Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-14
EDITORIAL NOTES.

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diet or drinks.
Mr.. MILLS is doing excellent
work in his canvass of this con
gressionaI district.
CHARLESTON, S. c., is still having
series of earthquake shocks
which arc anything but cncourag
ing.
THERE is serious split in The
Farmers alliance in Tarrant coun
ty. Politics is the cause of the
trouble.
FIVE thousand temperance mer
celebrated the anniversary of the
birth of Father Matthew in Cork,
ireland, on Saturday last.
Miss FAY TEMPLEToN's latest cs,
capado is running off TO Europe in
company with Howell Osborne, 4
young millionaire of New York
city.
THE remains of tho late Chief
Justice Salmon p. Chase, which
were buried at Oak Hill, May 10,
1873, are TO be taken 10 Cincinnati,
o for rcintormcnt.
MONDAY at Richmond was devot-
ed TO pleasure by the Knights of
Labor, who had great parade;
betw cen 1000 and 5000 men were
in the procession.
THE packing house troubles at
Chicago are still unsettled. Pink
crton's detectives have four hun
bred armed men in and about the
packing house yards.
The national assembly of the
Knights of Labor appear TO have
done nothing of any special i'm
portance as yet. Reports as to
their probable action are numer-
Gus.
WALLER, the cabinet maker, who
figured so prominently in Chicago
as an informer in the trial of the
anarchists, was attacked on the
streets by an Infatuated mob and
whipped.
CONGRESSMAN RANDALL has been
re-nominated. He has a very easy
time of it, having to work neither
for his nomination nor election.
He has about the softest thing in
politics.
MUNICH alone has over 5000
brcwerios, and nearly every large
Prussian farm is provided with a
brandy dlstlllery. Our Prohibi
tionists should send missionaries
to Germany.
THE Texas State Fair at Dallas
promises to be a big thing. The
sale of privileges took place on
Monday the bar under the grand
stand brought $4,000 and other
stands in proportion.
IT seems that the Knights of La
Dor convention at Richmond has
something TO do with the pork
packers strike. Sometime ago the
packcry owners said they would
resume the 10 hour day system.
LAST week 10000 pork packery
employees in Chicago were out TAX
ing a season of rest. They had
struck. They have been earning
on an average from SO to So per
day. They only want to work
eight hours day instead of ten.
COMPLAINTS continue to BIO re-
ceived by the treasury department
of the increase of differentiation
at Now York and of the gradual
increase of smuggling at that port.
This is a source ofgreat annoyance
to importers all over the country.
SUNSET Cox, minister to Turkey,
arrived IN New York on Sunday.
His visit is in consequence ot i'm
portant business connected with
his mission. He will be q candi-
date for reelection to congress if
his old constituents will nominate
him,
FHE cotton crop report issued
by the department of agriculture
on the 9th inst. gives an average
condition of 1913, against SOL last
month and Is in October last year.
The summary OF the situation gives
the average of condition one point
higher than last year and the area
a one per cent. more.
A BOA constructor about fifteen
feet long escaped from his box
while being conveyed from the
steamship pier to 2 museum in
New York city. The snake got
loose and made his way to the City
Hall park. Tive thousand persons
witnessed his recapturo,
THE case of the city of Marshall
VS.. The Texas and Pacific railroad
has been decided by the Federal
Court at Jefferson IN favor of the
city, rendering the injunction re-
straIning THO removal of the ter
minus, principal offices and shops
from that city, permanent.
THE Burnet Bulletin says there
is a variety of opinion about the
value of johnson grass. Uncle
Peter Dry thinks it nuisance, be-
cause 1t is impossible to get rid of
it when you want a change. He