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

have gained 81, 900 votes IN the las
two years.
THE Paris News says BartoJ
should have adopted Jim Blame
famous advice, "burn this letter.
The 250th anniversary of tn
founding of Harvard college wa
celebrated last Friday and Satur
day.
LABoRER LoE, of Austin and La
boror Vasmer, of Houston, wcr
both defeated IN the recent cleo
ton.
SOCIALISTS at Birmingham, Ala
held meeting Sunday and de
manded the sentence of the Chic0
go anarchists.
THE prohibitionists OF Washing
ton county pollcd So votes, or il
other words there arc 50 fanatic
in the county.
The Rev. John Brown, of Abb
line, Texas, who is in the nortt
begging for Texas drouth sufferers
ought to be called home.
GEORGE TuoEBE, Republican can
dldate against speaker Carlisle 70,
congress, announces his intention
of contcsting the election of Car
Isle.
THE report that Manager Hoxie
of the Gould railways Is on his
death bed is denied. 1t is now
said that his health is much i'm
proved.
THE stock yard strikers publish
their grievances, which are that
the packcry owners want them to
work ten hours q day and they
only want to work eight.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has de.
clined the honor of being made a
l.. l.. D. by Harvard college. He
has no desire to figure as DR..
Cleveland.
THE National Prison congress is
now IN session at Atlanta, Ga. The
convict lease system is strongly
opposed by good many members
OF the congress.
c. w. BANKS one the cashiers of
the Wells, Fargo express company
at San Francisco is missing and is
supposed to have gone to Canada.
His accounts are 500, 900 short.
THE Temple Times is so crowd
ed by advertisements that 1t is
compelled to get out q supple
ment. Temple merchants seem to
know the value of newspaper ad-
vertising.
THE Galveston News says the
late election has settled the prohi-
bitlon question and the next legis-
lature should pay no further at
tention to it. We think the News
is right.
The Denison Gazetteer says q
most persistent and bitter fight
was made against Judge Hare in
Denison, but Notwithstanding all
this he carried all four wards IN
the city.
On Friday Augusta, Ca, had an
earthquake shock lasting twenty
five seconds. People rushed into
the streets. Shocks were felt at
Washington, Charleston, Raleigh,
Macon, Richmond and Savannah.
THE Whitney Messenger has just
entered upon its fourth volums.
Brother Jones is making the Mes
senger first-clsss local paper and
we are pleased to see that his eff
forts are appreciated.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND went down
to Massachusetts to attend the
celebrations at Boston and SPRING
field. The people greeted him
with great enthusiasm. He was
rendered a reception at Boston.
SECRETARY BAYARD has complet-
ed the review of sedgwick's report
on the Cutting case and as no is
silent as to the pqrport, the conclu-
sion is that Mexlpo hos done moth
ing that it should be whipped for.
The BANNER is indebted to W. A.
Shaw & Co., publishers, Galveston,
Texas, for copy of their Univer-
sal Business Guido, Railroad Direc-
tory and General Reference Book.
Its title is a good description of
the book.
THE revenue cutter Manhattan,
sank in a heavy sea off New Haven,
Conn, on Sunday morning. Sever
al parties witnessed the sinking /;
not vcstage is left of the steamer.
The sea was so heavy that tug
boats could not go out beyond the
breakwateT.
ARTHUR ORIGIN, the man who
gained notoriety by claiming the
Tlchborne estate in England has
been arrested in Brooklyn, N. Y,
charged with poisoning one Chas.
Curtis, federal volunteer, and
with attempting to draw thu pen
sion supposed TO be due him.
Mr.. NEWTON the Darklantern,
anti-monopolIst candidate for the
legislature was elected in Tarrant
county over the regular Democrat
ic candidate. The Gazette wants
to see what his legislation will be
against monopoly and in behalf of