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mas engaged TWO DrasS DanuS Tor
tho Galveston convention and that
he will make n as mu2h noise as
possible.
THE Del Rio Dot is edited by n
young lady. She remarks: Man
proposes but it sometimes takes
great deal of encouragement TO get
HIM TO do so.
GOVERNOR IRELAND's organ, the
Optic, says nothing against Senator
Maxey except that he has been in
the senate long enough and that
Ireland ought to have his place.
THE Blanco county Democratic
convention met and Endorsed Gov
ernor Ireland and instructed for
him for tho senate, breckenridge
for governor and Sayers tor con-
gress.
The Post claims that tho Calves
ton News tabulated statement of
the action of the county conven-
tons last Sunday was incorrect, IN
that it did not give Swain enough
votes.
ST. JonN, the Kansas temperance
apostle, once n candidate for Pros
ident, has lowered his aspirations
and is now willing to take scat in
congress if the people will send
him there.
THE precinct meeting at Sealy
Austin county, instructed their
delegates 10 the county convention
to vote for Giddlngs for governor,
Moore for congress, and Chesley
for the Supreme bench.
A MAN may be good county
attorney and yet be untitled for
attorney general, says the Houston
Post. 1t is driving at Clint, of
Dallas, who has succeeded in gain
ing a great deal of notoriety.
BRAzos county instructs for Ross
for governor, Major Llttlefield for
comptroller as first choice and
John D. Mccall as second choice.
For congressman two-tbirds of the
vote is for Stewart and one-third
for Boone.
THE Greer county commission
after session of several weeks at
Austin have agreed TO disagree and
adjourned, leaving the matter Just
where they found it. Tho boun-
Diary limo will at last have to BIO
settled by congress.
ACCORDING TO the Houston Post
the San Antonio Times has acted
very badly toward SWAIN in It's adj
vocacy of Breckenridge, to help
Its man 1t has abused Swan, and
now it is likely that Bexar county
will instruct for Swain.
THE Houston Post propounds
this question: Will the News stick
to GIddrngs? The BANNER is not
authorized to speak for the News,
which is amply able to speak for
itself, but it thinks that the News
has enlisted for the war.
THE Waxahachie Mirror says:
In the dark days of Republican
misrule in Texas no man in the
state did more, and few as much,
for tho restoration of good gov
ernment as D. e. Giddrngs. He
spent hts time, talents and money.
WILLIE SELLS, youth of sixteen,
is on trial at Erie, Kansas, for the
murder of his father, mother. sis
ter and brother near that town in
March last. All were knocked in
the head with Ratchet. No cause
is assigned for the wholesale muir
der.
The Dallas News says that Hon.
johnson, Rutabaga Johnson), has
slgnified his intention of answer
ing all charges brought against
HIM as soon as he can get his
records in shape. The man who
touches Mr.. johnson throws stone
at hornets nest.
P. NJ. ARTHUR, chief of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers,
said in a recent address: "If the
laboring men would exercise more
care in the expenditure of their
earnings they would turn a deaf
ear to the utterances of so-called
labor reformers."
THE Houston Age says it would
like 10 see Galveston have deep
water, but it does not propose to
have Texas go into tine river and
harbor subsidy business. Deep
water would benefit Texas fully as
much if not more than 1t would
benefit Galveston.
A WARRANT has been sworn out
for the arrest of the officers and di-
rectors of the defunct Providcnt
Saving bank, of st. Louis, for GRIM
inal violation of the banking law,
they having received money on
deposit, knowing at the time the
bank was insolvent.
The Austin Statesman takes up
the cry of several other newspa-
pers and says, that the Galveston
and Dallas News is on cold trail |
in advocating GiddIngs for gov
ernor. 1t will be ample time to
determine this point after the con-
vention shall have acted.
The BurIeson county convention
met at Caldwell on Monday and |
endorsed Giddlngs for governor
and Mills for congress. The Cald-