Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-10-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

during the late quake was injured.
DALLAS has some live advertis-
ers, one clothing house takes a
whole page of tho Dallas News
Sunday edition.
GEORGE BANCROFT, the historian.
who is now living at Newport, r.
l., celebrated his seth birthday on
the Sd inst.
A FROST all over the state of
kentucky last Friday night did
immense damage to tho growing
tobacco crop.
In Chicago the retail dry goods
clerks arc making an organized
movement to have the stores close
at o'clock IN the evening.
THE Austin Evening Call, after
rest of two weeks, has reappear-
ed rs bright and fresh as ever. The
Call is n live and newsy paper.
The Washington Post publishes
n sensational article in which II Is
claimed that Geronimo was armed,
equipped and clothed by the Mcxi-
cans.
HAL. w. GREER, tho Beaumont
crank, probably wants notorIety.
He is getting it, but it is not Of n
kind calculated to make man
feel happy.
The ProhIbItIonists are going TO
try another convention in Waco on
tho 18th inst. DR.. Cranfill has
nothing to do with calling this
convention.
PRESIDENT GARRETT, of the Baltl-
moro and Ohio Telegraph COM
pany says that the lines will not
be sold to or consolidated with the
Western Union.
The Laredo Times continues It's
war on Senator Maxcy. 1t is do
ing Maxey no harm and is not ad-
vancing the cause of its favorlte,
Governor ireland.
A LARGE number of the papers in
Texas are now having a regular
advertising boom. The merchants
have large stocks of goods and are
anxious to sell them.
The Galveston News asks and
answers this question: "When is
a man tolerable drunk2 When he
can just walk home without max
ing a disturbance"
No shocks of earthquake were
experienced at Charleston for the
forty-eight hours preceding Sum-
day, and only two or three slight
tremors at SummorvllIe.
IT is now announced that Sccre-
tary Manning will try himself IN
the treasury and that under no cir
cumstances will he resign until af-
ter tho November elections.
A MAN at Tampa, Fla, is manu-
featuring palmetto straw into ma
terial for mattresses. He is max
ing about three tons q day and is
unable to supply the demand.
Rev. F. T. MITCHELL has become
q "Dabbler" In politics. Ho is a
professional prohibitionists and
would have Democrats believe
that prohibition is Democratic.
J. c. KEARBY, Independent, has
withdrawn from tho race for con-
gress against Abbott in the Sixth
district. Judge Norton is on the
track as the Republican candidate.
The cotton planters along the
Mississippi river are preparing to
resist the American Oil company,
which now controls nearly all the
cotton seed oil mills IN tho South.
A New YORK policeman dubbed
Max Anderson, q grocer, 20 death
in his own store, while endeavor-
ing to arrest him. 1t is said to be
the worst case of police brutality
reported for years.
THE City of Mexico is soon to
have thorough system of sewer
age which will be greeted at a cost
of s6,0O0,O 900. An engineer is now
in this country examining the dit.
ferent systems of sewerage.
THE Austin Statesman advises
tho citizens of Austin to advertise
their city, and at last it is to be
done by publishing carefully pre-.
pared pamphlet setting forth all
the advantages of that city.
The letter of jefferson Davis in
reply to Gen. Sherman's assault
upon HIM, is published In the Bal,
tlmore Sun of the lst INST, 1t is
long document occupying five
long columns of nonparlel type.
AN Iowa town is negotiating
with a Birmingham. Ala, foundry
for the purchase of water pipe.
This is quito a change in the order
of things. Heretofore water pipe
has been shipped south from north.
crn foHndries'
The Austin Fidipgs started out
as religious newspaper, but the
church people failing to give ii
such support as it thought its
merits deserved, 1t. has become a
secular paper and hopes to do a
better business.
EMORY A. STooRs, distinguish
Chicago lawyer was found dead in
his bid some time ago. The cause