Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-03-11
EDITORIAL NOTES.
THE Bolton Journal is in favor OF
the total abolition of the free pass
system by railways.

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Hon. SAM J. RANDALL, of Penn
syIvania, has served IN congress
twenty-throe years.
The Galveston Tribune says
pistol carrying will never be sup
pressed in Texas until 1t is made
a penltentiary offence.
AT Galveston on Monday there
was no change in the situation and
business was going on as usual.
THE Bolton Journal propounds
this question: docs the Gates
vile Advance believe IN compulso-
ry vaccination ?"
THE government made serious
error in making the treaty with
China and it is going to cost some
thing 10 got out oft.
The Peoples railway company OF
Philadelphia have voluntarily re-
tuced the working time of drivers
10 twelve hours per day.
President CLEVELAND says the
president has other duties to at
tend 10 than looking tor soft gov
ernmcnt Jots for the faithful.
Amour 1000 men employed in the
Studcbakor wagon shops at South
Bend, Ind, laid down their tools
and walked out on Saturday.
DAVIS, Methodist Jim, OF tue
Texas Press association, has been
to Washington and will be APP
pointed Indian agent in Utah.
The BANNER is indebted to D.
NJ. Ferry & Co., the InterprlsIng
seedsmen of Detroit, Mich, for a
nice package of garden seed.
REV. J. W. DowHs, charged with
adultery with Annie J. Tabor, is to
be tried at the March term of the
superior criminal court in Boston.
HOLLAND, the Texan, lately &C.
quilted of killing Davis, the New
York swindler, and who has been
made quite hero of, has loft for
his home In Texas.
ALL tho men employed by the
ST. Louis Bridge and Tunnel COM
pany have struck which completely
stops all movement of freight
across the river at st. Louis.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has appoint
ed another negro to the position
lately vacated by Fred Douglass,
Maybe he has appointed a Demo,
cratic darby TO Office this time.
The citizens of Aberline are de-
termined TO have another railroad
and q few evenings ago they had
meeting and raised fourteen hun
dred dollars to pay for the survey
OF road southwark to Runnclls.
THE House committee on iuri
dietary has resolved to report the
Lowell bankruptcy bill soon. It is
said the bill has been consider
ably amended. but members are
instructed TO keep secret the de
tails.
/ The Age says that Congressman
Stewart was ungaIlant enough tt
take up arms against Mrs. Wiley
widow lady, postmistress a
Huntsville, and have her removed
and a man named Woodall appoint
Cd IN ner pace.
THE Houston Ago says # Terrell
could only be assured that he vii
live until he is elected UpIter
States senator he might calculat
with certainty upon robbing Ne
= thuselah of the distinction he ha
so long enjoyed.
Og Saturday last at Los Angeles
Cal, the Southern Pacific kept cut
ting rates until frst-class tickets t
Kansas City and Chicago. wer
? sold for 81. This is the ehespes
5 railway travel on record, nc
: counting free passes.
: THE rumor that has been prev:
: lent for some time TO the effect tbs
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa T
railroad has been sold TO til
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
! assuming shape and is now helieV
i ed at Galveston.
THE board OF directors of In
\ Travelling Mems Union, have mad
a thorough investigation of certai
charges made against the Galve
ton News and Dallas News, and i
a report dated Dallas, March Gil
they fully exonerato both papers.
e THE Waxahachie Mirror and tn
e Terrell Star both think that Hol
:, D. e. Giddings, of Brennan, woul
t make good governor. They al
c eminently correct. but Col. GIt
!. dings is not seeking the oflic,
= The tlmo may come, howeve,
when the Office will seek him.
BILLY MALoNEY, once leader {
C the New York board of aldermen
t has been suspended from oflic,
c lie had been in Office in varioU
l. capacities for about twenty-on
n years, but has been missing fc
IS about month, and is supposed
: have been the custodian of the JaB
U Sharp Doodle.
. The Laredo Times announce
that in the coming city election
e It's town 1t proposes to maintain
# position of armed neutrality.
If is right; a local paper can hardI
# afford to take sides in local col
r. test which the voters ought to |
n able TO settle among themselves.