Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-11-11

States.
The Tilden will contest has boen
commenced in the Now York
courts; the end is perhaps n long
way off.
GEE. GOULD and wife live in 4
hotel in New York at an expense
of 1920 a week they will go TO
Housekeeping when they can offord
1t.
A PARAGRAPH is now going the
rounds of tho press TO the effect
that John d. Rockafcllcr, of the
Standard Oil Company, is worth
sIl4, 100000.
HENRY WATTBRsoN has returned
from abroad reinvIgorated and re-
frcshcd, and satisfied that America
is the homo of the brave and the
lana OF inc Irco.
DURING the season of 1856 over
80, 100000 young shad wero dis
tributed in the waters of this cOun-
try. The propagation of shad is
said TO be a complete success.
THE Waco Examiner is now de-
voting u great many paragraphs to
to the Galveston and Dallas News.
Those $4,000 will jingle in tho
Examiner mans pocket-when he
gots 'em.
In Illinois IN the late election
the Republicans gains were in
Democratic counties and the Demo-
cratic gains were in Republican
counties. 1t was SIMPLY changing
thumbs.
THE Knights of Labor candidates
in Texas were badly defeated at
the late election. Secret political
societies can never accomplish any
thing IN a free and liberty-loving
state like Texas.
THE Knights of Labor at Chicago
have published statement giving
their reason of tho great strike
involving $4,000 men. The pack
ers are detcrmind not 10 employ |
any more men who belong to labor
organizations.
MRS. DRUsE, who has been con-
victed of killing and aftcrward
burning and boiling the body OF
her husband, at Warren N. Y, De-
cember Is, 1884. After humorous
appeals she has finally been scn-
fenced to be hanged December 20,
1886.
IT is now thought that the mar.
kot for genuine butter has been IN
iured by the law which makes oleo-
legitimate product. If
SO the dairymen, who were the
promoters of the eleomargarino
bill, will have overresched them
selves and injured their business
instead of improving it.
PRoF. FOSTER, the metoorologist,
publishes a prediction in the Bur-
lington Hawkeye that from De-
cember 4 to II there will occur
some of the most destructive WIN
ter storms OF recent years. These
storms will be much of tho same
nature as the great blIzzards of last
January. Heavy SHOWS will i'm
pede railway travel.
FoTHERIEGHAM, the Adams OK
press messenger who was robbed
in his car two weeks ago of $780,
600, has been indicted by tho grand
jury at st. Louis tor grand larceny
and locked up in Jail. He claims
to be innocent and says he has been
shamoiully treated all along and
is now being malieiously prescott
ed.
THE St. Louis Globo-Democrat
recently published letter pur.
porting to have been written by |
jim Cummings and dated at st. |
Joe, Mo-, Oct 81, giving all the de-
tails of tho late express robbery
and exculpating messenger Fother-
inRham, The detectives regard
the letter as blind.
TIE Indiana Democratic COM
mittee OF safety held Q meeting at
indianapolis Tuesday night and
passed resolutions declaring that
the Republicans contemplated
stealing the Legislature by counting
out tho legally elected members,
and calling upon the Democrats
throughout the state to see that
they are not defrauded. Indiana
Republicans arc Nc better than the
elsewhere.
THE Orange Tribune says the
idea that tho town of SABINE Pass
is ruined forever is nonsense. 1t
will be the most important ship
ping point on tho gulf coast, from
Florida west. Tho jetties were
uninjured. If the Tribune's pre-
dlctions come true New Orleans
and Galveston may as we'll take
back seats. There is, however
plenty OF ROOM for Sabine Pass to
grow.
The Dallas News says: "The
,olored made all the trouble at this
election. In Washington county,
n this state, they killed a young
white man standing at The pals