Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-07-29

SOoNh VI hibuCI phlA uaNc JOihCO
party of ten who are going tc ex
plore Alaska.
Tho Paris papers rent their finan
cial column to anybody who will
pay for 1t. The Figaro gets $685.
900 Il year for it.
Marshall Field, the Chicago
merchant, is said TO pay annually
for government duties the nice
little sum of 81, 900, 900.
Tho soil of northern Virginia, up
on which occurred so many battles
Is now so poor that it does not
furnish pasturage, and cattle rails,
ing there has been abandoned.
The largest barn in the world is
probably that of the Union Cattle
Company of Cheyenne, near Oma.
ha. 1t covers five acres, cost s125,,
600 and accommodates $3.50 head
of cattle.
The public debt has been reduced
S96, OO0, 900 during the last twelve
months, and there is surplus OF
S75, 100000 more In the treasury
which is applicable for the same
purpose.
Samuel K. Gay, chief clerk in
the Pittsburg pension Office has
taken up his residence in Canada
after enrichiDg himself to the ex-
tent of $50, 900 by forgery and en-
bezzlement.
Charles Croker, tho San Fran
cisco railway magnate, is worth
about S12, 100000. He is said to
be plain, sensible, and kIndhearted,
and to possess marked practical
ability.
The King of Cambodia's brother,
Swotha, who had been the instiga-
tor of many rebellions during the
past 20 years, has been captured
and shot. Another brother of the
King was beheaded.
A Roman Catholic Church IS to
be built at Jerusalem, in which
masses will be said daily for the
dead and dying throughout Chris
tendon. 1t is to be called the
Chapel of the Dead"
The average London inhabitant
eats thirty-two times as much fish
as the the Berlin person, and Paris,
with population of 2, 200, 900 uses
more fish than all Germany, with
population of AZ, 100000.
The total coinage of the standard
silver dollar for the fiscal year
ended June 80 last was S29, 1888, 905,
and during the preceding fiscal
year, S2S, 520,552. The coinage OF
subsidiary silver during the past
fiscal year was S1S3, 443, and dur
ing the previous fiscal year, $780,
AS.
"SIr Andrew Clarke, Gladstone's
physician" cables Justin McCar-
thy, "ls of the opinion that Glad
stones physique is perfectly sound
and that he has years ofgood work
IN him yet. Gladstone is not a
man likely to throw up the sponge
in such cause as that he has late
" adopted"
King George, of Greece, having
saved enough money to give him
life income of s125, 900 a year, has
built him a palace at Copenhagen
and is only waiting an opportunity
to retire permanently from the
king business. Among the proba-
bic political cries of the near fu-
Iure will be "Home rule for
Greece"
Georgia still holds her own at
The head of the snake-liar States. |
The latest is to the effect that a |
citizen of Douglasvllle, Ga, went
home after dark, and after he had
slammed the gate heard a curious
Hopping sound. He Investigated
and discovered that he had shut
the gate on the head of a big snake,
which was making strenuos efforts
to escape.
The Confederate Soldiers Home
ut Richmond has opened and ten
lnted by 100 gallant veterans from
nine Southern States. The home
is a mile from the city and stands
within an Enclosure of thirty-six
acres, donated by charItably dis
posed people. To complete the
of the inmates, there is a |
on foot TO erect chapel
Tor their use at an expense of
$500. The funds are expected to
be forthcoming Immediately.
The experts at the sub-treasury |
in New York City have lately dis
covered many very skillful coun-
Lcrfeits IN silver coins. One stand
ard dollar, which had been cut in
two, filled with base metal and then
put together again was so good a
piece of work that it was sent yes
Lerday to the Treasury depart
nent at Washington as worthy of
1t retained its right
weight and the ring of the original
and its miIled edges were notl
lbraided."
A brute named Wilson was keep
ng school at Oregon, Oldham
Ky. A few days since he
Kept three little girls, aged 7, 8
md 0, respectively, after school,
ocked tho doors and outraged
hem. A mob was organized to
ynch him, but he escaped to Sui
Dhur Station. News of the out
age preceded him. He was strip
ped naked, tied to a tree and given
100 lashes and five minutes to leave
Inc country. He didn't need any
more time, but got,
An old man named Tilton, living
near Boston, is worth $4,000, 900.
He has one son. When the son
came ofage the old man told him
10 go and earn his living. He went,
and, and after usual difficulties, Sc