Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-03-04

sick of them Full OF lIes-ever
! one" Dusen5ury-'You are to
, severe" "AnII? Listen 10 m,
1 had a private party at my hous
the other hight, and just to max
tho neighboFs feel tired l mention
cd to q reporter that 1 had a
guests n dozen prominent army
and navy officers, two judges,
professor and n famous traveller
Gave the reporter their names
you understand" "Well 2" SWELL
what did the paper dor Come oul
with an accurate account OF the
affair! o, / tell you, the tyranny
of the press is awful !"-Philadel-
phia Call.
Tho Associated Press reports of
The Prohibition convention in
Tennessee mention as ITS chairman
"Hon. Joseph H. Russell, candid
ate for governor on the Democrat
ic ticket four years ago." When
Mr.. RUSSELL ran for governor 1t
was as q bolter from the Demo.
cratic ticket, and his presence IN &
Prohibition convention is only an
other evidence of the attempt to
organize the disatfeoted elements
in southern states against tho
Democratic party.-St. Louis Re-
publican.
Gen. Hancock owned o farm of
$40 acres one mile from Windsor,
No. A portion of it was obtained
on the Mexican grant and the rest
by purchase. 1t is a beautiful farm
and we'll kept, comprising fertile
fields and excellent pastures. Tho
General has visited it several times,
and has often expressed his inten-
ton of making it his home after
his retirement from the army. The
place has modest improvements on
it, and is probably worth s25 an
acre.
The new headquarters OF the
Army, now about com.
pleted in Toronto, has q frontage
Of los feet and a depth of 100. The
will scat $500 persons,
and there are all the the conven-
fences of the modern church. This
Salvation Temple" as it is called,
cost $40, 900 which has been raised
by banquets, special subscriptions,
collections and the like.
When Gen. Toombs died his es-
.ate was supposed to be worth at
east S250,000, but an appraise-
nent made few days ago places
t at 100000. The estate is also
liable for s2s0,00o of Kimball
House notes; but the heirs will
BRING suit to set aside the power
If attorney whereby the endorse
nents were made.
The advertisement of a new edi.
ION of "Uncle Toms Cabin" in the
sunday School Magazine of Nash.
nile led to such criticism that tho
L. D. Palmer, felt call
ID upon to print card saying that
he advertisement got in while he
vas away attending conferences"
vas not approved by him at all,
nd had been promptly discontin-
led.
Boston Herald: "If," says the
lew York Tribune, president
)leveland had lived up to his pro-
esslons," and had "never removed
public officer for partisan rea-
ons," everything would be lovely,
he president never protested that
@ would do this, and no man who
not either daft or brassy-cheek-
d expected that he would.
They have high license with a
engeance In Decatur. LIQUOR
oilers must pay $500 q year, and
here is a heavy penalty if cards,
ice, or dominoes are played in the
rinking places. No screens are
flowed in saloons, and there can
Q no paint lettering, or curtains
obstruct the windows.
The bishop of Manchester, DR.,
Ioorhouse, was the son of q cut
ier in Sheffield, England, and,
aving work all day, he pursued
is preparatory studies in the ear
mornings and evenings, and
fter awhile his father consented
his entering ST. Johns College,
ambridge, where he distinguish
1 himself.
Charley Hodges and another To-
citizen of Saratoga were
laying at guarding old Mr..
.oeges hen roost the other day.
hey had right good time until
lie play became too realistic, and
len Charley went crying into the
ouse with q pistol ball In his leg.
Mr.. W. o. Raymond ofNew Mil
I'd, Conn.,, is rather unlucky. He
Is had both shoulders dislocatad,
thigh-bone broken twies, his col
r-bone broken once, two ribs
oxen, his ankle broken, his hip
1t out of joint, and now he is sui
ring from broken leg tendon.
9 is 70 years old.
Ray Aggerson and John Brash.
of Jericho, No., each about Is
'ars old, went to prayer meeting
Q other night. At the close of
e services they renewed an old
arrel, and Brasber shot and
ortally wounded Aggerson and
en- escaped.
Albert Victor Edward, eldest
n of the Prince of Wales, is des-
ibed as a shy, pale, boyish-look-
g young fellow, who doesn't look
twenty-five years. He is de-
teddy attached to his mother,
ION he resembles in character
d features.
The Detroit Free Press init
ties that at the big Michigan
publican club banquet there on
ashington's birthday spectators
Id tickets to any one who would
y, charging So tor seat at the
nquet and 81 for set in the gal
y.
A Texas editor is one of the
riosltiss In Washington at pres
I. bY reason of his eYtraordinor1
1g hair. He was Wing in 1874,
d made a VOW that he would
YER shave his beard or cut his
If until Clay was elected presi-
Mt.
DR.. Newell Sill Jenkins, an
nerican who has been practicing