Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-09-16

Hamlet with Hamlet lett out.
A NUMBER OF crazy anarchists OF
New York have for some Sundays
past mustered on a strip OF barren
land located y few miles from the
city. They drill with all kinds OF
old guns.
! The Waco Examiner mentions
tho Old Alcaldc as Il possible can
didatC for the senate. 1t thinks
that if Gov. Roberts would an
nounce for the position that he
would swcemp the field.
THERE was a heavy storm in
Now York tho other night, the
wind unroOfng many houses, the
people ran out in the street and
took n drcnching fearing the hous-
es would fall on them.
HENRY A. DIX, city clerk OF tho
city of Quincy, ILL.,, proves to be a
dciaultcr IN tho sum of $4,000. He
is serving his sixth consecutive
term. The stealing has been done
during the last torn.
GEN. NEAL Dow, of Maine, for
twenty-five years tho leading pro-
hibitronists of this country, now
declares that forty years prohibit
ton has not done n bit of good in
the suppression of the liquor traf-
fic in Maine.
THE Houston Post correspond
ent at jefferson has received let
ter from a. X. Cutting, dated Ell
Paso, Sept. Q, in which he says the
time Is not far distant when 10000
armed mon will enter Mexico and
straighten things out, or words TO
that effect.
LABOR SIFTINGs, paper publish
ed at Fort Worth IN tho interest of
the Knights of Labor and Farmers
alliance says that those two organ
Izations are not in favor of Ross,
because both orders were openly
emily insulted at the Galveston con-
vention.
The Austin Call explains its
flop" from. Terrell to ireland:
1t came about by certain gentle
men purchasing a controlling in
terest in the concern from Its pro-
prietor. DislikIng the course pur-
sued by the paper they modelled
it after their own views.
HENRY EXALL, chairman of the
Democratic executive committee
of Texas, whose pOstoffice address
IS Lampasas, requests every Demo-
cratic committee man in the state,
from precinct to congressional, to
send his name and postotfice ad-
dress at once. 9
THE bureau of engraving and
printing is now engaged IN print
ing the 81 silver certificates, and
the supply will be turned over TO
the United States treasury this
week and will be ready for issue
in limited quantities by next Mon
day. The 50 certificates are not
yet ready for printing.
TIE Taylor brothers, A. A. and
Robt L., opposing candidates for
tho Office ex-governor ofTennesseo,
one on the Republican and the
other on tho Democratic ticket, arc
both fiddlers which fact Is not a
recommendation. At Chattanooga
the other day they fiddled at their
hotel for the amusement of their
friends. They travel together and
make opposition speeches together,
their discussions are very cour-
teOus.
The Republicans carried Maine
in the state election Tuesday last,
but the returns show decided Re-
publican losses, due in the main to
the Prohibitionists. Gen. Dow has
changed his position IN regard to
prohibition and Blaine also took
stand against the prohibltlanists,
yet as party they cast a consider
able vote. The total Prohibition
vote will not exceed $500 and the
total Republican vote is smaller
than in 1884.
ARTHUR ARBUTHNoR,. alias Putt
man, alias Wakes, alias Parsons,
recently arrested ut Covington,
Tenn, has confessed to the sheriff
of that county to having murdered |
cx-Mayor Bowman, of East st |
Louis, on November 80, 1885. !
Bowman was assassinatcd after
dark on the street near his homo
by being shot by an unknown man.
The murderer has eludcd the de-
toctireS. This man oopfessps the
murder and says he was paid $500
in cash for doing the job. He says
ho would know the man who paid
him the money. Tho confession
was made voluntarily, simply be-
cause OF guilty conscience.
Hon. W. x. HoM4N declines TO
the nomination for associate
justice of the supreme court ten
dered him by the Dallas Prohibi
ton convention. Mr.. Hnman is
to party nominations for
judicial offices. He pays a high
compliment to Judge Gaines the
Democratic nominee and says that
the judge is eminently fitted to fill
the position. Mr.. Homan regards
the slur cast on Gen. Ross by the
prohibition platform as unkind,
and unjust. He says
that Gen. Ross is an honorable man
and a gentleman whose honesty