Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-03-06
CoRsrcANA is a sort of a modern

Z Alter while a majority OF then
will ascend the golden stairs ant
S those that remain below will b
g better than they are now.
AUsrINs new daily paper is nov
n an established fact. 1t will max
: its first appearance to-day or TO
b. morrow, with Col. Carey W. Styles
D as editor. Col. Styles is wei
r known newspaper man and {
: writer of force and ability.
THE various militia companies
throughout the state are now nc
lively drilling and each no doubt
expects to carry off the $4,000 prize
offered by Houston for the best
drilled company at the Interstate
drill to come off in May next.
A SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, special to a
Chicago paper reports the arrest
of one Rev. Mcdonald, who lately
preached an able and interesting
sermon Mt Auburn, on the charge
of stealing the horse of gentle
man who was entertaining him for
the night.
JOHN S. WISE, of Virginia, cor
reefs his testimony about receiv-
inf cOlored members of the legis-
lature in his kitchen he states
now that il was not in the kitchen,
but in the back yard. This cor
rection is evidently regarded by
Mr.. Wise as being very important.
In the city of Philadelphia the
Democratic nominee for mayer
was overwhelmingly defeated. 1t
seems that the Republicans very
shrewdly introduced the tariff is
sue into the canvass and the Phil
adelphians being in favor of a pro-
tective tariff they defeated the
Democrat.
LARGE quantities of corn have
been shipped from Laredo to the
interior of Mexico. The city of
Saltillo, tho capitol of the state of
chihuahua, has very lately i'm
posed an import duty of l6 cents
upon all American corn imported
into that city.
Ex-sPE4KER KEIFER is now on re-
cord as having said; ~ don't care
Cd DIM for the press" 1t is
generally thus when the press sits
down on q politician, So long as
the press tayors q politician he
cares a great deal for the press and
has a marked respect for it.
HENRY LONG mysterIously DIS
appeared from Mesilla, n. NJ,
about year ago. He was sup
posed to have a large sum eff mon
ey in his possession. His body
was found buried in q Fayins near
that town, where the wolves had
dug it partly up, He had evident.
II been murdered.
A FEW of the papers of this state
still continue to disgrace their COL
umns by the publication of Peck's
bad boy stories. These stories
have as demoraliaing an influence
as the average dime novel, and
strange as it may seem the editors
who publish the bad boy stories,
would scorn the idea of reprinting
q dine R9Eei:
The Austin Statesman is little
behind the times in stating that
Marsh Marsh 7: Polk, the defaHlting
treasurer OF Tennessee, has sold
his Mexican mines and will be
able to pay his Indebtedness to
Tennessee and accept another of.
flee. This news item appeared af-
ter Polk was dead and buried.
IT seems that the Printers Union
at Austin is in earnest bout start
ing a new daily paper and that
they will soon file a charter. As
all of them are practical printers /
they should he VOL posted on the |
many difficulties attending the
publication of daily paper and
the expense incurred in running it
successfully.
The Houston Post of Tue sday
gives its readers portraits aud short
sketches of Messrs. O. 2. Hunting
ton, Thomas W. Peirce and Leland
Stanford, leading railroad mag
mates, all of whom were in Hn4s=
ton On Tuesday en- route to Mont |
Glover, Mexico, the present termi-
nus of the extension of the South
ern Pacific system from Eagle
Pass.
The San Antonio Light remarks
that some newspaper donkey has
stated that the Republican state
platform in Texas would contain a
"free grass" plank. If it should
turn ont SO, the Republican party
of Texas would go to grass in dou-
Bile quick time and would be fol-
lowed by no mourners. The Re-
publican party of Texas has been
10 grass lOr \ long Time,
AN announcement Is made IN
Chicago of the discovery of a re-
markable motor known as the
triple Thermic Motor" The
new motive power is the vapor of
bisHlphste Of carboR. 1t has been
in practical use for six months
driving sixty-horse power en-
glne. So great is the confidence
in it that a syndicate with capt.
tai of s25, 100000 has been form
al to contrnl tho ,,.fantS -