Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-01-14

THE Panhandle people want :
federal court established at No
beetle. Senator MaXey mas pre-
scented their memorial in the sen
ate.
SEVEN members of the New Or
leans board of aldermen are IN jai
for refusing to obey the mandate
of the court to levy 4 certain as
sessment.
C. J. PILGRIM, known as Pill, has
sold the Gonzales inquirer to
Henry Reese, ir., who says he hopes
to make it one of the best country
papers in the state.
SENATOR COKE and Messrs. Rea'
Wellborn, Culberson and
Lanham, are all LOAF 'A 'H0 Oh
yer question, and will unload
when opportunity offers.
Houston now comes TO the front
and claims to be the best cotton
market in the state. The Post
says quotations were Lilo higher
than Galveston on Monday.
Houston now claims popula'
ton of $4,000 and bases 1t upon a
directory census. The United
States census takes the wind cut OF
the sails of directory censuses.
Ar Chattanooga on Monday the
thermometer was degrees below
zero. In East Tennessee, northern
Georgia and northern Alabama the
weather was the coolest ever
known.
HERE is a solid chunk of wisdom
from the Galveston Tribune:
"Confdence is the right bower of
prosperity. Cracking destroys
confidence" What part does "the
joker" play in prosperity?
A BRIDGE over Flint river in
Morgan county, Alabama, on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad
gave way under collision oftwo
trains, last Saturday. Several peo-
pie were killed IN the wreck.
SENATOR COKE will speak on the
silver question this week. The
silver men in the House are be-
coming impatient to get their say
on the question. Judge Reagan
will be one of the first speakers.
THE railroads have signified
their intention ofstopping the pass
courtesies. The Dallas Times has
intimates that they will resume in
a year hence-about the time the
legislature meets, next January.
AT Macon, Ga, the merchants
have boycotted the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad.
The road is in the hands of 4 re-
ceiver and merchants were re-
quired to pay freight IN advance.
AT Mobile on Saturday the Their
mometer was II degrees above
zero; the cold destroyed the lar
gest cabbage crop ever known.
Plants out and under cover were
killed; tho loss is estimated at
$4,000.
Tom BOWERS has again assumed
full editorial control of the Balance
Wheel at Paris. He is q high
kicker and pitches INTO anything
and everything that does not suit
his fancy, and he is particularly
hard to please.
The free zone on the Mexican
side is pronounced a first-class nui-
sance. Goods are struggled into
the interior of Mexico and into
Texas, whIle honest dealers on
both sides are compelled to pay
duty Oh imported goods.
Ar Jacksonville, Fla, Saturday
night the temperature was q de-
grees. Oranges remaining on the
trees were frozen and their loss is
probably complete; the trees are
not damaged. Ice in an orange
grove is somewhat unusual.
Ar the knights of Labor conven-
ton lately held in Galveston, 2.
Fl. Golden was reelected master
aud W. L. Farmer of
worthy forman. If any
action was taken in regard to the
line 1T was kept secret.
IT is regarded as certain that the
senate Will pass the bill for the
admission of Dakota as state
this will be by strict party vote,
the Republicans voting in fave. Of
it. The Democrats insist that the
territory should not be divided
and admitted by halves,
A DISPATCH from Kansas City, /
dated on the 8th inst. reports the
blockade on the railroads as nearly
Snow ia the cause of
the trouble; the thermometer is
down to IL below zero and strong
wind blows from the plains and
through traffic is suspended on
overland roads,