Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-02-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The present population of Rom,
by a now census is $4,000.

The present population of Romt
oy a now census is $4,000.
Logan shows pretty clearly tha
'he biOody-shirt is his only relr
ancc.
Very few OF the Mormon wome
appear to be opposed to the on,
man power.
A Maine man sent nearly thou |
stnd skunk skins TO Boston in one
lot last week.
Grooming the cows is not Offer !
done, but it would add TO their |
spirit and comfort.
When horse refuses to eat al I
low hin! to rest. 1t will lniure him
to make him do any Iaborious task. |
Really choice horses have de
Preciatcd less In value than any
other class of stock in the past two
years.
Iowa possesses one Of the three
best law libraries collected under
state authority in the United
States.
Sarah Bernhard never appears
in two pieces on tho same night.
There is not enough OF her at the
present time.
An Altoona man has invented
machine with which he can cut 100
heads OF cabbage for sauerkraut in
one minute.
A Washington correspondent es-
Inmates that the funeral of Vice
President Hendricks cost the gov
eminent 100000.
Among our Chinese brethren we
notice All Tom, All Sing, All Chong
hut no All There, Is he dead p
Philadelphia Call.
1t is rumored that Senator Wade
Hampton, of South Carolina, is
soon to marry an attractive young
widow of Washington.
After a public man has vindicat-
ed himself Il number of times, the
public begins to understand that
he Is really guilty.
Gen. Pope, whose retirement is
at hand says he will travel in Eu
rope for time and then make his
home in Chicago or Cincinnati.
a pair of pet deer of a West
Indian species are passing the cold
weather BEAUTIFULLY at Wood
bridge, Conn but their lawns do
not live.
Mr.. Blaine Is reported to have
once SAID, in reply to a remark:
ain politics there is no gratitude
Politics means ambition and sue
cess"
Paper rails are made IN Russia.
They are longer than ordinary
rails, and said 10 have greater ad
hesiveness in contact with locomo-
tive wheels.
A German expedition to explore
New Guinea has started on its mis-
sion. Various branches of science
are represented and the equipment
is for Il three years stay.
1t is significant OF the extent to
which boycottlng has been
carried in Ireland that n md
wife declined to attend the wife of
prescribed man.
The opening by Queen Victoria
of the eleventh Parliament of her
reign is a circumstance q parallel
to which cannot DO found since tho
time of Henry VI.
The Sandwich Islands are for
sale for sl4, 100000. Tho property
consists of two sugar houses, one
extinct volcano and 700 cases of
leprosy, all in middling repair.
A "sewing machine which is
held IN the hand and worked like
q pair Of scissors" is made at
Bridgeport, Conn.,, the factory en-
ploying IS people.
Prof. Spencer Baird is about to
place 100000 young Goldfish in
tho waters Of the Gulf of Mexico.
He has great faith in the success OF
the experiment.
Good corn fodder and oats make
an excellent diet for horses. 1t
n mistake To think fodder is suita-
Bile only for cattle, and to confine
the horses only to hay.
Now doth the quail rustic the
tall sedse and the bull-trog pipe
his roundelay in tho bog, for the
backbone of winter is broken and
the hyaclnth is here.-Macon Tele-
graph.
The executors of the Sharon es-
tate in CaIitL ala have ascertained
that the property is worth about
s7,5O0,OO0, with an Indebtedness
of $4,000 leaving the heirs 35,-
100000 net.
1t is again fashionable to be
and to look comfortable. Charm
ing hoods are worn for sleighing
and IN the evening when going to
and returning from tho opeFa and
balls.
A metropolitan scribblcr dlscov-
ers picturesquness is q group of
women shrouded IN different hued |
gossamers, OR which the rain drops |
gIisten. He makes no mention OF !
the drip from the bangs. !
A big hunt. at which tho able
bodied population OF Hope, Ne. .
turned out the other day, resulted /
in tho capture of full-grown calf,
whiah tho amateur huntsmen had |
mistaken for bear.
A Cohoes man and q Troy wo-
vNp,,tyy Irone;pos