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

ter his permanent home. The News
pays Mr.. Shepard 4 high compli.
mcnt, and closes by saying: The
News presents the compliments OF
the season to the Hon. DIN Well
born, the Hon. Barrett Gibbs, and
the Hon. W. L. Crawford. Broth,
ers, however, should dwell in
peace" The Fort Worth Gazette
thinks this advertisement will do
Mr.. Shepard no good. We take II
that it was simply intended as n bit
OF pleasantly by the News.
IT is thought that the silver ques-
ton will lead to a very interesting
discussion in the house, and one
that will engender bad feeling be-
tween the President and some
Democratic members. The Repub-
licans in the House. as q general
thing, are very kindly disposed
toward President Cleveland, and
are IN favor OF giving him a fair
show. They will also favor liberal
appropriations, particularly for
naval and coast defenses they
also favor building q navy.
The Galveston Tribune says
There is war between two Chicago
ministers in regard TO hell, one
claiming that modern theorists
have effectually knocked the bot
tom out of that ancient winter re-
sort. while the other is equally
certain that it still is and always
will be conducting a very active
business at the old stand. The
latter is correct. Nothing short
of the good, old-fashioned ortho-
dox lake of ete' nal fire could mete
out justice to the perpetrators OF
the Austin outrages and kindred
crimes.
The bills introduced in congress
proposing to allot the lands in
severalty to the Indians in the Ter
ritory and open up the country to
settlement do not meet with the
appreciation of the Cherokee ma
ton. They clam to own their
lands in fee simple, and at the Ma
tional council meeting they adopt
ed resolutions expressing their
sentiments. The Greeks and Semi
noIes are reported favorable to the
settlement OF their lands, but it is
likely measures will be taken TO
unite the tribes IN opposition.
The BANNER has received q
marked copy of the Galveston
Evening Tribune in which it is an
nounced that the negotiations of
tho Texas Evening Press assoola-
ton with the Western Union Tele-
graph company for the afternoon
press reports has failed for tho
reason that the Western Union
company demands more for the re-
ports than the papers can afford to
pay. The Tribune pays its re-
spects to the Western Union as a.
giant and grasping monopoly and
concludes by advising everyone
who can do 50 10 patronize the
B. 4 0, Telegraph company.
The Atlanta Constitution docs
not seem to relish some of the COM
mentS on General Toombs after his
death. 1t says: The boys have
done some fine writing about Mr..
Toombs. 1t is not smart in these
days for an editor to write any
thing that is not tempered with
criticism and under-run with q hint
of deserved disapproval. So, all
the editors have been apalyzing
Mr.. Toombs' character, mixing in
casual dissent with mild approval.
That's all right. They are like
small boys, who, not content 10 adj
mire majestic mountain that, in
the distance, lifts its head into the
skies, toll la0oriously up its sides
and criticise an ugly shrub they
chance 10 ind here and there.
That's all right again. But when
the small boys are gone and for
gotten, and the shrubs have faded
INTO nCthIngness, the mountain will
be standing there with sunshine
resting on ITS head"