Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-14
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THERE is a marked similarity be
tween some of the Brennan spc
cials in the Houston Post and the
locals IN the BANNER.
The New York Sun does not
think that Henry Georges chances
for being elected mayor OF that
city are by any means good.
ACCORDING to the San Antonio
Times strict party lines should be
drawn in county affairs. 1t believes
in straight Democratic ticket.
AT the present time there are
only ten congressman in Washing
ton, five senators and five repre-,
sentativcs 4 fewer number than
for some time.
The BANNER is published for the
purpose of giving the news and il
tenders the free use of its columns
to the Farmers alliance OF the
county. 1t is always willing TO
present all sides of any question.
PRoHIBITIoN has hcon in Il meas
urc defeated at Atlanta. What the
result will be it is difficult to pre-
dict. The people of Atlanta arc
satisfied that prohibition has been
injurious TO the business interests
of that city.
In answer TO the published call
two hundred prohIbitionists met
at Waco on the 18th inst. A re-
port was presented and adopted
and Il call was issued for Il conven-
ton of all prohlbitionIsts TO meet
at Waco on the 22d inst. DR.. Gran
fill failed to matcriaIIze.
Mr.. BELL, supervising architect
of the treasury department is, in
the language ofthe day, TO be fired
out. Mr.. Ferrett, an architect OF
Now Orleans will, it is believed,
be given the position. He has not
had much to do with politics and
is going in on his merits.
GOVERNOR HILL, of New York,
has committed to 100 days each
the terms of Imprisonment of
Michael Stroth and q number of
other boycotters who were con-
nectcd with him and sentenced to
Imprisonment for terms ranging
from one and a half to three years.
THE Houston Ago shows how
railways play thunder with towns.
There Is Coleman, in Coleman
county, Texas, that few months
before 1t vas reached by q rail
road, was a wooden village of about
four hundred inhabitants. Now it
has two or three thousand Inhabi-
tants.
APPLICATIONS for the pardon of
James D. Fish, president of III
defunct Marine National bank of
New York, have been made to
President Cleveland, and by him
referred TO the United States dis
trict attorney who conducted the
prosecution. Fish Is quite fishy
and was mixed up in the Ward
and Grant swindle.
BULGARIAN independence is still
o little moro than an empty phrase.
The Bulgarians are the only ones
really bent on making it q reality,
and they don't make any progress.
They are situated in bad neigh
horhpod, whore everybody is dis
posed to NEEDLE. Austria doesn't
intend to let Russia walk over the
small state, but that is only be-
cause she wants everything her.
self.
CANDIDATE BEACH, editor of the
Houston Labor Echo, wants to be
elected Il member of the legisla.
turc. Ho ontortains some very
peculiar ideas; he says it is useless
for the people to look for redress
through any ofthe old parties. ALI
that is now necessary 10 be done
to remedy all existing evils is to
elect Beach 10 the legislature.
TIE October term of the Sqs
preme Court OF the United States
opened on the 18th inst, with a
larger and more crowded docket
than ever before. 4 year ago
when the court met there wore
1888 cases on the docket. Now it
opens with HOO cases. The court
is now about three years b ehind
the docket and unless changes are
made TO dispose of business more
rapidly there is no possibility of
its catching up. 1t rests with con
gress TO help the court out of its
present difficulties.
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred
at tho Winchester arms factory in
New Haven on the 18th inst. Miss
Kate Taylor an intelligent and
handsome young lady, aged 25
years, was sitting at her bench In
specting primes and cartridges hay
ing about quart Of them in pan,
when suddenly they exploded, Miss
Taylor was thrown backward on
the floor dead. Her legs were
broken as we'll as many of her. RIBS.
Her work was considered very
dangerous.
REMARKABLE WELL.
There is, at Roberts, Hunt coun-