two cents an acre will lease
as fine watered grazing lands
as can be found in the world, while
IN Texas twenty cents per acre
will not rent as good lands.
The Goliad Guard thinks that
Hon. J. F. Miller will have no OPP
posion for congress in his district.
1t will soon find that there are
plenty of men anxious to serve
the dear people in congress.
WASHINGTON county is entitled
TO IA representatives in the Repub-
lican State convention, Fayette
county has IL and Harrison eoun-
ty IL. These three are the strong
est Republican counties in the
state.
A MARLIN special to the News
says, "a very unreasonable spell
of weather is prevailing in this
section" 1t is true that the wealth
es is unreasonable, but unseasOna-
bic was what the writer probably
meant.
The Fort Worth Gazette pub
lishcd an illustrated edition on
Saturday last in which all the daily
papers of the state are represen-
ted. The Gazette itself is pictur-
ed as the largest and most promi-
nent one.
THE Austin Statesman says can
didly that it does not like the Gal
weston News in its new shape.
There is certainly room for i'm
provement in its press work, its
type does not yet give clear i'm
preston.
The Galveston Print says the
conduct of some of the members of
the city council has been and is
now disgraceful and that they
should resign to make way for
good men, who have the interest
of the city at heart.
The election in Louisiana on
Tuesday last passed off very quiet
ly and without any serious disturb
ances anywhere in the state. The
Democrats made a clean sweep, and
the state ticket will have MAORI
ty of from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Dallas Herald tells proper
ty owners, capitalists ard business
men unless they take speedy ac-
ton to secure the building of
much-needed railways property. in
Dallas will depreciate so per cent
in less than twelve months.
The Huntsville Item suggests
that its town should have better
newspaper than the Item has been
heretofore, and that if sufficient
patronage is guaranteed it will
give them a better paper. There
is talk of giving the Item a power
press. Hf-5
TIE Fort Worth Gazette says it
is sheer waste of words to talk
about Gen. Ross in connection
with the goyernorshipJ he has des
clarcd himself that he does not be-
lieve he has a call from the people
of Texas to enter tho lists against
Ireland.
The Victoria Advocate says the
man who wants to announce
himself to the suffering public as q
candidate for Office in its columns
must pay in advance, or in less
than minute the announcement
will be put in new and large
waste basket.
The Georgetown Record wants
Hon. D. C. Giddings, of Brennan,
sent as one of the delegates TO the
national convention. Col. Gid
dings is representative man, and
no better selection could be made,
but we do not know that he de-
sires the honor.
The Galveston News, beginning
on Sunday last, changed its form