Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-07-01

convention with clear majority
over all his competitors combined
9 Maybe so.
THE State cncampmcnt at Lam
pasas closed with sham battle or
] Saturday. The first prize wa.
; awarded the San Antonio Rifles
second Scaly Rifles, Galveston
third Galveston Light Infantry
fourth Bonner Rifles.
The New York Times and Sur
both advocate the imposition of /
tax of $500 upon every immigrant
Such law would be unjust and il
would keep honest workingmcr
5 who are anxious to benefit their
condition out of the city
AN anonymous correspondent
| writing to the Bastrop Advertiser
says that nine year old boy was
butted 10 death by dear in some
portion of the county. The boy
was walking along the road when
he was attcked by the buck.
IT is not long since a man was
, fined in San Antonio for selling
lottery tickets. In Houston lot
terry tickets are advertised for sale
in the public prints. If it is I'M
lawful TO sell lottery tickets in
San Antonio why not in Houston?
RABBI S. H. SoNNENsHEIN, OF ST.
Louis, has been dcposcd by the
trustees of bis congregation, which
is the largest and most infuentla
IN the West. on account of his
having abandoned as charged the
state of Judaism for Uritarianism.
The Houston Age figures the
chances for United States senator
thus: "Ireland first, Maxey second.
Terrell third" Our slate don't
read that way, we figure the
chances thus: Maxey, first, Terrell
second, Ireland last man in the
race.
THE Randall tariff bill, INTRO
duced the other day, will never be
reported from the committee on
ways and means. Mr.. Morrison
says the House will do little else
for the remainder of the session but
consider and pass tho approprIa-
ton bills.
Tue latest invention in patent
medicines is rabbits foot OIL"
Candidates can carry n homco-
pathic vial full of it in their pock-
cts and dispense with tho rabbit
foot, which is, In the Senegambian
districts, supposed to bring the pos
SCISSOR good LUCK.
THE Atchison Topeka and Santa
Fe railway has absorbed the st.
Louis and San Francisco road now
in course of construction to Texas.
Tho Atchison syndicate will, if it
continues the absorption process,
soon be as big thing as the
Gould Syndicate.
Tue Illinois Probibitionists held
a State convention at Springfield
and nominated candidates tor state
treasurer and superintendent Of
education. They adopted plat
form declaring the liquor traffic to
be responsible for nearly all tho
Ills that flesh Is heir ia.
CHATTEL mortgages are not con-
fined to the rural districts in the
South, but are much IN vogue in
Chicago, where poor men who
have to borrow money on their
hoHsehold goods arc compelled to
go through the ceremony OF exc
cutting chattel mortgage in due
legal form.
THE Waller county Democratic
convention elected Boone delegates
to the congressional convention.
Tho delegates to the state convcn-
ton were not instructed but arc
understood t9 be for Ross. There
is some talk OF putting out a
straight Democratic ticket for
county offices.
ITEM GEoRFE, of the Huntsville
hem, 10 maH who always says
what he thinks. Last week two
of the bellies of the town called to
see the press work, and this is the
notice they got: "With their I'M
mmense sundowns and WoDderoHs
sqnhowers. . slight view MIS- all
we could obtain of the fair ones.
Tho next call, those sundowns
must como down, or one dlsap-
pointed mortal will be found haunt
ing the Item Office"
GREEN'S BRIGADE.
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