Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-05-06

and President Sealy of the SAINT;
Fe, will make tour of Inspection
over the latter road in a spocia
train.
EIGHT hours pay for eight hours
work would be evon and exact
justice all round, but most Of The
eight hour men want pay for ter
hours work.
SECRETARY MANNING is now en-
proving very rapidly and is able &c
so out riding every day. He will
as soon as able resume the dutief
of his office.
CARDINAL TAsoHEREAU has issued
an edlct commanding Roman Cath
olics IN Canada not to Join the
Knight of Labor. The order
causes a good deal OF excitement,
A MoLENNAN county man was in
Fort Worth the other day. lie
SAID he was in favor of Ross for
governor, but all the signs of the
times show Swain to be the strong
est man.
On Saturday last the stago be-
tween Silver City and Georgetown,
n. NJ, was attacked by two Ameri-
cans and one thousand dollars was
stolen from Wells, Fargo l. Co. IS
express.
THE people of Bastrop talk OF
building railway TO Austin or
Taylor and the San Antonio Elk
press says they are wrong, they
should build to San Antonio and
thus secure direct connection with
the gulf coast.
IT is reported that Martin Irons,
who made an unenviable reputa-
ton during the recent strike, has
been expelled from the knights of
Labor. The Fort Worth Gazette
SAYS If he hasn't been he certainly
ought ts be.
The negroes on the lower Mis-
sissippi who were relieved by the
government during the overfows
in 1924, have been cutting the
levees in order TO be overfowed
end relieved again,
LAST Friday evening Baltimore
was visited by one of the MOST dis
astrous confagratIons that has &C.
Cured there for many years. Bust
ness houses were burned and the
total loss is estimated at about
100000.
Fifty Ssotchmen, fresh from
Scotland, passed through Brennan
on Sunday last on route to Austin,
where they have been engaged to
work as granite cutters on the stone
for the new capitol. Those who
saw them say they were physically
a fine looking set of men.
ACCORDING to the San Antanlo
Express the government will make
q handsome speculation of the bill
for the retirement of the trade DOL
lar and its recoinage into standard
dollars becomes a law. The trade
dollar is o nuisance and should be
abated.
Mr.. DAVIS, the Travelling State
organizer of the Farmers Alliance
writes to tho Fort Worth Gazette
that the farmer stands between or
ganlzed greed and organized mobs,
and that the alliance may be car
RED into politics, but politics
should not be taken into the alli=
ance.
AUFDEMoRTE, the redemption
clerk in the sub treasury depart
ment at New Orleans and Erasmus
Shepard, tried in the federal court
at New Orleans on the charge of
conspiracy to defra4d the govern
ment, were on Saturday last, by
Judge Billings, sentenced to pay a
fine of $4,000 each and to impFls-
onment for two years.
THE Minnesota Knights of Labor
have bought 600 acres of land and
will establish on it a cooperative
colony. The profits, if any, arc 10
be divided among the Felonists.
II every man would do the samo
amount of work and take an equal
interest in the community proper
ty 1t might prove . success, b4t
inasmuch as some mon are lazy and
thriftless and others industrious
and economical cooperative COM
munitles do not hold together.
The hardworklng man objects to
his labor going to support the one
who is lazy and wasteful.