Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-12-02
GENERAL NEWS.

| San francisco claims popula-
ton of 800, 200, which includes 25,
900 MongoIians.
Over SIS,OOO,OOO has been ex-
pended on monuments in Massa-
chusetts since 1861.
One frcIghter has transported
over $4,000 pounds of wool out of
the Black Hills this season.
1t is officially announced that
81 100000 worth of pennies are in
active circulation IN this country.
The cost of operating the rail
roads OF the United States is esti-
mated at s500,000,000 annually.
The standing armies of the six
principal nations of Europe last
year. cost the people S5OO,OOO,OOO. |
: Silk culture, according to n dis
patch from Washington, is more
active in Missouri than IN any other
State of the Union.
Two Italian sawdust swindlcrs
robbed q New Haven peanut ped
dler of 1854 by offering him
chance to make $4,000 out of moth
ing.
The japanese have 800 miles of
railroad in operation, some of
which was built by native engin-
GERS. They also make their own
cars.
1t is now asserted positively that
Secretary Lamar's marriage TO
Mrs. Holt, of Macon, Ga, will oc-
cur in the latter part of next
spring.
A Boston newspaper prints list
of the residents of San Francisco
who are worth $1,000, 900 and over.
There are 104 of these fortunate
persons.
Samuel Small, the evangelist, is
making arrangements to assume
the duties of Commissioner of
Education for the colored race IN
the South.
Mormons experience no trouble
in England in securing female re.
oruits, the reason being that there
are 725, 900 moro women than men
in England,
Conpressman-elect Simmons, of
the second North Carolina district,
IS positively the youngest con-
gressman-elect in the country. He
is but thirty-two.
Samuel Cross, of Cherry Camp,
Va, has thirty-sIx-year old morse,
that is as active as any young
horse; and has just cut brand
new set of teeth.
Prof. Tyndall has so much bone-
j fited IN health by his stay in Swift
7erland that he intends to deliver
the Christmas lectures at the Roy
al Institution personally.
The botanist of the Agricultural
Department has made report on
the Arid Region, but fails to throw
any light upon the extreme changes
in Atlanta and Providence.
Methuselah could not have been
prouder of his last child than are a
nair at St, Joseph, Mo. The mother
-s old. the father
seventy one, the boy one week.
The Wisconsin voters agreed by
a majority of 20 941 at the recent
election to amend the States con-
stitution so that women may have
the right to vote on school matters.
The Cerro del Mercado mine in
the State of Durango, Mexico, ac-
cordlng to Mr.. Weidner, German
engineer, contains 100000 cubic
yards of solid iron, representing a
value of S12, 100000.
Prof. Manessein recommends the
watermelon as cheap but effec-
tive substitute for grapes in the
treatment of chrome congestion OF
the liver. chronic intestinal catarrh
and similar affections.
Two Iowa girls, sisters, have
solved the bread-and-butter prob
lem. They are professional paper
hangers, DO a good business, charge
the same prices that men do, and
earn as high as So day.
The longest clock pendulum
known is at Avignon, France. 1t
measures 81 feet, carries weight
of 1872 pounds, and swings through
an arc of between nine and ten
feet in four and half seconds.
Kaiser Wilhelm has authorized
the presentation OF suitable souve-
Mrs to the soldiers of the Prussian
army on the occasion of the eigh-
tieth anniversary of his admission
to the military service, January
l, 1887.
A citizen of Minneapolis is build
ing q genuine log house right in
the city. 1t will be big rambling
dwelling, with queer corners and
quaint windows, but it will have all
the modern improvements and will
cost 10000.
Delegates appointed by the
Governors of several of the States
and Territories will meet in Phila-
delphia December 2, to take steps
in regard to observing the centen-
NAL anniversary of the Federal
Constitution.
One of the curiositIes of the
Maine election was return from
the northern part of the state on
which the only signature was that
of witness, the three assessors
and the township clerk making
their marks.
The drug business is beginning
to attract young women. One Miss
Sarah A. Troy, of New Haven, has
just passed a brilliant examination
before the Connecticut Pharmaceu-
teal Commission, and is now look
ing for clerkship.
Mai, the wife of Chin Sun, one
OF the four Chinese women IN New
York, is dead. Maj and her hus-
band were residents of New Or
II